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Making meal prep simple and mainstream while ensuring it’s good for you and your family is one way to optimize your lifestyle. Plant-based eating is more enjoyable when you’re working in synergy with the plants — that means you understand how to prepare them so they taste delicious and deliver all they have to offer. This one-sheet meal or side makes recipe creation simple by placing all plants on the baking sheet that cook at the same time. Enjoy them fresh out of the oven for a warm and special roasted veggie treat.

These tasty tostadas have lots going for them. First, they’re very easy to make. They’re also versatile, and can act as a satisfying main meal, fun appetizer, or sustainable snack. Packed with vitamins, minerals and phytonutrients from the beans, sweet potatoes and slaw ingredients, they’re also loaded with an important type of carbohydrate — fiber! We can’t wait for you to try them.

Perhaps you’ve never been a fan of collard greens or maybe you’ve tried them and decided they just weren’t your thing. We have one special request from you — please don’t banish them from your life forever until you’ve tried this recipe. A little bit smoky, a whole lot of flavor, and a bunch of nutrition, this dish will leave you asking for more and wondering why on earth collards haven’t been a staple in your diet (until now!).

A sneaky way to add leafy greens to your plate is by blending them into all sorts of dishes from smoothies to soups to dips. You would never know that collard greens are part of what give this pesto its pretty color. Collards are packed with calcium, folate, fiber, and vitamin K. Using this spread on top of avocado toast, in sandwiches, and as a pasta sauce is nourishing and delicious!

Slow Cooker White Bean and Millet Chili puts a new spin on traditional chili, with white beans, naturally gluten-free millet, and a decided lack of tomato base. The combination of beans and millet means more substance for the chili and more plant-powered protein and fiber for you. This easy-to-prepare, one-pot, slow cooker meal is flavorful, satisfying and comforting!

Swap out chicken with jackfruit for a “pulled” meat type of chili that isn’t meat at all and is better for you and the planet. When jackfruit is harvested early, before it has a chance to ripen and become soft and sweet, it has a neutral flavor and satisfyingly chewy texture, making it a perfect substitute for meat. Get ready to add this to your plant-based recipe library because it’s going to go over really well with the whole family. And, if it’s just for you, hooray for leftovers! It’s even better the next day.

Fragrant and healing spices can help to diversify any dish because of the unique flavor that each individual spice offers. Smoked paprika infuses a smoky (but not spicy) essence to this version of bean chili. In just one hearty serving you’ll get a variety of vegetables — onions, green bell pepper, celery, and carrots — as well as a variety of legumes — kidney beans, chickpeas, and lentils. The colorful array of plants makes it not only delicious, but beautiful and nutritious, too!

Smoothies are one of the easiest and tastiest ways to add as many diverse ingredients to one meal as possible. This one is even more special because it includes the perfect prescription for a healthy gut: prebiotic fiber (banana), probiotic bacteria (yogurt), colorful phytonutrients (pineapple and kale), and even more fiber from the chia seeds! Start your morning with this refreshing smoothie to kickstart your day (and gut!).

One ritual we often recommend at Food Revolution Network is keeping cooked whole grains on hand so they’re ready to use throughout the week. Having organic farro ready to go makes this dish easy to prepare. The result is a delicious, nutritious and flavorful dish that’s great for family dinner night, a festive gathering, or a dinner party for one so you have yummy leftovers all week long.