Turn 5 Vegan Recipes into 25 Dinners
I know I said I wasn’t going to do a best recipes of 2011 post.
I lied.
This is that post. Kind of.
I know a lot of you have “eat healthy” resolutions, “get organized” resolutions and maybe even “go veg” resolutions.
I can help.
Rather than just list off our five most popular dinner recipes of 2011, I want to show you how to take these five recipes that you may or may not have already made and turn them into twenty-five recipes. That means you can have nearly an entire month of vegan dinners with five simple, delicious and healthy recipes.
I want.
And I hope you do too.
(click on the links below for the original recipe printable)
1) Mmmm Sauce
This “cheesy,” creamy sauce is so good you’ll be licking your blender blades. I dare you not to say “Mmmm” and not to get totally addicted (right, Caitlin?). Other than just serving the sauce over brown rice, stir-fried veggies and tofu (as pictured above), you can make:
2) Mmmm Nachos: build a plate with baked tortilla chips (or make your own), canned pinto beans, chopped tomatoes, sliced olives, jalapenos and fresh cilantro and drizzle Mmmm Sauce over the top.
3) Mac N’ Mmmm: cook up some whole-wheat or rice macaroni noodles and toss in Mmmm Sauce. Serve straight from the stovetop, or place in a casserole, top with bread crumbs and bake at 350 degrees for 15 minutes.
4) Welsh Rarebit: lightly steam some broccoli, cauliflower or asparagus. Toast some thin whole grain bread. Layer steamed vegetables on top and drizzle with Mmmm Sauce.
5) Mmmm Fondue: Heat Mmmm Sauce and keep warm in a fondue pot. Cut up fresh veggie crudites, whole grain breads, whole wheat pretzels, vegan sausages (such as Field Roast brand) and dip away!
The filling of this delcious casserole is made of crumbled tempeh, pinto beans, tomato sauce and some smoky spices and flavors. It’s topped with cornbread and “cheese” and makes a delicious dinner…and four more:
7) Tempeh Tamale Stuffed Peppers: prepare the filling and stuff it inside of seeded and cored peppers. Top with “cheese” if desired. Cover and bake at 350 degrees for 50-60 minutes.
8) Tempeh Tamale Sloppy Joes: prepare the filling and serve it on toasted whole-grain hamburger buns.
9) Tempeh Tamale Bolognese: cook up some whole grain pasta and toss it with the casserole filling. Sprinkle with fresh parsley and nutritional yeast.
10) Tempeh Tamale Stuffed Biscuits: find a pre-made vegan biscuit dough or mix (or make the Grand Old Biscuits from our book). Roll the dough out into circles and fill with the casserole filling. Crimp edges and transfer to a baking sheet. Bake at 350 degrees for 12-15 minutes.
11) Spicy Tofu
This recipe has made tofu lovers out of even the biggest skeptics. And though the tofu was originally intended for soft tacos, here’s a few other ideas:
12) Tofu Taco Salad: thinly slice cooked tofu and serve over crisp romaine and top with tomato, corn, olives, cilantro, avocado, salsa and “cheese,” if desired. Serve with baked tortilla chips.
13) Tofu Sweet Potato Hash: cube cooked tofu along with a couple potatoes, onion and green pepper. Sauté up in a skillet over medium high heat until potato is soft. Serve with ketchup.
14) Spicy Tofu Scramble: do not press tofu, but instead crumble it into half of the marinade + 2 T. of nutritional yeast. Cook in a skillet with a bit of oil, over medium heat until outside of tofu is browned and firm.
15) Tofu Dirty Rice: add cubed, cooked tofu to cooked brown rice, frozen or canned corn and an undrained can of fire-roasted tomatoes. Cook until most of liquid has evaporated. Season with salt and pepper to taste.
One of our most popular recipes, these chickpeas are marinated in a homemade taco seasoning and then roasted until crisp and chewy. They aren’t just for stuffing in tacos, though.
