These budget-friendly vegan recipes mean you don’t have to break the bank to enjoy tasty, healthy, seasonal meals that are 100% plant-based. These meals are easy and inexpensive so you don’t have to spend your entire paycheck to enjoy the plant-based foods!
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1. Fruit-sweetened peanut butter & jelly muffins
Source: Fruit-Sweetened Peanut Butter & Jelly Muffins
Fruit-sweetened peanut butter & jelly muffins. These fruit-sweetened peanut butter and jelly muffins from Caroline Doucet are sweetened with banana and jelly and made with whole wheat flour for a nutritious snack!
2. Lentil mushroom Bolognese
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If you’re lucky enough to find canned lentils at the grocery store, this Sarah Ottino lentil mushroom Bolognese recipe is a breeze. If you need to use dried lentils, soak them according to the directions on the package before preparing this dish. This lentil and mushroom Bolognese is easy on the wallet and is spicy, hearty and chunky.
3. Sweet Potato Deluxe
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This sweet potato deluxe from Lena Novak is an impressive looking dish, yet simple and inexpensive. Not to mention flavorful and very nutritious. It’s fun any time of the year too!
4. Cranberry tea cake
Source: Cranberry Tea Cake
These Aaron Calder cranberry tea cakes are incredibly tasty and good for you. Although they take a while from start to finish, you can get on with other things as they go up. Using spelled instead of white flowers increases the fiber and nutrients and cranberries give them a unique flavor instead of the traditional sultana version.
5. Simple cinnamon pecan cookies
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These Easy Cinnamon Pecan Cookies from Hayley Canning are tough on the outside and soft on the inside. Who doesn’t love a buttery, gluten-free pecan biscuit.
6. Crispy Thai-inspired quinoa salad with peanut dressing
Source: Crispy Thai-Inspired Quinoa Salad with Peanut Dressing
This crispy Thai-inspired quinoa salad with peanut dressing from Molly Thompson is packed with flavor (hello, red chili paste!), Bright colors, and loads of vitamins and nutrients to help fight inflammation. We love doing this on a Sunday and tossing multiple servings into meal prep containers to take with us for lunch all week. You can add fresh herbs to lighten it up – my favorites are cilantro and Thai basil.
7. Fruit-sweetened cardamom and blueberry muffins
Source: Fruit-Sweetened Cardamom Blueberry Muffins
Does someone else hate preparing their lunch for work or school? Get ready for back to school with these fruit-sweetened cardamom blueberry muffins! This little treat is only sweetened with bananas and is therefore an absolutely healthy breakfast or snack. These fruit-sweetened cardamom blueberry muffins from Caroline Doucet are a great addition to any lunch box – kids or adults! You also have a few possible substitutions for a gluten-free and nut-free version.
8. Pineapple tepache
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Pineapple tepache is a naturally fermented drink that originated in Mexico. This pineapple tepache from Jamie Raftery is an easy to prepare recipe and makes a deliciously refreshing homebrew.
9. Fresh vegetable spring rolls
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These Fresh Veggie Spring Rolls by Lena Ropp are the perfect way to detox after a long weekend. Fresh and full of vegetables. Nice, colorful and super crispy. These are great fun. The spring rolls are paired with a spicy curry sauce that only requires 6 ingredients.
10. Coconut-banana-baked oatmeal
Source: Coconut Banana Baked Oatmeal
This Coconut Banana Baked Oatmeal by Lauren Smith is a nice and simple recipe (it can technically be made with just five ingredients!), But it also tastes a lot more decadent than it really is, thanks to the creamy coconut milk and fluffy banana bread -like texture.
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It is known to help reduce meat consumption and eat more plant-based foods for chronic inflammation, heart health, mental wellbeing, fitness goals, nutritional needs, allergies, gut health, and more! Milk consumption has also been linked to many health problems including acne, hormonal imbalance, cancer, prostate cancer and has many side effects.
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