FUN VEGAN LUNCH IDEAS FOR BACK TO SCHOOL (or work)!
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- Опубліковано 4 чер 2024
- Enjoy these fun and delicious VEGAN LUNCH IDEAS FOR BACK TO SCHOOL (or work)!
RECIPES ARE BELOW!
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RECIPE #1: VEGAN TUNA SALAD SANDWICH: www.rainbowplantlife.com/blog...
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RECIPE #2: GREEK CHICKPEA QUINOA SALAD (serves 3)
* 3 cups cooked quinoa (about 1 cup uncooked quinoa)
* 1 cup chopped cucumbers
* 1 cup sliced cherry tomatoes
* 1 small red bell pepper, chopped
* 1/3 cup sliced olives
* 1 (15-ounce) can or jar artichoke hearts, sliced in half
* 6-8 oil-packed sun-dried tomatoes, sliced
* 1/2 tsp each: garlic powder, dried thyme
* Sea salt & pepper to taste
* 1 (15-ounce) can chickpeas
* 2 tsps olive oil
* 1/2 tsp each: dried oregano, thyme, garlic powder, paprika
* Juice of 1/2 lemon
* For serving: TOFU RICOTTA***
1. In a bowl, combine cucumbers, tomatoes, bell peppers, olives, artichokes, and sun-dried tomatoes. Add a little bit of the oil from the jar of sun-dried tomatoes and the garlic powder and thyme to the veggies, and toss to combine. Season to taste with salt and pepper.
2. Drain and rinse the chickpeas and thoroughly pat dry with a clean dish towel or paper towels.
3. Heat the 2 tsps of olive oil in a large (12-inch) skillet over medium-high heat, and ensure that the entire pan is lightly coated with the oil. Add the chickpeas in small handfuls and spread them out in a single layer. Let the beans cook undisturbed for 3 minutes. Use a spatula to flip the beans and cook for another 3-5 minutes, or until the beans are browned and blistered.
4. Stir the thyme, oregano, and garlic powder, paprika, and a generous pinch of salt, and stir to coat the chickpeas evenly. Squeeze the lemon juice over the chickpeas, stir to combine, and then remove from the heat.
5. To serve, top the pan-fried chickpeas and veggie salad over the cooked quinoa.
***TOFU RICOTTA
* 1 14-ounce block extra-firm tofu
* 1/4 cup nutritional yeast
* 1/2 tsp each: garlic powder, onion powder
* 1 tsp kosher salt
* 1 TBSP extra virgin olive oil
* 1/2 tsp black pepper
* 1 medium lemon, juiced and zested
1. Press the tofu for 30 minutes.
2. In a large bowl, mash the tofu with a fork until crumbly (okay if a few larger chunks remain). Add the other ingredients and mash together until well combined. Taste for seasonings.
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RECIPE #3: CARROT HUMMUS & WHITE BEAN WRAPS
For 1 wrap: layer 3-4 TBSP carrot hummus, white bean salad, and greens of choice on a wrap or tortilla.
Carrot Hummus (makes a little more than 1.5 cups)
* 1/2 pound carrots, peeled and chopped into 1-inch pieces
* 2 garlic cloves, left whole
* 1 cup cannellini beans (from a 15-ounce can; reserve the remaining beans for the salad)
* 1/4 cup tahini
* 2 TBSP fresh lemon juice
* 1 tsp ground cumin
* 1/2 tsp kosher salt, plus more to taste
* Black pepper to taste
* 2-4 TBSP ice cold water (I used 3)
* 1/2 cup fresh cilantro, chopped (optional)
1. Steam the carrots, then drain. You can do it on the stove or in the instant Pot (use the Pressure Cook setting at high pressure for 4 minutes, with quick pressure release).
2. Add the carrots to a food processor along with the remaining ingredients, except for the ice water and cilantro and blend until starting to thicken up. With the motor running, drizzle in the ice cold water, a tablespoon at a time, until the hummus is creamy and thick. Add more salt to taste. Stir in the chopped cilantro if using.
