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Vegan Hearts of Palm Fish Tacos

vegan hearts of palm fish tacos

Plant-based fish tacos made from healthy hearts of palm, with a dairy-free spicy mayo dressing. These Vegan Hearts of Palm Fish Tacos could not be an easier to make, and are super healthy!

Hearts of Palm Fish for your Vegan Fish Tacos

vegan hearts of palm fish tacos

Hearts of Palm are ideal for making vegan fish. This vegetable has a neutral taste that is made fish-y with the help of seaweed. It’s colour and texture are also perfectly fit for making a vegan fish! Hearts of palm have a flaky sort of consistency that really imitates the delicate texture of fillets of fish.

When shredded, the texture of the hearts of palm really resembles a flaked white fish. This vegetable has a delicate, slightly nutty, vegetal flavour that is sort of like artichokes. Hearts of palm are super versatile and adapt super well to so many flavours. They are mother nature’s way of making fish out of plants!

Hearts of Palm Nutrition

hearts of palm for vegan fish tacos

Nutrition-wise, hearts of palm are an excellent meat replacement. This magical vegetable contains 17 different amino acids and is very low in cholesterol. Hearts of Palm are also rich in protein, which makes them a good replacement in a vegan diet. This is a major plus because it’s important to ensure your plant-based meats are tasty AND full of protein, not just all flavour and empty calories. You want to be powered by plants! 

Seaweed for That Fishy Flavour

seaweed for vegan fish tacos

You cannot skip the seaweed in this recipe. It gives your hearts of palm that ‘under the sea’ flavour. Seaweed flakes work best in this recipe, as you don’t have to chop up sheets of seaweed. Plus, it’s easier to sprinkle on other meals like veggie bowls or in smoothies.

Seaweed is also excellent to incorporate into a plant-based diet. It’s the best dietary source of iodine, and a good source of iron. Just keep in mind that seaweed is super healthy for you at normal levels of consumption. Very high amounts (we’re talking daily high consumption) of seaweed can lead to too much iodine. There is such thing as too much of a good thing! Normal use of seaweed in your diet though is super healthy! In fact, the protein in some seaweeds, such as spirulina and chlorella, contain all of the essential amino acids you need.

If you want to use only the Vegan Hearts of Palm Fish part of this recipe you can find it here. This Vegan Hearts of Palm Fish recipe is super versatile and can be used for fish sandwiches, curries and more!

vegan hearts of palm fish tacos

Vegan Hearts of Palm Fish Tacos

Plant-based fish tacos made from healthy hearts of palm, with a dairy-free spicy mayo dressing.
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Prep Time 7 minutes
Total Time 15 minutes
Course dinner, Lunch, Main Course
Cuisine Mexican, Plant-Based
Servings 2 people

Ingredients
  

Hearts of Palm Fish

  • 1 can hearts of palm drained and well rinsed
  • 1 tsp lemon juice
  • 1 tsp seaweed finely chopped (or use seaweed flakes)
  • pinch salt

Tacos

  • 1 package taco shells

Vegetable Filling

  • 2 carrots ribboned
  • 2 green onions chopped
  • 1 lime (for drizzling on top of tacos)

Spicy Mayo Sauce

  • 6 tbsp Vegan Mayonaise (I use Vegenaise)
  • 3 tbsp Oat milk (or milk of choice)
  • 1/2 lime juiced
  • pinch salt
  • 1/2 tsp paprika
  • 1/2 tsp red pepper flakes (or to taste)

Instructions
 

Hearts of Palm Fish

  • Preheat the oven to 375°F.
  • Coat a baking sheet with a thin layer of oil (or use parchment paper if your prefer not to use oil).
  • Pull apart the hearts of palm in a mixing bowl until they appear shredded.
  • Stir in the lime juice and salt.
  • Add the seaweed flakes (if you’re using seaweed sheets, tear into as small pieces as you can).
  • Mix well then spread the fish out on the baking sheet in a single layer.
  • Bake for 15 minutes until the edges start to turn golden brown.

