These rich and fudgy Peppermint Brownies are finished with festive candy canes and a white chocolate drizzle for the perfect holiday treat! When I think of Christmas, I automatically think of PEPPERMINT and CHOCOLATE. Well, I think of chocolate all the time, but with peppermint? Well, that’s reserved for the holiday season. This is my most beloved brownie recipe, which my family has declared the best brownies ever, so they’ve become a Christmas tradition for us....

This pizza dough recipe is my absolute favourite for making homemade pizza! It’s vegan, it yields a thick, chewy crust, and it makes enough for two pizzas. I’ve been making homemade vegan pizza for almost 10 years now with this crust. I know what you’re thinking: That’s a long time, Jessica! What makes it so great?! Well, to start, it’s thick and chewy, but also crispy in all the right places....

These pumpkin pie overnight oats are your easiest breakfast ever! They require only 5 minutes of prep and they’re so delicious and filling. Oatmeal is my jam. Well, not literally jam—that would be strawberry jam—but I could eat it every single day of the week. In fact, once I went about three months with nothing but oatmeal for breakfast. Why? Well, you can customise it with anything your heart desires so it never gets old!...

This roasted red pepper pasta is ready in 30 minutes with simple pantry ingredients, including high-protein red lentil pasta. Tossed with a rich homemade red pepper sauce and vegan parmesan cheese, it’s sure to become a new favourite weeknight dinner meal! This vegan roasted red pepper pasta is on my Top 10 pantry dinners list. It comes together easily, has loads of savoury flavour, and it’s gluten-free! I made mine with Pasta Lensi Red Lentil Fusilli ....

This easy vegan taco bake recipe has everything you love about tacos in the form of a casserole! With layers of seasoned taco meat, plant-based cheese, and tortillas, this one’s sure to please the whole family. Taco Night is always the best night of the week, but sometimes I want to switch things up a little bit and make my tacos in a different form, whether it’s taco salad , taco pasta , or this easy taco bake....

This Thai quinoa salad is a colourful and flavourful vegan meal that takes only 15 minutes to make! I love serving it as a light lunch or dinner — with Thai-inspired ingredients and a divine peanut ginger sauce, it’s always a hit. This crunchy, incredibly flavourful Thai quinoa salad is perfection in a bowl! Based on my Fresh Spring Rolls , I eliminated the wraps and noodles to make this a quick, no-fuss meal....

This fragrant Thai Red Curry is packed with flavour and is so much better than takeout! I like to use an abundance of veggies and tender tofu to make a fragrant curry base. Add your favorite grain and dinner is served! Takeout Thai food is good, but when you can make it at home, it’s even better! Case in point? This vegan Thai red curry. Once you’ve cut the veggies and prepared the tofu, you’re mere minutes away from a flavourful homemade curry....

This Vegan Gluten Free Chocolate Cake Recipe is an ABSOLUTE hit! It’s moist, decadent, fluffy and made with easy pantry ingredients so anyone can make this! It’s foolproof, has the perfect texture and is bound to please! This Vegan Gluten Free Chocolate Cake has been requested so many times that it would simply be a disservice not to come out with it! Based on my “reader favourite” vegan chocolate cake, this cake is beautifully sturdy, moist, has the perfect texture and is very foolproof!...

This Vegan Mushroom Gravy is packed with so much creamy flavour! It’s the perfect consistency and goes perfectly on all your favourite side dishes. Thanksgiving is just around the corner! If you’re settling on your table menu, then that means you most definitely need a gravy on it, right? Right. That’s where this Vegan Mushroom Gravy comes in. Seriously, the Mr. put this on everything for the few days it lasted in our house and deemed it the most flavourful gravy ever....

These Homemade Vegan Pancakes are light, so fluffy, and made with very simple pantry ingredients! They’re bound to become one of your favorite easy breakfasts, and are great for meal prep , too . Recently I’ve gone back to my roots with regards to baking and cooking, so I decided to let you all in on the action! Without further ado, I’m going to introduce one of my favorite basic recipes: Fluffy Vegan Pancakes!...

