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20+ Vegetarian Recipes Requiring Extra Time and Love

If you have some extra time and enjoy a cooking project, then these healthy, made-with-love recipes are for you.

All recipes are vegetarian, with plant-based, vegan, gluten-free, and dairy-free options. From breakfast to dessert, these are fun and special recipes to make with family and friends. 

For breakfast, try a satisfying Vegan Raw Buckwheat Groats Porridge topped with blueberries.

For a hearty plant-based stew recipe, try this tasty Vegan Heirloom-Bean Chili Recipe.

And for dessert, don’t miss the always-popular Gluten-Free Rhubarb-Strawberry Crumble. All that’s missing is a scoop of your favorite ice cream! 

 

Vegan Raw Buckwheat Groats Porridge

Change up your breakfast routine with this creamy vegan porridge using soaked buckwheat groats, almonds, tahini, strawberries, and cinnamon. It’s also gluten free, nutrient-packed, and protein-high. And you can easily make it in a few seconds in a food processor, or high-speed blender. What are raw buckwheat groats and are they related to wheat? Buckwheat […]

Banana Cranberry Nut Bread with Lemon Glaze

Dense, delicious and moist, this Banana Cranberry Nut Bread drizzled with homemade lemon glaze is a delightful homemade tea cake or dessert. This banana bread is a total fruitcake in disguise. Yes, there is a smashed, overripe banana in it, but I also packed it with dried cranberries, and chopped pecans. And the lemon glaze […]

Authentic Czech Kolache (Koláče) With Fruit Filling

Koláč (pronounced “co-latch”), a common and popular Czech pastry item, is made from a yeasted brioche dough, filled with a variety of fresh seasonal fruit and topped with crumbly streusel. Kolache, kolatche, kolachky or koláče in Czech (plural, pronounced “co-la-tchay”) typically come in circular shapes (yes, they do look like pizza!). From the silver dollar-size […]

Vegetarian Cauliflower Patties (GF & Paleo)

These oven-baked Cauliflower Patties are made with almond flour, eggs, feta cheese and fresh parsley. It’s an easy, healthy, gluten-free and paleo cauliflower recipe, and ideal for dinner, appetizers or as a vegetarian side dish.  Go grab a good-looking head of cauliflower, and you’re well on your way towards making these crispy, herby cauliflower burgers.  […]