No egg needed to make this summery peach upside down cake. Caramelized peaches crown a beautiful, moist cake that’s easy to make gluten-free, if needed. It’s also naturally soy-free and nut-free!

It’s peach season! Make the most of succulent summer peaches with this tender, moist peach upside-down cake.

This is a simple upside-down cake, adapted from my pear upside-down cake. I use fresh summer peaches with a touch of vegan butter and brown sugar to help them caramelize as they bake with the cake in the pan. If fresh peaches aren’t looking good where you are, you can use plums or use canned peaches, or other stone fruits in this cake.

Peach upside-down cake is absolutely delicious topped with a big scoop of vegan vanilla ice cream or coconut whipped cream.

Why You’ll Love Peach Upside-Down Cake

• tender vanilla cake studded with succulent summer peaches
• peaches caramelize right in the baking pan, no need to cook them on the stove
• easily made gluten-free
• naturally soy-free and nut-free

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You have got to try this fresh and crunchy chopped Italian sandwich with zesty red wine vinaigrette! This chopped salad sandwich is a super versatile lunch packed with fresh veggies and herbs.

This recipe is based on the viral chopped Italian salad sandwich, and it’s so satisfying! You chop up veggies, tofu, and chickpeas, then toss it with Italian seasoning, vegan Parmesan, and this super flavorful Italian dressing and stuff it into a sandwich. The tofu in this recipe gives feta vibes, but you don’t have to prepare the vegan feta in advance, because the tofu is going to absorb the flavors of the dressing as you chop and mix, which will give it a tangy, deep flavor.

If you’re making this for one or two people, you can save time by chopping up all of the ingredients together on the cutting board and mixing it up with the dressing right there, too. For larger batches, you are better off chopping one or two ingredients at a time, then mixing in a large bowl. 

Whichever way you make it, it is a really delicious, fresh salad sandwich packed with that delicious Italian dressing made from lots of herbs, red vine vinegar, lemon, black pepper, garlic and olive oil. The dressing pairs really well with the crunchy lettuce, cucumber, red pepper, onion, and tomatoes. If you don’t have all of those veggies, you can use whichever ones you have on hand. It’s a super flexible recipe. You can adjust the dressing to your preference, too!

Why You’ll Love a Chopped Italian Sandwich

• easy and versatile 15-minute lunch
• High protein with chickpeas and tofu and delicious
• crunchy veggies in creamy Italian dressing
• no mayo needed, if you prefer! The dressing gets its creaminess from vegan yogurt.
• one-bowl recipe
• Nut-free, gluten-free option , easy soy-free option

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These Jackfruit Tacos are vegan taco perfection!  Jackfruit is perfect for recreating that chewy satisfying shredded meat texture. Coated in a flavorful marinade along with taco  meat spices, then baked in the oven until perfectly meaty it makes for the best vegan taco meat! Everyone will enjoy these, trust me.

Jackfruit can be a hit or miss for many. One reason is that people often get the sweet ripe Jackfruit and that obviously does not work in savory dishes. Get the young green jackfruit can in water or brine. Second reason is the aftertaste of brine in the jackfruit. For that we squeeze out all the brine and then use the jackfruit. I love the jackfruit texture when it’s baked. Baking also bakes out any remaining briny flavor. So try these jackfruit tacos with your favorite spice blends and let me know in the comments how it turned out!

As for the rest of the toppings, you can keep things super simple and just add shredded lettuce and some salsa, or take these to the next level with a generous drizzle of vegan queso or my potato carrot cheese sauce, or vegan mozzarella cream . 

These tacos are the perfect meal to serve for a casual dinner party amongst friends.  You can also make the taco meat part of your vegan meal prep routine.

Just double the recipe and use the taco meat as a topping for bowls, and salads, or as a filling for sandwiches, burritos, and wraps.

More Vegan Taco Recipes:

• Tikka Masala Birria Tacos
• Blackened Tofu Tacos
• Chickpea Cauliflower Tacos 
• Cauliflower Bean Taco Meat Enchiladas with homemade Enchilada Sauce

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This BBQ chickpea and potato salad is the star of summer! Roasted potatoes, chickpeas and onions top crunchy veggies, lettuce with a zesty BBQ dressing. Perfect for cookouts, potlucks, and picnics!

