Basic Vegan Mashed Potatoes – 7 Recipes

Basic Vegan Mashed Potatoes | happygut.ca

Who would have thought that there would be so many variations for basic vegan mashed potatoes? Oh, but there is! I searched far and wide and came up with the following delicious recipes for basic vegan mashed potatoes. All the recipes have fewer than 10 ingredients (woohoo!) and are made with whole foods. I’ve separated the recipes from those of the traditional style of mashed potatoes (i.e. mostly potatoes) from those with a fun twist (see below for recipes with cauliflower and navy beans).

I’ve indicated whether the recipes are the following:
✓ Gluten free
✓ Grain free
✓ Vegan
✓ Soy free
✓ Nut free
✓ Sugar free

If you don’t see a certain condition noted, you can assume that it doesn’t fulfill it’s criteria. None of the recipes are raw and, as the name suggests, none of them are nightshade free as they all require potatoes. (I usually indicate on my posts whether recipes are raw and nightshade free).

Let me know what you think of the list. 🙂

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Almond Milk
Basic Vegan Mashed Potatoes
Basic Vegan Mashed Potatoes | happygut.ca

By HappyGut

Ingredients: 8
Main ingredients:
potatoes, almond milk, garlic

✓ Gluten free
✓ Grain free
✓ Vegan
✓ Soy free
✓ Sugar free

Why this makes the cut: Disclaimer: this my creation. 🙂 I wanted mashed potatoes and I had almond milk. I couldn’t find a vegan mashed potato recipe that called for almond milk so I created one myself. It was really yummy! See how to veganize this recipe with the instructions above. 

Get recipe here.

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Coconut Milk
Vegan Mashed Potatoes | thevegan8.com
Vegan Mashed Potatoes | thevegan8

By The Vegan 8

Ingredients: 7
Main ingredients:
potatoes, coconut milk

✓ Gluten free
✓ Grain free
✓ Vegan
✓ Soy free
✓ Nut free
✓ Sugar free

Get recipe here.

Why this makes the cut: Coconut milk, which I love, sounds like it would make the mashed potatoes creamy and delicious. 

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Olive Oil
Vegan Mashed Potatoes | wellvegan.com
Vegan Mashed Potatoes | wellvegan.com

By Well Vegan

Ingredients: 6
Main ingredients:
potatoes, olive oil, garlic

✓ Gluten free
✓ Grain free
✓ Vegan
✓ Soy free
✓ Nut free
✓ Sugar free

Why this makes the cut: No (dairy free) milk? No problem. Got garlic? Great! These mashed potatoes with garlic and olive oil sound so appetizing! 

Get recipe here.

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Vegan Butter
Vegan Mashed Potatoes | minimalistbaker.com
Mashed Potatoes | minimalistbaker

By Minimalist Baker

Ingredients: 6
Main ingredients:
potatoes, garlic, vegan butter

✓ Gluten free
✓ Grain free
✓ Vegan
✓ Soy free
✓ Nut free
✓ Sugar free

Why this makes the cut: Made without (dairy) milk and oil, these mashed potatoes have plenty of garlic and are topped with chives. YUM. 

Get recipe here.

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Cauliflower
Vegan Mashed Potatoes | loveandlemons.com
Vegan Mashed Potatoes | loveandlemons.com

By Love and Lemons

Ingredients: 8-9
Main ingredients:
potatoes, cauliflower, garlic, olive oil

✓ Gluten free
✓ Grain free
✓ Vegan
✓ Soy free
✓ Nut free
✓ Sugar free

Why this makes the cut: A great way to reduce the amount of potatoes in your mashed potatoes. 

Get recipe here.

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Eggplant
Vegan Mashed Potatoes | blissfulbasil.com
Vegan Mashed Potatoes | blissfulbasil.com

By Blissful Basil

Ingredients: 8-9
Main ingredients:
potatoes, eggplant, cauliflower, cashews

✓ Gluten free
✓ Grain free
✓ Vegan
✓ Soy free
✓ Nut free
✓ Sugar free

Why this makes the cut: I love that the main ingredients in these mashed potatoes are eggplant, cauliflower and cashews! It sounds absolutely delectable! 

Get recipe here.

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Navy Beans 
Vegan Mashed Potatoes | ohsheglows.com
Vegan Mashed Potatoes | ohsheglows.com

By Oh She Glows

Ingredients: 8-9
Main ingredients:
potatoes, navy beans, vegan butter

✓ Gluten free
✓ Grain free
✓ Vegan
✓ Soy free
✓ Nut free
✓ Sugar free

Why this makes the cut: Protein rich mashed potatoes that you can eat as the main meal instead of the side. 

Get recipe here.

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Best Vegan Gravy Ever Recipe – 6 Options

Best Vegan Gravy Ever Recipe

I call this one the best vegan gravy ever recipe. Why “the best gravy recipe ever”, you ask? I searched for the cleanest vegan gravy recipes online that I came across many on different blogs. I picked out the ones that were (mostly) made from whole foods, with ingredients you would likely find in your pantry. I also curated the recipes based on some dietary restrictions.

I’ve indicated whether the recipes are the following:
✓ Gluten free
✓ Grain free
✓ Vegan
✓ Soy free
✓ Nut free
✓ Sugar free
✓ Raw
✓ Nightshade free

If you don’t see a certain condition noted, you can assume that it doesn’t fulfill it’s criteria.

