This vegan kale pesto pasta is made with kale instead of basil, and it's super versatile and easy to make! The cashews and pine nuts cut the bitterness of the kale and add a savory flavor. It's a great way to enjoy pesto when basil is not in season.
Vegan Dinner Recipes
Seitan Beats Your Meat is all about vegan comfort food. Sometimes that looks like pizza, and sometimes it's a lighter meal that brings the flavor.
Whether you're new to vegan food or just need some inspiration, I've got you covered! It's so easy to get stuck in a rut making the same thing for dinner week after week. Mix up your meals with some of these!
Some of my most popular recipes include my Kale Pesto and Takeout Style Kung Pao Tofu.
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Vegan Baked Lemon Pepper Tofu with Asparagus
This vegan lemon pepper tofu is made with fresh lemon and black pepper and baked to crispy perfection. Served with roasted asparagus and your favorite grains, it’s a nice light dinner for springtime.
Pesto and Roasted Vegetable Vegan Lasagna with Tofu Ricotta
This vegan lasagna is baked with layers of marinara, homemade tofu ricotta, vegan mozzarella, and roasted vegetables coated in zesty pesto. It's the perfect everyday pasta dish or meal for a special occasion.
Sweet Potato Pierogi with Onions and Herbs
This sweet potato pierogi recipe is made fresh with a homemade pierogi dough and savory filling with sweet potatoes, caramelized onions, and herbs like sage, thyme, and ginger. Make them in bulk to freeze and enjoy all throughout the fall season!
Vegan Tofu Pad See Ew
This vegan tofu Pad See Ew recipe with Chinese broccoli is a homemade version of the popular takeout dish! Vegan oyster sauce, vegan fish sauce, and soy sauce give the wide rice noodles their caramel color and savory flavor.
Vegan Lemon Pepper Pasta
This vegan lemon pepper pasta is made with fresh lemon juice, lemon zest, garlic, and freshly ground black pepper. Vegan butter makes the lemon pepper sauce rich and decadent while still being a light meal perfect for springtime.
Easy Vegan Pad Thai with Tofu
This easy vegan Pad Thai recipe is made with a tangy and spicy lime tamarind sauce and topped with crispy tofu, bean sprouts, green onions, and crunchy peanuts!
Vegan General Tso's Tofu Recipe
This vegan General Tso's tofu is made with crispy tofu and tender broccoli coated in a sweet and spicy ginger garlic marinade. It's served with rice and fresh sliced green onion. It tastes just like takeout! Jump to:🧾 Ingredients🔪 Instructions💭 Tips📋 Variation🥡 More takeout style dishes💬Comments General Tso/Tso's is a Chinese dish made with a […]
Vegan Cornbread "Cake" with Mashed Potato "Frosting"
This vegan cornbread cake is made with 2 layers of savory cornbread, filled with beans, and "frosted" with mashed potatoes. It's a fun, kid friendly meal and a great way to eat all of the food groups in a slice of cake!
Vegan Shepherd's Pie with Seitan
This vegan shepherd's pie recipe is made with seitan, diced veggies, and a savory vegan gravy, all topped with mashed potatoes. Prepare it in a cast iron pan to take it from stovetop to oven.
Pretzel Crust Pizza Party!
After making so much homemade vegan cheese, it only made sense to have a vegan pizza party! Rather than hoard the 5 containers of homemade fresh mozzarella, I shared some with friends and shredded plenty more on pizza. For this pizza party, I decided to try out a pizza recipe that's been on my to-do […]
Vegan Rainbow Gnocchi with Sweet Potato, Spinach & Tomato
This vegan gnocchi is made with Yukon gold potatoes and sweet potatoes, and dyed with spinach and tomato for an all-natural rainbow of pasta! Jump to:🌈 Pride Pasta🥗 Menu🥔 Ingredients🔪 Instructions🧊 Freezing Instructions🥟 Cooking instructions💬Comments 🌈 Pride Pasta This recipe is part of a collaboration I'm doing with Robin of Vegan Dollhouse for Pride month […]
Vegan Arroz con Gandules
If you're not familiar with Puerto Rican food, you're in for a treat, and this arroz con gandules recipe is a great place to start! With a side of plantains, you'll have a plate of serious comfort food. The flavors of modern Puerto Rican cuisine have African, Spanish, and native Taíno influences, and utilize local […]
Cheeseburger Pizza
Upton's Naturals recently had Kelly Peloza Photo (i.e., me) create some recipes and photos using their seitan, so I thought I'd share some of my favorites on Seitan Beats Your Meat (see, it's meant to be!) Upton's is an important vegan fixture in Chicago: they've been making seitan and prepared foods for several years, opened […]
Grilled Cheese and Pickle Sandwich
Today's Vegan MoFo prompt is "recreate a meal from your childhood." It's also my first MoFo post of the year! I decided to make a childhood sandwich: a cheese and pickle sandwich. My day-to-day childhood meals were pretty basic. Spaghetti, frozen pizza, burgers, sandwiches, and the weekly pancake breakfast (which I've already posted about!). Not […]
Potato and Onion Pierogi
Seitan Beats Your Meat has a select few partnerships with like-minded people and websites that I collaborate with from time to time on posts and recipes. Whether we connect because of food photography, veganism, or innovative recipes, the websites I decide to work with must be doing something super cool, and share some of my […]
