A vegan frittata made from sunflower seeds 🤯 He A vegan frittata made from sunflower seeds 🤯 Here’s how:

In your mini cast iron skillet add sautéed zucchini & shiitake mushrooms and air fried diced potatoes. Top with @sperofoods egg mixture.

Top that with vegan cheese, dill, salt and pepper. Bake at 350 for approx 40 min. Let cool and enjoy!

#veganrecipes #easyrecipes #veganeggs #frittata #healthybreakfast
Raspberry Baked Oats 💖 Make this for your partn Raspberry Baked Oats 💖 Make this for your partner on V Day (or subtly send it to them to make for u hehe)

To a blender add:
1/2 cup rolled oats
1 scoop protein powder
1/2 cup almond milk
1/2 tsp baking powder
1 tbsp monkfruit sugar
1/2 banana
frozen strawberries (about 2-3 tbsp)

Once blended add to a greased ramekin and bake at 400 for about 30 min! The longer you bake the more of a cake like consistency, the shorter you cook you’ll get more of a porridge consistency FYI!

#veganrecipes #bakedoats #healthyrecipes #healthybreakfast #easyrecipes #oatmeal
If you love caesar salad you will be obsessed with If you love caesar salad you will be obsessed with this easy vegan wrap. Such a simple and healthy meal! Plus it makes lots of leftovers. Here’s how:

01 Prep your vegan chick’n. I used the chick’n from Daring, it comes frozen and you can cook it immediately. It takes about 5-10 minutes, cook it on both sides until it’s nice and browned or blackened.

02 Prep your chickpea croutons. Drain rinse a can of chickpeas then toss them in a tbsp or 2 of oil, a pinch of sea salt, and about 1 tsp cajun seasoning. Air fry at 400 until crispy - check them at 12 min and go from there.

03 For the salad, I bought shredded iceberg lettuce and tossed it with Trader Joe’s Vegan Dill Dressing. You only need a small amount of dressing!

04 Assemble your wrap! I used spinach tortillas that were on the smaller side, so I only needed a small amount of each ingredient.

05 Grill or pan fry your wrap so that it seals. Alternatively, you can wrap it in foil. Cut down the middle and enjoy with fresh berries :)

#veganrecipes #easyrecipes #healthyrecipes #caesarsalad #makelunchwithme #healthymeals
Strawberry Skillet Baked Oats 🍓 Blend: 1/2 cu Strawberry Skillet Baked Oats 🍓 

Blend:
1/2 cup + 2 tbsp rolled oats
1/2 banana
1/2 cup milk
1/2 tsp baking powder
1 tbsp coconut sugar
4-6 frozen strawberries

Add to a greased skillet and top with diced strawberries and dark chocolate chips. Bake at 400 degrees for about 25-30 min. Let cool and enjoy!

#veganrecipes #easyrecipes #bakedoats #heathybreakfast #oatmeal
One of my all time favorite weeknight dinners, ora One of my all time favorite weeknight dinners, orange tofu! It’s hard to find good vegan Chinese food options so I always prefer to make my favorites at home. This one only took 30 min!

Recipe from @frommybowl 

#veganrecipes #easyrecipes #cookdinnerwithme #orangetofu #veganchinesefood #easydinner
Nothing like a cold refreshing smoothie 🍌🍓🍎🥬

#smoothie #veganrecipes #healthyfood #colorfulfood #smoothierecipes #smoothiebowl
I love meals like this because it proves how easy I love meals like this because it proves how easy and stress-free cooking can be! I just grabbed what I had on hand and it turned out so bomb 🤤 

Here’s what I came up with:

—Roasted veggies. I used cauliflower, broccoli, butternut squash, and yellow bell pepper. I tossed the veg in @getgraza olive oil, sea salt, pepper, paprika, and garlic. Bake at 400 degrees for about 30 min stirring once halfway thru.

—Cajun Chick’n from @daringfoods SO insanely delicious and was ready in 5 minutes. Like I can’t stress how tasty this vegan chick’n is.

—Chickpea pasta @eatbanza Kept it super simple and just stirred in a cube of vegan butter. So yummy and has a good amount of protein.

—Arugula salad. I tossed arugula with a splash of @getgraza olive oil, a squeeze of lemon, salt and pepper. It added suchhh a nice flavor.