Vegetable Filling

  • Wash and peel carrots.
  • Make carrot ribbons by simply continuing to peel the remainder of your carrot with your vegetable peeler.
  • Wash and chop green onions.

Spicy Mayo Sauce

  • Add your vegan mayonaise to a bowl.
  • Add your oat milk or milk of choice.
  • Drizzle lime juice into your mixture.
  • Add your spices and salt.
  • Whisk your sauce until no lumps remain.
  • You can adjust the thickness as you like by adding more mayonaise for a thicker sauce, or more oat milk for a thinner sauce.

Assemble Tacos

  • Add your vegan fish and vegetable filling to your taco shells.
  • Top with spicy mayonaise sauce.
  • Drizzle with lime juice and enjoy!
Keyword Fish, Fish tacos, Hearts of Palm, Plant-based fish, Tacos, Vegan Fish, Vegan meat, Vegan tacos

Refreshing Grapefruit Mango Smoothie

This Refreshing Grapefruit Mango Smoothie has a fruity sweetness with the right amount of tart. Perfect for a breakfast smoothie or mid-day snack, it’s chock full of vitamins.

How to Prepare your Grapefruit for Your Smoothie

There’s a proper way to cut and peel every fruit and vegetable! I’ve found it’s best to find out what the ‘proper’ way is, because it’s usually the most effective. It will save you time and hassle.

To prepare your grapefruit for this Refreshing Grapefruit Mango Smoothie recipe first rinse the grapefruit! You should always rinse your fruit and veg well. Who knows what it has encountered on its way to the grocer, and as it passes through the checkout.

Now you’re going to segment your grapefruit! Pull off or cut away the peel. Then, hold the grapefruit over a bowl and with a knife, cut the segments of grapefruit from in between the white pith. This technique of segmenting a grapefruit is the same as other citrus fruits. The goal is to remove the membrane and pith, and be left with individual pieces of grapefruit.

how to segment grapefruit for smoothie

Using Fresh or Frozen Mango for your Smoothie

frozen mango chunks in bowl for smoothie

In this smoothie you can use one whole fresh mango or frozen chunks. Having bag of PC Organics Frozen Mango Chunks in the freezer is handy for smoothie making. PC has a whole line of organic frozen fruits and vegetables that are a real staple in a veg-centric kitchen.

It’s easiest to use frozen mango chunks, plus the more frozen elements you use in your smoothie the colder it will be. If you’d like to use fresh mango you can. Find out how to properly cut fresh mango here.

Frozen Banana

frozen bananas for smoothie

It’s best to use frozen in your smoothie so it is nice and cold. If you use fresh banana in this recipe then be sure to chill your smoothie before consuming.

You’ll always have smoothie ingredients on hand if you store frozen bananas in your freezer. To do this, peel your bananas while they’re fresh (but make sure they’re ripe first to get that sweetness!). If you’ve ever tried to peel and frozen you will thank yourself for peeling them before freezing! then, keep your peeled bananas in a ziplock bag in the freezer, so that you always have them on hand for smoothies!

grapefruit smoothie

Refreshing Grapefruit Mango Smoothie

This easy Grapefruit Mango Smoothie is super refreshing and chock full of vitamin C
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Prep Time 5 minutes
Course Breakfast, Brunch, Drinks, Snack
Cuisine Plant-Based, Vegan
Servings 2 people

Equipment

  • Blender

Ingredients
  

Refreshing Grapefruit Mango Smoothie

  • 1 small grapefruit peeled and segmented
  • 1 1/2 frozen banana
  • 1 cup frozen mango chunks or 1 halved, stoned, and flesh chopped mango
  • 1 cup water
  • 3/4 cup oat milk (or milk of choice)

Instructions
 

Refreshing Grapefruit Mango Smoothie

  • Add the banana, grapefruit segments and mango to a blender.
  • Add your water and oat milk (or milk of choice).
  • Blend until smooth.

