Recipes – collections

By now I hope that you are convinced of the benefits of a whole-food plant-based diet (here is a 10 min video to remind you of what a ‘whole food’ is).

I have been working with a group of staff at my hospital and we have come up with a list of recipes that we have personally tried, liked, and found easy to prepare  – see here.

If you’re just getting started, there are some great starter recipes here (also see below under ‘quick and easy’).

In addition, here are some recipe websites to help you get going:

1. Forks Over Knives website *– over 300 searchable recipes including:
   1.  Healthy versions of North American Classics
   2. Popular recipe collections (eg. Thanksgiving)
2. Nutritionstudies.org – Excellent low fat plant-based recipes.
3. Cooking With Plants – includes ‘quick and easy’ category
4. Plantz St – includes videos of how to make them
5. Dr Fuhrman – I really like how he integrates science into his recipes (not all plant-based however).
6. Vegan Junction – List of the top 15 oil-free, plant-based recipe websites
7. Robins Key – List of fresh recipes
8. Plant-based school Lunches – video for kids here.
9. EatPlant-Based.com – simple recipes with step-by-step pictures & instructions.
10. Oh She Glows – very popular for tasty vegan recipes.
11. Kris Carr – lady with quite the story and good plant-based recipes.
12. Dr McDougall *– Low fat, vegan recipes
13. Plantpure – approved by T Colin Campbell and searcheable by cuisine (eg Asian) and category (eg breakfast)
14. UC Davis Integrative Medicine * – very healthy – note their most popular ones are here. More here *
15. Gift of Health * – A colleague in Nova Scotia – some nice Indian Recipes here.
16. Vedged Out – This lady had a nasty  condition called ulcerative colitis which went when she changed her diet.
17. Thevegan8.com – 8 ingredient vegan recipes
18. Hookedonplants.ca – over 100 recipes including 38 raw ones by a holistic nutritionist.
19. Plantful Kiki – healthy weight loss and creative recipes
20. Doctors for Nutrition – dietician approved recipes plus free meal plans and guidance for beginners.
21. Plant-Powered Dietician – nice searchable selection, also some lovely freebies here.
22. Happy Pear – Irish website with gut oriented recipes with videos too.
23. Plant-based cooking show – lovely oil free recipes & videos.
24. UK Plant-based Health Professionals Recipes.

* = mostly oil free recipes.

I have a special page for Plant-based Holiday Meal Recipes here.

Here are some ethnic plant-based resources:

1. 1. Indian
      1. Recipes: Vegan Richa, Darshana’s Kitchen
      2. Facebook Group (private): ‘Desi # WFPBNO (whole food plant based no oil) Group
      3. Building a Healthy India (PCRM.org)
   2. Mexican recipes – veganmexicanfood, Mexican plant-based cooking 101

And if you want ‘quick and easy’ see below:

1. Minimalist Baker – gluten-free, plant based recipes with 10 or less ingredients, one bowl, 30 minutes (or less) to prepare
2. Plantpure Communities – 5-10 WFPB meals for busy days.
3. Inourishgently.com – 21 quick vegan one-pot recipes
4. Denise Massie RHN – see the free ‘Prep-ahead plant-based meals‘ cookbook and her video here.

Recipes avoiding other ingredients:

1. RiseShineCook.ca – Gluten and oil free recipes

Specific Types of Recipes

1. Plant-based burger recipes
   1. Burger tips & recipes – Campbell Nutrition Studies
   2. Wraps & Burgers – Forks Over Knives
   3. List of barbeque and grill recipes.
2. Recipes to maximise weight loss
   1. Dr McDougall Maximum Weight Loss Recipes
   2. Dr Gregers How Not to Diet Cookbook (on Amazon.ca)

In addition to avoiding animal products, the healthiest diet is low in fat and oil – here is an excellent article on how to cook without oil.

I have also developed some of my own recipes (generally made of superfoods) – see here for more information.

If you try a plant-based recipe that you find on the internet & would like to recommend it for me to post, please click here.