Green bean and mushroom sauce with coconut milk (ready in 15-minutes!)

This is a really healthy "fast food" recipe. In just 15-minutes, you can enjoy your delicious plant based lunch or dinner. I love that this sauce is rather soupy, it goes so nice with rice noodles. If you want a thicker sauce, add a little bit of flour (wheat or chickpea flour for example). Or you can add some corn starch, if you´d like to keep it gluten-free.

Juicy Cabbage Salad with Apple, Celery and Bell Pepper

My mom grew some exceptionally delicious cabbages this year. I´ve been making crunchy salads and flavorful stews with it. I love this versatile vegetable! And it´s rather affordable in stores too. Before the 19-th century in Estonia, cabbages were stored outside in a pile or between fences and then cut with an axe during the winter time. I have made quite a few tasty cabbage recipes before. You can find them HERE! And if you are into raw salads, check out this popular post HERE! These salads are just perfect to make during the fall and winter seasons! But this juicy cabbage salad is a real hit in our household, so I decided to write down the recipe.

Easy Warm Lentil Salad (ready in 10-minutes!)

I´m riding the lentil wave again. Red lentils are especially loved in our household. They are so quick to cook and milder tasting than green lentils. But the green lentils are also spot on sometimes. For example in this amazing lentil pie. Or in this easy warm lentil salad. This time I used canned lentils, which make this recipe ridiculously easy to make. 

This salad is also rather affordable. Here in Estonia, a can of lentils costs 0,45 euros and I used half a can. It gets even cheaper, if you are using homegrown zucchini and tomatoes. It is a perfect meal, if you are craving a filling meal but don´t want to feel stuffed afterwards. Like after a workout or for a lighter dinner. Or a quick lunch. Happy cooking!

Cozy Red Lentil Soup with Cauliflower

It's a really simple soup and I already have a wonderful lentil soup recipe on this page. But this one is still special. The not to secret ingredient is cauliflower. It makes the soup wonderfully sweet. But not in a weird way. In a most delicious way! I once tried to make this soup without the cauliflower and it wasn't the same. So cauliflower it is! And what's not to love about red lentils? They cook so quick and absolutely no soaking required. I like to boil the lentils into a total mush in this recipe. This way the stock will be so creamy and filling. It's a rather hearty soup. My husband and toddler love it and ask for seconds. So I make this at least one to two times a week. I hope you will love this recipe as much as my family. Happy cooking!

Vegan blood sausage (black pudding) recipe + video

Today I'm sharing something really special with you. Ever since I've been a little kid, I remember eating blood sausages for every Christmas. I really haven't seen a classical Estonian Christmas dinner without these holiday favorites. When I became vegan in 2007, I had no clue what to eat at a Christmas dinner. A little bit of quinoa salad and a smoothie bowl? Hard pass. I've always loved hearty dishes and if you have made my recipes at home, I'm sure you've noticed that. So I made lentil or nut loaves for every Christmas and they were really nice. But I still craved something more.

One week vegan menu nr.6 + grocery shopping list

How have you been doing? It's basically a polar night in Estonia right now, as we get only a few hours of daylight. Some days it seems that the sun doesn't even rise anymore. But hey, at least this dark season is here. No need to wait in fear anymore. And you can make it a lot lighter by putting up holiday lights or burning candles or eating delicious homemade food. It's been such a long time since I posted a brand new vegan menu. I know many of you have benefited from my vegan menus, so it was about time for a fresh one. 

This menu consists of five weeknight dinners. All these meals are for at least four people. So if you are not in the mood to brainstorm about dinner ideas, I got you covered! If you have leftovers, keep them in the fridge and enjoy for lunch on the next day. You can definitely mix up the dinners - if you are not in the mood for soup on Wednesday, try wraps instead. At the end of the menu, you will find a grocery shopping list. Just print it our or snap a photo of it with your phone and take it to the store. Maybe you already have many of the ingredients at your pantry? I really hope this menu will make your weeknight meal planning easier and you will (re)discover some really delicious vegan dinners!