Notes

You can choose to reduce the amount of grapefruit in this recipe if you find it tart for your taste. 
Keyword Citrus, Grapefruit, Grapefruit Smoothie, Smoothie

Coconut Sugar Vegan Cookies

vegan chocolate chop cookies recipe

These amazing Coconut Sugar Vegan Cookies taste just like traditional chocolate chip cookies. They use naturally vegan coconut sugar, and do not contain any weird ingredients. Soft with a slight chewiness, these cookies will please vegans and non vegan alike!

Amazing Coconut Sugar Vegan Chocolate Chip Cookies

soft vegan chocolate chop cookies recipe

No one who tries these Coconut Sugar Vegan Cookies will even guess these cookies are actually vegan! So what makes them taste so much like a classic chocolate chip cookie? Classic ingredients. This recipes mimics a conventional recipe pretty much to a tee. There’s no flax meal or chickpeas or even banana. (Though I love vegan cookies made with a variety of ingredients, for our purposes traditional works in this recipe).

I use PC Organics All Purposes Flour for the base of these cookies. I’ve made them before with half white and half spelt flour and they are delicious too (but not as classic). Sugar-wise a mix of PC Organics Coconut Sugar and Wholesome’s Organic Fair Trade Sugar makes up the sweet component.

Vegan Sugar in Your Coconut Sugar Vegan Cookies

Sugar is the main thing in baking that typically is not vegan. Your typical sugar is made from sugarcane and goes through a bone char process to get its clear white colour. So, most refined cane sugars are not suitable for vegans. Which means vegans need to search out sugars that are specifically vegan certified.

Coconut sugar usually comes straight from the coconut with no refinement, making it vegan-friendly. You can find the Pc Organics Coconut Sugar at your grocery store. Or, shop Wholesome’s line of vegan dedicated sugars and baking goods. They have a ton of varieties, even extra baking goodies like vegan molasses for your bread-making and vegan powdered sugar for icings.

Do You Need Pure Vanilla in Cookies?

simply organics vanilla extract versus artificial

Should always be using 100% pure Vanilla Extract in all of your baking? Typically you should use the finest ingredients. I love Simply Organics Pure Vanilla Extract. Sometimes, though an ingredient is hidden in the mix and so it doesn’t need to be the top of the line quality.

In oven-baked goods likes cupcakes, cakes and cookies, it’s nearly impossible to taste whether artificial vanilla or pure vanilla extract has been used.

Since 100% pure vanilla is pricey, it’s fine to save your good stuff for more vanilla-forward sweets, such as puddings, creams, and particularly for a lovely vanilla icing. This is where the taste difference is noticeable. 

Almost all vanilla extracts are entirely vegan, including the artificial ones, so choose whichever vanilla suits. your need.

Vegan Chocolate Chips

soft vegan chocolate chop cookies recipe

These days it’s pretty easy to find vegan chocolate chips, even at your local grocer. PC Organics Bittersweet Chocolate Chips are widely available, Vegan Verified, and made with Fairtrade certified cocoa and cane sugar. Enjoy Life is another great popular brand that has a ton of vegan choices, from mini to large size chips, white chocolate, dark and rice milk chocolate chips!

Find more easy but elevated vegan dessert recipes here!

Soft Vegan Chocolate Chip Cookies

These Soft Vegan Chocolate Chip Cookies takes just like the traditional variety. Soft with a slight chewiness, these cookies will please vegans and non vegan alike!
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Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 11 minutes
Chill time 20 minutes
Course Dessert
Cuisine American, Canadian, Plant-Based, Vegan
Servings 8 cookies

Ingredients
  

Soft Vegan Chocolate Chip Cookies

  • 1 cups all-purpose flour (or use half spelt flour, half all purpose)
  • 1/2 tsp baking soda
  • 1/4 tsp salt coconut sugar or sugar of choice
  • 1/4 cup coconut sugar (or vegan sugar of choice)
  • 1/4 cup vegan sugar (or vegan sugar of choice, I used Wholesome golden sugar)
  • 1/3 cup vegan chocolate chips (I use Enjoy Life brand or vegan certified PC Organics)
  • 5 tbsp milk of choice, plus more if needed
  • 2 tbsp oil or melted vegan butter
  • 1/2 tsp vanilla extract

