Seriously, it’s the last day of September? This is crazy talk. And just like that the Month of Vegan Food is drawing to a close. sniff, sniff.
As I wrote at the beginning of September, my goal for Vegan Glow was to showcase wholesome, vegetable-heavy vegan recipes that energize and inspire you. Did it work? :) Given that it’s back to school/work season, I tried to share as many quick and easy recipes as I could. Most of the recipes I shared came together in 5-30 minutes. All in all, I think I was successful with my goals, cranking out more healthy recipes this past month than I have since before I started the cookbook. It felt a bit insane posting almost every other day, but I guess that was the point of the challenge! Vegan Mofo renewed my mojo for blogging and introduced me to many talented food bloggers in our awesome community.
From raw recipes and smoothies to healthy desserts and energizing fall-inspired soups, hopefully my recipes this month inspired you to add more vegetables into your life! I always feel my best when I’m eating lots of veggies, so this challenge was motivating for me as well. As a reader mentioned in my first post, there’s plenty of time for holiday goodies in the months to come. True story.
I’ll let you know at the bottom of this post which recipe was my favourite and which one was your favourite (based on amount of clicks the post received). I’ve also highlighted some Veganmofo recipes that caught my eye throughout the month.
1) Pink Power Detox Smoothie 2) Ultimate 4-Layer Vegan Sandwich
3) Sugar-Free Apple Pie Chia Seed Jam + Parfait 4) Thick and Chunky Tomato Sauce from Scratch
5) The Big Chopped Salad 6) No Bake Elvis Bars
7) Easiest Almond Cookies by Ricki Heller {review} 8) Jumbo Chickpea Pancake
9) Lightened Up Raw Pecan Pumpkin Butter 10) Tex Mex Spaghetti Squash w/ Black Bean Guac
11) Ultra Creamy Hemp Salad Dressing (nut-free) 12) What Did U Do Fundraiser for Farm Sanctuary
13) Luxurious 7-Vegetable and “Cheese” Soup 14) Velvety Butternut Cinnamon Date Smoothie
Whew. What a FUN month!
The most popular recipe of the month goes to….
—-> No Bake Elvis Bars <—– Elvis is rolling over in his grave no doubt.
My personal favourite recipe this month is a tie between my Sugar-Free Apple Pie Chia Seed Jam + Parfait and Ultimate 4-Layer Vegan Sandwich. Holla.
Lastly, here are a handful of delicious recipes that caught my eye throughout the month:
- Orange Balsamic Roasted Acorn Squash from Miss Kitchen Witch
- Rise and Shine Green Juice from Vegan Sparkles
SO MUCH GOOD FOOD and so little time!
These are all awesome. In the past I related vegan with ‘bland and boring,’ but you totally changed my mind with these recipes. I thought making delicious vegan meals would be too tough, but I am loving all these recipes. Hellooooo apple pie & chia seed parfait :D
It’s been awesome seeing more posts from you this month and it felt like such a gift to have you back here more often :) I have loved seeing the recipes, and seeing all your photography – so many recipes and photos in one month compared to your more recent pace – and it’s just been mindblowing to see how amazing your photography is, Angela! Thanks for indulging us all in a great month!
Love your take on vegan meals. Like you said, quick and easy. I tried your Tex-Mex Spaghetti Squash with Black Bean Guac – Delish! I have the Jumbo Chickpea Pancake earmarked to try next.
Thank you for the inspiration and the tools to make it happen.
Carol
Love love love all the posting you are doing, keep them coming talented woman!
I loved you month of vegan food. I think that you did an excellent job showing how easy and delicious eating a plant- based diet can be. Your recipes are inspiring and I love seeing them!
Wow, I can’t believe it’s been an entire month since you posted about your upcoming month of posts! I’ve really enjoyed seeing all the new recipes :)
I really really enjoyed the back to back recipes this month! It went by really fast..
The 7 veggie soup was my favorite, although I really like some of the others too.
Keep em coming!
Thank you for so many wonderful recipes, I have been making one at the time, and each one is as good or better than the other one, the apple chia jam parfait was one of my favorites, but I also loved the tomato sauce from scratch that I paired it with spaghetti squash …was wonderful to see so many yummy recipes this month! Thant you again !
Thank you so much Angela. I have been enjoying your website immensely. Keep up the awesome work!
Thanks for sharing my Kale & Garlic Scape Hummus :) It was definitely a winner!
I have REALLY LOVED all the recipes you’ve posted this month, they all look TO DIE FOR and I have a big queue waiting for me on Pinterest!
I can’t wait to make that hummus…next time I get my hands on some scapes it’s going to happen! I made a pesto with them before and it was killer. Might have to add some basil too!
Loved your hummus theme…I couldn’t believe all the other great ideas you still had in mind! Hope to see more of them :)
I know it’s going to be a while for fresh scapes, but I managed to get some pickled scapes from my veggie box folks, so I’m going to give it a go “off-season” :) Basil sounds like a dream added to the hummus.
Garlic scape pesto is one of my favourite things. I’ve got some in the freezer for when we hit the dead of winter and need a little pick-me-up.
I swear, we had so many ideas we could have done a year of hummus… but happy for a little hummus break right now, and we’ll do more hummus recipes on the blog in the future for sure.
all of this looks amazing, but that raw pecan pumpkin butter would totally hit the spot right now!
I loved following along, Angela! Since vegan MoFo now over I can get cooking!
Holy cow. I feel like you were just saying that you were going to make it a goal to participate in MOFO this year and Eric doubted your abilities… Haha. You did an awesome job and produced some spectacular recipes!
Whew, vegan MoFo definitely made me hungry like ALL the time. I have so many things that I wanna make now including your no bake Elvis bars. Thanks so much for including my link! It is much appreciated.
All of these looked amazing — I think my favourite though was the ultimate 4 layer sandwich — combined 4 of my favourite foods!
I loved every one of your September posts, Ange! You did such a great job on each and every recipe, and it was so great to hear from you so regularly again (although I totally get why you needed the break! You’ve been a busy lady!!) I’m still drooling over the no-bake Elvis bars, and the butternut smoothie is on my list of must-try fall drinks. I’ve been smoothie-ing like crazy lately!
Just wondering if you could help me with my metaphysical thought of replicating Earth Cafe vegan cheesecake found at WF any flavor. Thanks – Namaste and all the other beautiful celestial salutations to you and your energy!
Oh my, my, my. Too much good food in one place. I will definitely have to give the Elvis bars a try. Delicious.
Congrats on finishing your first MoFo! I can’t believe September is over either.
Thank you so much for including me in your round-up, Angela! How much delicious fun is Vegan Mofo! :) I’m a little bummed it’s over but now I have so many more recipes, inspiration and ideas I can’t wait to try out (oh SO much incredible talent!) and your Apple Pie Parfait is at the top of my list! xx