I’ve separated the vegan gravy recipes between those recipes that use mushrooms and those that don’t (some people love mushrooms while others don’t 🙂 ) . Do let me know what you think of my list and what improvements can be made. 🙂

Best Vegan Gravy Ever Recipe With Mushrooms 

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Gravy with Flour & Veggie Broth
Best Vegan Gravy Ever Recipe
Best Vegan Gravy Ever Recipe | happygut.ca

By HappyGut

Filling ingredients: 10
Main ingredients: mushrooms, rice flour, veggie broth, nutritional yeast

✓ Gluten free
✓ Vegan
✓ Nut free
✓ Sugar free
✓ Nightshade free

Why this makes the cut:Full disclaimer, this is my recipe and, its delicious, if I don’t say so myself. 🙂

Get recipe here.

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Gravy with Flour & Almond Milk
Vegan Gravy | minimalistbaker.com
Vegan Gravy | minimalistbaker.com

By Minimalist Baker

Filling ingredients: 10
Main ingredients: mushrooms, almond milk, veggie broth, flour

✓ Gluten free (*replace with gluten free flour)
✓ Vegan
✓ Soy free
✓ Sugar free
✓ Nightshade free

Why this makes the cut:This one sounds similar to my gravy, but sounds deliciously creamy with the addition of almond milk. 

Get recipe here.

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Gravy with Veggie Broth
Vegan Gravy | vegkitchen.com
Vegan Gravy | vegkitchen.com

By Veg Kitchen

Filling ingredients: 6
Main ingredients:
mushrooms, veggie broth, nutritional yeast, arrowroot/cornstarch

✓ Gluten free
✓ Grain free
✓ Vegan
✓ Nut free
✓ Sugar free
✓ Nightshade free

Why this makes the cut:With only 6 ingredients, this recipe sounds super quick and very appetizing. 

Get recipe here.

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Best Vegan Gravy Ever Recipe Without Mushrooms 

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Gravy with Tahini & Blackstrap Molasses
Vegan Gravy | ohsheglows.com
Vegan Gravy | ohsheglows.com

By Oh She Glows

Filling ingredients: 12
Main ingredients: veggie broth, nutritional yeast, tahini, balsamic vinegar, blackstrap molasses

✓ Gluten free
✓ Grain free
✓ Vegan
✓ Soy free
✓ Nut free
✓ Sugar free
✓ Nightshade free

Why this makes the cut:With tahini and molasses (and garlic and mustard), this recipe is so unique and so enticing. 

Get recipe here.

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Gravy with (Vegan) Butter & Flour
Vegan Gravy | kitchentreaty.com
Vegan Gravy | kitchentreaty.com

By Kitchen Treaty

Filling ingredients: 5
Main ingredients: (vegan) butter, flour, veggie broth

✓ Gluten free (*replace with gluten free flour)
✓ Vegan (*use vegan butter)
✓ Soy free
✓ Nut free
✓ Sugar free
✓ Nightshade free

Why this makes the cut:With only 5 ingredients with ingredients you are likely to find in your kitchen, this recipe is very attractive! 

Get recipe here.

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Gravy with Olive Oil & Marmite 
Vegan Gravy | themuffinmyth.com
Vegan Gravy | themuffinmyth.com

By The Muffin Myth

Filling ingredients: 8
Main ingredients: olive oil, flour, nutritional yeast, veggie broth

✓ Gluten free
✓ Vegan
✓ Soy free
✓ Nut free
✓ Sugar free
✓ Nightshade free

Why this makes the cut: Another super simple recipe with marmite. You had me at marmite. 🙂 

Get recipe here.

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Best Vegan Lentil Loaf Recipe – 8 Options

Best Vegan Lentil Loaf Recipe

I’m surprised I did a post on the best vegan lentil loaf recipe. To be honest, I never cared much for normal meatloaf growing up. I probably have had meatloaf only once in my life, and didn’t like it very much. The only thing I did like about meatloaf was the sauce or the gravy that accompanied it.

Fast forward about 20 years and I was craving that gravy. What can I eat with gravy, I thought. Well, being on a (mostly) anti-inflammatory diet I can’t have meatloaf or potatoes but what I can have is a lentil loaf. Aha! Brilliant! Well done Kiran. 🙂

And so, I was on the search for the best lentil loaf recipe. My friend Fatima was coming over for dinner and I need a recipe that would not disappoint.

I searched for a really long time for the best vegan lentil loaf recipe. In searching for the best vegan lentil loaf recipe I also came across of many vegan loafs that were made without lentils. I did a separate post on these non-lentil loafs recipes that you can find on my blog post for the best vegan meatloaf recipe.

I hunted for lentil loaf recipes that were clean, made with whole food ingredients, along with being easy to make and delicious. I tried to search for unique recipes that would cater to everyone’s unique dietary needs and preferences (God knows, I have my share of them!).

Let me know what you think of my curation for the best vegan lentil loaf recipe. Have I missed any lentil loafs that you think I should include? Let me know in the comments below. 🙂

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Oats & Spinach
Vegan Lentil Loaf | www.healthpursuit.com
Vegan Lentil Loaf | www.healthpursuit.com

By Healthful Pursuit

Ingredients: 24
Main ingredients: green lentils, spinach, oats, almond flour

✓ Gluten free
✓ Vegan
✓ Soy free
✓ Sugar free (*contains maple syrup)

Why this makes the cut: A green lentil loaf with oats & almond flour, topped with a bbq sauce made with Sriracha. YUM. 

Get recipe here. 