Instructions
 

Soft Vegan Chocolate Chip Cookies

  • Combine all dry ingredients in a bowl.
  • Stir in wet ingredients to form a dough (keep stirring until a cookie-dough texture is achieved).
  • If your dough is too dry, add a tbsp more of extra milk of choice.
  • Form dough into a ball and wrap in saran wrap. Place dough in freezer into its cold, about 20 minutes. (Or you can place in refrigerator for 2 hours if you are not baking them right away). 
  • Preheat oven to 325˚F
  • Form balls of dough, and place on a greased baking tray.
  • Bake cookies for 11 minutes on the centre rack. (They will look undercooked but will firm up when let to cool).
  • Let them cool on the baking tray 10 minutes.
Keyword chocolate, chocolate chip cookies, chocolate cookies, dairy-free dessert, vegan chocolate, vegan chocolate chip cookies, vegan cookies, vegan dessert

Top 7 Vegan Beauty Products at Sephora

vegan sephora products cruelty-free

These Top 7 Vegan Beauty Products at Sephora are essential beauty must-haves that perform.

Beauty products can be expensive so it’s important to choose ones that actually work. When it comes to skin and hair, you should have your go-to consistent products that you know deliver. Same with your core makeup products like a brow product and foundation. While it’s fun to play around with beauty ‘extras’, your go-to return-buy products should be quality picks that do what they’re supposed to do.

Here are the essential Top 7 Vegan Beauty Products available now from Sephora.

Vegan Sephora Pick #1: Supergoop! Suncreen

supergooo sephora vegan sunscreen cruelty free

To avoid wrinkles and melanoma, the number one best thing to do is protect your skin from the sun. The line of suncreens by Supergoop! are vegan and cruelty-free and offer excellent protection. What makes Supergoop! stand out is that they feel nice on the skin, so you will actually wear it!

The Supergoop! Glowscreen spf 40 is a fave of Board Certified Dermatologist and skincare enthusiast Dr Dray. The formula is not drying and doesn’t pill, so it performs well under makeup. Supergoop! Glowscreen has a shimmery shine that is super flattering. It gives a pore minimizing look and a pretty summer glow that looks lovely when you opt for a fresh face (because who doesn’t love ditching heavy makeup in summertime)?! Their formulas do NOT have oxybenzone (a skin irritant that also poses a serious threat to coral reefs around the world). Supergoop! offers a line of products that include chemical or mineral options, and invisible versions like their Unseen Sunscreen.

Vegan Sephora Pick #2: Skinfix Barrier+ Triple Lipid-Peptide Face Cream

sephora vegan products skinfix Barrier+ Triple Lipid-Peptide Face Cream

Sometimes what is NOT in a product is more important than what is. Skinfix not only puts in the good stuff, but leaves out fragrance, parabens, sulfates, silicones, lanolin, petrolatum and more. Their Barrier+ Triple Lipid-Peptide Face Cream is non irritating for people with dry skin, keratosis, rosacea and sensitive skin. The brand bases its ingredient on science: five of their clinical studies have been published in peer-reviewed dermatology journals by actual, board-certified dermatologists.

This product is excellent if you want a moisturizer that feels absolutely lovely, doesn’t irritate, really works, and is vegan. It’s pricey but Sephora offers various sizes from $25-$68.

Vegan Sephora Pick #3: The Ordinary 100% Organic Cold-Pressed Rose Hip Seed Oil

sephora vegan products The Ordinary Sephora Rosehip Seed Oil

The Ordinary is known for their minimalist, well-priced products packed with effective ingredients. While this company is not 100% vegan, they have many vegan options. This vegan Sephora pick is probably the best in terms of value for effect. The Ordinary 100% Organic Cold-Pressed Rose Hip Seed Oil is marketed for the face, to support healthy, hydrated skin.

It’s on the hair, though where this Rose Hip Oil works absolute wonders! Certain properties in Rose Hip Oil like fatty acids, lycopene, and vitamin C. increase the shine and strength of hair. Add a drop to your hand and gently apply to your hair, focusing in particular on the ends. The oil gives a healthy shine and texture to hair without making it greasy. Your ends will look healthy, and it’s great for days you want to air dry your hair naturally. At only $10.70 The Ordinary 100% Organic Cold-Pressed Rose Hip Seed Oil is affordable, effective, and will likely become your new cannot live without product.