#veganrecipes #makedinnerwithme #dinner #plantbased #healthydinner #easyrecipes #easydinner
are you team overnight oats or team yogurt?!? #ve are you team overnight oats or team yogurt?!?

#veganrecipes #easyrecipes #healthyrecipes
If Butternut Squash Soup and Broccoli Cheddar Soup If Butternut Squash Soup and Broccoli Cheddar Soup had a baby🥹 This cozy soup recipe makes about 4 portions. Here’s how:

01 Chop up 1/2 a white onion and sautee in avocado oil with 2 minced garlic cloves. After a minute or so stir in your chopped veggies - 1/2 butternut squash (keep the skin on!), 2 medium carrots, and 2 celery stalks.

02 Stir in 3 cups of vegetable broth, 1/2 cup nutritional yeast, 1 tsp sea salt, 1/2 tsp paprika, 1/2 tsp garlic powder, and 1/4 tsp black pepper. Cook covered on a medium heat for about 20 minutes or until the vegetables are fork tender.

03 While the soup cooks, prep your broccoli. Add about 3-4 small heads of broccoli to a food processor and auickiv pulse a few times.

04 When the soup is done, let cool completely then blend in a high speed blender until smooth. Return back to your pot and mix in the pulsed broccoli. Let cook on a low medium heat for about 10-15 minutes.

05 Lastly stir in 3/4 cup vegan shredded cheese. If you want a thicker consistency, sift in a tbsp or 2 or arrowroot flour. Otherwise serve and enjoy, or keep in an airtight container for up to a week.

#veganrecipes #easyrecipes #soup
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Wellness & Nutrition · January 22, 2021

How to Get Healthy with Purple Carrot

The majority of my posts center around cooking – but what if you live a busy lifestyle and don’t have time to shop for and cook recipes from scratch? I’ve tried just about every vegan meal delivery service, and none compare to the deliciousness, simplicity, and convenience that is Purple Carrot. If you’re trying to end a toxic relationship with food for good, read on to find out how Purple Carrot might be able to help.

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What is Purple Carrot?

  • A fully plant-based meal delivery service. Unlike traditional meal delivery services that only offer premade refrigerated meals (which often get soggy), Purple Carrot delivers both premade frozen meals AND, more popularly, pre-portioned out ingredients that you cook yourself and eat fresh.
  • A convenient approach to cooking. Purple Carrot measures out the ingredients for you cutting the tedious prep work out of the equation. The meals take no more than 30 minutes to complete!
  • Healthy recipes. All of Purple Carrot’s recipes are packed with nutritious whole foods and are placed into categories including under 600 cal, gluten-free, type of cuisine, etc.
  • Feed the whole family. Upon creating your account, you can select whether you’d like meals for 2 or 4 people, and whether you’d like to cook or have frozen prepared meals. Prepared meals are a great option if you really don’t have time to cook, plus the meals are frozen so if you don’t get to it that week you can save it.

If you want to try Purple Carrot use code COLLECTIVE30 at checkout for 30% off your order!

crispy quinoa cakes and brussels sprouts

Easily Transition to Plants

My most asked question is, “I want to be vegan but I don’t know where to start!” The plant-based lifestyle may seem daunting at first, especially if you don’t know any vegans. Purple Carrot is a great learning tool as their recipes are so diverse and balanced, and you do the cooking yourself. Don’t worry, the instructions are fool proof (they contain pictures!) Purple Carrot’s website is a great resource too – they have hundreds of free recipes, all of which are reputable and healthy. Click HERE to check out the recipes.

vegan corn and crab dumplings

Ending a Toxic Food Relationship

It’s a brand new year, and with that come goals and attempted lifestyle changes. While setting New Years resolutions can be a positive thing, for the most part they don’t work. If you want to do something as big as live a healthy lifestyle, you can’t rely on a date to push you to do that. You need to change your overall perspective. What worked for me was understanding that I’m not trying to lose weight and be healthy to be well-liked, get attention, or for any type of shallow reason I had wanted in the past. It’s to end a lifelong toxic relationship with food. 

Healing a toxic relationship with food means:

  1. Nourishing your body with nutritious, whole foods.
  2. Not eating past the point of being full.
  3. Learning to say “no” & overcoming social pressures.
  4. Understanding and respecting where your food came from.
  5. Accepting that change will not come overnight.