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Oats & Ketchup
Vegan Lentil Loaf | produceonparade.com
Vegan Lentil Loaf | produceonparade.com

By Produce On Parade

Ingredients: 22
Main ingredients: oats, red lentils, ketchup

✓ Gluten free
✓ Vegan
✓ Soy free
✓ Nut free
✓ Sugar free

Why this makes the cut: A healthy lentil loaf complete with oats, lentils, flax, nutritional yeast and tahini.

Get recipe here.

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Oats & Walnuts
Vegan Lentil Loaf | ohsheglows.com
Vegan Lentil Loaf | ohsheglows.com

By Oh She Glows

Ingredients: 22
Main ingredients: lentils, oats, breadcrumbs, walnuts, apple, raisins

✓ Gluten free (*use gluten free breadcrumbs and oats)
✓ Vegan
✓ Soy free
✓ Sugar free (*contains maple syrup)

Why this makes the cut: A recipe for all you sweet lovers. A loaf with apples and raisins topped with a sweet glaze sauce.

Get recipe here.

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Walnuts & Seeds
Vegan Lentil Loaf | themuffinmyth.com
Vegan Lentil Loaf | themuffinmyth.com

By The Muffin Myth

Ingredients: 21
Main ingredients: green lentils, walnuts, sunflower seeds

✓ Vegan
✓ Soy free
✓ Sugar free (*has maple syrup)

Why this makes the cut: The combination of nuts, seeds, carrots and raisins in this loaf makes for a hearty and full-flavoured meal. 

Get recipe here.

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Cornmeal
Vegan Lentil Loaf | thevegan8.com
Vegan Lentil Loaf | thevegan8.com

By The Vegan 8

Ingredients: 10 (without sauce)
Main ingredients: green lentils, bbq sauce, cornmeal, corn

✓ Gluten free
✓ Grain free
✓ Vegan
✓ Soy free
✓ Nut free
✓ Sugar free (*contains maple syrup)

Why this makes the cut: The only grain free and gluten free loaf I came across. Plus, it sounds spicy and delectable. 

Get recipe here.

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Sweet Potato
Vegan Lentil Loaf | glutenfreehope.blogspot.ca
Vegan Lentil Loaf | glutenfreehope.blogspot.ca

By Gluten Free Hope

Ingredients: 20
Main ingredients: red lentils, sweet potato, quinoa, parsley

✓ Gluten free
✓ Vegan
✓ Nut free
✓ Sugar free (*contains maple syrup)

Why this makes the cut: A unique and healthy loaf filled with quinoa, sweet potatoes and kale. 

Get recipe here.

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Chickpeas
Vegan Lentil Loaf | rachelcarr.com
Vegan Lentil Loaf | rachelcarr.com

By Rachel Carr

Ingredients: 18
Main ingredients: lentils, chickpeas, breadcrumbs/oats

✓ Gluten free (*use gluten free breadcrumbs and oats)
✓ Vegan
✓ Nut free
✓ Sugar free

Why this makes the cut: A hearty and protein packed loaf with celery, carrots, chickpeas and lentils. 

Get recipe here.

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Rice & Walnuts
Best Vegan Lentil Loaf Recipe
Best Vegan Lentil Loaf Recipe | happygut.ca

By HappyGut

Ingredients: 24
Main ingredients: lentils, walnuts, breadcrumbs

✓ Gluten free (*use gluten free breadcrumbs)
✓ Vegan
✓ Sugar free
✓ Nightshade free

Why this makes the cut: Full disclosure, this is my recipe creation. 🙂  This is the only nightshade free lentil loaf (this is the reason I created it) topped with a vegan mushroom gravy. 

Get recipe here.

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Best Vegan Meatloaf Recipe – 6 Options

Best Vegan Meatloaf Recipe

This post for the best vegan meatloaf recipe is similar to my post on the best vegan lentil loaf recipe. The difference is that the recipes found in this post are without lentils while the lentil loaf is made with lentils, as the name suggests. 🙂

For me, sometimes my gut is okay with lentils and sometimes it’s not. Sometimes my gut’s okay with beans and sometimes it’s not. Sometimes my gut’s okay with tempeh and sometimes it’s not. You get the drift. 😉

I originally was going to combine the lentil loaf recipes with this post on the best vegan meatloaf recipe but ended up with 14 recipes in total! I tried to cut some recipes out but they were but it was really hard. They all seemed unique, delicious and worthy of making the cut. In the end, I decided to do two separate posts, one for the best vegan meatloaf recipe and one for the best lentil loaf recipes.

Sorry for the long explanation, I was probably trying to justify separating the lists more to me than you to you. 😛

Anyway, see my curated list below best vegan meatloaf recipe. 🙂

Between this post and the post on the best lentil loaf recipe you should find a vegan loaf to fit all of your needs. Do let me know if there you are further limited in your diet and I will see if I can come up with one that fits your needs as well.

To healthy happy guts everywhere! 🙂

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Beans & Avocado
Vegan Meatloaf | ambitiouskitchen.com
Vegan Meatloaf | ambitiouskitchen

By Ambitious Kitchen

Ingredients: 21
Main ingredients: black beans, corn, oat flour, oats, avocado

✓ Gluten free
✓ Vegan
✓ Soy free
✓ Nut free
✓ Sugar free

Why this makes the cut: This one sounds like a burrito flavoured vegan loaf complete with an avocado sauce. That sounds absolutely delightful. 

Get recipe here.

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Pinto & Chickpeas
Vegan Meatloaf | backtoherroots.com
Vegan Meatloaf | backtoherroots.com

By Back To Her Roots

Ingredients: 15
Main ingredients: chickpeas, pinto beans, oats, sunflower seeds, ketchup

✓ Gluten free
✓ Vegan
✓ Soy free
✓ Nut free
✓ Sugar free

Why this makes the cut: This one is for all of you bean lovers! I sure am one. 🙂

Get recipe here.

