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Make family meals exciting and healthy with these yummy plant-based recipes. No need to feel guilty after eating more than you should have!
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1. Veggie Naan Pizzas
If you’re looking for easy plant-based recipes, you can’t go wrong with this veggie naan pizza. This easy pizza recipe packed with flavor!
Pizza Topping Ingredients:
- 1/4 cup olive oil
- 1 cup mushrooms
- 1/4 cup black olives, sliced
- 1 tomato, chopped
- 1/2 cucumber, sliced
- 1 red bell pepper, sliced
- 1 tbsp garlic, minced
Other Ingredients:
- 4 pieces of naan bread (or vegan pita or flatbread)
- 1 cup hummus
- Black pepper (to taste)
- Vegan cheese (optional)
Instructions:
- Preheat the oven to 375°F.
- Mix together the mushroom, red bell pepper, tomato, olives, and cucumber in a bowl, then add 1 tbsp olive oil and garlic.
- Start spreading the vegan cheese on top of the bread if you’re using one, and then put the vegetables on top.
- Put the naan on the oven grate for 10-15 minutes or until cheese has melted and the vegetables are cooked through. After baking each side, take it out of the oven and let it cool down.
Veggie naan pizzas are a great way to eat vegetables without getting tired of the taste, especially if you eat it all day every day. It’s great with or without the vegan cheese, too!
Not only does swapping regular, greasy pizza toppings with veggies help bring down your calorie count, but it can also keep away certain diseases!
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2. Black Bean Burger
Who doesn’t love a good burger? With this recipe, your entire family can enjoy a burger without regret!
Burger Patty Ingredients:
- 1/2 pound sweet potato
- 1/2 cup shelled sunflower seeds
- 3/4 cup old fashioned and gluten-free rolled oats, roughly chopped
- 2 green onions, thinly sliced
- 1 can black beans, drained and rinsed
- 1/2 tsp kosher salt
- 2 tsp smoked paprika
- 1/2 tsp garlic powder
- 1 ½ tbsp mirin
- 1 ½ tbsp soy sauce
Mushroom Filling Ingredients:
- 1 tsp olive oil
- 4 shiitake mushrooms, sliced and destemmed
- Mirin (to taste)
- Soy sauce (to taste)
Dressing Ingredients:
- ¼ cup vegan mayonnaise
- Sriracha (to taste)
Other Ingredients:
- 4 gluten-free English muffins
- Alfalfa sprouts, for serving
Instructions:
- Preheat the oven to 375°F.
- Use a fork and prick the washed sweet potato several times.
- Place it on a microwave-safe dish and heat for four minutes. Flip the potato over and heat it for another four minutes.
- Take the sweet potato out of the microwave and slice it in half. Set it aside and let it cool down.
- Combine shelled sunflower seeds, oats, green onions, beans, salt, paprika, garlic powder, mirin, and soy sauce in a large bowl. Carefully mash the beans and mix the rest of the ingredients with your hands.
- Add the sweet potato to the large bowl. Mix all the ingredients in the bowl.
- Use your hands and shape the mixture into four burger patties.
- Line the baking sheet with baking paper. Carefully place the burger patties on the baking sheet.
- Put the burgers in the oven and bake for 20 minutes.
- Remove the burgers from the oven, flip it, and bake for another 20 minutes.
- Sauté the shiitake mushrooms in olive oil until it’s tender (about one minute). You can also add a dash of mirin and soy sauce to infuse more flavor in the mushrooms.
- Make the dressing by mixing the vegan mayonnaise and Sriracha.
- Toast the gluten-free English muffins.
- Assemble your burger by spreading the dressing on the bread. Then carefully layer the burger, mushrooms, and alfalfa sprouts.
As plant-based dinner recipes go, this one is also gluten-free! A low-gluten diet may actually promote healthy digestion.
3. Black-Eyed Pea Patties
If you’re looking for great, plant-based breakfast recipes, these hearty black-eyed pea patties are one of those you should try!
Patty Ingredients:
- 1 can unsalted black-eyed peas
- 1/2 cup panko (whole-wheat variant)
- 3 tbsp onions, thinly sliced
- 1/2 tsp kosher salt
- 1/8 tsp ground red pepper
- 2 large eggs
- 2 tbsp olive oil
Salsa Ingredients:
- 1 cup fresh corn
- 1 can unsalted black-eyed peas
- 1/4 tsp kosher salt
- 1 tbsp onions, thinly sliced
- 1/2 cup cherry tomatoes, chopped
- 1 tbsp fresh parsley, chopped
- 1 1/2 tbsp sherry vinegar
- 1/4 tsp black pepper
Instructions:
- Rinse and drain one can of black-eyed peas (approximately 1/2 cup).
- Coarsely mash one can of black-eyed peas. You can use a food processor or do it manually with a fork.
- Put the mashed peas in a bowl. Mix in the onions, salt, red pepper, eggs, and panko.
- Use the mixture to make 3-inch patties. It should make about eight patties.
- Get a large nonstick pan and add half of the olive oil. Use medium heat to cook up to four patties on the pan.
- Cook the patties for five minutes on each side. Add more olive oil to cook the rest of the patties in the same manner.
- Once you’re done cooking the patties, increase the heat to medium-high. Using the same pan, begin making the salsa by cooking the corn for two minutes.
- Transfer the corn into a medium bowl and let it cool down for at least five minutes.
- Rinse and drain the remaining can of black-eyed peas.
- Mix the corn, peas, salt, onions, cherry tomatoes, sherry vinegar, parsley, and pepper.
- Serve the patties with the salsa on the side.
Black-eyed peas are a great source of protein. On top of that, they also have soluble fibers which aid in lowering low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol.
What is LDL cholesterol? It’s sometimes called the “bad” cholesterol because high LDL level leads to a buildup of plaque in your arteries. This can then lead to coronary artery disease where narrowed arteries slow down or block blood flow to the heart.
You don’t have to sacrifice flavor when you attempt a no-meat diet. With these recipes, your family’s meals can be delicious and healthy at the same time!
If you’re looking for even more ways to add greens into your diet, you may want to consider taking a plant-based supplement. They’re a convenient way to get the nutrition you may be missing out on from your regular diet.
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