This is a delicious, summery salad topped with warm, baked potatoes, chickpeas, and onions with some barbecue seasoning.  The onions caramelize in the oven along with all of those good spices.

Then, we toss them with some fresh, crunchy veggies like lettuce, tomatoes, and more red onion. You can also add in peppers and cucumber and toss it all in this delicious, tangy barbecue sauce dressing.

Add some crunchy croutons or crackers, and serve. 

It’s refreshing, it’s satisfying, and it’s quick and easy to make! It just needs one pan for baking and a bowl to mix everything in.

Why You’ll Love BBQ Chickpea and Potato Salad

• hearty and healthy
• so much great BBQ flavor!
• crunchy veggies
• nut-free with soy-free, gluten-free option

More hearty summer salads

• Spicy BBQ Cauliflower Salad Bowl
• Tofu and Veggies BBQ Bowl
• Lentil Quinoa Salad
• Chickpea Dill Salad

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When life gives you lemons and blueberries, make Blueberry Lemonade. Blueberry is definitely an unconventional lemonade flavor but trust me, it’s divine. Wonderfully fruity and sweet from the plump fresh and juicy blueberries with just enough of a zesty kick from the lemons and a lovely freshness from the mint.

And doesn’t it just look so pretty,  served with fresh lemon slices and mint leaves?

Making this blueberry lemonade could not be any easier. You need water, lemons, blueberries, sugar and mint. That’s it. Add less or more blueberries to preference and less or more mint.

This is really the perfect way to cool down on a hot summer day. Of course, you can get creative, play around with the recipe and try different berry and herb combinations. I will add some ideas in the tips section.

More refreshing drinks:

•  Golden Iced Chai
• Golden Lassi
• Strawberry Lemonade Slushie
• Shikanji Nimbu Pani – Indian Lemonade
• Vegan Baklava Lassi
• Vegan Cookie Dough Blizzard Milkshake. Glutenfree Recipe
• Vegan Black Forest Shake

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Coming at you with some prime vegan fusion food. Vegan Tikka Masala Birria Tacos. Mexican street food with an added Indian twist.

Traditional birria tacos consist of stewed meat wrapped in tortillas soaked and toasted in broth, served with a side of broth, also known as consomé, for dipping the tacos into. My vegan version uses a savory sauteed veggie filling with mushrooms, peppers and taco  spices.  Instead of the consome, we serve the tacos with a small dish of a quick “mix everything in bowl”, thin tikka masala sauce .

As with all genius kitchen creations, this dish was born out of a craving. The other day, I was seriously craving some vegan birria tacos but was out of chilies and time, so I fixed myself some fusion Tikka masala birria tacos!

They turned out so utterly delicious that I just needed to share the recipe with you! Guys, you’ve got to make these ridiculously delicious tacos. This recipe is nut-free and soy free, easily Glutenfree with Glutenfree tortillas.

why you’ll love these fusion Birria tacos !

• They are quick to put together
• they are soy-free Nutfree and glutenfree!
• they are versatile, change up the filling and spices to preference
• The sauce is just put everything in the bowl and mix
• the filling is a quick stir fry.
• The sauce and filling can be made ahead so just assemble, heat up on a skillet and serve!

If  you make these tacos, do leave a review!

More vegan tacos:

• Blackened Tofu Tacos with Caramelized BBQ Onion
• Mango BBQ Soy Curls or Jackfruit Tacos
• Pinto Bean Fajita Tacos with Cilantro Chile Lime Marinade
• Spicy Garlic Chipotle Jackfruit Tacos

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Taco Tuesday just got a lot better! These Blackened Tofu Tacos are the BOMB! Thanks to a generous coating of spices like paprika or cumin, the tofu gets a nice golden crust that’s packed with smoky flavor. Pair that with some crunchy veg, vegan sour cream and sweet and spicy caramelized bbq onions and you’ve got a real good taco on your hands.

I’m telling you, if you’ve never tried blackened tofu, forget everything you thought you know about tofu and give these blackened tofu tacos a try! Feel free to play with the spices to suit your personal preferences, such as adding some cayenne pepper if you want some heat!