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Chickpeas
Vegan Meatloaf | chowvegan.com
Vegan Meatloaf | chowvegan.com

By Chow Vegan

Filling ingredients: 15
Main ingredients: chickpeas, breadcrumbs, vital wheat gluten

✓ Vegan
✓ Nut free (*walnut optional)
✓ Sugar free

Why this makes the cut: A perfect hearty weekday meal with ingredients you are likely to have on hand. 

Get recipe here.

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Tempeh & Ketchup
Vegan Meatloaf | thriftyveggiemama.com
Vegan Meatloaf | thriftyveggiemama.com

By Thrifty Veggie Mama

Ingredients: 13
Main ingredients: tempeh, oats, ketchup

✓ Gluten free
✓ Vegan (*use vegan seasoning)
✓ Soy free
✓ Nut free
✓ Sugar free (*contains maple syrup)

Why this makes the cut: A super simple loaf made with ingredients you are likely to find in your fridge. 

Get recipe here.

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Tempeh & Oats
Vegan Meatloaf | forkandbeans.com
Vegan Meatloaf | forkandbeans.com

By Fork and Beans

Ingredients: 15
Main ingredients: tempeh, sunflower seeds, oats, parsley

✓ Gluten free
✓ Vegan
✓ Soy free
✓ Nut free
✓ Sugar free (*contains maple syrup)

Why this makes the cut: Three words: vegan meatloaf cupcakes. Intrigued? Go check out the recipe. 

Get recipe here.

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Sweet Potato & Tofu
Vegan Meatloaf | blog.fatfreevegan.com
Vegan Meatloaf | blog.fatfreevegan.com

By Fat Free Vegan

Ingredients: 20
Main ingredients: sweet potato, tofu, cannellini beans, quinoa flakes/oatmeal

✓ Gluten free
✓ Vegan
✓ Nut free (*walnut optional)
✓ Sugar free

Why this makes the cut: This one is definitely unique and so enticing with sweet potato, cannellini beans and walnuts. 

Get recipe here.

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Baked Stuffed Acorn Squash Vegetarian – 10 Recipes

Baked Stuffed Acorn Squash Vegetarian

Baked stuffed acorn squash vegetarian, one of my personal favourites!

I love Fall, it is my third favourite season, after summer and spring. 🙂 Seriously though, Fall is amazing. I’ve lived in a few different parts of the world, and a couple of different provinces in Canada. What I’ve learned is that there are only a few places that that have a complete and beautiful fall. Fall is great because the weather is cold enough that you can wear a scarf (and who doesn’t love wearing scarfs?) but just warm enough that you can have a coffee (or in my case, a green tea) on a patio. The colours are absolutely breath-taking with bright reds, golden yellows, radiating oranges and sometimes even crimson purples. 🙂

Ever wondered why leaves change colour in Fall? Me too! This is why while writing this blog post I decided to call my genius 11 year old nephew, Faisal.

Here was our conversation:

Me: Hi Faisal, how’s it going?

Faisal: Good.

Me: I have a question for you, why do leaves change colour in Fall?

Faisal: Its because not enough chlorophyll gets through to the leaves and the other colour pigments take over.

Me: Why doesn’t enough chlorophyll get through?

Faisal: Because the days are shorter and there’s less sun.

Me: Oh, okay, that makes sense. Thanks Faisal!

Faisal: Okay bye!

Me: Bye!

My nephew Faisal is actually the smartest person I know!

So now you know why leaves change colour in the Fall. 🙂

Well, thank you chlorophyll for taking a backseat for a few months so that we can enjoy all the beauty that Fall has to offer. The beautiful changing leaf colours are my favourite thing about Fall. You want to know what my second favourite thing is? Acorn squash (see how I brought it back to the original theme of the blog post without you even noticing? Bam!). 🙂

Acorn squash is so cool! It actually looks like an acorn! Do you know of any other fruits that look like something that falls from a tree? I don’t!

Aside: I also learnt while writing this blog post that squash is a fruit and not a vegetable. Other sneaky vegetable lookalikes that are also fruit include avocado, pea pods, corn kernels, cucumbers, olives, peppers, pumpkin, and tomatoes.

Along with being a vegetable look-alike, acorn squash is also a good source of fiber and potassium, and has small amounts of vitamin B, C and magnesium.

Who would’ve thought this blog post would be so educational? I certainly didn’t when I started writing this post. 🙂

Though my love for acorn squash is all year round, it definitely intensifies in the winter.

My friend Zehra was coming over dinner and I knew I wanted to make something with acorn squash. After doing some quick googling, I decided to make a stuffed acorn squash as I’m a sucker for foods that can be used as bowls. 😛 Zehra is also a vegetarian (and has actually turned vegan, you go girl!) and so I was on a hunt  for a baked stuffed acorn squash vegetarian recipe. Though in the end I decided to come up with my own recipe (a warm quinoa salad with roasted butternut squash), I discovered many other delicious recipes that are on my to-make-soon-list.

Here is my curated list for the best recipes for baked acorn squash vegetarian. All of them are made with healthy whole foods with items you are (likely) to find in your kitchen already. They are all vegetarian, as the name implies, with many vegan options that will cater to all diets (I hope!).

You will find many gluten free, grain free, nut free, soy free and sugar free options. Let me know what you think of my baked stuffed acorn squash vegetarian list, and if you find any other recipes that I have missed!