17) Chickpea Taco Salad: serve over crisp romaine and top with tomato, corn, olives, cilantro, avocado, salsa and “cheese,” if desired. Serve with baked tortilla chips.
18) Chickpea Taco Pizza: use a whole wheat pizza crust and top with taco sauce, roasted chickpeas, “cheese,” and olives. Bake at 350 for 15 minutes and then top with salsa, non-dairy sour cream, lettuce and crushed baked tortilla chips.
19) Mexi-Chickpea Salad Stuffed Pitas: Mix roasted chickpeas with 2 T. of salsa and 2 T. vegan mayo. Add chopped peppers and onions, if desired. Stuff inside whole wheat pita pockets with lettuce.
20) Mac and Chickpeas: stir roasted chickpeas into a batch of Lulu’s Mac and Cheese.
This isn’t your average peanut sauce, it’s a bit lighter and a bit healthier, and definitely makes you go, “Mmmm,” when served over rice noodles and edamame (as shown above) or any of these other ways:
22) Peanutty Broccoli and Carrots: Serve sauce over steamed broccoli, carrots and steamed brown rice. Top with extra chopped peanuts.
23) Peanut Pita Pizzas: Spread the sauce over whole wheat pitas. Top with diced red peppers, drained chickpeas and diced pineapple. Bake for 10-12 minutes at 425 degrees.
24) Salad Rolls: Wrap rice noodles, carrots, bean sprouts, mint and tofu inside of soaked rice paper. Use peanut sauce for dipping.
25) Asian Peanut Slaw: Add sauce to 4-5 cups of shredded cabbage, shredded carrot, red pepper strips and green onion. Toss in tofu or crumbled tempeh for extra oomph.
Do you love it?
Building a good meal plan is like building a good wardrobe. With a few staples you never have to wear/eat the same old thing. Even though I wear my grey cardigan and my favorite pair of jeans 5 out of 7 days. Including today.
I hope this sparks your creativity and your ambition. I plan to have a whole new crop of recipes to build off of in the coming year.
And new jeans.
Those roasted chick pea tacos are calling my name! I must try those ASAP.
Yes! You must! The chickpeas are awesome just for snacking on too!
LOVE THIS! i think sometimes in our foodie minds it’s easy to come up with inventive ways to use things…but this is the help most people need! transforming meals into multiple meals. well done Mama, well done.
Why thank you, my lovely friend.
Cook once, eat twice…is my motto. Meaning planned leftovers reign supreme around here!
And love the idea of making ONE thing and morphing it into many other recipes. That’s what I try to do as much as possible because really, I don’t have time, desire, or creativity to one night make eggplant parm, the next night roasted this or that, and another night make a baked casserole. Heck..no.
And sauces..rule. Peanut sauce in particular is always awesome.
I know you love using your homemade dressings and sauces on everything. Me too!
oh I am loving this post. Even tho I don’t do tofu or tempeh…there are still a lot of easy recipes to add to my menu.
Yup, that’s the hope!
I bought a bag of chick peas just for roasting….so many amazing recipes out there. I’m starting with your chick pea taco salad so I know I won’t be disappointed.
I’m honored!
I’m all over that tamale pie! Thanks for the great ideas!
You will love it!
Mmmm Sauce is to die for. Since you posted it, twice a month I’ve made your Tofu Dippers with Mmmm Sauce. You know, the ones with the liquid smoke? I’m hooked!
I LOVE those too
I got your book for Christmas and have made quite a few wonderful recipes. The next thing on my list is mmmm sauce! Can’t wait to try it. Funky monkey pie was a huge hit tonight with my fam. Even my carnivorous anti-tofu husband loved it!
Mmmm Sauce, and even a few new varieties, will be in the next book. So glad you guys are enjoying everything!
I agree with Holly. This is what most people need. This is what I need! Please please do a cookbook with this in mind! Meal planning is so hard if your busy and on a budget. Please please do a cookbook with this as the theme! I promise to buy a lot of copies and give them away to everyone I know! Right now, I’ve got to find a new notebook to place all these jewels in…………….:)
Wow! Thanks! Not sure if I have a cookbook full of these kind of ideas (okay, I do…) but I can promise more posts like these if there is a demand for them!
