If you’re looking to go vegan, then there are plenty of recipes out there that can suit your needs, with vegan recipes easily found on the internet, and a growing selection of vegan meals appearing in stores all over the place. However, it sometimes seems like most of your options are just some kind of “replacement” for another non-vegan meal. Here, we’re going to look at some meals designed from the ground up to meet the vegan lifestyle, without necessarily being a copy of something else.
Get a little spicy with it
If you want to make sure you’re enjoying the breadth of vegan experiences, then you really need to look at cultures in which meat is not often or always treated as a vital staple for your meals. With some international inspiration, you can try making your own Ethiopian spicy lentil stew, for instance. This rich, flavorful, and meat-free stew is best enjoyed how it traditionally would be, with a handful of injera bread to soak it all up.
Get coconutty with it
One of the mistakes that it’s easy to make with western cuisine is to underestimate some ingredients or try to pigeonhole them. This is very much the case with coconut. As mentioned, a little international flavor can do you a world of good, and the way that olan makes use of coconut for a delicious vegan, gluten-free and nut-free meal is the perfect example of that. There are 2 ways to make olan featured here. Take a look at the methods provided and see if you can’t make this rich coconut stew a regular part of your meal plans.
Wrap it up
If you’re ever looking to platter up some snacks for some guests or you just want a meal of delicious finger food ready to dig into, then these wraps might be just the thing that you’re after. Add a little Thai flavor to your life with manga, cabbage, tofu, and a nice helping of peanut sauce which can be added to give it that savory flavor and to help all of the different textures blend in together. This can be quite the mouthful with a flavor that explodes when you bite into it, so well worth trying.
Make friends with kimchi
Kimchi is such a treat that there are many people who can eat it on itsown for a meal. This highly gut healthy and addictive form of cabbage is fast becoming all the rage. There are plenty of good vegan meals that make use of kimchi as the main star as well. Kimchi fried rice is a great example. There are plenty of people who will flavor it with pork but there’s nothing to stop you from using tofu. It’s not even a replacement, it’s just another option to go with fried rice and kimchi.
It’s all too common for vegan adaptations of meals to be treated as “lesser” versions of their non-vegan varieties. However, with the meals above, you can enjoy tastes that are exclusive to the vegan palate.
