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    How to Make the Best Damn Instapot Vegan Chili with Abbot’s Plant-Based Meat

    September 24, 2025September 25, 2025

    This is the Best Damn Instapot Vegan Chili recipe ever! My go-to recipe for fooling my carnivorous friends, this satisfying, healthy recipe uses Abbot’s brand of plant-based ground beef.  Combined with hearty beans, bold spices, and roasted tomatoes, this is a dinner you’ll want on repeat.

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    Cozy Plant-Based Wild Rice Mushroom Soup

    February 7, 2025September 25, 2025

    This plant-based recipe for Cozy Wild Rice Mushroom Soup is a warm bowl of comfort. Hearty mushrooms, sweet potatoes, and kale combine with wild rice for a deliciously, satisfying vegan meal. This is a one-pot wonder that you’ll crave when the weather gets cold.

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  • Garnet Yam and Collard Greens Oil-Free Hash - Healthy Plant-Based Vegan Recipe from Plants-Rule

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    Plant-Powered Breakfast! Garnet Yam and Collard Greens Oil-Free Hash

    November 30, 2020November 30, 2020

    Sweet Garnet Yams and collard greens come together for a plant-powered breakfast! This oil-free, vegan recipe has subtle smoky flavor. With carrots and zucchini, this dish is also gluten-free and AIP-friendly. Make a batch on the weekend for healthy meals throughout the week.

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  • Oaxacan Mole Mexican Vegan Buddha Bowl - Whole Foods, Plant-Based, Oil-Free, Healthy Recipe from Plants-Rule

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    Oaxacan Mole Mexican Vegan Buddha Bowl

    November 10, 2020November 11, 2020

    This spicy vegan Buddha bowl has Mexican flavor with Oaxacan Mole sauce. With oil-free roasted sweet potatoes, mushrooms, black beans, and black forbidden rice. A delicious, plant-based meal!

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    The Plant-Based Food from Africa and Slavery That We Eat Today

    June 8, 2020June 10, 2020

    The history of early African American Slavery included many plant-based foods we still eat today: rice, okra, sweet potatoes, corn, and greens. Discover the importance of these foods in our history.

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  • African Black Barley Salad with Coconut Berbere Dressing - Healthy, Oil-Free, Plant-Based, Whole Foods Vegan Recipe from Plants-Rule

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    African Black Barley Salad with Coconut Berbere Dressing

    April 9, 2020July 28, 2025

    Black barley is a whole grain, traditional to African cooking, namely Ethiopia. It has a chewy texture, with nutty flavor, making it ideal for a hearty vegan salad. With flavors from spicy Berbere seasoning and sweet potatoes, this delicious oil-free healthy recipe is a must for spice-lovers.

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  • 1 Asian Sesame Broccoli Stuffed Sweet Potato - Healthy, Plant-based, Gluten-Free, Oil-Free Vegan Recipe from Plants-Rule (6)

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    Spicy Asian Sesame Stuffed Sweet Potatoes with Broccoli, Sesame Seeds, Red Chili Paste, and Tamari

    March 9, 2020March 9, 2020

    Time for Asian spice! Sweet potatoes are stuffed with a healthy filling of broccoli, red chili paste, tamari, and sesame seeds for this plant-based recipe. This makes the perfect dish for weekend meal-prep. Satisfying and easy to make.

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  • Easy, Oil-Free Roasted Purple Power Cauliflower Potato Hash with Greek - Healthy, Plant-Based, Oil-Free, Vegan Breakfast Recipe from Plants-Rule

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    Oil-Free Roasted Purple Power Cauliflower Potato Hash

    February 27, 2020April 16, 2020

    Eat your Purple Power! This easy, oil-free hash uses beautiful purple cauliflower, potato, and onion for a healthy breakfast. Roast off these veggies during weekend meal-prep and enjoy throughout the week. Works great as a filling for vegan breakfast burritos or serve as vegetarian side at Sunday brunch.

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    Asian Red Kuri Squash Creamy Miso Soup

    February 17, 2020September 25, 2025

    Red Kuri Squash, sweet potato, and miso combine for a salty-sweet flavor combination in this creamy plant-based soup. Ginger adds warm, Asian spice. This is the perfect healthy vegan soup to make for an orange and black Halloween themed night. Yet, it’s also satisfying when you’re feeling sick.

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