One of the most common misconceptions about eating plant-based/vegan is that it takes forever to prepare a good meal. Or that it’s all about frozen meals/entrees. While frozen vegan food is awesome (Amy’s non-dairy mac and cheese is life), it’s not healthy to rely on packaged vegan food all the time. There’s plenty of lazy vegan meals that can be made at home with simple ingredients (and cheap)! Here’s a large compilation of (90+!) vegan meal and snack ideas that take little to no time to prepare.
Bowls
Rice bowl with roasted butternut squash, pink beans, bbq sauce, and hummus.Buddha bowl with some rice, roasted tempeh, chickpeas, purple sweet potato, spinach, lemon, and maple tahini dressing.Noodles with creamy hummus and peas.Spinach salad with butternut squash, roasted red peppers, and lemon.Sweet potato bowl.Sautéed veggies with freekeh + lentils.Escarole, garlic, and cannellini beans.Couscous tossed with spinach, onion, and peas. Side of avocado.Rice bowl with steamed sweet potatoes, refried beans, and some tahini. Sprinkle of paprika.Rice bowl with lentils, broccoli, lettuce, and lemon.Burrito bowl on a bed of spinach.Tomato and avocado salad.Sautéed cabbage, mushrooms, and couscous.Buddha bowl loaded with couscous, zucchini, onion, kidney beans, and some cashew cream.Mac salad.Bean and avocado salad with some chips.Avocado, mango, and corn.Black beans, rice + avocado.Kale and pink beans.Brussel’s sprouts, avocado, and some quinoa.Chili with avocado.Lentil salad with avocado.Falafel bowls.Glow bowl.
Spinach salad with tomatoes, fresh corn, beans, walnuts, carrots, and some homemade ranch.Quick salad topped with red pepper, carrots, scallions, rice, and lentils. Spicy hot sauce dressing.Huge kale salad with walnuts, carrots, tomatoes, and golden raisins. Lemon tahini dressing.Black bean, corn, and tortilla salad.Lentil hummus salad.Spinach salad.Roasted red peppers tossed with spinach.
Sandwiches
Buffalo tempeh sandwich.Veggie sandwich with avocado, sweet potato, tomato, onion, lettuce, and mustard.Loaded veggie wrap – this one has avocado, spinach, tomato, carrots, olives, hummus + hot sauce.Broccoli rabe, garlic, and olive oil in a sandwich.Tofurky + chao cheese sandwich.Red peppers, onion, lettuce, tomato, avocado + mustard on multi.Tofurky + veggie sandwich with mustard.Spinach, sweet potato, black beans, tomato, lettuce, pickled onions.Grilled cheese made with Follow Your Heart.Spinach, tomato, and cream cheese sandwich.Toasted bread with some Tofutti, avocado, spinach, and tomato.Refried beans, rice, and corn in a burrito with vegan ranch, spinach, and romaine.Black bean + veggie wrap.Tofutti + smashed avocado spinach bagel.Roasted tempeh, tomato, and vegan mayo on toasted rye.White bean salad bagel sandwich.Roasted red pepper sandwich with cucumber, lettuce, and just mayo.Cauliflower, spinach, red peppers, avocado.Roasted eggplant, peppers, and hummus wrap.
Tofutti cream cheese + tomato.English muffin with half almond butter, half vegan chocolate hazelnut spread (I have the one made by Endangered Species Chocolate).Homemade hummus on wheat, sprinkled with everything bagel seasoning.Vanilla yogurt topped with granola, banana, and peanut butter.Chocolate overnight oats topped with banana.English muffin topped with some chocolate almond butter, which is just almond butter, cacao powder, splash of almond milk + maple syrup combined.Breakfast sandwich consists of tofutti, everything bagel seasoning, spinach, and sliced tomato.English muffin with pb + coconut flakes.Blueberry overnight oats!Tofutti cream cheese, avocado mash + tomatoes.English muffin with PB + banana.Peachy smoothie bowl. Made with frozen peaches, strawberries, coconut yogurt, and water.Vanilla coconut yogurt with veggies and maple syrup.Chickpeas sautéed with greens, broccoli, and zucchini.Spinach and avocado breakfast sandwich.Coconut yogurt with strawberries, granola, walnuts, pb, and cacao maple drizzle.Tofu breakfast sandwich.