Baked Stuffed Acorn Squash Vegetarian
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Tofurky&
Leek
Stuffed Acorn Squash | veganyackattack.com
Stuffed Acorn Squash | veganyackattack.com

By Veganyattack

Filling ingredients: 12
Main ingredients: quinoa, leek, broccolini, red pepper, tofurky

✓ Gluten free
✓ Vegan
✓ Nut free
✓ Sugar free

Why this recipe rocks: An easy and fabulous protein rich meal with a novel way to use that Tofurky that’s been lying in your fridge. 

Get recipe here.

 

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Almond &
Feta
Stuffed Acorn Squash | marinmamacooks.com
Stuffed Acorn Squash | marinmamacooks.com

By Marin Mama Cooks

Filling ingredients: 9
Main ingredients: quinoa, parsley, feta, almonds

✓ Gluten free
✓ Soy free
✓ Sugar free
✓ Nightshade free

Why this recipe rocks: The combination of parsley, almonds and red-wine vinegar sounds so very appetizing! 

Get recipe here.

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Almond &
Raisin
Stuffed Acorn Quiona | init4thelongrun.com
Stuffed Acorn | init4thelongrun

By In It 4 The Long Run

Filling ingredients: 8
Main ingredients: quinoa, basil, raisins, almonds

✓ Gluten free
✓ Vegan
✓ Soy free
✓ Sugar free
✓ Nightshade free

Why this recipe rocks: Raisins and almonds as part of the main meal? Yes please!

 

Get recipe here.

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Mushroom &
Cranberry
Squah Stuffed Quinoa | rhubarbarians.com
Squash Stuffed Quinoa | rhubarbarians.com

By Rhubarbians

Filling ingredients: 11
Main ingredients: brussels sprouts, mushrooms, cranberries, pecans

✓ Gluten free
✓ Vegan
✓ Soy free
✓ Sugar free
✓ Nightshade free

Why this recipe rocks: I’m all over any recipe that uses brussels sprouts and makes it sound amazing.  Though this is not an acorn squash, I couldn’t resist sharing the recipe! 

 

Get recipe here.

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Baked Stuffed Acorn Squash Vegetarian
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Chickpea & Cilantro
Warm Quinoa Salad with Roasted Butternut Squash
Baked Stuffed Acorn Squash | happygut.ca

By HappyGut

Filling ingredients: 14
Main ingredients: quinoa, chickpeas, cilantro

✓ Gluten free
✓ Vegan
✓ Soy free
✓ Nut free
✓ Sugar free

Why this recipe rocks: Full disclaimer, this is my recipe. 🙂 If you like spicy and lemony, this one won’t disappoint.

Get recipe here.

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Chickpea & Kale
Stuffed Acorn Squash | lesliedurso.com
Stuffed Acorn Squash | lesliedurso.com

By Leslie Durso

Filling ingredients: 11
Main ingredients: kale, chickpeas, quinoa, apple, walnuts

✓ Gluten free
✓ Vegan
✓ Soy free
✓ Sugar free
✓ Nightshade free

Why this recipe rocks: Kale. This recipe has kale. Kale is awesome. Plus, it has apple and walnuts. A perfect fancy meal for entertaining. 

 

Get recipe here.

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Black Bean & Avo
Acorn Stuffed Squash | loveandlemons.com
Acorn Stuffed Squash | loveandlemons.com

By Love and Lemons

Filling ingredients: 15
Main ingredients: quinoa, avocado, pepitas, black beans

✓ Gluten free
✓ Vegan
✓ Soy free
✓ Nut free
✓ Sugar free

Why this recipe rocks: With green chillies, cumin and coriander, I suspect this recipe will have a lovely indian-style flavour. I can’t wait to test it out!

 

Get recipe here.

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Brown Rice & Black Bean
Stuffed Acorn Squash | thevietvegan.com
Stuffed Acorn Squash | thevietvegan.com

By The Viet Vegan

Filling ingredients: 9
Main ingredients: brown rice, blacked beans

✓ Gluten free
✓ Vegan
✓ Soy free
✓ Nut free
✓ Sugar free

Why this recipe rocks: A super simple and yummy meal packed with protein. The perfect week-day meal. 

 

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Zucchini & Bell Pepper
Stuffed Acorn Squash | detoxinista.com
Stuffed Acorn Squash |           detoxinista.com

By Detoxinista

Filling ingredients: 7
Main ingredients: zucchini, red onion, bell pepper

✓ Gluten free
✓ Grain free
✓ Vegan
✓ Soy free
✓ Nut free
✓ Sugar free

Why this recipe rocks: A simple grain free meal that makes for a great side meal. Or, throw in some protein (beans, lentils, tofu, etc.) to make a complete meal. 

 

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Roasted Veggies & Kale
Stuffed Acorn Squash | panningtheglobe.com
Stuffed Acorn Squash | panningtheglobe.com

By Panning the Globe

Filling ingredients: 12
Main ingredients: brussels sprouts, bell peppers, onions, kale

✓ Gluten free
✓ Grain free
✓ Vegan
✓ Soy free
✓ Nut free
✓ Sugar free

Why this recipe rocks: A simple grain free meal with roasted veggies and molasses! A delightful side or add  in some protein (beans, lentils, tofu, etc.) to make a complete meal. 