Vegan Sephora Pick #4: Amika The Kure Bond Repair Shampoo & Conditioner for Damaged Hair

When it comes to haircare, quality products really do make a big difference. You might be tempted to save some bucks with drugstore haircare, but unfortunately those products rarely have enough effective ingredients in them. Higher end shampoos and conditioners tend to be on the pricier side, but this is because they contain high-grade effective ingredients that are too pricey to exist in most drugstore aisles. The Kure’s Bond Repair shampoo and conditioner are vegan and cruelty-free and will actually transform your hair. They contain vegan proteins: essential amino acids that have keratin-like benefits and are clinically shown to repair and strengthen your damaged strands.

Kure’s Bond Repair shampoo is $24 at Sephora, and The Kure Bond Repair Conditioner is $31. So yes, they’re pricey but they work phenomenally! The Kure’s hair products require less product per use than your drugstore haircare, so they go pretty far. If you want to stretch out your product, use it every second wash in between your less pricey haircare.

Vegan Sephora Pick #5: lilah b. Marvelous Matte Crème Foundation

There are a lot of vegan options when it comes to foundations, but this creamy cruelty-free one from clean company Lilah b. Cosmetics is a top choice. Marvelous Matte Crème Foundation is a whipped smooth consistency that gives medium to full coverage and a natural, powder matte look. It’s blend-able and buildable, and helps smooth skin tone and texture. It’s infused with nutrient-rich ingredients and feels lovely on the skin, achieving a very pretty finish. The sleek white pebble-like compact is also super chic.

Vegan Sephora Pick #6: Verb Manage & Restore Hydrating Hair Mask

Verb hydrating hair mask vegan sephora

Verb’s Manage & Restore Hydrating Hair Mask is super popular at Sephora for good reason: it delivers results. You can use this hair mask in place of conditioner once or twice a week to boost your locks with intense moisture. It increases shine, reduces frizz and just gives an overall healthy look to your hair. While Verb is not an entirely vegan and a company, most of their products are vegan. They’re also cruelty-free and don’t test on animals, neither do their suppliers or any third-parties.

Vegan Sephora Pick #7: Kosas Air Brow Tinted Clean Volumizing Eyebrow Gel

vegan sephora Kosas Air Brow Tinted Clean Volumizing Eyebrow Gel

Brows are a big deal. They make or break a look and really impact one’s aesthetic. A good go-to brow gel is an essential part of your beauty collection. It’s not just needed for ‘makeup days’. A little moisturizer and a nicely done brow is a good way to rock a natural look. The Kosas Air Brow Tinted Clean Volumizing Eyebrow Gel is a solid vegan brow option. It’s known as a vegan due of Glossier’s non-vegan Boy Brow. Kosas’ brow gel feels moisturizing, not dry or clumpy. It amps up brow volume and defines the shape, but still looks natural.

These Top 7 Vegan Beauty Products at Sephora are some of the best performing when it comes to effective vegan skincare, hair-care and makeup essentials.

Vegan Gnocchi with Sausage & Zucchini

vegan gnocchi

Vegan Gnocchi with Sausage & Zucchini is a great easy but elevated dish for any occasion. This meal uses my homeade Easy Vegan Sausage recipe, but you can choose to add store bought plant-based sausages if you like.

Vegan Gnocchi with Sausage & Zucchini

homeade vegan sausage

This recipe is great because you can make it super quick and easy if you opt for using store bought gnocchi and/or store bought sausage. I do highly recommend using my homeade Vegan Sausage though! It really amps up the dish and makes it an extra special treat.

Vegan Store-Bought Gnocchi

If you want to go the extra mile, you can totally make a homeade gnocchi too! (I’ll have one up on the blog soon). Homeade gnocchi is more time consuming than my Vegan Sausage, so if you do one homeade in this recipe I suggest the sausage. As far as package gnocchi goes, be sure to pick a vegan store bought gnocchi. Some store-bought gnocchis contain non-vegan monoglycerides and other animal-based ingredients. You can grab some vegan Little Pasta Organics Gluten Free Mini Gnocchi or go for some Difatti gnocchi.