I demand it!
i demand it too! i wholeheartedly agree…we NEED lots of posts like this one…fantastic!
Me too! It is a daily headache trying to decide what to make !
We had your famous mmmmmhhh sauce last night, mixed with steamed broccoli and topped with ‘orange mash’ (white potato, sweet potato and carrots mashed together to sneak veg in to unsuspecting children;0) ) – everyone loved it !!!
Thankyou
What an awesome post! I will definitely be coming back to this many times this year
Thanks mamapea !!!!
You are welcome!
This is awesome!
Thanks!
Oh my gosh, this is exactly what I needed! Thank you! Also, just curious– where are favorite jeans and cardigan from? That’s kinda my mom “uniform” too, and need to refresh the wardrobe a little bit
Thanks!
These are my favorite jeans: http://www.anthropologie.com/anthro/catalog/productdetail.jsp?id=22608582&catId=CLOTHES-DENIM&pushId=CLOTHES-DENIM&popId=CLOTHES&navCount=315&color=091&isProduct=true&fromCategoryPage=true&templateType=templateC
They are really stretchy and have tons of give.
And my favorite cardigan I got at Ann Taylor Loft two years ago. It is fitted through the sleeves, but it’s still really long and hits me at the hips. I love it.
Look surprised if we ever meet and I am wearing them.
Thank you! Looks like the kids and I will be taking a field trip to the mall tomorrow– yay!
I tried to find the cardigan online but couldn’t find it! Good luck!
I love this post! i can’t wait to try a lot of these different combinations!
Mmmmmmmm sauce is going to rock my world…think I need a vitamix? Or is a processor good enough?
If you are going to use a food processor you might want to soak the almonds overnight. Or it could be a little chunky
oooh that’s a good idea, I’ll have to try it next time. My previous mmm sauces have always been a little chunky
Love this! Particularly since I happened to be watching What Not to Wear as I read it.
Wow Mama Pea! Love this. Thank you for simplifying meal planning for me!!
I’m a geek. It’s pretty fun.
DYING for your new cookbook to come out! You are a freakin’ genius! Thanks for the inspiration.
If my house was burning to the ground, I’d grab my kids, the family dog and my Peas and Thank You cookbook. Ha, you think I’m joking…
I’m so flattered. I can’t wait to show you this new book either. I’ve been working really hard and I’m pretty proud of what we’ve done!
Overachiever. Just sayin’.
I never gave you feedback on the tempeh tamale pie, but it was fabulous. My introduction to tempeh, and now I am in love!
Glad you liked it!
I need more Mmmmmmmmmmmm sauce in my life.
Noted.
I do too. It’s been awhile.
You are a genius! This is so incredibly helpful and will make meal planning easier
I’ve yet to try a recipe from your blog/book that I haven’t loved (and made others love, too)
Thanks!
That’s so kind of you to say…thank you!
YES, I LOVE IT! Thanks for sharing your genius once again MP! It means I don’t have to be..and my husband just think I am:) yay! You’ve just made my month a whole lot easier..
I hope so! We all could use a little help, me included.
I can’t thank you enough for this amazing post! I have made both the tamale pie and the Mmmm sauce (the nacho is my husband’s personal favorite). I can’t wait to try out all of these variations, especially the tamale stuffed peppers! You’re amazing!
We’re partially to the stuffed biscuits ourselves. You can’t go wrong with stuffed anything.
Gotta send this blog to Aubrey so we can decide what to make first! I love the idea of turning one recipe into multiple meals, but I have the hardest times figuring out how to do it. I knew you were a genius
Some of the things you can make extra of and freeze too. Like the tamale pie, for example. Just make double the filling and freeze half and then pull it out and make one of the other meals in a pinch.
