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Vegan Pumpkin Pie (Mostly Raw)

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Guess what season is upon us… PUMPKIN PIE SEASON.

This Vegan Pumpkin Pie isn’t your typical pumpkin pie. This one here packs in that nostalgic, comforting flavour AND benefits.

Every season should be Pumpkin Pie season, am I right?

Of course, with Pumpkin Pie season also comes with ThanksGivin’er, friends, Mom’s birthday, crackling fires, warm socks, scarves, toques, crispy air bike rides, ‘I’ll have a 2nd latte’ kinda days…ahhhh Fall things. 

The beauty of this recipe is that it ticks all the taste + texture benefits, without refined sugar, butter, eggs, or flour.

I’ll have seconds please, because … Pumpkin Pie with benefits. 

This is a no-bake pie with mostly raw ingredients. Raw ingredients, by the way, have all their nutrients in tact which means their bursting with antioxidants, vitamins and minerals.

The only non-raw ingredient is the puréed pumpkin. Because hey, we want easy too, right? If you find some sugar pumpkins in the grocery store, and feel like baking + blending those up, feel free!

It melts in your mouth.

It pleases your friends.

It’s easy to make.

It’s pumpkin pie, I mean come’on.

OH YA, AND… COCONUT WHIPPED CREAM.

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and, Hello Thanksgiving dinner parties (Covid style)!

Benefits:

Pumpkin has a whopping 200% of your vitamin A needs in just one cup (does wonders for your vision)! It helps prevent cancer with the antioxidant beta-carotene. It also helps with weight loss because of combo of high nutrient density, low calorie density, and lots of plant fibre. Not to mention the vitamin C it carries to help your immunity during these colder months!

Dates are Nature’s candy. They’re packed with fibre, so the uptake of their natural sugars is slowed, and helps keep you energized. There’s a bunch of essential minerals and vitamins in these little juicy morsels as well.

Nuts are great for your brain, skin, and heart. They help create a decadent feeling raw dessert with their unsaturated fats.

Time: 20 minutes prep, 5 hours freeze

Makes: 8 – inch pie pan worth of pie

Ingredients:

Crust:

  • 1.5 cups pecans
  • 2 tbsp chia seeds (optional)
  • 1/4 cup oats
  • 10 dates
  • 1 tsp pure vanilla extract
  • 1/4 tsp allspice

Pie Filling:

  • 1/2 cup cashews (quick soak in hot water for 10 minutes, then strain)
  • 1 tbsp pumpkin pie spice (or 1 tsp cinnamon, 1/4 tsp nutmeg, 1/4 tsp ginger, 1/4 tsp allspice)
  • 1.5 cups pumpkin puree, *not the pre-made pumpkin pie filling (equal to 398mL can)
  • 1 banana (ripe with spots)
  • 1 tsp pure vanilla extract
  • 1/4 cup maple syrup
  • Pinch of salt

Coconut Whipped Cream:

  • 1 COLD can of full fat coconut milk (store in fridge at least 2 hours before making!)
  • 1 tbsp maple syrup

Directions:

  1. Soak cashews: Place in bowl, pour hot water over, let sit 10 minutes
  2. Make crust: blend all crust ingredients together in food processor. It’s done when a ball starts to form
  3. Spread crust mix on the bottom and up the sides of the pie pan (easier with wet fingers)
  4. Make pie filling: Strain cashews, blend them in food processor for 2 minutes, or until a cashew butter is formed. Then add the rest of the pie filling ingredients and blend until smooth.
  5. Spread pie filling over the crust evenly
  6. Place in the freezer for 3 hours
  7. Make coconut whipped cream: Flip coconut can upside down after it’s been chilled in the fridge, open the can and skim the liquid off the top (drink it!). Use just the thick, white cream. Blend the cream and maple syrup together in kitchen aid mixer, or whipping cream blender until stiff peaks form.
  8. Slice, add a dollop of whipped coconut cream, and enjoy!

*** Feel free to add in even more benefits with medicinal mushroom powders! I think Reishi would be great in this recipe.  You can use ‘Julia10’ for a discount here. 

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Simple One-Pot Vegan Chili | Ready in 30

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CHILI SEASON (can I get a whooooop whoop?)