Have a can of coconut milk and don’t know what to do with it? Here are 20 Easy Vegan Recipes that Use a Can of Coconut Milk! They range from breakfast to dinners to ice creams to drinks! Coconut milk is a staple in our household, so I knew at one point or the other, I would do this roundup. What I didn’t know, was that I would have dozens of recipe using coconut milk!...

Here are 25 Budget Friendly Vegan Recipes! They are family-friendly and provide a wide variety of recipes and flavours, so you won’t ever get bored! One of the things that’s really been on my heart for this last part of the year is how inaccessible eating healthy can be for many people. I’ll admit, I don’t usually think of “budgeting” in most of my recipes, although I always try and make recipes that are very affordable for my family and our budget....

This Boozy Christmas Spiced Eggnog will become your new favourite eggnog! It’s flavoured with spiced rum, lots of Christmas spices and is warm and frothy! Eggnog has become on my favourite flavours of the holiday season. Thanks to my brave notion to try it for the first time a few years ago, three years ago to be exact that is. Ever since then, I look forward to every holiday season and whip up some of my own....

This Butternut Squash Pasta Bake is a great weeknight meal dinner! It’s loaded with protein, has a divine butternut squash pasta sauce and tastes absolutely delicious! This butternut squash pasta bake has some divine, base ingredients. A creamy pasta sauce made of the butternut squash itself, which is turned into a kind of Alfredo sauce. Honestly, this recipe wins from this alone. Of course I needed to amp up the bake by adding oven roasted/caramelised onions, tomatoes and mushrooms....

This is the best gluten-free vegan banana bread ! So soft and moist, and easy to make with simple ingredients. The outside bakes up golden while the crumb stays tender, with sweet banana flavour in every bite. I love customizing this recipe with chocolate chips and other mix-ins! Even if you’re not a big baker, you just have to love a good quick bread recipe. Quick breads like my vegan zucchini bread and vegan chocolate chip pumpkin bread are, well, quick....

These Gluten-Free Vegan Strawberry Pancakes are fluffy, sweet, and studded with fresh strawberries! Not only are they quick and easy, they also freeze beautifully, making them perfect for meal prep. When you can make pancakes that are gluten-free, vegan, and ridiculously light and fluffy, you know you have a winner. While my classic Vegan Pancakes are a staple in my household, I wanted to add some fresh flavour to the mix, and that’s how these gluten-free vegan strawberry pancakes were born....

This hot matcha latte will give you the boost you need to conquer the day, and it’s just as creamy and delicious as the kind you buy at the coffeehouse! This matcha latte is a cozy, creamy, soothing drink made from finely ground tea leaves and steamed dairy-free milk. While other types of tea leaves are steeped in hot water and then removed, matcha powder is whisked into the water, so you’re not just drinking flavoured water but the actual, antioxidant-rich tea leaves!...

This Vegan Shepherd’s Pie will be the beautiful centre piece of any table! Loaded with a flavourful lentil filling and a buttery mashed potato topping, it’s a definite crowd pleaser! Back in January I was introduced to the One Meal a Day for the Planet (OMD) brand . The simple and effective concept that switching to even just one plant-based meal a day for the planet would be enormously beneficial. I really loved the concept so much because finally there was, a simple and straightforward message that showed the emissions saved translating to literally miles driven, gallons of water saved and acres of forest you would save by your choices....

This vegan lentil stew recipe is layered with rich coconut and curry flavours to jazz up tender cooked lentils. The perfect one-pot meal when you’re craving a cozy, comfort food dinner! We all have a bag of lentils in the back of our pantry. Sitting there, waiting for us to put it to use. Once you know how to cook lentils , they’re great for making lentil balls and tourtière , but this lentil stew recipe simmers the lentils with all kinds of seasonings and coconut milk, infusing them with the most amazing flavour....

Creamy, cheesy mashed potato casserole is a comfort food side dish that’s always a crowd-pleaser! Vegan cheddar, bacon, and crispy panko make it extra delicious. If you can’t decide between a loaded baked potato (or loaded potato skins !) and creamy mashed potatoes , this mashed potato casserole recipe is for you, friend. It takes the two and combines them for an epic side dish! The recipe starts with a buttery, rich mashed potato base, then it’s layered with your favourite baked potato toppings like melty cheese, green onions, and bacon....