Category Archives: Breakfast and Brunch

VEGAN BREAKFAST LASAGNA (THE VEGAN BRINNER COLLAB!) by hot for food

Lauren demonstrates a breakfast lasagna with a tofu scramble, including chopped leaks, green onions, green peppers. garlic, shallots, a vegan hollandaise sauce, and a vegan maple flavored sausage substitute.  

This recipe would be excellent for breakfast, brunch, or dinner.  Enjoy her video and watch each step of the recipe after the break.

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Cheesy Veggie Lasagna by Plantiotic with Sarah’s Vegan Kitchen

Jackson got together with Sarah to make a vegan lasagna with a vegan mozzarella cheese substitute demonstrated by Sarah.  Jackson’s video also includes recipe demonstrations showing both a ricotta cheese substitute and a vegan parmesan cheese substitute.  Their lasagna recipe includes zucchini, spinach, and basil.  It looks delicious.

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ULTIMATE VEGAN BREAKFAST by avantgardevegan

In this video, Gaz Oakley, shows how to prepare an awesome vegan breakfast.  It includes bacon and sausage substitutes, tofu based scrambled eggs substitute, baked beans, roasted cherry tomatoes, fresh avocado, and toast.  

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Coconut Bacon BLT by Sarah’s Vegan Kitchen

There are many recipes for making vegan substitutes for bacon.  In this recipe, Sarah uses store bought coconut flakes along with classic marinade ingredients.  She mixes all the ingredients together, and then she bakes her coconut vegan bacon bits.  This is a very easy recipe to make a bacon alternative.  

How does it taste.  She uses these coconut bacon alternatives in a BLT.  It looks delicious.

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Spicy Black Beans with Feta and Avocado by Gordon Ramsay

capture_30122014_134231Gordon shows how to make an easy, healthy and delicious appetizer or dish for a snack or brunch.  He adds black beans to sauteed onions and garlic with spices, and then gently mashes them.   He serves this mixture on crunchy tortillas, topped with diced avocado and feta cheese.  Vegans can replace the feta cheese with a feta alternative.  Delicious.  Enjoy. Continue reading

Chilli Beef Lettuce Wraps by Gordon Ramsay

capture_08122014_160031This should be a simple makeover candidate for those who wish to make it a vegan dish.  Gordon pan fries some ground beef and pork and adds it to a sauteed mixture of chilli pepper, ginger, garlic green onions, sesame seed oil and brown sugar.  Then, he adds fish sauce, lime zest and lime juice.  He places this Continue reading

Roasted Vegetables with Pasta by Bob McD (Member Cook on AllRecipes.com)

capture_04112014_114724This is a very simple recipe tossing roasted vegetables with pasta.  It’s easy to make and healthy.  It’s ingredients include tomato, red bell peppers, roasted garlic, mushrooms, asparagus,  fresh rosemary, fresh oregano, olive oil, parmesan cheese, fettuccine pasta, and tapenade.  Serve this dish with hard crusty bread and a salad.  If you wish, you can substitute a vegan alternative for the parmesan cheese.  And, you could add or substitute different healthy vegetables.  Enjoy. Continue reading

Lighter Eggplant Parmesan by Sarah Carey

capture_23102014_132851Sarah bakes her eggplant instead of frying it.  She uses a flour, milk, and tomato sauce mixture as a creamy filling replacing the ricotta cheese typically used in other recipes.  After she layers her pre-baked eggplant, she tops it with mozzarella and parmesan cheese.  This is an easy recipe for a healthier makeover by replacing the milk, mozzarella and parmesan cheese with vegan alternatives.  This is another easy to make and healthy recipe that can be made ahead for use later in the week. Continue reading

Baked Eggplant Parmesan by Dani Spies

capture_23102014_131437In this video recipe, Dani bakes her eggplant instead of frying it, which eliminates a lot of calories from frying.  She uses 3 dairy cheeses, a ricota mixture with an egg, parmesan, and mozzarella.  All three of those dairy cheeses and egg binder can be replaced with non dairy alternatives and an egg substitution.  This is a great basic candidate for an easy recipe makeover, replacing all the animal products with vegan alternatives.  This is an easy and delicious recipe to make, and it can be made ahead for use later in the week.  With the vegan substitutions, it is also a low fat and healthy recipe. Continue reading