Category: Mains

This salad sports Brussels sprouts, pecans, red onion, and pear, making it full of flavor, texture, and nutrition. Roasting Brussels sprouts brings out a little sweetness and changes their texture from tough to tender. When you pair them with sweet potato, wild rice, and a creamy orange dressing you get a decidedly delicious and satisfying salad!

If a warm, comforting cereal is your breakfast jam and you haven’t yet tried teff then we highly recommend giving this Apple Cinnamon Teff Porridge a go. Teff is naturally sweet and nutty on its own, therefore you don’t need much in the way of added sweetness to make this porridge delicious. Add apples, cinnamon, dates, and walnuts for more naturally sweet and nutty flavors and, if you’d like it a bit more sweet, just a touch of maple will do.

Misir Wot (also spelled wat) is a traditional Ethiopian stew filled with lentils, vegetables, and layers of fragrant spices. Its aromatic spice blend, berbere, often includes more than ten spices such as coriander, cumin, fenugreek, chili powder, and paprika. Enjoy this flavorful stew on a bed of organic brown rice or with traditional Ethiopian bread, injera.

The pasta and sauce make this dish creamy and satisfying, while the arugula, basil, and lemon make it light and bright. For this reason, it can be enjoyed as a warm and comforting winter meal or light dish during the summer — use your summer garden veggies if you have them!

Mince traditionally includes meat, but can be easily turned into plant-based goodness by combining plenty of minced or diced vegetables with legumes and herbs. Make this dish your own by mincing or dicing any veggies you need to use up, and then adding them to the lentil, pea, and corn mixture. Make this for the week and use it as a side dish, on top of rice, in grain bowls, or as tacos in these lettuce wraps.

Mineral-rich, sea veggie arame is sold in its dry form and needs to be rehydrated before using. With its mild flavor, it is a well-suited addition to a variety of taste profiles in stir-fries, salads, and bowls. Here, kale, edamame, peppers, and onions add pops of color, flavor, and nutrition. To highlight its natural beautiful black color, make this dish with red or brown rice (black works too, but you won’t see the pretty arame!).

Yummy, colorful and nourishing — plant-based eating doesn’t get much better than this — Tofu Pad Thai ensures you’re “eating the rainbow” with its variety of colorful ingredients. Tofu is packed with plant-based protein, carrots and peppers have lots of carotenoids, and garlic offers prebiotics. They all bring lots of flavor, textures, colors and nutrition to this fun dish.

Love chili but don’t love that it’s not serving you or your family’s health? We have you covered with this Champion Tempeh and Bean Chili. Tempeh and beans provide “meaty” texture, the spices and aromatics provide delectable flavors, and all of the ingredients provide a remarkable amount of nutritional value. This is a dish the entire family will love!

This salad offers up flavor, texture, and nutritional benefits with ingredients like tempeh, kale, radish, and red onion. It’s refreshing and hearty at the same time, making it a diverse salad that’s great for any season, whether it’s warm or chilly outside. Add your favorite whole grain like quinoa or wheat berries to make it a complete meal!

You may have heard that variety is the spice of life. Well, that certainly holds true when it comes to food and its effect on health. More and more research is showing that eating a variety of plant-based foods is key to gut health, which can impact short and long-term health. This recipe alone has a variety of fiber from the lentils, quinoa, and vegetables and a variety of colors from the broccoli, tomatoes, and peppers. Enjoy!