With all of that comes the weight loss and good health. Lifestyle changes are hard, especially when they center around something like food which is impossible to avoid. I would say it’s easier to give up smoking than changing your diet – with smoking, you can say goodbye and never touch a cigarette again. With food, you have to eat multiple times a day to survive. That means you have to make the right choice multiple times a day with no mistakes. Plus, lots of the additives in our foods (in the United States at least) are as addicting as drugs. It requires patience, bravery, and 24/7 hard work and dedication. You must see it not as a diet, but as a means to healing a toxic relationship in your life.

chipotle tofu tacos

Good Calories vs Empty Calories

One of the most difficult parts in my journey was planning my meals and grocery shopping – I didn’t understand how calories worked, so I’d often overeat and not understand why I wasn’t losing weight. There are good calories that fill you up and will keep you full for hours, then there are empty calories that will keep you full for no more than an hour. Choosing the 400 calorie brown rice & veggie bowl is a better choice than eating 400 calories worth of fast food because of the nutrients or lack of nutrients. The brown rice & veggie bowl is packed with nutrients that help to keep you satiated. The fast food doesn’t contain ANY nutrients making them empty calories – you will be hungry again in an hour because you really didn’t consume anything beneficial.

With that said, it’s still difficult to figure out what foods you can eat, and how much. More than that, is it possible to be healthy and enjoy the taste? Will I have to endure a life of eating boring foods? For the longest time I didn’t think it was possible, which made a healthy lifestyle so unattainable. Purple Carrot was huge in helping me with that initial transition to a plant-based diet, and was a key factor in the reason I’m still vegan to this day. It taught me that plant-based foods aren’t boring, in fact I enjoy food now more than I did pre-vegan! It also taught me portion control, which is a big struggle for many.

vegan corn and crab dumplings

For 30% off your first box, be sure to use code COLLECTIVE30. You can certainly end your toxic relationship with food without help, but I have been there and having a service like Purple Carrot was instrumental in my success. 

Disclaimer: I was compensated for this post. This post also contains affiliate links and I will be compensated if you make a purchase after clicking on my links. This comes at no extra cost to you and helps keep the site running. 

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Vegan Banana Carrot Bread with Brown Butter Frosting

There is nothing quite as comforting as a homemade banana bread. This Vegan Banana Carrot Bread topped with a Brown Butter frosting is moist and filled with rich, comforting flavors. Feel free to opt out of the frosting if you’re…

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A vegan frittata made from sunflower seeds 🤯 He A vegan frittata made from sunflower seeds 🤯 Here’s how:

In your mini cast iron skillet add sautéed zucchini & shiitake mushrooms and air fried diced potatoes. Top with @sperofoods egg mixture.

Top that with vegan cheese, dill, salt and pepper. Bake at 350 for approx 40 min. Let cool and enjoy!

#veganrecipes #easyrecipes #veganeggs #frittata #healthybreakfast
Raspberry Baked Oats 💖 Make this for your partn Raspberry Baked Oats 💖 Make this for your partner on V Day (or subtly send it to them to make for u hehe)

To a blender add:
1/2 cup rolled oats
1 scoop protein powder
1/2 cup almond milk
1/2 tsp baking powder
1 tbsp monkfruit sugar
1/2 banana
frozen strawberries (about 2-3 tbsp)

Once blended add to a greased ramekin and bake at 400 for about 30 min! The longer you bake the more of a cake like consistency, the shorter you cook you’ll get more of a porridge consistency FYI!

#veganrecipes #bakedoats #healthyrecipes #healthybreakfast #easyrecipes #oatmeal
If you love caesar salad you will be obsessed with If you love caesar salad you will be obsessed with this easy vegan wrap. Such a simple and healthy meal! Plus it makes lots of leftovers. Here’s how:

01 Prep your vegan chick’n. I used the chick’n from Daring, it comes frozen and you can cook it immediately. It takes about 5-10 minutes, cook it on both sides until it’s nice and browned or blackened.

02 Prep your chickpea croutons. Drain rinse a can of chickpeas then toss them in a tbsp or 2 of oil, a pinch of sea salt, and about 1 tsp cajun seasoning. Air fry at 400 until crispy - check them at 12 min and go from there.

03 For the salad, I bought shredded iceberg lettuce and tossed it with Trader Joe’s Vegan Dill Dressing. You only need a small amount of dressing!

04 Assemble your wrap! I used spinach tortillas that were on the smaller side, so I only needed a small amount of each ingredient.

