3 Healthy Vegan Lunches/Dinners!
randa nelson
Hey loves! So we've decided to start making some blog posts! Here are three of our favorite dishes. They are simple, filling, healthy, delicious, and most importantly EASY! :)
Asian-inspired meal
Ingredients:
Brown/white rice
No salt added canned beans
Frozen mango
Frozen peppers
Lemon
Fresh basil
We use an Instant Pot to cook our rice. Pour 5 cups of rice and 10 cups water into the pot. If you are cooking brown rice, cook it for 25 minutes. If you are cooking white rice, cook for 10 minutes. Microwave the frozen mango and peppers until they are hot. Mix remaining ingredients and DONE! Add additional spices for more flavor! You can even add seaweed to really give the dish an Asian flavor.
Indian-inspired meal
Ingredients:
White Basmati rice
Lentils
Frozen peas and corn
Lemon
Curry spices
Nutritional Yeast
Use the Instant Pot to cook the rice. Pour 5 cups of rice and 10 cups of water. Cook for 10 minutes. Use a separate Instant Pot (or wait for the rice to be cooked,) and cook up the lentils. To cook lentils, pour 4 cups of them into the pot and add 10 cups of water. Cook them for 20 minutes. Microwave the peas and corn and mix everything together. The curry, nutritional yeast, and lemon make an amazing combo! If you want to get more fancy, feel free to add fresh minced garlic and chives to the dish. If you're on the go, put the dish in a wrap/burrito!
Purple/Asian Sweet Potatoes
Potatoes are one of our favorite foods! Not only do they contain many vitamins, they are also delicious and satisfying. There are many different types of potatoes, and one of our current favorites is the Asian sweet potato. To cook them, preheat oven to 430 degrees F, wash the potatoes, and then place them on a steel tray covered with a Sil-Pat. Stab the potatoes, pop them in the oven, and then bake them for 70 minutes. That simple! Make sure to let them cool down because they will be very hot! We like to add lemon and a little bit of salt for flavor. Add the sweet potatoes to a salad or just eat them on their own. We love sweet potatoes for breakfast lunch or dinner!
Make sure to tag us on instagram @NinaAndRanda, so we can see you create this food! :)
Comments (18)
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Just started watching your videos and looking at your blog- i like how simple you make everything and how much positive energy you have. It would be cool to see tips on how to squeeze exercise into your life- I know with having a job and being a full time student i find it hard to find the time! :) xx
Looks delicious!
-And, we have something in common. I really love sweet potatoes too :D
Do you eat the skin ? :)
Great blog!!! I've been to the Healthy Lifestyle Conference the past two years and am now vegan. You girls have inspired me to try high carb, low fat now. I just started a blog as well! www.stokedonplants.com
Just stumbled over your videos and site, hopefully there will be more recipes in the future! I m totaly gonna try it out and hopefully it'll work out for my own acne problems. Here in Sweden in the area I live it's sooo hard to get organic food, the stock is small and the price is through the roof! But you have inspired me a lot through your videos and I'll try to make at least a little change! Keep up the good work! :)
if you are ever in denmark,there they have very cheap organic foods :) just a tip
I used to hate sweet potatoes but after watching your vids I decided to re try them. I absolutely love them now! You have both truly inspired me! Thank You!
I'm trying that for dinner tonight!! Indian bowl with sweet potatoes?? I think it has potential to work :D
They all look super yummy and easy to make. I used to hate sweet potatoes when I was younger, but the other day I was one of your videos and tried them again. And Oh my god I seriously don't know what was wrong with my younger self they are so yummy and filling. Love your videos, keep up the good work :)
These look great, and appropriate for my meager cooking skills. I love watching your videos! I'm a Toronto vegan - I'll definitely tag you when I make these :)
Do y'all have any tips for re-heating sweet potatoes? I would love to cook them on my meal prep days and re-heat them at my office for lunch, but I think it might dry them out too much. Any ideas? Thanks!
I love sweet potatoes! Thank you for sharing your easy meal ideas. Do you guys find that when you eat more fruit than starch your acne gets worse? I eat pretty similarly to you guys, but I eat probably eat a bit more fruit and less starch. Unfortunately, I'm still struggling with acne despite avoiding all overt fats and processed foods : ( Any ideas?
I'm really happy to know that you guys also started a blog!!
Looks awesome, makes me want to try to go vegan because these are easy but versatile.
Looks DELICOUS!!
Have you ever ate any kind of animal product? Like on accident?