PLANT BASED Recipes

PLANT BASED Recipes

Learn tips and tricks to incorporate the ideas and concepts in the nutrition lessons into the kitchen. These short videos are designed to provide easy, simple ideas and the concepts behind them. The description of each video will include the ingredients needed so you can plan ahead to make fast, nutritious, plant based food in your home.

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PLANT BASED Recipes
  • Rice Wraps

    - dry rice wraps
    - 1/2 head green lettuce (or romaine lettuce) in leaves
    - 4 grated carrots
    - 1 sliced avocado
    - 1 package of seasoned tofu (I used black bean)

  • Colourful Salad

    1 head green leaf lettuce chopped
    1 beet grated
    5 carrots grated
    1/2 cup sunflower seeds
    1/2 cup hemp seeds

    For Dressing
    - 3 tbsp flax seed oil
    - 1 tbsp olive oil
    - 2 tbsp balsamic vinegar
    - 1 tbsp garlic powder
    - 1/2 tsp salt

  • Protein Balls

    - 5 pitted medjool dates.
    - 1/2 cup peanut butter
    - 3 tbsp maple syrup
    - 6 tbsps chia seeds
    - 1/3 cup dried cranberries
    - 1/4 cup dark chocolate chips

    Other ingredients to try

    - tahini, cashew butter, almond butter (to replace peanut butter)
    - hemp seeds (to replace chia seeds)
    - coconut flakes...

  • White Bean Dip

    - 1 can white kidney beans (cannellini beans) or dried 1 1/2 cups soaked (1-4 hours) and boiled until
    soft
    - 1/2 bunch parsley
    - juice of 1/2 lemon
    - 1 1/2 tbsp olive oil
    - 1 clove garlic
    - 1 tsp salt

  • Chickpea Salad

    - 1 can of chickpeas or 1 1/2 cups of dried chickpeas soaked (1 to 4 hours) and boiled until soft with a fork
    - 2 ripe tomatoes
    - 1 cup chopped cilantro
    - 3/4 cup red onion chopped
    - Juice of 2 limes
    - 1 avocado
    - 3 tbps olive oil
    - 1 tsp salt
    - 1 tsp garlic

  • Caesar Inspired Salad

    Salad base
    - 1/2 head kale
    - 1/2 head romaine

    For the dressing
    - 1/2 cup of raw cashews soaked beforehand 1 - 4 hours
    - 1/4 cup of water
    - 2 tbsps olive oil
    - 2 tbsps mustard (dijon or grain)
    - 1 tbsp nutritional yeast
    - 1 clove garlic
    - 1 tsp salt
    - 1/2 tsp black pepper
    - 1 tsp garlic powder
    ...

  • Mineral Gold Salad Dressing

    6 tbsps Oilve Oil
    1 Lemon (use for preference)
    4 tbps Dulse flakes (or finely chopped Dulse strips)
    2 tbsp Nutritional Yeast
    2 tbsp Apple Cider Vinegar
    Kosher or Himalayan Salt to taste

    Combine in a jar with a tight fitting lid, shake until mixed thoroughly adjusting for your taste preference wi...

  • Healthy Snacks On the Go

  • Kale and Quinoa Salad

    Salad Ingredients List:

    - Kale
    - 1 cup dry quinoa cooked
    - I cup mixed dried cranberries and cherries (preferably sweetened with apple juice)
    - 1/2 cup pumpkin seeds (can be toasted on a frying pan for a different flavor)

    Salad Dressing Ingredients:
    - 4 tbsps olive oil
    - 1 1/2 tbsp apple ci...