VIBRANT AND VEGANFULL
Food & Thoughts for your health and the planet


Grilled Hoisin-Lime Glazed Tofu over Crunchy Bok Choy Slaw
Green! Everything has blossomed and flourished in every shade of green. Neon green, evergreen green, moss green, fern green, grass...

Buffalo Air-Fried Cauliflower "Wings"
Yep, I'm posting buffalo cauliflower wings just in time for Summer. Why? I'm obsessed with buffalo wings in the summer months because,...

Aztec Chili
Chili has never been one of my "favorite" things to eat - especially before being vegan. Kidney beans are not my cup of tea and I...

Garlic, Leek & Lemon Crispy Smashed Potatoes
I love these potatoes for spring, but especially for the Easter holiday. I love them because they are only 6 ingredients and deceptively...

Chorizo & Veggie Bake with Creamy Garlic Sauce
One year ago, exactly, I purchased a website domain with the purpose of starting a blog. This blog; It's Vibrant & Veganful's birthday...

"Be Beautiful" Pomegranate-Beet Protein Balls
I committed a cardinal "sin" of sustainability / cooking / baking. I bought an ingredient for one recipe and had no additional plans. ...

"Fish" Tacos with Brussels Slaw and Garlic Cream Sauce
Lately I have found myself pretty disappointed. Disappointed in quality, standards, and people in general. We have mistaken simplicity...

Curry Spiced "Crab" Cakes Over Spinach with Roasted Garlic Drizzle
When I was young (up till choosing a college major), I wanted to be a Marine Biologist. I formulated Science Fair projects around...

Grilled Veggie Fried Quinoa with Korean Bibimbap Sauce
Nature is astonishing. I'm never more amazed or bemused by it than Spring. Through the depths of winter, the trees, the grass, the...

Whole Wheat Holy Trinity Cajun Linguine
Whenever I start on a new recipe, an accompanying level of uncertainty lurks in the background. Anyone from the best chefs, home cooks,...

Roasted Onion, Tomato & Zucchini Pizza
Today is pi day, nope, not like pie, but like the 3.14 mathematical number - pi. The total geek in me loves that we celebrate Pi day...

Fresh Strawberry Cake with Strawberry Scented Frosting
If you could only eat one thing for the rest of your life, what would it be? For me, it's strawberries. Amazingly, I have never gotten...

Turkish Whole Roasted Cauliflower with Green Goddess Drizzle and Roasted Green Beans
Entertaining is not something I do very often, and post-pandemic(ish), it has become an even more infrequent event. But...at least twice...

Savory Bismarck Puff with Spinach and Peppers Salad
Who prefers savory to sweet to start their day? ME! I've always preferred to keep my mornings stable with protein, fresh fruits and...

Warm Turmeric Potato Salad with Arugula and Tempeh Bacon
My husband's family hails in half from Italy (which I think I've mentioned) but the other half is Austrian-German with the first...

Spicy Sausage, Mushroom & Kale Pesto Pizza with Cherry Tomatoes
Pizza pizzazz! You want pizza? Yeah! You want classic flavors like sausage and mushroom? Yeah! You want fast and easy and delicious?...

Grecian Spinach Salad with Tofu Feta over Lemon-Garlic Roasted Potatoes
Textural, temporal, flavorful; here I am with another salad and potato combo to make your next dinner stellar! Layered dishes are...

Roasted Cauliflower Over Pesto Rice with Macerated Cherries
Whenever my creativity ebbs for recipes, flavor combinations or even sustainability spotlights on this blog, I do two things: a) give...

Easy Peasy, Lemon Squeezy Bars
Lemon bars have been my vegan nemesis; I just couldn't get it quite right, but after 6 attempts (and a lot of terrible lemon bars), I...




