 

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The Best Vegan Pumpkin Pie Recipe – 13 Yummy Options

The Best Vegan Pumpkin Pie Recipe

In the search for the best vegan pumpkin pie recipe, I looked at many options on different blogs. Though, in the end, I decided to make my own version, I wanted to share those recipes that I had marked “to make soon.” I always like to have different meal options available depending on who I am cooking for. We have many different dietary needs in my family so I have to be very careful. I can have a vegan pumpkin pie made out of tofu, for example, but my nephew cannot. I’ve laid out the best vegan pumpkin pie recipes I came across and their corresponding diet details. Let me know if you find this helpful.

You’ll find recipes that are gluten free, grain free, vegan, soy free, nut free, sugar free and raw. All of the recipes are nightshade free, as well.

The number of ingredients and main items listed are for the pie fillings only and not the crust.

For more allergy friendly options, check out my options for a gluten free dairy free pie crust and a vegan whipped cream recipe.

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Coconut Milk
Vegan Pumpkin Pie Recipe Coconut Milk
Vegan Pumpkin Pie Recipe Coconut Milk | HappyGut.ca

By HappyGut

Ingredients: 10
Main items:
pumpkin puree, sugar, coconut milk

✓ Gluten free
✓ Grain free
✓ Vegan
✓ Soy free
✓ Nut free

Why this makes the cut: Full disclaimer, this is my recipe. 🙂 I created it because I couldn’t find another pie that was vegan with coconut milk. It came out absolutely delicious. 

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Almond Milk
Vegan Gluten Free Pumpkin Pie | minimalistbaker.com
Vegan Pumpkin Pie | minimalistbaker

By Minimalist Baker

Ingredients: 8
Main items:
pumpkin puree, maple syrup, brown sugar, almond milk

✓ Gluten free
✓ Grain free
✓ Vegan
✓ Soy free

Why this makes the cut: Made with almond milk, this recipe is so simple (as the name suggests) and sounds so delectable. 

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Cashews
Vegan Pumpkin Pie From Scratch | HealthyHappyLife.com
Vegan Pumpkin | HealthyHappyLife.com

By Healthy Happy Life

Ingredients: 10
Main items:
squash/pumpkin, vegan cream cheese, cashews, maple syrup

✓ Gluten free
✓ Grain free
✓ Vegan
✓ Soy free
✓ Sugar free (*contains maple syrup)

Why this makes the cut: The sounds of cashews in pumpkin pie just makes my mouth water.  

Get recipe here.

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Oats
chocolatecoveredkatie.com
chocolatecoveredkatie.com

By Chocolate Covered Katie

Ingredients: 10
Main items:
pumpkin/
sweet potato puree, coconut milk, rolled oats

✓ Gluten free
✓ Grain free
✓ Vegan
✓ Soy free
✓ Nut free

Why this makes the cut: I like that this recipe has oats in it, I suspects that it will add a denser (more like “regular” vegan pumpkin pie) texture.  

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The Best Vegan Pumpkin Pie Recipe NO BAKE with…

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 Almond/Dairy  Milk
No Bake Pumpkin Pie | Minimalist Baker
No Bake Pumpkin Pie | Minimalist Baker

By Minimalist Baker

Ingredients: 7
Main items:
pumpkin puree, cornstarch, sugar, dairy free milk

✓ Gluten free
✓ Grain free
✓ Vegan (*recommends almond or dairy milk)
✓ Soy free
✓ Nut free (*recommends almond or dairy milk)
✓ Raw

Why this makes the cut: If you dig your no bake pies, this one will not disappoint. The recipe recommends almond or dairy milk, so choose whichever you have handy! 

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Coconut Milk
No Bake Pumpkin Pie with Coconut Milk | thespunkycoconut.com
No Bake Pumpkin Pie | thespunkycoconut.com

By The Spunky Coconut

Ingredients: 9-10
Main items:
coconut milk, pumpkin puree, coconut sugar, vanilla stevia

✓ Gluten free
✓ Grain free
✓ Vegan
✓ Soy free
✓ Nut free
✓ Raw

Why this makes the cut: Another no bake pie with coconut milk. If you can’t have nuts or dairy, this is a great option! 

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Chocolate
Chocolate Pumpkin Pie | Chocolate Covered Katie
Chocolate Pumpkin Pie | Chocolate Covered Katie

By Chocolate Covered Katie

Ingredients: 6
Main items:
pumpkin puree, cocoa powder, chocolate chips

✓ Gluten free
✓ Grain free
✓ Vegan
✓ Soy free
✓ Nut free
✓ Raw

Why this makes the cut: This one has chocolate. Need I say more? 

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Banana
Pumpkin Pie No Bake with Banana | rawrevive.com
Pumpkin Pie No Bake with Banana | rawrevive.com

By Raw Revive

Ingredients: 8
Main items:
pumpkin, dates, banana, almond milk

✓ Gluten free
✓ Grain free
✓ Vegan
✓ Soy free
✓ Nut free
✓ Sugar free
✓ Raw

Why this makes the cut: No guilt, sugar free pumpkin pie naturally sweetened with banana. Yay! 

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Shredded Pumpkin
Pumpkin Pie No Bake with Shredded Pumpkin | blog.fablunch.com
Pumpkin Pie No Bake | blog.fablunch.com

By Fablunch

Ingredients: 9
Main items:
shredded pumpkin/squash, coconut milk, dates

✓ Gluten free
✓ Grain free
✓ Vegan
✓ Soy free
✓ Nut free
✓ Sugar free (*calls for maple syrup or another sweetener)
✓ Raw

Why this makes the cut: Another no bake sugar free option sweetened with dates and maple syrup.

