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Vegan Slow Cooker Menu Plan for 2

This week’s vegan menu plan uses you 1 1/2 to 2-quart slow cooker to make just enough food for two. Many of the recipes come straight from my book, Vegan Slow Cooking for Two or Just You, so if you like these you’ll find more like them in the book.

I’ve also added breakfasts in this menu plan as well as a dessert. If you want to make both meals each day, I encourage you to line your slow cooker with parchment paper when cooking the breakfasts. That way clean-up will be minimal and you can eas...

Vegan Slow Cooker Curry Pot Pie Topped with Whole Wheat Biscuits

ThisVegan Slow Cooker Curry Pot Pie Topped with Whole Wheat Biscuits is a variation of my original Veggie Pot Pie from The Vegan Slow Cooker. Today’s version has different veggies and is lightly spiced with curry flavors.

In the old version I cooked the biscuits in the slow cooker, and some people didn’t care for theit bicuits being more dumpling-like. In this one we still put the uncooked dough ontop of the stew in the slow cooker. But then we put the crock in the oven to cook the biscuits....

Vegan Gluten-Free Chai-Spiced Teff Waffles

Today, I have a recipe for Vegan Gluten-Free Chai-Spiced Teff Waffles. A few weeks ago I shared myBest Gluten-Free Vegan Browniesrecipe and those were made out of teff flour as well. I’m loving it!

Please note that this post is sponsored by The Teff Company, the makers of MaskalTeff products. I’m so excited to work with them.It’s now my go-to gluten-free flour and I think you’ll love cooking with it too. If you can’t find them in your local store you can orderMaskalTeff productson Amazon.

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A Vegan Slow Cooker Menu Plan That Makes Autumn Easy!

I just can’t wait for autumn any longer so I’m cooking butternut squash, pumpkin, lentil soup this week!Also, all the main dish recipes this week are made right in your slow cooker!

Please let me know if you’re using the free weekly vegan menu plans that I’ve been posting and feel free to make suggestions in the comments. I have a menu plan for 2-quart slow cookers coming up, more Instant Pot recipes, but I’d love to help you with any dinner problems you have.

Photo by Kate Lewis

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Vegan Butternut Squash Okra Gumbo with Brown Rice

I want it to feel more like autumn. Don’t get me wrong, I’m grateful for the cooler mornings and evenings. But where I live it keeps cranking back up into the mid-ninety’s and beyond. It’s September and I’m ready to feel a chill in the air.

Some of you who live far in the north want the warmth as long as you can have it, but in North Carolina it’s been extra hot this summer and I’m ready for a few cool breezes. The leaves are starting to change, but it’s still like a sauna most of the time.

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A Vegan Menu Plan Including Lots of Slow Cooker and Labor Day Recipes!

It’s a long weekend and you can thank Labor Day for that. This week I’ve got a great vegan menu plan for you and it includeslots of slow cooker recipes.

This week’s menu also includes a full Labor Day Celebration with homemade bean burgers, baked beans, potato salad, pineapple agua fresca, and gluten-free vegan brownies for dessert.

Breakfast: ThisOrange Flower, Pistachio, and Date Oatmealwill brighten up your week with it’s middle eastern flavors. It’s made with rolled oats on the stove-to...

The Best Gluten-Free Vegan Brownies Made With a Surprise 1-Ingredient Flour!

Everyone loves brownies, right? They are Cheryl’s favorite dessert and she has been asking me to make her some with walnuts for ages.My new gluten-free vegan brownie recipe has her seal of approval. She never suspected that they were gluten-free!

Please note that this post is sponsored by The Teff Company, the makers of MaskalTeff products. I’m so excited to work with them.It’s now my go-to gluten-free flour and I think you’ll love cooking with it too. If you can’t find them in your local st...

Instant Pot Vegan Menu Plan: Quick Back to School Meals that Wow!

Even if you aren’t going off to school or don’t have kids, back to schoolis a great time to start some new habits It always feels a little bit like New Years, in that you get another clean start. It can be a busy time if you do have kids or classes, but this week’s menu plan should have you in and out of the kitchen in a flash!

This stress-free Instant Pot Vegan Menu Plan is myback to school present for you. The meals come together fast because they are all made in your Instant Pot!

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Sweet and Sour Red Cabbage Made Fast in Your Instant Pot

Are any of you getting beautiful heads of cabbage in your CSA yet? I’ve been getting some for the past month or two. Honestly, I’ve made enough raw cabbage salad for the summer and I was ready for something cooked.

I reallylike cooked cabbage, but Cheryldoesn’t. Well, until she had this Sweet and Sour red Cabbage. It’s so easy to make in the Instant Pot and she even asked for seconds!

Originally, this was going into my new book, The Ultimate Vegan Cookbook for Your Instant Pot. But the book’...

A Vegan Menu Plan Full of Takeout Recipes that You Make at Home!

This week’s vegan menu plan will have you looking forward to having dinner at home. I love takeout food, but it can be expensive, not so healthy, and you can’t always get vegan versions. This week you’ll make a variety of international dishes, with a cauliflower, po’boy, jackfruit chili, and pizza thrown in to round it all out.

Get ready for you favorite menu plan ever. The best part is that all of these with come together quickly or have parts that can be made in advance.

Have a wonderful w...