9+ Vegan Dinners You Can Whip Up In A Flash

These 10 easy vegan dinners are perfect for vegans, those interested in trying out a vegan diet or for anyone just looking for some new food ideas. 

Eating vegan is good for your health, good for animals and good for the planet. Even cutting down your consumption of meat and dairy will do wonders for your general well-being and reduce the harm caused by our heavy reliance on the meat and dairy industry.

One of the most important things when trying out a vegan diet is not to just cut meat, dairy and eggs out of your diet. You will need to replace the nutrients from them with other things. The main things to look out for are that you are getting enough protein, fat, iron and calcium. Tofu, quinoa, lentils, avocado, kale, sesame seeds and nuts are some nutrient dense foods that make it very easy to get all the protein, fat, iron and calcium you need as a vegan or non-vegan alike.

Another thing to be careful of when eating vegan is unintentionally loading up on carbohydrates. A lot of vegan protein sources have a significant amount of carbohydrates too. Of course, our bodies need both protein and carbohydrates to function but just watch out not to accidentally overdo it.

1. Avocado Pasta

The popularity of avocado is soaring and when they are so versatile it’s easy to see why. The avocado in this recipe creates a creamy pasta sauce as well as being a source of monounsaturated fats, fibre, potassium, vitamin E, folate and magnesium. The protein in this meal comes from pulses and spelt pasta (if you use this).

Serves 2

Ingredients

• 200 g whole grain or spelt fusilli
• 1 large ripe avocado
• 1 tablespoon of olive oil
• 1 medium onion
• 2 cloves of garlic
• 1 tablespoon sesame seeds
• 1 tin of beans or pulse of your choice, strained (I usually use chickpeas, kidney beans or green lentils)
• 1 tablespoon apple cider vinegar (or vinegar of choice)
• Salt and pepper

Method

Cook the pasta as normal. If using spelt pasta remember that this cooks faster than regular pasta. While the pasta cooks finely chop the onion and garlic and fry them in the olive oil on a low-medium heat. After about 5 minutes (once the onion is translucent) add the tinned beans and to the pan along with the sesame seeds. Leave to cook while stirring regularly for about 5 minutes. While that cooks put the avocado in a bowl with the apple cider vinegar and some salt and pepper. Mash with a fork. Turn off the heat on the pan and add the cooked pasta. Stir the avocado mix in. Serve once the avocado is warm.

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