05 Grill or pan fry your wrap so that it seals. Alternatively, you can wrap it in foil. Cut down the middle and enjoy with fresh berries 🙂

#veganrecipes #easyrecipes #healthyrecipes #caesarsalad #makelunchwithme #healthymeals
Strawberry Skillet Baked Oats 🍓 Blend: 1/2 cu Strawberry Skillet Baked Oats 🍓 

Blend:
1/2 cup + 2 tbsp rolled oats
1/2 banana
1/2 cup milk
1/2 tsp baking powder
1 tbsp coconut sugar
4-6 frozen strawberries

Add to a greased skillet and top with diced strawberries and dark chocolate chips. Bake at 400 degrees for about 25-30 min. Let cool and enjoy!

#veganrecipes #easyrecipes #bakedoats #heathybreakfast #oatmeal
One of my all time favorite weeknight dinners, ora One of my all time favorite weeknight dinners, orange tofu! It’s hard to find good vegan Chinese food options so I always prefer to make my favorites at home. This one only took 30 min!

Recipe from @frommybowl 

#veganrecipes #easyrecipes #cookdinnerwithme #orangetofu #veganchinesefood #easydinner
Nothing like a cold refreshing smoothie 🍌🍓🍎🥬

#smoothie #veganrecipes #healthyfood #colorfulfood #smoothierecipes #smoothiebowl
I love meals like this because it proves how easy I love meals like this because it proves how easy and stress-free cooking can be! I just grabbed what I had on hand and it turned out so bomb 🤤 

Here’s what I came up with:

—Roasted veggies. I used cauliflower, broccoli, butternut squash, and yellow bell pepper. I tossed the veg in @getgraza olive oil, sea salt, pepper, paprika, and garlic. Bake at 400 degrees for about 30 min stirring once halfway thru.

—Cajun Chick’n from @daringfoods SO insanely delicious and was ready in 5 minutes. Like I can’t stress how tasty this vegan chick’n is.

—Chickpea pasta @eatbanza Kept it super simple and just stirred in a cube of vegan butter. So yummy and has a good amount of protein.

—Arugula salad. I tossed arugula with a splash of @getgraza olive oil, a squeeze of lemon, salt and pepper. It added suchhh a nice flavor.

#veganrecipes #makedinnerwithme #dinner #plantbased #healthydinner #easyrecipes #easydinner
are you team overnight oats or team yogurt?!? #ve are you team overnight oats or team yogurt?!?

#veganrecipes #easyrecipes #healthyrecipes
If Butternut Squash Soup and Broccoli Cheddar Soup If Butternut Squash Soup and Broccoli Cheddar Soup had a baby🥹 This cozy soup recipe makes about 4 portions. Here’s how:

01 Chop up 1/2 a white onion and sautee in avocado oil with 2 minced garlic cloves. After a minute or so stir in your chopped veggies - 1/2 butternut squash (keep the skin on!), 2 medium carrots, and 2 celery stalks.

02 Stir in 3 cups of vegetable broth, 1/2 cup nutritional yeast, 1 tsp sea salt, 1/2 tsp paprika, 1/2 tsp garlic powder, and 1/4 tsp black pepper. Cook covered on a medium heat for about 20 minutes or until the vegetables are fork tender.

03 While the soup cooks, prep your broccoli. Add about 3-4 small heads of broccoli to a food processor and auickiv pulse a few times.

04 When the soup is done, let cool completely then blend in a high speed blender until smooth. Return back to your pot and mix in the pulsed broccoli. Let cook on a low medium heat for about 10-15 minutes.

05 Lastly stir in 3/4 cup vegan shredded cheese. If you want a thicker consistency, sift in a tbsp or 2 or arrowroot flour. Otherwise serve and enjoy, or keep in an airtight container for up to a week.

#veganrecipes #easyrecipes #soup
Baked Oats 🫐 Blend: 3/4 cup rolled oats 1/2 c Baked Oats 🫐 

Blend:
3/4 cup rolled oats
1/2 cup + 1 tbsp almond milk
1/2 banana
1/2 tsp baking powder
1/4 cup frozen blueberries
1 tbsp coconut sugar

Add to a greased ramekin or mini skillet like so and top with dark chocolate chips and vegan marshmallows. 

Bake at 375 for about 30 min (check it after 25 min), let cool, then enjoy!

#bakedoats #veganrecipes #easyrecipes
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