Zucchini, Olive Oil & Vegan Parmesan

vegan gnocchi with sausage
olive oil on spoon

This Vegan Gnocchi with Sausage & Zucchini uses a super simple topping of olive oil drizzle and grated vegan cheese. The sautéed zucchini and garlic along with the olive oil gives your gnocchi a ton of flavour, so it does not need a heavy sauce. The simple olive oil topping lets you taste the marvellous vegan sausage instead of being drown out by tomato sauce.

I highly recommend having a quality olive oil in your pantry to use for drizzling (as many lower quality olive oils are not 100% olive oil despite claiming so). Your high quality olive oil isn’t for cooking, but for finishing dishes, making sauces or dressings. Acropolis Organic Olive Oil is an excellent extra virgin olive oil for finishing. You will absolutely taste the difference!

vegan gnocchi

Vegan Gnocchi with Sausage & Zucchini

This Vegan Gnocchi is made without eggs and is dressed with zucchini, plant-based sausage and a drizzle of olive oil.
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Course dinner, Main Course
Cuisine Italian

Ingredients
  

Vegan Sausage

  • 1/2 tbsp canola oil
  • 1/2 large large white onion chopped
  • 1 garlic clove chopped
  • 1/4 tsp sage
  • 1/4 tsp thyme
  • 1/2 tsp fennel seeds
  • 1/4 tsp cayenne
  • 1/4 cup cooked chickpeas
  • 1 tbsp tomato paste  (or strained tomato)
  • 1/8 tsp salt
  • 1/2 tsp oregano
  • 1/2 tsp paprika
  • 1 tbsp soy sauce
  • 1/4 cup sparkling water
  • 3/4 cup vital wheat gluten (CANNOT be substituted for any other flour)

Vegetables

  • 1 large zucchini
  • 2 cloves garlic
  • salt to taste
  • olive oil for cooking

Gnocchi

  • 2 packages store bought gnocchi (or make homeade gnocchi)

Toppings

  • olive oil drizzled on top
  • 1/4 cup vegan parmesan of grated mozzarella sprinkled on top
  • sprinkle fresh herbs of choice (optional)

Instructions
 

Vegan Sausage

  • Add canola oil to a pan and sautée your chopped onion and garlic until soft. Add the fennel seeds, thyme, sage, and basil. Let it cook for another minute.
  • Using your immersion hand blender or food processor, add the chickpeas, onion-garlic-spices mixture, tomato paste, salt, smoked paprika, soy sauce, and sparkling water. Pulse until it’s saucy.
  • Add the vital wheat gluten flour and pulse again until it comes together in a ball. (Since gluten flour is so fine, I like to mix it in a quarter cup at a time. This keeps your flour from flying into the air and making a mess).
  • You should now have a somewhat sticky dough. Divide it into 4 equal chunks. Roll each seitan chunk into a sausage shape, then roll each sausage tightly in aluminum foil. (you can use a layer of parchment paper between the sausage and foil, but this is personal preference). Twist the ends so that the seitan is completely covered in foil.
  • Fill a large pot with a couple of inches of water and place a steam basket in it. Make sure the water does not go past the steam basket or your sausages will get wet! Bring it to high heat.
  • Place the seitan sausages into the steaming basket. Try not to stack them, but a bit of overlap is okay. Let them steam for about 40 minutes, flipping them after 20 minutes.
  • Remove them from the foil and parchment paper (they will be hot)!
  • Set aside (you will pan fry them with your vegetables).