White Bean Salad
* 3/4 cup cannellini beans (the remaining beans not used in the carrot hummus)
* 1 1/2 tsps olive oil
* 1 tsp lemon zest
* 1 tsp lemon juice
* 1/2 tsp each dried thyme or oregano
* 1/4 tsp kosher salt
* 1/2 of a small yellow pepper, diced (reserve other half for snack)
* 1/2 of a small zucchini, diced (reserve other half for snack)
1. Mix all the ingredients together in a bowl and toss to combine. Season to taste.
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Oh my freaking goodness. I was curious how much the non-tuna salad would taste like actual tuna and when I made it I was absolutely FLOORED. It really tastes just like tuna!!! So amazing. It's now one of my favorite recipes. Thank you so much! Can't wait to try out the other recipes from this video. You bet I'm making them all. I've also made some from your cookbook and I have loved every single thing so far. You are fantastic! Thank you for doing what you do!!!
I am late to seeing this but I am so happy you loved it! It's crazy how much it tastes like tuna, right? Thank you for sharing your feedback, Coen! So happy you are also loving my cookbook :)
I second this! So glad I found her channel
Girl, your no joke. So much less basic than many other youtubers! I found a gem when i visited your channel! Keep it up.
My thoughts exactly
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Yes! I feel like she’s more original, while many other YT copy each other.
Trying to go vegan can be so overwhelming thinking of all the things i have to 'give up'. But watching your videos keeps me inspired with delicious looking food!!
I am so grateful to hear that! It definitely can be overwhelming to think about what you can't have...until you realize all the delicious foods you can have!
My mom used to pack tuna salad sandwiches for us every week for school, so I especially love the vegan tuna salad sandwich idea!
I'm so happy you do, Nedina! Hope you'll give this version a try :)
I love seeing regular videos from you! I hope you continue making them!
Thank you Sarah! That is definitely my goal :)
Love these simple and delicious ideas Nisha!! I never thought of adding hearts of Palm to the chickpea salad- genius! 💗😋
Hi Zena! You’re so sweet. Hope you’re doing well. And yes the hearts of palm is such a fun addition. I can’t wait to try making other meat substitutes with it!
OMG that tuna salad on the baguette....looks so good! And yay, on fishies were harmed :)
Haha yes it is soooo sooo good! Thank you Sandy hope you try it!
My favorite lunch to make atm is a roasted chickpea wrap with pickled onions and avocado, so delicious
that sounds really delicious! Love all those ingredients 😋
Love the carrot hummus!! YUM! Favorite go-t lunch is a grain bowl with whatever roasted veggies are on hand plus beans (usually black are my go to) with hummus.
Had your no tuna salad today, it is amazing! Will definitely be a regular lunch meal for me now! Thank you for the great recipes.
So glad! Thanks for sharing your feedback, Karen :)
These certainly are fun lunch ideas! And those bento boxes are so cute, I especially love the tropical one!
Thank you Liz! So nice to hear you like the bento boxes - they are such a fun way to pack lunch!
U really have some excellent ideas and are always fun to watch !! Taking vegan cooking up a huge notch 👏👏
Beautiful Video!!!!
AndI do Live those bento boxes!!!!💖💖💖💖🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋🌸🌸🌸
Wow, such clean, fresh & delicious combinations...looking forward to making the carrot & white bean hummus 😋
Awesome healthy recipes with simple ingredients! Ordering the book and heading to Whole Foods this afternoon!
Thank You!
Wow I’ve been wanting a no oil carrot hummus recipe - sooo excited to try this!!! Xxx
Oh yay! Perfect timing then :) Hope you enjoy it!
That looks lovely, I need to learn you sauce recipes, that what I struggle with, thank you for sharing. 💚
Great ideas...will definitely be making white bean salad wraps..never thought of making carrot hummous..looking forward to trying it out..thanks x
Thanks Gina! I appreciate it! I love the addition of carrots… adds a slight sweetness and a beautiful vibrant color! I love regular hummus but it’s always nice to switch it up so you don’t get bored!
I’m looking forward to making the carrot hummus. Looks/sounds yummy.