Tofu Noodle Bread Bowl Soup
When the temperature drops, I love to make all different kinds of soup, and eat it constantly throughout fall and winter. When you have a good soup recipe, you can eat it throughout the week, and it never feels like the dreaded "leftovers." It's just a warming, hearty meal for lunch or dinner. This tofu […]
Tomato Basil Grilled Cheese
My favorite type of grilled cheese is made with fresh tomato and basil, a sprinkle of oregano, and served with some kind of tomato-y condiment. Vegan grilled cheese is only as good as the type of cheese you use, and fresh herbs and veggies only make it better. Today's Vegan MoFo theme is "5 […]
Thanksgiving Leftovers Pizza
So it's the day after Vegan Thanksgiving and maybe you still have leftover mashed potatoes, stuffing, veggies, and cranberry sauce. Or you don't, and will pin this recipe for next year. Thanksgiving leftovers typically go in a sandwich or straight into your face, but have you ever thought of putting them on a pizza? Leftovers […]
10 Minute Wonton Noodle Soup
This single serving wonton soup is made with frozen potstickers and can be made in one pot in 10 minutes! Whenever I need a quick lunch or dinner that's warm, filling, and full of veggies, I make these noodles. It's one of my go-to simple meals, so much that I eat it 2 or 3 […]
Takeout-Style Kung Pao Tofu
Kung pao tofu is my favorite dish to order at Chinese restaurants because it's crunchy, flavorful, and not too spicy despite containing a good amount of dried chilis. <<< [wprm-recipe-jump] >>> This recipe is just like takeout with its crispy sesame garlic tofu, stir fried peppers and celery, Sichuan peppers, and roasted peanuts. Kung pao […]
Buffalo Cauliflower Pizza
If you too love Buffalo cauliflower, take it to the next level and put it on a pizza! This Buffalo cauliflower pizza starts with a spicy Buffalo "marinara" and is topped with vegan mozzarella, prepared Buffalo cauliflower, onions, and vegan ranch. <<< [wprm-recipe-jump] >>> I'm all about taking my favorite foods and eating them in […]
Jibarito Burger
This veggie jibarito burger has tostones (twice-fried green plantains) for buns and is topped with all of the classic fixins! It's a take on the vegan jibarito, and also happens to be gluten free depending on the veggie burger you use. <<< [wprm-recipe-jump] >>> If you're not familiar with the jibarito, it's a Chicago sandwich […]
Vegan Fried Rice with Tofu Egg
This takeout style vegan fried rice recipe is easy to make and comes together in 30 minutes! It's a great way to use up leftover rice, and can be made with frozen vegetables and any protein you like. The tofu "egg" replaces the scrambled eggs in traditional fried rice. Jump to:📋 Ingredients🥡 More takeout style […]
Vegan Jackfruit Tinga with Chipotle and Tomato Sauce
This vegan jackfruit tinga is simmered in a smoky and spicy tomato chipotle sauce. The shredded unripe jackfruit mimics shredded chicken in traditional chicken tinga recipes. Serve it in tacos, burritos, or in a rice bowl! Jump to:🍈 PSA🥫 Canned vs packaged📋 Substitutions🌶 Cooking methods🧊 Freezing instructions🌮 Serving suggestions💬Comments The first time I had tinga […]
Vegan Chicago Deep Dish Pizza
This Chicago style vegan deep dish pizza is made filled with onions, peppers, vegan Italian sausage, and dairy-free cheese. There's also a cheeseburger deep dish variation! Jump to:🥫 Ingredients🔪 Instructions💭 Tips🎥 Video🍔 Variation💬Comments If you've never heard of deep dish pizza, the name kind of gives it away. From the bottom up, it goes cheese, […]
"Our hams are worth fighting for."
In Mad Men's season four premiere, 'Public Relations', Peggy and Pete orchestrate an unconventional and unofficial publicity stunt that involves actresses fighting over a Sugarberry ham in the grocery store. As planned, the stunt is written up in the paper and leads to a spike in Thanksgiving sales for the ham company. Peggy proudly composes […]
Summer Grilling: Antipasto Kabobs, Pizza, and Olive Oil Cake with Meringue Topping
Sponsored Post - Italian Summer Grilling I recently started collaborating with online culinary magazine Honest Cooking on projects that are a good fit with what I do and make me happy. One of their new sites, Alimentari, just launched a campaign with Colavita Olive Oil and was looking for bloggers and photographers to make a […]
Death is My Client
*Warning: spoilers! While Mad Men's Paul Kinsey was not necessarily a major character during his three season stay on Mad Men, it was evident that he marched to the beat of his own drum, especially compared to the other Sterling Cooper employees. For that reason, his transformation in season five was not all that shocking. […]
Mad Men Dinner Party, Betty Draper Style
Welcome back to Betty's dinner party. You better be enjoying yourself! For the main course, we're having rosemary seitan "leg of lamb" with mint jelly, and German egg noodles (Spätzle) like Grandma Hofstadt used to make. There is French Burgundy wine and Heineken to drink. And the napkins match the dress Betty will wear for […]