With fragrant toasted pecans, rice wine vinegar, and maple syrup–this homemade maple pecan vinaigrette is tangy, slightly sweet, and oh. so. creamy!

Here’s your zippy enhancement to dinner’s crisp green lettuce salad. Sprinkle a handful of crunchy candied pecans on top of that salad = winner! We like it as a creamy no-mayo dressing on cabbage coleslaw too!

For all the tasty reasons, this easy blender recipe stays in the salad dressing rotation at our house.

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Stir-fried tofu with golden crisp edges, bright green wilted spinach and a good sprinkle of salty tamari soy sauce, this simple Asian-inspired stir-fry is loaded with protein pizzazz! Besides that, it all comes together in less than an hour!

With crunchy sesame seeds, tofu, brown rice and quinoa, altogether this tofu and spinach stir-fry yields 19 grams of protein per serving. That’s a lot of vegan protein! This meal is so good, I’ll bet you can surprise your declared tofu haters and get them to declare anew–this is really delicious!

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Salty, spicy and slightly sweet, skillet roasted curry cashews are a good-for-you crunchy addictive snack you can make in ten minutes AND, this is big–without turning on the oven! 

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All you do is stir the cashews in a skillet until golden and then zizzle in a mix of maple syrup, curry powder, black pepper, and tamari soy sauce!

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