Those boxes are gorgeous!! My son starts school this year, and these ideas help inspire what to pack for him. Thank you!
That's so great to hear :) Wishing you the best of luck as your son starts school!
Great ideas thank you!!!!!!
I love using bento boxes for lunches! They make everything so much cuter. Wish I had these recipes when I was in school but never too late to try them now especially the Tuna Salad Sandwich!
I totally agree - they make lunch so much cuter! I lived on lunchables as a kid 🙊 these would have been much better lol!
@@RainbowPlantLife My mom would always pack my lunch but whenever I am on field trips, lunchables are my go-to too!
Thank you my friend for your wonderful creations! You have inspired me to make delicious lunches for my children!! 🙏
Love these easy meal ideas, going to really come in handy with school starting! Thank you
Yay! You’re very welcome! I hope you’ll enjoy them :)
❤️Looks Delicious Thank You❤️
You're so cheerful and nice to watch! Great video!
I absolutely love your videos!! Thank you so much for all of the delicious ideas!
Hi Evan, you are too kind! Thank you for the support and so glad you like these ideas :)
That wrap looks amazing!!!
Thanks Breanna! I love how easy it is, and having extra hummus in the fridge is always nice :)
The tuna looked AMAZING!
Thank you Eudora! It is SO good, I have made this recipe 5 times in the last 2 weeks lol
Like always AWESOME!!👏🏼
I was looking for a hummus receipe..nice & easy vegan receipes..
Glad you like the recipes :)
A rich fantastic video with great visuals and a stunning script! Well done! You are truly a CEO with a craft that is unique. I look forward to more of your content. I just became vegan November 2019. And you help so much in the transition. Thanks again. - Alec Murillo (former co owner of the late MotivEats Meal Prep)
Lovely! I like how creative and colorful these recipes are, as well as hearty
Thank you, glad you think so! I can't do boring or light lunches ... I will be unsatisfied and just eat a donut or bar of chocolate right after lol
Yummy!!!!!That sounds so Great!!!!!Cant wait to try it!!!!! Have to find hearts of palm???
Love your videos!!!!!!!💖💖💖🦋🦋🦋🦋
Thx! I'm off to the store. 🍓🥝🥬
Floored. You are just so good at this,
Such great ideas. Love them all !
So glad you do :) Thank you!
I tried recipe 1 and 2. They are so delicious. Thanks !
Oh yay, that's so nice to hear :) Thank you for the feedback, Sylvie!
Loved these Lunch ideas 👍😍
Cute boxes! Even cuter food!!
aww hehe thanks Nicola! I’m glad you think so!
Watching you from France and I love your recipes, thank you !
That's so nice to hear, Emilie! Greetings from NYC! I love France :)
Brilliant recipes..your voice is very soothing ❤️ the wraps are definitely my favourites..!
Thank you so much, always nice to hear that :) I hope you'll enjoy making the carrot wraps!
I love your videos!
Just a heads up though that almond butter is not nut free. There are lots of great alternatives though like sunbutter or wowbutter.
I just want to tell you thanks for your recipes cause they are amazing and your are beautiful too!
Great video, Nisha. Loved all the recipes. Gotta try that carrot hummus...never had that before.
Hi Shana! Thank you for stopping by lovely. The carrot hummus is so good, such a nice way to spice up regular hummus.
These look amazing and I could take them to work! You look beautiful and are glowing in this video!
Aww hehe thank you! Yes, they are great for office lunches, hope you get to try them!
Love these recipes! Also, I use monbento all the time! Love their products!
Thank you Nealie! So nice to hear that - I love how functional and cute their boxes are!
I'm a new subscriber. I can't wait to try all of these delicious looking recipes. Love the fact they are easy and pretty quick to make. 💕🙏
Melisa Flowers hi Melissa! Thanks for being here! Hope you’ll enjoy these recipes - they’re so fun and easy to make!
