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…
Recipes
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…
BBQ Pulled Tofu Tacos with Citrus Avocado Sauce
Here is a life hack: find (BBQ tofu) taco-loving people and surround yourself with them. Then you can have Taco Tuesday all week long, and you will have SO. MUCH. FUN. Your taste buds will be pretty dang happy all the time, too. I’m pretty obsessed with tacos these days, and with spring and summer…
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…
