Easy and Quick Vegan Recipes Ideas - Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinners For The Busy Vegan

With veganism becoming increasingly popular nowadays, many folk on the vegan diet are in desperate need of quick and easy vegan recipes to accommodate their busy lifestyle. Fortunately, over the past couple of decades, an abundance of vegan recipe ideas and information has emerged to cater to the needs of this ever-growing veganism lifestyle. Below are some quick and easy vegan recipe ideas for your breakfast, lunch, and dinners.

Easy & Quick Vegan Breakfast Recipes & Ideas

Pancakes

Stir together in a bowl: 1 Cup flour, 1 Tbsp. sugar, 2 Tbsp. baking powder, and a pinch of salt. Add 1 Cup Soy/Rice/Coconut milk and 2 Tbsp. oil. Mix ingredients together until the batter is smooth. In a hot, oiled frying pan, spoon in large spoonfuls of the mixture. Flip sides when bubbles start to appear (approximately 2 minutes per side). Add more oil to the frying pan as needed. Serve pancakes with maple syrup, agave nectar, molasses, soy yogurt, fruit, berries, or another topping of your choice.

Fruit Smoothie

For those who have a blender, making a breakfast smoothie is a super easy and quick vegan breakfast option. Simply blend together with your choice of a mixture of the following ingredients: soy/rice/coconut milk, soy/coconut yogurt, berries, bananas, dates, raisins, maple syrup, molasses, agave nectar, cacao powder, grated vegan chocolate, flaked/slithered almonds, crushed brazil nuts, flax seeds, LSA mix, oats, ice-cubes. Serve in a tall glass.

Easy & Quick Vegan Lunch Recipes & Ideas

Tofu & Vegetable Stir-Fry

Cook tofu nuggets in a hot oiled pan over high heat for 3 minutes or until golden and cooked through. Remove from pan. Next, stir fry (in peanut oil, for taste) some sliced carrots, baby corns, snowpeas, broccoli, or another vegetable of choice, on high heat for approximately 1 minute. Next, add a few large Tbsps. (up to ¼ Cup) of vegetable stock liquid to the pan, continue tossing vegetables, and cook for 3-4 minutes. Add tofu back to the pan and continue to stir-fry for 1 minute more. Add salt and pepper, plus 1-2 tsp. sesame oil to taste. Eat alone or with rice or noodles.

Crackers with Many Toppings

For the very busy vegan, you can't get an easier lunch than crackers. But don't assume that just because you're eating crackers means lunch has to be boring. Firstly, find in your supermarket or health store some gourmet vegan crackers and crispbreads. Buy an assortment of them. Next, know your topping options. Suggestions are as follows:

1. Avocado, salt & pepper

2. Soy spread, tomato, salt, pepper

3. Tomato, vegan "cheese", salt, pepper

4. Peanut butter, almond spread

5. Tahini, maple syrup

6. Vegan hummus dip, beetroot dip, sun-dried tomato dip (from a health shop, supermarket, or home-made)

7. Soy spread, salad

8. Soy spread, sun-dried tomatoes, olives

Easy & Quick Vegan Dinners Recipes & Ideas

Pasta With "White Sauce"

Cook your pasta and vegetables as per usual. To make a tasty vegan "white sauce" heat 1 Tbsp. olive oil/soy spread in a frying pan, plus 1 heaped tsp. plain flour or cornflour. Stir on high heat for 1 minute. Next, add salt, pepper, and dried herbs to taste. Next, you will be adding your soy/rice milk to the mixture - a little bit at a time, stirring constantly. Once desired consistency has been achieved, turn off heat and taste to serve. Adjust seasonings as necessary. Serve on top of pasta and vegetables. Top with grated vegan "cheese" if desired.

The Grandiose Garden Salad

If you are sick of salads, maybe you should start to gourmet them up a little more. Nobody can get tired of eating a proper, sustaining, and mighty-flavorsome salad. To make the Grandiose Garden Salad, add the following ingredients together in a large bowl: 1 large packet of spinach and rocket leaves, chopped vine-ripened tomatoes or cherry tomatoes, a few spoonfuls of finely chopped sun-dried tomatoes, pitted olives, 1-2 chopped avocados, 1 finely sliced large cucumber, 1 cob of corn (either cooked or raw) - kernels removed and added to salad, ½ very thinly sliced red onion, tinned baby beetroot, and ½ cup of walnuts. To make the dressing, add together 2 Tbsp. olive oil, 1-2 tsp. lemon juice or balsamic vinegar, salt, and pepper. Gently stir dressing into the salad. Enjoy the salad by itself, or with some toasted sourdough bread.

The above recipes are merely samples of some of the many thousands of ideas for quick and easy recipes for the vegan diet.