You can serve these as burritos or too a seasonal salad with the blackened tofu and bbq onions. So much texture and flavor and works well in any format

More Vegan Taco Recipes:

• Carrot Walnut Taco Meat
• Mango BBQ Soycurls
• Barbacoa mushroom Tacos
• Berbere Spiced Jackfruit Tacos
•  Chipotle Shredded Butternut Tacos

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This easy recipe for Baked Loaded Potato Wedges will blow you away with the delicious combo of crispy baked potatoes,  tofu bacon bits, and a creamy vegan cashew cheese sauce.

While you could eat these loaded potato wedges as a meal or side dish, I love serving these as a shared appetizer or a Game Day snack. Having a few is delicious, but having a whole sheet pan on your own is quite gluttonous so you might want to share. If you’re hosting a party, a movie night or a game day get-together, make sure to put these delicious loaded potato wedges on the menu and you will be everyone’s favorite!

These Vegan Cheesy Potato Wedges are perfect for when you’re craving something cheesy and comforting. The potatoes are baked not fried.  They are baked on the same sheet pan as the tofu bacon which makes for easy clean-up. While the potato wedges are baking, we whip up my favorite vegan cashew cheese sauce. It only takes minutes and you’ll love the creamy rich texture. I like to make some extra and serve pasta with vegan cheese sauce and bacon the next day. You can also slice the potatoes into halves to make loaded baked potatoes!

More Vegan Game Day Foods & Snacks

• Firecracker crispy tofu wings
• Spinach artichoke dip 
• Thai Layered Dip -because Peanut sauce.
• Spicy Pepper Crisp Cauliflower bites with celery ranch
• Zucchini chickpea Fritters
• Cajun Chickpea Fries

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Want to know what I’ve had for lunch frequently this past month? Pasta Salad – the best I’ve had in a long time! I present you a super easy summer pasta salad with farfalle pasta, juicy fresh tomatoes, grilled veggies, chickpeas, fresh herbs, and a quick homemade Italian dressing. It takes your tastebuds straight to Italy.

One of the best things about pasta salad is that you can make it ahead of time and refrigerate it. Then when you get home after a day out and about your dinner is all ready!  But you can also take it with you wherever you go. This vegan Pasta Salad is amazing for potlucks and picnics but you do not need to wait to be invited to a get-together to get some summer pasta salad magic in your life.

More BBQ Sides and salads:

• South Western Pasta Salad 
• Crunchy Salad with Firecracker Chickpeas and Peanut sauce.
• Potato Cauliflower Chickpea Salad with Vegan Sour Cream
• Mung Bean Sprouts, Seared Carrot Salad with Spicy Chile Lime dressing

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Who’s obsessed with Jo Jo potatoes? What potatoes? Don’t feel bad if you don’t know what I’m talking about here! Just know that if you love potato wedges and fries, these babies are something that you’ve missed out on your whole life!  Jo jo Potatoes – these are seriously GOOD. Tender on the inside, crispy on the outside, with a glorious coating of golden browned breading, baked or pan-fried to absolute potato perfection!

What are Jo JO Potatoes?

Jo Jo Potatoes are potatoes wedges that are (sometimes) preboiled, then coated in seasoned flour and a batter and fried to crispy, golden-brown perfection. The outsides are nice and crisp, the insides are fluffy like a perfectly baked potato.

These upgraded potato wedges make a wonderful side dish, TV snack, or a shared appetizer, and are typically served with lots of different sauces and condiments like plain or seasoned sour cream, ketchup,  or barbecue sauce! Also so good with  Ranch  Dressing or any vegan Ranch Dip. I’ll list my favorite dips for this vegan version in a second.

You might find these special potato wedges as a gas station snack but they can also be part of any diner breadbasket of the midwest, upper midwest, and Pacific Northwest.

What is the difference between JoJo and potato wedges?

A true Jojo potato is a potato cut into eight segments, breaded with flour and batter – like fried chicken, and cooked in a pressure fryer. Well, I don’t have a pressure fryer and I bet you don’t either but that’s ok! You can either bake these in the oven or pan-fry them! Also, a true jo jo is served with ranch.  In the tips section, I list my favorite vegan dips for these.

MORE FRIES AND SNACKS FROM THE BLOG

• firecracker Tofu wings 
• Baked Sweet Potato Fries with vegan Chipotle Ranch
• Baked Garlic Fries with Garlic Tahini Sauce. 
• Nashville Cauliflower 
• Spicy Pepper Crisp Cauliflower bites with celery ranch
• Mango Sriracha Cauliflower Bites

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