I’m going to make this post short, to the point, nutritious, and delicious, just like this simple one pot vegan chili (aka dinner in 30 minutes).

All you need is a pot, some cans from the pantry, and some of your usual suspects from the veggie kingdom.

If you want to take it up to the next level, top it off with this 5 ingredient vegan sour cream or smokey vegan parm, and of course a side of rustic sour dough (our go-to is always a fresh loaf from Whistler’s vegan bakery Ed’s Bred).

This recipe makes a lot. Freeze it or just keep it in the fridge to eat it over the next week on top of quinoa, in wraps, sloppy joe style…. you name it.

Gotta love that chili versatility action.


Simple One-Pot 3 Bean Vegan Chili
 
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A last minute dinner idea. Just need a few veggies and a few cans from the pantry, and you're dinner is ready in 30 with one pot to clean.
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Serves: 6
Ingredients
  • 1 medium yellow onion, chopped
  • 8 mushrooms, chopped (white, cremini, portobello, your choice)
  • 3 sticks of celery, diced
  • 3 carrots, diced
  • 2 cloves garlic, minced
  • 1-2 tbsp veggie boullion powder (or 1 cube)
  • 1 tbsp cumin
  • 3 tbsp chili powder
  • 1 tbsp oregano spice
  • Pinch of salt & pepper
  • 1 large sweet potato, chopped
  • 1 jar tomato sauce (HACK: you can use pasta sauce! I used this one)
  • 1 can each: kidney beans, black beans, chickpeas (or any other beans you have), rinse first
  • 1 can of corn
  • 1 head broccoli, chopped
Instructions
  1. Oil-free sauté the onions and mushrooms (heat pan to medium, add onions and mushrooms, let brown for a few minutes, add a bit of water to de-glaze the bottom of the pan, let sauté another minute or so)
  2. Add celery, carrots, garlic, veggie boullion, cumin, chili powder and oregano with a ¼ cup of water. Mix together and let sauté 3-5 minutes
  3. Add sweet potato, beans, corn, tomato sauce and stir.
  4. Add enough water until it just covers everything.
  5. Bring to a boil, then let simmer for 20 minutes.
  6. Add broccoli for the last 5 minutes.
  7. Serve it up with cashew sour cream, green onion and your fave sourdough (I'm looking at you Ed's Bred.

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Warm Vegan Pumpkin Spice Banana Milkshake | 3 Ingredients

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Sometimes all you need is something warm to put your hands around. Enter: pumpkin spice and bananas.

With just 3 ingredients and a blender, you will have this delicious pumpkin spice banana milkshake (minus the dairy) to knock your cozy socks off.

The taste?  Pumpkin pie in a cup (but, actually good for you).

Fall is definitely upon us, and this comforting bevy will be the cherry on top of your Netflix n’ chill sweatpants.

Tis’ the season for pumpkin everything. Let’s make the most of it.

Benefits:

Bananas should be enjoyed be in their ripe form (with spots). They’re amazing for digestion, high in potassium and rich in fibre.

Pumpkin Pie Spice gives us that spicey cinnamon and ginger, both bringing us great benefits. Ginger is a well-known immune-booster, and cinnamon? The king of lowering those blood-sugar levels.

Vanilla (the pure extract) is anti-inflammatory, helping you fight disease, and allowing your body to thrive.

Warm Pumpkin Spice Banana Milkshake

On to the recipe!

Warm Vegan Pumpkin Spice Banana Milkshake
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Warm Vegan Pumpkin Spice Banana Milkshake

Recipe by jules
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Course: breakfast, snackDifficulty: Easy
Servings

2

servings
Prep time

4

minutes
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Ingredients

  • 3-4 ripe bananas

  • 1/2 tsp pure vanilla extract

  • 2 tsp pumpkin pie spice

  • 1 cup hot water (or steamed plant milk)

Directions

  • Blend all ingredients in high speed blender for 2-3 minutes, until warm! (If you don’t have a high speed blender, blend until smooth, and warm on low, stirring constantly in a pot for 2-3 minutes)
  • Pour into your favourite mug and enjoy!

