These black bean and sweet potato quesadillas are hearty and wholesome. They’re great both as a main dish with a side salad or as a fun appetizer. They’re packed with comforting ingredients like roasted sweet potato, corn, and black beans, plus optional goat feta. I love to serve these quesadillas with my cilantro jalapeno pesto…
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Vegan Cilantro Jalapeno Pesto
This vegan cilantro jalapeno pesto is a zippy, Mexico-inspired spread made with pepitas or sunflower seeds, lime juice, cilantro, jalapeno, nutritional yeast, and more. It’s delightful on spiralized vegetables, pasta, and sandwiches, and as a dip for quesadillas and chips. This morning, I was listening to an interview with Humble The Poet on Q, an…
High Protein Tempeh Chili (Vegan)
This high protein tempeh chili with sweet potato, pinto beans, plenty of chili spice, and cocoa powder is the ultimate game day chili. Serve with quinoa, yogurt, pickled jalapenos, cilantro, and cornbread. With the change in season, I sense that we’re all once again craving warm food. For me, this has coincided nicely with an…
Delicata Squash and Fig Kale Salad
Say hello to your new favourite fall harvest salad. This roasted delicata squash and fig kale salad also features toasted pecans, red onion, and celery, giving it plenty of flavour and textural contrast. I’m beginning to wonder if I should change the name of this blog from UpBeet Kitchen to “Delightful Delicata,” based on the…
Date Night Vegan Penne with Tempeh Chorizo and Red Pepper Cream Sauce
It’s still early spring, which means it’s perfectly acceptable to share this cozy pasta recipe, right? Pasta is the ultimate date night meal. And if you gussy it up with tempeh chorizo and a creamy cashew red pepper sauce, you’ll most definitely succeed in impressing your person. As my dad always says, “The way to…
Superfood Hot Chocolate (Vegan)
This superfood hot chocolate is my favourite afternoon pick-me-up or healthy dessert when I’m craving something warm and sweet and the end of the day. It’s packed with good for you ingredients like cocoa, reishi mushroom, cashew butter, coconut oil, cinnamon, vanilla, and is sweetened with a Medjool date. Reishi mushroom helps with relaxation and…
Smoky Barbecue Black Bean Burgers
Believe it or not, I was an extremely picky eater as a kid. The number of meals I would eat could be counted on one hand, while the number of meals I turned my nose up to could easily fill a small book. My poor food-loving parents, huh? They were always trying new recipes from…
Peanut Butter Oatmeal Cookie Shake
Good morning! Popping in with a drink recipe and a few reads again. Hopefully you’ve fared all right during this emotional week of two heartbreaking tragedies, and that you were uplifted by the climate action protests around the world on Friday. As senseless and heartbreaking as these tragedies are, they make me extra grateful for…
Cherry Beet Recovery Smoothie
Double Chocolate Protein Bars
Why buy protein bars when it takes ten minutes to whip up a batch in your own kitchen? These protein bars are packed with protein (obviously), healthy fat, complex carbs, and are lightly sweetened with pure maple syrup! The icing on the cake, so to speak, is the raw chocolate glaze. Made with just four…