Right on!!Love so many of your recipes.I don’t think I have commented on them all. Sorry. Sometimes I think about doing something and then somehow think I have done it. Anyway. Thank you so much for being so generous with your creativity. I love this idea too–of spinning these “masters” into various meals. I did this with the leftover Tempeh Tamale Pie filling recently. We had it as the filling for Veggie Lettuce Tacos–really romaine leaves with a “taco” filling+ toppings . I’m with Jamie above–can’t wait to try Tempeh Stuffed Peppers. Hope PeaDaddy’s new job goes well. Change can be a challenge but also invigorating. Thanks again–Dawn
Oh gosh, don’t apologize for not commenting ever. Just reading is enough and of course if you have feedback, I’m always all ears! Tempeh tacos? Yum (probably a little sweeter than the ones in the book). So far so good on day 1 of Pea D’s job. Yay!
LOVE this post! great ideas, so helpful! I’m one of those people that doesn’t like to make the same thing twice, but I run out of motivation to put the time in…. but tweaking a recipe or using it in a different way is a great way to keep the variety without the extra work! thanks!
You are very welcome!
Love it! This is one of the best recap posts I have seen. So creative, so relevant. Happy new year to you!
Thanks and to you!
OK, fair enough. At least you made this post helpful and yummy.
Love you!
This is so helpful for planning next semester! Thanks!
Taco-spiced roasted chickpeas in tacos? YUM! I’m going to give my 8 year old that recipe, he loves making roasted chickpeas, they are his specialty!
I’d love for him to make me a batch!
ah ha! I’ve been trying to find a way to convince my other half that tempeh is yum…. your tamale pie sounds just the ticket
It’s what convinced me!
oh dear, this is TOO GOOD! Yum
x
AMAZING! Love the idea for the mac n mmm sauce!! I have a question for you, did going vegan dramatically effect your weight? You and Pea Daddy both look pretty dang good, how much of that was due to going veg? I bet people would like to know that too! <3 Ali-oop
Actually, both of our weights haven’t changed at all. We both weigh the same as when we got married eight years ago. Of course, that right there might be the testimony
Awwwww Yeah! I think that is pretty unique! <3 chew mama
I have yet to try Mmmm sauce. My life seems woefully incomplete now!
Seriously, Lexi. What have you been doing?!
Brilliant
And a reminder that I still need to try the Mmmm sauce. Its reputation is getting harder and harder to ignore!
Loved this!! Thanks!!
I was just thinking about your chickpea tacos and how I want some more of them… divine. Great idea to serve them over a salad for a “taco” salad! YUM!
This post is brilliant! Thanks!
This is such a great idea! I’ve been trying to get myself in order and this makes a lot of sense for planning the week.
(I have to tell you that your Mmmm Sauce has a soundtrack… it plays through my head whenever I see a post about it. Remember the Hansen brothers? Mmm Bop…errrr…um eeek!) I like the mm sauce version better.
And now I have a commercial idea, if I ever take Mmmm Sauce to market
I had #17 (chickpea taco salad) for dinner last week. The husband loved it too. The kids, well, they like their chickpeas completely plain, as I somehow created two very spice-averse offspring. Luckily it’s pretty easy to keep some plain so we are all happy.
Happy New Years Mamma Pea. As always, I’m glad to have your blog in my life!
Lulu now prefers them not roasted at all. Straight from the can. Doesn’t bother me a bit
Thank you, Michelle. Happy to know you!
Oh, those roasted chickpeas in a taco salad sound heavenly. I had taco salad last night and was thinking it needed some changing up.
I am hanging my head in shame as I still haven’t tried Mmmm Sauce. We eat your black bean burgers once per week – I love that I can freeze them and they are AHHHHHMAAAAAAZING with a dollop of guacamole on top! Actually….I could probably crumble those in a salad too…mmmmmmmm……
Yes, you could! And yes, you should! (make the Mmmm sauce)
Did you write this post just for me? I’ve made recipes from the book sporadically (spaghetti and “meat”balls are a fave). My kids are 3, 4 and 6 and I worry if I don’t show them that yummy food can also be healthy now they’ll get too set in their ways. We do eat some meat but I’m trying to cut down without protest. Tamale Sloppy Joes and Chickpea Taco Pizza are on next week’s menu! Or maybe Mac n’ Mmmm? THANK YOU!
