Salads

Easy Vegan Mango & Black Bean Quinoa Salad – 3 Ingredient, Oil-Free Dressing

This is one of those recipes we love so much I can’t believe I haven’t already posted it. It doesn’t take long to put together, everyone likes it, and it even makes great leftovers. It only calls for 9 ingredients, 2 of which are water …

Mexican Avocado Pasta [Kid’s Favorite Vegan Pasta!]

If you’ve followed me for a while you know that lunch was my hardest meal to transition to plant-based. I used to buy 10-15 lbs of cheese at Costco every month and we pretty much rotated through quesadillas, grilled cheese, nachos, and mac n cheese …

4 Ingredient Creamy Balsamic Dressing – WFPB – Oil-Free – Date-Sweetened

If you saw my recent post Healthy Foods You Won’t Believe My Kids Ate This Summer, you may remember the super-easy, no chop main-dish salad that saw us through some crazy summer days. The dressing I made up that night is one of my all-time favorites, …

Costa Vida/Cafe Rio Style Salad [Vegan, WFBP, Cheap, Easy, Instant Pot/Slow Cooker]

Life changed when I discovered the Cafe Rio Salad. Hearty, delicious and an amazing combination of fresh flavors, it’s got to be one of the most copycatted (is that a word?) recipes in the blogosphere. I love to make various versions myself, but let’s be …

Cafe Rio Style Cilantro Lime Salad Dressing [Oil-Free, Vegan, WFPB]

Oh the rich, delicious Cafe Rio salad dressing! It even made my husband want a salad back before I helped him learn to appreciate salad. I knew I could make a whole-foods, plant-based version of this salad dressing that cut out the buttermilk, oil, mayonnaise …

Super Food Kale Quinoa Salad

To say I love this kale and quinoa salad is an understatement. My kids like it, and it is perfect for Christmas, Thanksgiving and other gatherings–hearty enough for health nuts like me to have a big plate for the main dish but delicious enough for …