Vegetables

  • Wash and slice your zucchini. Chop your garlic.
  • Add to pan, along with your sliced vegan sausage, with some oil. Sauté on medium heat.
  • Cook your gnocchi according to package directions. Drain.
  • Add your gnocchi to the pan of zucchini and sausage. Stir.
  • Plate and top with a drizzle of olive oil, a handful of fresh herbs of choice (optional) and sprinkle of vegan cheese.
Keyword Gnocchi, Vegan gnocchi, vegan sausage

Easy Vegan Thai Curry Paste

Easy Vegan Thai Curry Paste

Easy Vegan Thai Curry Paste made with ground red bell pepper and green onions, a mix of spices and maple syrup, giving it a depth of flavour.

This is the BEST Easy Vegan Thai Curry Paste you will ever taste. Full of flavour, this curry paste has a mix of heat and a touch of sweetness that gives it a delicious depth. You will never buy store bought curry paste again!

Making Easy Vegan Thai Curry Paste

red thai curry paste

It takes less than 10 minutes to make hands down the best curry paste of your life. It’s ideal to use a hand blender or a food processor for this recipe. You can, however, make it by hand.

Traditionally, curry pastes are slowly pounded into a paste in a granite mortar and pestle. The hand grinding really makes the aromatic flavours come out. But, most of us don’t have time for that, and you will still get those big flavours with a little help from a modern kitchen gadget.

Ingredients for an Aromatic Flavour

green onion on cutting board
red chilies

This recipe for the best Easy Vegan Thai Curry Paste uses a red bell pepper as its base (but you can use any colour of pepper), along with simple ingredients. This paste is complex tasting and bursting with flavours. The savoury and spicy of the garlic, green onion, chilies and spices mix with the sweetness of maple syrup and acidity of lemon to make pure perfection.

How to Use Your Curry Paste

Easy Vegan Thai Curry Paste
vegan plant-based chicken

 Add this curry paste to any dish you hope to infuse with curry flavour.

The most common way to use a red Thai curry paste is in a coconut curry. Once you’ve prepared your paste, add a few heaping spoonfuls (about half or more of your paste according to taste) to a can of coconut milk in a pan on the stove.

Add this coconut curry sauce to a veg stir fry with rice. It’s absolutely mind blowing topping your coconut curry stir fry with my Easy Vegan Chicken!

red thai curry paste

Best Red Thai Curry Paste

Easy Vegan Thai Curry Paste made with ground red bell pepper and green onions, a mix of spices and maple syrup, giving it a depth of flavour.
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Prep Time 10 minutes
Course dinner, Main Course
Cuisine Asian, Thai
Servings 24 (2 tbsp serving each)

Equipment

  • hand blender or food processor (could use pestle and mortar if desired)

Ingredients
  

Best Red Thai Curry Paste

  • 1/2 tsp coriander seed (or ground coriander)
  • 1 tsp cumin seed (or ground cumin)
  • 1/2 tsp black peppercorns (or 1/2 tsp ground black pepper)
  • 1 medium red bell pepper (seeds removed and chopped)
  • 2 medium red chilies
  • 1 tbsp fresh ginger (or 1-2 tsp ground ginger)
  • 3 cloves garlic
  • 1 tbsp fresh turmeric  (or 1 tsp ground turmeric)
  • 1/2 tsp sea salt  (plus more to taste)
  • 3 tbsp lemon juice
  • 1 medium lime, zested and juiced (~3 Tbsp or 45 ml juice as original recipe is written)
  • 6 stalks green onions
  • 2 tbsp oil of choice (sub water if avoiding fat)
  • 1 tbsp maple syrup or coconut sugar

Instructions
 

  • To a food processor add crushed spices, red bell pepper, red chilies, lemongrass, ginger, garlic, turmeric, sea salt, lemon juice, lime zest plus juice, green onions (or shallot), oil / water, and maple syrup (or sugar.
  • Blend until a paste forms. (Some small chunks can remain, you do not need to make it completely smooth).
  • Add your curry paste to any meal! It is great added to a can of coconut for a delicious vegan thai curry. (Add about half the paste to 1 can coconut and store the rest).
  • Store curry paste in an air tight container in the refrigerator up to 10 days or more. For longer storage, transfer paste to an ice cube tray, freeze, then store in a freezer-safe bag up to 1 month.
Keyword Bean curry, Curry paste, Thai, Thai curry paste, Vegan curry, vegan sauces

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