Um, yes. I wrote it just for you.
I love all of these variations! I’m sure Mmmm sauce could make 100+ dinners because it goes well with EVERYTHING!
Can you imagine an all Mmmm Sauce cookbook? Now we’re talking.
New new years resolutions:make mmm sauce!
You must, it truly is the best thing on the planet.
You could accomplish your resolution today!
Awesome post..thanks for all the great recipe suggestions!
You’re an angel! We’re sick in my home, and I’m not motivated to cook once we’re better. These recipes look amazing! Once I’m off the couch, I’ll look forward to cooking healthy meals for my happy husband again
Feel better!
Thanks!
Roasted chickpea tacos is probably hands down my favorite meal. I make it once a week, and now I’m dying to try that pizza!!
We love it too!
Great ideas! Way better than a regular “best of” post!!
I’m officially salivating here at 9 am. I can’t believe I have yet to make mmm sauce. I’m heading to the co-op for my lunch today to buy some ingredients. I might even buy some tofu…maybe…I’ll think about it.
Do it! I want to convince you how good it is.
I’ve been meaning to buy some nutritional yeast so that I can try your original mmmm sauce and now that I see all of these recipes that you can use it in, it’s back at the top of my to-do list!
I hope you’ll give it a chance
Will you adopt me?
What’s one more?
exactly!
I got a feeling I must cook something from your cookbook for dinner tonight. Mmmm sauce sounds tempting!
What an amazing post. I feel so inspired to cook a veggie meal now! Yum. I really want to try the spicy tofu..and the chickpeas…and the peanut mm sauce. I better get cooking!
I love this! especially as I’m 4 weeks away from my due date and procrastinating stock piling food to eat
and mmmm sauce is just so tasty I can eat it on everything!
Oooh, congratulations and good luck! You could absolutely make and freeze the Mmmm Sauces and the Tempeh Tamale Pie/filling.
Love this! I’m always looking for ways to stretch my budget AND my groceries. It’s nice to have such diverse ideas for the same thing so that I don’t fall into a food rut where I’m eating the same thing over and over again.
I had forgotten all about chickpeas! (I get in such a habit of making the same things over and over and forget some favs along the way!) Your tofu recipes made my husband a tofu eater
Yum, yum! I may actually make mmm sauce this year. I don’t know why I keep putting it off …
Brilliant. I love all the easy variations. I rarely cook off recipes and prefer giving hints and ideas of thing I can create on my own. No, I HAVE GOT to make your Mmmm sauce!
One of my favorite posts ever, even without the usual antics of the girls, Pea Daddy, or Pea Kitty! I hope you post more ideas like this!!
By the way, I think you just made every single reader want to be your spouse/best friend/personal-meal-planner!
Loved this post! Would any of these original recipes freeze well? That way I could just make a double/triple batch but not have to eat “the same thing” immediately (I’m predicting my husband’s reaction there).
Yes! The tamale pie and both Mmmm sauces freeze really well!
Great, thank you!
I love the idea of stirring chickpeas into mac and cheese! Also, I wear my jeans until they’re visibly dirty. This could be days (I’m clumsy) or… a lot longer than that. Most of my jeans are a dark wash for a reason.
Ditto.
So, the “worn-in” look was so last year?! Bah ha ha! I was never a trend setter–I’m all about comfort. You should see my favorite hoodie–I invented thumb holes before they became popular. Errr….nerd alert.
Thanks for the yummy recipe combos and all the time you spent putting those together! As I always say, your family and readers are blessed!!
Happy New Year
I actually was just about to email you: Do you have any vegan recipes that are only sweetened with honey or fruit/fruit juice?
Hmm…I have several that are sweetened with just stevia, but none with just honey/fruit/fruit juice other than the cookie dough balls light. http://peasandthankyou.com/2011/01/27/a-new-way-to-lose-part-ii/
Well, I am really glad you lied and ecstatic that I can find all these in the same place. Pretty much every one of these is on my list. Have I told you before you’re my hero?
