A Week of Vegan Meals

 Today I thought about doing a different kind of post: I wanted to show you the recipes I have prepared this week! It's a collection of what I have eaten for lunch and dinner every day, and it's all vegan. The recipes are not complicated at all, as I don't have much time to cook, so I hope you like them and that maybe you can find inspiration for your own meals as well.

Monday

For lunch, I made pasta with tomato sauce and vegan pesto. I found this one at Waitrose; I don't like it much, but I'm used to eating homemade one, so I think that's why. You just have to put the pesto in your plate and mix it with a bit of the water you cooked the pasta in, while the tomato sauce has to be heated up in a pan. In the end you just mix everything! My friend's mom used to make this recipe, and I really loved it, so from time to time I recreate it.

For dinner, I made lentil soup. You can make it in one pot, and you just need to put together red lentils, spinach, onion, a bit of tomato sauce, and vegetable broth. The more you let it cook, the tastier it will be. I love this one, it's a very hearty meal, perfect for cold days.

Tuesday

For lunch, I only had to heat up a meal I had already prepared, but this one is very simple to make as well. I just put tofu and broccoli to cook in a pan with coconut milk, while I make basmati rice in a pot. I add masala spices to the coconut milk and let it cook. This is a recipe I love very much and it's super tasty.

I got home late from the library, so, for dinner, I made the quickest meal that i could think of. I toasted a bagel and inside I put vegan pesto, some cannellini beans and fresh spinach. It's very easy to make and it tastes really good.

Wednesday

For lunch, I made a very simple pasta with tomato sauce and zucchini. You just need to cook the zucchini in a pan and then add the tomato sauce to heat it up. Then I added the pasta in the pan to mix everything and the result was delicious.

For dinner, I made something very quick: vegan cordon bleu and spinach. The spinach was very simple to make, you just need to put them in the microwave with a little bit of water, while covering them. In the meanwhile I cooked the cordon bleu in a pan. I got this one from Lidl and I really liked the taste, although they are a bit small.

Thursday

The day before I accidentally made too much pasta, so for lunch I decided to use it to make pasta fritta. You just have to take leftover pasta and cook it in a pan with olive oil, and it becomes super tasty.

For dinner, I had pizza to celebrate that I had just finished writing the first chapter of my dissertation! This is a frozen vegan one that I got from Waitrose. It has different vegetables, like onions, broccoli and mushrooms and the mozzarella cheese is made of chickpeas. Frozen pizza is clearly not the best and most tasty option, but I think this was a very valid one.

Friday

Today I went to a very special place for lunch: The Veg Box Café here in London! I got the full English breakfast; it was my first time trying it and it was really amazing. The breakfast is composed of two sausages, two hashbrowns, baked beans, two slices of multiseed bread, greens, mushrooms, grilled tomato and scrambled tofu. The portions are perfect, and the food was delicious.

At dinner, I was tired, and it was already late, so I just toasted three slices of multiseed bread and I added vegan pesto, cannellini beans and fresh spinach. It was simple, but very tasty.

Saturday

On Saturday, my lunch was tofu bites and spinach, all cooked in coconut milk and masala spices. I ate this with two toasted slices of multiseed bread. It's actually a very easy recipe to make, and the taste is unmatched.

On Saturday night it was Halloween! It's one of my favorite holidays and I love the spooky vibes, so I wanted to eat something Halloween themed. I went to Aldi and I got these vegan baos which were pumpkin shaped. Inside they had a mix of vegetables with sweet and sour sauce. They were so cute and well made, and they were delicious.

Sunday

Today my lunch was the same as the day before, as I had made a bigger portion in order to already have my food ready. I just heated up the tofu and spinach and toasted two slices of my multiseed bread and everything was delicious.

For dinner, I made a hearty soup. This is really a comfort food for me, it's very tasty and it warms me up every time. This time I made it with red lentils, cannellini beans, onion, spinach, two spoons of tomato sauce and vegetable broth. It was delicious and a perfect way to end my week.