I look forward to making all these dishes. I am an SOS (no salt, oil,sugar) vegan so will adapt the recipes. I can't wait to try the No Tuna Tuna! Thank you! 💕
I hope you will enjoy the no-tuna tuna salad! I'd love to hear about how you adapt the recipes to your SOS diet :)
Looks so delicious! Loved it 💚
Thank you so much! Happy you did!
Love your recipes!!! 😋🍱🍲👍
I can’t wait to get my cookbook. These recipes look so delicious and yummy 😋😋😋😋😋😋😋. Thank you 🙏 so much for sharing these wonderful recipes recipe ideas 👏👏👏👏💎💎💎💎👊👊👊👊💎💎💎💎👋🏻👋🏻👋🏻👋🏻👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽
Another wonderful video Nisha with such delicious and colourful recipes. It's always a joy watching you cooking :) x
Aww 🥰 thank you for watching and for your sweet comment, Julie!
@RainbowPlantLife I enjoy making Black bean and brown rice tacos on flour tortillas with cucumbers, tomatoes, and green olives. Another one of my favorites is cucumbers sliced into sticks as well as carrot sticks with some avocado slices lightly sprinkled with pink Himalayan sea salt and a small squirt lime juice served alongside brown rice.
Thanks for sharing :) I love the sound of black bean brown rice tacos - yummy and hearty!
@@RainbowPlantLife Yes they were it's one of those situations where I was full and kept eating anyways then I fell into a food coma
These look phenomenal!!
Thanks Anni, glad you think so!
What would be a good oil substitute in the quinoa salad and tofu recipe , thank you 😊
Looks deleceas ideas tank you burritos or enchiladas con tortillas
New subscriber 😍😍😍 LOVE LOVE your personality and love these videos!!
Hey Taylor! You’re very sweet! Thanks for being here :)
thanks for the recipes. While quinoa cooks, I could cook chickpeas and artichokes also, instead of canned food.
Great
This all looks so tasty!
So happy you think so, Brisa! Hope you'll try the recipes!
All your recipes look so delicious! 😋
Thank you 😋
Great recipe ideas, thank you! - From a back-to-work school teacher ♡
Oh yay! That's lovely to hear! Thank you for doing the most amazing and essential work as a teacher!
Oops just saw this now Yum looks delicious i am making all soon this is perfect for my office lunches drooling over my samsung galaxy j4 love your recipes making me hungry Thanks Ramya
Hope you'll enjoy them, Ramya. Thank you!
Just found your channel. Love all these ideas and you really sold the boxes to me! Are they available in the UK?
Awesome ❤️❤️❤️
Thank you Katherine!
New fave channel
Aww I appreciate that so much!
Digging the song choice! Super relaxing!
Happy to hear that :) I really like this song!
@@RainbowPlantLife do you happen to have details on it?? 🤩
@@sersastark I found it on epidemic sound, a royalty free music platform, but i think I found the same song on UA-cam! ua-cam.com/video/9Ze3xmrju7s/v-deo.html
I luv them! 😊👍
YAY! Thanks Vivian!
Hahah your humor you throw in is my favorite 😂 can you do a vegan sushi video 🤔
Aww yay, so happy you love it hehe. Ooh I need to invest in some sushi making gear first!
Hi I need suggestions on the best nuritionalist yeast to buy! Totally lost! Thanks
OMG I LOVE YOU SO MUCHHHH!!!! ❤️❤️❤️❤️
Aww Paige! How sweet are you! Thank you!!
I’m new to your channel. Thank you so much you’re amazing. I also love how you have the recipes ready to copy so we can create. Thank you. I would love to send you some of mine. In my own version. I’m Hispanic so some chance a bit I’m also new to this life style. I love it. 🙌🏻😅👏
Hi Maritza, so happy you enjoy my recipes and my channel. Thank you for your sweet comment. Wishing you the best as you start your new healthy lifestyle :)
Great video Nisha!! 🔥
Hi Chad! Thank you my friend!
Amazing recipes 😋😋
Thank you so much :)
Where do you get Hearts of palm? This looks a little different from my regular chickpeas salad sandwich. I've got to try the fried chickpeas even if it needs a tiny bit of oil.
