Vegan for 7 months now. Not planning on ever going back. My staple breakfast is hummus toast or overnight oats with whatever fruit I get plus peanut butter and banana or carob molasses for sweetness.

Often we cook different curries at home. Oven baked vegetables like Brussels sprouts, broccoli, potatoes (sweet or otherwise) with spices also work really well. I don’t make it that often but misir wat (Ethiopian lentil stew) is out of this world, you can easily make it vegan. Legume stews are on the menu at all times, and soy sauce peanut butter pasta is a guilty pleasure.

Its been a little over 5 years for me now.

For the past month or so I’ve been making Pad Thai that I’ve been calling Pad Italian because I use tomato paste and lime juice instead of tamarind paste since I’ve never been able to find it and I use spaghetti instead of noodles because I can’t find noodles that don’t have egg in them. I also swapped out tofu for lentil “tofu” because tofu has gotten so expensive here.

Pad Thai recipe I loosely follow https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1CNavd3G_Qs

Lentil “tofu” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yIBCSf0e_6k

Another one I’ve been loving recently is gardeners pie

I undercook lentils in veg stock then use that stock to boil some frozen veg. Then use that stock to make gravy. Blend a tin of chickpeas and mix everything together with spices/seasoning. I find thick gravy and blended chickpeas help keep the lentils sticking together so it doesn’t all completely fall apart when I go to eat it.

Boil some potatoes and sweet potatoes together and mash them and put them on top and then bake it in the oven.

One of my favourite desserts is a no bake brownie https://rainbowplantlife.com/no-bake-nutella-fudge-bars/#wprm-recipe-container-6608

I’ve adapted the recipe a bit, I switched out hazelnuts for a mix of whatever nuts and seeds I have and I’ve swapped the dates for raisins with a bit of water since there are rarely ever dates in stock where I shop. I heat it up in the microwave before I eat it to melt the chocolate a bit.

Was vegan for a year (2021 to 2022), and my go to is tempeh tacos. Season the same as regular beef tacos, just cook in water instead initially to soften, then add seasoning and some oil to fry them a little. Then add cabbage, tomatoes, vegan cheese, etc or whatever you want. For the sauce I would create a cilantro lime sauce using slivered almonds as the binder. Super easy to make and delicious.

chili:
1 cup dried pinto beans
1 cup dried navy beans
1 cup dried lentils
1 cup dried or canned corn
Garlic, granulated or fresh
Onion, dehydrated or fresh
10 cups of water
2 cans of diced tomatoes
1 can tomato paste
2-4 tbsp ground cumin (by bulk bags online for $7 instead of overpriced jars in store and grind yourself with a cheap Mr. Coffee)
10 tbsp or to taste of vegetable better than bouillon
Black pepper, chili powder, paprika to taste

Put in instant pot, pressure cook normal for 45 minutes, natural steam release, switch to slow cooker on low until meal time. Serve over rice, with corn chips, in burritos, etc.

Black bean soup:
1 pound dried black beans rinsed
1 large onion peeled and diced
2 medium bell peppers seeded and diced
2 quarts vegetable broth
1/3 cup Franks Cayenne Hot Sauce
6 cloves garlic
2 bay leaves
1 tablespoon ground cumin
Salt and pepper

Combine in instant pot, pressure cook normal for 45 minutes, natural steam release. When done, use immersion blender until smooth.

Also lots of pan grilled tofu cutlets with various sauces, avocado toast on rye bread and a balsamic glaze, and black coffee. Coffee’s a meal, right?

Beans, I effin love beans!

Beans boiled with garlic and/or onions taste delicious after. Fried even better.

I eat them almost every day, alone or as a complement for my foods. They’re cheap, delicious and fast to cook, since in my house we have a lot refrigerated just in case (I’m the case, I’m the one eating them).

I really like autum, so I can cook my favorite pumpkin curry every week. It’s so simple!

Potato-Pumpkin Curry

Ingredients:

• Canola or sunflower oil
• 1 large red onion (diced)
• 1 thumb of ginger (finely chopped)
• 2 tsp curry powder or paste
• 1 can of coconut milk
• 1 can of diced tomatoes
• Water or vegetable broth
• 8 medium-sized potatoes (diced)
• 1 Hokkaido pumpkin (diced, with skin, seeds removed with a spoon)
• ½ cup yellow or red lentils
• Soy sauce or salt

Instructions:

• In a pot, sauté the diced onion and finely chopped ginger in oil
• Add the curry powder or paste and briefly sauté it
• Deglaze with the coconut milk. Fill the empty can halfway with water and add it to the pot along with the diced tomatoes, potatoes, and a little vegetable broth powder
• After a few minutes, add the diced Hokkaido pumpkin. Let it simmer for approximately 10 minutes
• Add the lentils and continue simmering until everything is tender
• Season with salt or soy sauce to taste

Over 20 years here. Lots of things with rice: curries, stirfries, lentils, beans. I get a delicious mushroom burrito from my favorite taco truck a few times a week.

braised cabbage wedges.

they’re so simple and almost impossible to fuck up.

the end product is what i describe as the prime rib of veg dishes. it’s soft and umami, just slice off a bit and dunk in radish or any kind of sauce.

Chickpea of the sea sandwiches are my goto when I’m wanting something quick and easy. I pulse canned chickpeas on high in vitamix. Its way easier and faster then smashing them by hand.

8 years now, and I’m not living the ideal vegan foodie life. But occasionally I come across something great.

My go to is noodles where I add a collection of ingredients. Dried seaweed twist packets are a godsend IMO.

Vegan for 9ish years now

I used to lift competitively, i dont anymore but the way of eating stuck with me, even if the quantities are lower:

Brekky: homemade flatbread (literally just flour,salt,water,oil, baking powder) and homemade hummus with a fruit and leafy green smoothie

Protein shake, homemade soymilk, banana, peanut butter, pea protein, sometimes oats

Lunch is just rice and tofu, sometimes veggies but usually not, i just microwave it at work.

Dinner is pasta with cannellini beans

Super cheap, easy to meal prep. Easily adjustable in amount for when i was counting calories, tasty enough. And also easy to change sauces and spices if i get tired of it.

I never expected to read someone saying they eat farofa around here. Are you brazilian, OP?

I eat a lot of beans and rice to save money, even did so before I was vegan, which made the typical baby vegan question of “What will I eat???” a no brainer. If you use spices and vary your beans I don’t find it gets too boring. I love curries of all kinds, especially with hearty veg like onion, potato, eggplant. I make my own seitan cold cuts fairly often, a sandwich with that, a homemade sauce, and homemade pickled veg is so good.

I have a mac and cheese recipe that I came up with myself and improved over time that I make fairly often, it’s great comfort food. Involves making a roux, then adding water, pickle brine (or vinegar), nooch, and spices. The roux is what makes it thick and creamy, the pickle brine gives it that sharp flavor that cheese has, loooots of nooch, and for spices salt obviously but things like paprika and dill are good. For the roux I use canola oil because it’s cheap and healthier, but palm or deodorized coconut or vegan butter would give the best mouthfeel because of the saturated fat. After the sauce thickens and you stir in the cooked pasta you can either serve as is or bake. It’s simple, fast, and cheap.

Going on 4 years, don’t see any reason to stop.