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Spiced & Salted
Spiced & Salted Pumpkin Mini Pies | mynewroots.org
Spiced & Salted Pumpkin Mini Pies | mynewroots.org

By My New Roots

Ingredients: 11
Main items:
pumpkin puree, sugar, arrowroot powder

✓ Gluten free
✓ Grain free
✓ Vegan
✓ Soy free
✓ Nut free

Why this makes the cut: I’ll take sugar and spiced anything any day! 

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Chocolate
Chocolate Vegan Pumpkin Pie | heendlessmeal.com
Chocolate Vegan Pumpkin Pie | theendlessmeal.com

By The Endless Meal

Ingredients: 9
Main items:
pumpkin puree, brown sugar, tofu, chocolate chips

✓ Gluten free
✓ Grain free
✓ Vegan
✓ Nut free

Why this makes the cut: Another chocolate recipe. You can NEVER have too much chocolate. 🙂 

Get recipe here.

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Baked Pumpkin/Squash
Easy Vegan Pumpkin Pie
Easy Vegan Pumpkin Pie | vegkitchen.com

By VegKitchen

Ingredients: 6
Main item:
baked squash/pumpkin, tofu, sugar

✓ Gluten free
✓ Grain free
✓ Vegan
✓ Nut free

Why this makes the cut: Another simple tofu recipe with only 6 ingredients! 

Get recipe here.

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Pumpkin Puree
Pumpkin PIe with Tofu & Pureed Pumpkin | aroundmyfamilytable.com
Vegan Pumpkin Pie | aroundmyfamilytable.com

By Around My Family Table

Ingredients: 10
Main items:
pumpkin puree, tofu, sugar

✓ Gluten free
✓ Grain free
✓ Vegan
✓ Nut free

Why this makes the cut: In case you can’t have nuts and coconut, here is a simple recipe made with tofu. 

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Gluten Free Dairy Free Pie Crust – 8 Easy Recipes!

I searched far and wide for an amazing gluten free dairy free pie crust. It turns out there’s many of them! I’ve narrowed it down to 10 gluten free dairy free pie crust recipes. I choose those that I thought were cleanest (i.e. recipes made out of whole foods with ingredients that you would have in your pantry), had the fewest ingredients and that seemed the easiest to make.

They all look superb though the only one I have personally tried is Elana’s. I’d love to hear back about which gluten free dairy free pie crust recipe you choose and why 🙂

I’ve identified if the following recipes are:

✓ Gluten free
✓ Grain free
✓ Vegan
✓ Soy free
✓ Nut free
✓ Sugar free
✓ Raw

If you don’t see any of those noted, you can assume that it doesn’t fulfill the criteria.

All of these gluten free dairy free pie crust recipes are nightshade free. 🙂

Check out my recipe for the best vegan pumpkin pie recipe and my vegan whipped cream recipe.

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Chia
Paleo Vegan Pie Crust | Janeshealthykitchen.com
Paleo Vegan Pie Crust | Janeshealthykitchen.com

By Jane’s Health Kitchen

Number of ingredients: 7
Main ingredients: chia seeds, arrowroot powder, coconut

✓ Gluten free
✓ Grain free
✓ Vegan
✓ Soy free
✓ Nut free
✓ Sugar free (*contains honey/sweetener)

Why this makes the cut: It’s grain free and vegan (not an easy find) with chia seeds! 

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Almond Flour & Egg
Vegan Pumpkin Pie Recipe Coconut Milk
Vegan Pumpkin Pie Recipe Coconut Milk | HappyGut.ca

By Elana’s Pantry

Number of ingredients: 4
Main ingredients: almond flour, coconut oil, egg

✓ Gluten free
✓ Grain free
✓ Dairy free
✓ Soy free
✓ Sugar free (*contains honey)

Why this makes the cut: Though not vegan, it is grain free and super delicious (I know because I tried it). 

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Sweet Potato
By Food.com

Number of ingredients: 5
Main ingredients: sweet potato, rice flour

✓ Gluten free
✓ Vegan
✓ Soy free
✓ Nut free
✓ Sugar free

Why this makes the cut: I thought this one was quite unique with sweet potato. 

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Chickpea Flour
By Meghan Telpner

Number of ingredients: 10
Main ingredients: rice flour, chickpea flour, arrowroot starch

✓ Gluten free
✓ Vegan
✓ Soy free
✓ Nut free
✓ Sugar free

Why this makes the cut: Protein rich, with chickpea flour, and made with buckwheat flour this crust seems to very similar to “normal” pie crust in it’s texture. 

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Oats
No-Bake-Pie-Crust | Minimalistbaker.com
No-Bake-Pie-Crust | Minimalistbaker.com

By Minimalist Baker

Number of ingredients: 4
Main ingredients: dates, nuts, oats

✓ Gluten free
✓ Grain free
✓ Vegan
✓ Soy free
✓ Raw
✓ Sugar free (*has dates)

Why this makes the cut: Ultra simple and delicious with dates, nuts and oats. 

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Almond Flour
Gluten Free Pie Crust | chocolatecoveredkatie.com
Gluten Free Pie Crust | chocolatecoveredkatie.com

By Chocolate Covered Katie

Number of ingredients: 5
Main ingredients: almond flour, coconut oil

✓ Gluten free
✓ Grain free
✓ Vegan
✓ Soy free
✓ Sugar free (*maple syrup is optional)

Why this makes the cut: This is one is packed with protein (almond flour) and has the option to be completely sugar free. 

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Pecan Butter
By Real Food Forager

Number of ingredients: 5
Main ingredients: pecan butter, coconut flour, coconut oil

✓ Gluten free
✓ Grain free
✓ Vegan
✓ Soy free
✓ Sugar free
✓ Raw

Why this makes the cut: Made with pecan butter, coconut oil and honey, this ones sounds so delicious! 