I keep a container of the peanut mmm sauce in my fridge at all times. I add to meals, but I also use it as salad dressing and dips for veggies. I’m so in love with that sauce.
Me too. I’m proud of you.
This really shows your versatility while broadcasting your recipe creation skills. I really like this round-up because you give us some NEW ideas along with recalling our favorite recipes from last year.
Thanks, Halley!
This reminds me that I really need to make some more mmmm sauce! I haven’t made any in a few months, so I definitely have to change that this week.
Same here!
mmmmmmmmmm
See, this is why I like you. You put a creative spin on ANYTHING. I love how you morphed your recipes into so many options. Especially when cooking for only two, it’s a great way to use multiple servings. Especially that MMMM sauce
XOXO
Great idea! I am definitely going to make a few of these variations. My family is Pizza Quinoa Casseroled out.
I make that “go to” meal ALL the time. 
BTW I made your “ricotta” for my gluten free baked ziti casserole at Christmas and the vegan dish was gone before the regular version!
Will the new book be out in 2012??? Or do we have to wait until 2013?
We have to wait until 2013. I’m 3/4ths of the way done with it, though!
Waw, What great & tasty dinner ideas!!!
Such a lovely post! tasty too!
Wrong post to read right before lunch, evetything here is calling me! Especially the chickpea taco pizza, yum!
This post is great! I love your recipeas and having more ideas on how to use them up is awesome!! Totally going to make some of them since all the basic recipeas are favorites at our house!
Ana
I’m happy to hear that!
Wow. I go to a lot of food blogs, and this is the best “best of” post I’ve seen. Great suggestions. I will be book marking this and trying every one of these recipes:) Thank you and Happy New Year.
Thank you, Angela! Happy New Year to you too!
Thanks for such great, easy, tasty recipes-just amazing-I love your blog and will be ordering your cookbook because of this post.
Wow, thanks Jace!
I need new jeans too…if there’s anything I wear over and over again, it’s my favourite pair of Guess jeans and when I’m not in them, I’m in lululemon pants. You see my dilemma right? Not only am I wearing down my one and only pair of jeans I love, but more than half the time I’m in denial that lulu’s can be worn anywhere and everywhere. They shouldn’t – they’re not dress pants.
This is awesome Sarah! I love your taco chickpeas so I will definitely be making these recipes!
Great ideas. I make the spiced tofu or one of your other tofu variations about once a week. I love it. I haven’t made roasted chickpeas yet, but I’m going to now. They look delicious.
Hey, Sarah, I’m looking at your Mmm sauce and was wondering what is Nutritional Yeast? And what makes this sauce “cheesy”? Btw, I’m looking forward to making your chick pea tacos.
That’ll be my first of your recipes.
I think I answered my own question. Gotta love Google! So the Nutritional Yeast tastes “cheesy”, correct? Can I buy it at WinCo?
I’m not sure if they have it at Winco, Trudie. They do have it at Fred Meyer in the bulk bins in the Natural Food section and they also have it at Life Source. Hope that helps. And you guys will love the tacos!
Super great ideas! I seem to always be out of a few ingredients for the mmm sauce, so I haven’t tried it yet, but I can imagine how delicious it is. I can’t wait to try the peanut noodle salad you shared, it sounds really good too.
I can’t even begin to tell you how many times I have made the Roasted Chickpea Tacos. I’ve used the leftovers in many of the ways you suggested, too. My kids prefer to just snack on them as is. Super easy to make and tasty.
The Nacho Mmmm Sauce has also become a staple in our house. I make a batch every week. We use it on everything and say “mmmmm” with every bite!
That’s awesome to hear!
Your Tempeh Tamale Pie was a HUGE hit in our house. I made it a few weeks back and my meat loving husband was hooked! He had no idea it was vegan when I served it to him
I love tricking him into eating vegan meals ( which he usually turns his nose to) and he absolutely loves them! You have great healthy, tasty, vegan meals that even my meat loving husband approves of 
Thanks, Kelly.