Everything looked SO delicious! I can't wait to try these! 😀
Thanks, dear Rachel! I hope you’ll enjoy them, can’t wait to see/hear what you try!
Nisha- love the recipe idea thank u. But I have to say ur never too old for school I’m 34 and I’m about to finally start working on my BS degree 😉 all fully financed by me and no student loans 🤘🏼
She's so pretty!
Lovely recipes 👌👌👌👌
Thank you!!
I love the style of filming! Everything looks so amazing! Do you have another person filming while you are cooking?
I’m so happy you do! Thank you! My boyfriend filmed part of this video! So much easier to get smooth overlays and transitions with someone else behind the camera :)
@@RainbowPlantLife I'll try that!
Hi Nisha, love watching you! Out of curiosity, did Monbento sponsor you? If so, how did you make that happen?
I just found you. I love your videos and lifestyle. I am almost plant based doing pretty good.
I do like my red wine what do you suggest..
Thank you can’t wait to order your Recipe Book.
Hi there! I’m so happy you’re here! Thank you for your kind comment :) If you go to barnivore.com, you can search for which wines are vegan friendly.
I also like this list of vegan friendly wines: www.winc.com/wines/vegan
OMG, yesterday I made chickpea mush sandwich---was not thrilled. To tolerate would have to eat with a lot of potato chips. So I recalled seeing this sandwich of your's... so I got some hearts of palm. This is weird, this is wacky but this is the sweetest most delicious "tuna" ever. The texture is so spooky. I don't like sweet pickle so I put sliced dill on my sandwich. I agree you need a pickle element. Good job--you may turn this flexitarian vegan yet with your delicious food.
Your food recipes are an ART! You make m stay vegan. thank you.
Aww that's so nice to hear, Heather. Thank you for your lovely comments!
Thanks for uploading another awesome video and for inspiring me to make my own UA-cam channel! Your the best! Lots of love from Canada 🇨🇦
Hi Olinda! How sweet are you. I am so grateful that I've been able to inspire you :) In case you are based in Toronto, I will be there this Saturday doing a cooking demo at Toronto Veg Food Fest!
Oh wow yeah I will try to make it I’m only about 2 hours out lots of love 💕
@@olindarosales3375 Aww how lovely and sweet! Here's the info! vegfoodfest.com/presenter/nisha-vora-instant-pot-weeknight-dinner/
RainbowPlantLife thanks so much I’ll be sure to check it out! Cant wait thanks!
Hi! Love your vids. You’re the reason im trying to become vegan! So close to 800k!!! 🎉🎉🎉❤❤❤
I can't wait to make these for my kids (but let's be honest, also myself)! They really do have pizzazzzz!
haha definitely make them for yourself! Ain’t no shame!
I'm think about going vegan and you my new favorite channel
Chickpeas? Chick please! ...that ‘tuna’ sandwich looks amazing. Can’t wait to try it!
HA! That made me laugh. Hope you will love it! I can't stop making/eating it!
I usually use Nori for the extra fish flavour
Yes! Nori is great too! Love all kinds of seaweed!
I just paused the video and made the chickpea sandwich. I didn't have all the ingredients but it's still good. Now I can press play and watch the rest.
Yassss! Lol I love your style! I hope you enjoyed it and thank you for the love!
@@RainbowPlantLife I did!
OMG 😋😍💚
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“No nut rule” lol you are so funny and I absolutely LOVE your tasty recipes.
I love that vegan mayo you used. I believe it was Sir Kensington’s? But it has sunflower oil and I learned it should be expeller pressed or else its toxic to the body.
They also have one made with avocado oil if you want (it was sold out at my store, but that’s my preference)!
In the no tuna salad, could you just use some of Trader Joe’s umami seasoning instead of nutritional yeast? I seem to be one of the very few who don’t like nooch!
Yes I think you can definitely do that!
Did the monbento box discount code expire 😭 I’m binge watching your videos so I’m late for everything lol
Aww thank you! Yes it did, it was available last fall.
How am I only JUST finding you?!?!
HA! Maybe it's that youtube algorithm? lol. But thanks for being here!