Get recipe here.

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Coconut Flour & Egg
By Coconut Mama

Number of ingredients: 5
Main ingredients: coconut oil, coconut flour

✓ Gluten free
✓ Grain free
✓ Dairy free
✓ Soy free
✓ Nut free
✓ Sugar free (*contains honey)
✓ Raw

Why this makes the cut: Though not vegan, this is a nut free and grain free crust made with coconut flour (instead of the more commonly used almond flour). 

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Vegan Whipped Cream Recipe – 5 Options

Vegan Whipped Cream Recipe | HappyGut.ca

You know what’s better than a whipped cream recipe? A vegan whipped cream recipe. And, you know what’s better than a vegan whipped cream recipe?

Options for easy vegan whipped cream recipes 🙂

I initially started my search for a vegan whipped cream recipe with coconut but didn’t know that there were so many options out there! Coconut is the norm for a vegan whipped cream recipe but I also came across recipes with almonds, cashews and tofu. You should be able to find a vegan whipped cream recipe that caters to your dietary needs / preferences.

Note that the only vegan whipped cream recipe I have tried has been with coconut. That worked well, but I haven’t personally tried the other variations. Let me know how it goes on your end! 🙂

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Coconut Milk
Coconut Cream | Minimalist Baker
Coconut Cream | Minimalist Baker

By Minimalist Baker

Number of ingredients: 2-3
Main ingredients: coconut milk, icing/powdered sugar

✓ Gluten free
✓ Grain free
✓ Vegan
✓ Soy free
✓ Nut free
✓ Raw

Why this makes the cut: This seems like the perfect vegan whipped cream. 

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Coconut Milk & Sugar Free
Coconut Whipped Cream | ohsheglows.com
Coconut Whipped Cream | ohsheglows.com

By Oh She Glows

Number of ingredients: 1-2
Main ingredients: coconut milk

✓ Gluten free
✓ Grain free
✓ Vegan
✓ Soy free
✓ Nut free
✓ Sugar free (*calls for any sweetener)
✓ Raw

Why this makes the cut: This one is also perfect but with a sugar free option! 

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Cashews
Vanilla Cashew Cream
Vanilla Cashew Cream | healthyblenderrecipes.com

By Healthy Blender Recipes

Number of ingredients: 5
Main ingredients: cashews, maple syrup

✓ Gluten free
✓ Grain free
✓ Vegan
✓ Soy free
✓ Raw

Why this makes the cut: This creamy whipped cream seems perfect for cake and other baked goods! 

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Almond Milk
Almond-Milk-Whipped-Cream
Almond-Milk-Whipped-Cream | thecookiewriter.com

By The Cookie Writer

Number of ingredients: 5
Main ingredients: almond milk, xanthan gum, cornstarch

✓ Gluten free
✓ Grain free
✓ Vegan
✓ Soy free

Why this makes the cut: Most people (vegans), are lovers of almond milk. This one has almond milk! 

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Vegan Whipped Cream Recipe with Tofu

by food.com

Number of ingredients: 8
Main ingredients: tofu, oil/vegan butter, maple syrup

✓ Vegan
✓ Raw
✓ Nut free
✓ Gluten free
✓ Grain free
✓ Sugar free (*calls for honey/maple syrup/sugar)


Why this makes the cut
: Need a coconut and nut free option? Here ya go! 

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Mung Bean Salad Indian Style

Mung Bean Salad Indian Style

The mung bean salad indian style is so delicious and super quick. The perfect weekday meal with such few ingredients. I’m always looking for fast protein packed meals that are yummy. I basically used the same ingredients for my Quinoa Salad with Cilantro, Tomato, & Cucumber but with an indian twist.

I made this one with mung beans but feel free to use the beans of your choice. I try to use dry beans over canned beans when possible (for the advantages of using dried beans over canned beans see Dry Beans Vs. Canned Beans). The problem with using dry beans though is the soak time. Dry beans usually require 8-12 hours of soak time. I can sometimes bypass at least some of the soak time by using my pressure cooker. I often opt for mung beans as they require less soak time and they better for the tummy (see here for more info). Make sure to not overcook the beans, as even a few minutes too long will cause them to go mushy.

Mung Bean Salad Indian Style
Mung Bean Salad Indian Style | happygut.ca
Mung Bean Salad Indian Style
Mung Bean Salad Indian Style | happygut.ca

Ingredients for Mung Bean Salad Indian Style

  • 2 cups dry mung beans (or another type of beans, can also use 3 cans of beans)
  • 4 cloves garlic, crushed
  • half a small red onion or 3 green onions, chopped
  • 1 tomato, chopped
  • 1 cup chopped cucumber
  • 1 avocado, chopped
  • 1 tsp cumin powder
  • 1 tsp coriander powder
  • 1 tsp garam masala
  • juice from one lemon
  • 1-2 fresh chillies chopped
  • salt and pepper to taste

Directions for Mung Bean Salad Indian Style

  1. For cooking dry beans: wash beans and soak overnight/8-12 hours (can soak for less time but just know that it will require more cooking time). Place beans in a pot or pressure cooker with 6 cups of water. If using a pressure cooker, cook beans for about 10-15 minutes, checking frequently. If using a regular pot, cook for 40-50 minutes, checking frequently.
  2. Combine cooked or canned beans with the rest of the ingredients.
  3. Adjust spices to taste and enjoy 🙂
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