Mama Pea. O. M. V. (veggies) I made your roasted chickpea tacos tonight. I am in love!!! IN LOVE! And now I love these new ideas of how to use them. I was hoping for some leftovers to use in my salad for work tomorrow but they did not last (I halved the recipe for two) next time I’ll know better….
Yeah, you might want to make three cans at once
I no longer need to be creative. Thanks, MP.
You’re welcome?
THANKYOUTHANKYOUTHANKYOUTHANKYOU!!!!!!!
I have seen so many recipe recaps that look a little daunting and am afraid to buy a ton of ingredients only to have whatever I don’t use go to waste. This is PERFECT. We already have chickpea tacos once a week, with leftovers used for taco salad for my lunch, and I’ve been dying to make that Mmm sauce and Tamale Pie again. You just made a teen-vegan-in a carnivorous family-who tries to think of new family friendly vegan meals’ life SO MUCH EASIER.
Well you are welcome!
MamaPea! Thx so much 4 this post. I am all about morphing leftovers into other meals. Please, put this in your next book? Please???
I guess it’s not too late…let me talk to my editor
Love this idea – I’ve been thinking of going more vegan, but been afraid to try tofu and tempah… With having your suggestions for so many options it’s very helpful. Looks like I’ll try the above and look for your book at the book store too.
Thank you – You’ve helped to make it an easier transition and it’s so creative too.
My pleasure–thanks!
i don’t have any kids, but i do have a picky husband (and a demanding job)! this post is SO helpful . . . especially after eating black bean tacos for the 2nd time this week last night!
i have a tendency to get stuck in a leftovers rut when cooking for only two people, this post is exactly what our menu planning has been needing. thanks so much!
Wonderful! Good health and good eating to you both!
holy ambitious! nice job!!! now, could you do the same thing with the sweet quick breads/muffins/desserts and other similar items from your book? c’mon, help out a sister with a sweet tooth?
5 desserts turned into 25 desserts (or dinners!!!). that’d be a dream come true. not to say that i don’t appreciate all of your hard work, because trust, i do. i just clearly have not made good resolutions. 
xo!
Ha ha…don’t tempt me!
Genius! Its so cool how far you’ve come. I started reading right after you started your old blog. Got sad when you stopped blogging, and made my day when you started your new one! Keep up the wonderful work mama pea! =)
I’m so interested in your MMMMM sauce, but my son had food allergies to nuts. Could I use anything other than almonds?
Sunflower seeds work great, if that’s something he can eat. Hope that helps!
This makes my lunch look so sad! ha ha I can’t wait to try out these recipeas
I MUST try your spicy tofu recipe. I love it but have had a hard time using it in stir fry. We do like it on top of our homemade pizza with a bunch of different veggies!
I agree with Holly, Mama Pea! This is a great and helpful post! We especially enjoy your Spicy Tofu Tacos and Tempeh Tamale Pie; so I look forward to trying some of your ideas here. Thanks so much!
You are quite welcome!
I’ve seriously referenced this post non-stop for the past two weeks. Everything is delicious
Any advice for someone wanting to become vegan? Thank you. Your site has made me feel thatvit is doable!
So SO awesome. Going vegan (day 2) for health reasons and as a busy mom of 3 I am in totally over my head. LOVE this, I will use it often!
I was REALLY disappointed in your Roasted Chickpeas Tacos!
You made me ruin dinner tonight! 
So I got the chickpeas marinated & they had to sit for 30 minutes. I took a small bite to sample seasoning. Yum. Crazy yum. They were calling to me just sitting there all lonely…so 5 minutes later.. another bite. This went on for 30 minutes…bite walk away, bite walk away. Each time like a shameful dog with a tail between the legs..I took a bite & walked away. 30 minutes later, there was about 10 chickpeas left in the bowl to feed my family of four. Good thing I had leftovers for the family. I will try again tomorrow night 