The Wild Mushroom Green Vegan Lasagna with 2 Multi-Purpose Sauces

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A comfort food fave, with a twist. This green vegan lasagna is so yum, and perfect for these fall feels.

Make a big batch, or a few dishes worth to freeze for a dinner freak out kinda day! That’s my jam. I don’t like spending hours in the kitchen prepping one day for the full week… instead, I make the most of when I actually am in the kitchen. If I’m chopping an onion, I chop 3, and put them in the fridge for a different recipe… If I’m making lasagna, I make A LOT of it so leftovers can flow like an awesome mountain bike trail that just keeps on giving.

Are you the same? Well, here’s a recipe to go bulk on.

The Green Vegan Lasagna

Plus, you’ll make 2 sauces for this recipe that can be used for what ever else you want to use them for (hint hint, double them up)! I’m thinking green sauce for a dip, and cashew cheese sauce for pasta or your next sandwich making party.

Other sweet addition tips? If you want it to be even cheesier than what the cashew cheese will provide…. Top it off with a vegan cheese like Gusta (shredded up), Black Sheep Vegan Cheeze ‘vouda’ or ‘vozzerella’, Daiya Mozz, Miyokos Mozz… Drool. You can find these online at vegansupply.ca or veganessentials.com or spud.ca (use code CRVAN-MURJUB for 20$ off your first Spud order).

The Green Vegan Lasagna
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The Green Vegan Lasagna

Recipe by Jules
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Course: Dinner
Servings

12

servings
Prep time

25

minutes
Cooking time

50

minutes

Ingredients

  • 1 box lasagna noodles (Gluten-Free if needed)

  • 1 sweet or yellow onion, diced

  • 2 cups chopped wild mushrooms (used chanterelles, oyster mushrooms and portobello)

  • 2 cloves garlic, minced

  • 2 tbsp Italian seasoning

  • 1 jar tomato pasta sauce (24 ounces)

  • Green Sauce

  • 2 cans white beans (strained)

  • 1 cup nutritional yeast

  • 2 cloves garlic

  • juice of 1 lemon

  • 1 tbsp onion powder

  • 3 cups spinach

  • 1/4 tsp salt

  • 1 tsp balsamic reduction or maple syrup

  • 1 to 2 cups Pre-cooked green or brown lentils

  • Cashew Cheese Sauce

  • 1 1/2 cups soaked (and strained) cashews (soak cashews overnight or a quick soak in hot water for 10 minutes)

  • 1/4 cup nutritional yeast

  • 1/2 tsp salt

  • 1 tsp garlic powder

  • 1 tsp onion powder

  • 1/2 cup unsweetened + unflavoured plant milk

Directions

  • Pre-heat oven to 350F
  • Sauté the onions, mushrooms, Italian seasoning, and garlic with a bit of water if it’s sticking.
  • Cook noodles according to directions (some lasagna noodles don’t need to be pre-boiled). Bring a pot of water to a boil, add noodles and salt, let cook for the time told, strain and run cold water over them.
  • Make the Green Sauce: Add all the green sauce ingredients except for the lentils to your blender and whiz it up until smoooooooth. (you can use this sauce as a dip, pasta sauce or a spread for your wraps)… Then stir in the lentils.
  • Make the Cheese Sauce: Add all cheese sauce ingredients to the blender and blend until smooth (this sauce too makes a great dip, sandwich sauce, or pasta sauce!)
  • Layer it up! Start with tomato sauce on the bottom of your baking dish (around 13 x 9-inches), then a layer of noodles, then green sauce, cheese sauce, onion + wild mushroom saute, tomato sauce, and repeat. Finish it off with noodles, then cheese sauce on top!
  • Cover with tin foil and bake for 40 minutes. Remove foil and bake for another 10 minutes
  • Let sit for 10, and serve with fresh basil

Notes

  • Prep time doesn’t include cooking the lentils (about 40 minutes) or soaking the cashews (overnight or for 10 minutes in hot water).
  • Keep in the fridge for a week, or freeze for a few months

If you make this, make sure you tag @hookedonplants on instagram!

Need a guide towards a plant-based lifestyle? Try the 80/20 Plants Program

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