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Every recipe on my site is vegan, so if you’re 100% plant-based, you’re in the right place.

Here’s a great starting point for a huge variety of recipes. Some of my favourites are lemon orzo with chickpeas, hearty mushroom bolognese, creamy white bean soup with kale. Or, try this peanut butter vanilla shake, and these sweet potato muffins.

Want to dive into vegan recipes? The First Mess Cookbook is just the thing.

An overhead shot of a pickle panzanella salad with crispy bits of bread, chopped cucumbers, pickles and red onion, plus shaved fennel and fresh dill. Photographed in a wide, white bowl with wood serving tongs. All set on a worn wood background.

Pickle Panzanella Salad

An overhead shot shows a light blue platter topped with cooked french lentils and grilled whole carrots, all topped with a creamy chive-flecked sauce. Extra chives and sesame seeds garnish the dish.

Grilled Carrots with Lentils & Roasted Garlic Chive Yogurt Sauce

An up close overhead shot of a rice noodle salad in a large bowl with lots of small-diced fresh spring vegetables. The salad is topped with chili and maple syrup roasted peanuts that have been chopped.

Spring Rice Noodle Salad with Chili Maple Peanuts, Celery & Peas

An up close shot of a split open sandwich being held by a hand. In between marble rye there are layers of sprouts, butter lettuce, a creamy sauce, mustard, tomatoes, sauerkraut, onion, and pepperoncini peppers.

My Ultimate Veggie Crunch Sandwich

A head on shot of a light orange spring thaw smoothie in two glasses with a small vase of snow drop flowers in the background.

Spring Thaw Smoothie

An overhead shot of creamy mushroom asparagus orzo with peas and bits of fresh dill on top. The orzo is in a braiser-style pot with a gold serving utensil sticking out. There is a beige napkin wrapped around the pot handle.

Creamy Mushroom Asparagus Orzo

A grid shows 4 vegan tofu recipes: coconut tofu lettuce wraps, golden coconut broth bowls with tofu and vegetables, a veg noodle salad with seared tofu, and grilled tofu and pineapple skewers

18 Vegan Tofu Recipes

An overhead image shows a pair of hands splitting a jumbo double chocolate cookie drizzled with peanut butter in half.

Jumbo Double Chocolate Cookie with Peanut Butter

An overhead, up close shot of a kale salad with creamy dressing on top, crispy bits of tofu, chunks of roasted sweet potato, slices of red onion, and cubes of avocado. The salad is in a white bowl.

Kale Power Salad with Spicy Almond Dressing

An overhead shot of barley risotto with roasted carrots in a black braiser-style pot.

Vegan Barley Risotto with Roasted Carrots

A head on shot of a creamy, beige vanilla chip smoothie in two clear glasses. The smoothie is garnished with cacao nibs and there is a dark wooden spoon sticking out of the one glass.

Creamy Vanilla Chip Smoothie

An overhead shot of roasted red cabbage wedges on a parchment-lined white platter. The wedges are topped with a root vegetable and herb slaw. Each wedge/slaw portion is topped with chopped toasted cashews, flaked coconut, and sesame seeds.

Roasted Cabbage with Ginger Lime Root Slaw & Cashews

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