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When we first started eating vegan food years ago, it seemed daunting. But we quickly realized: vegan recipes can be some of the most creative and delicious out there! Fast forward to today, and we’ve devoted our lives to inspiring people (you!) how to eat lots of vegetables in delicious ways. Our forte? Veggie-packed recipes that are tasty, healthy, and pretty simple to make. You have 3 chances per day to eat plant based meals. Why not start now? Here are all our best easy vegan recipes for tasty breakfasts, lunches and dinners.

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50 Easy Vegan Recipes

Cauliflower Tacos | Easy Cauliflower Tacos
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These cauliflower tacos with breaded cauliflower, refried beans and silky Yum Yum sauce are all about one thing: big flavor!

  • Author: Sonja
  • Prep Time: 10 minutes
  • Cook Time: 30 minutes
  • Total Time: 40 minutes
  • Yield: 4 (8 tacos total) 1x
  • Category: Main Dish
  • Method: Stovetop
  • Cuisine: Mexican
  • Diet: Vegan

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Instructions

  1. Make the Crispy Breaded Cauliflower (about 40 minutes total; use the remaining time to complete the steps below.)
  2. If using purchased refried beans, mix with ½ teaspoon cumin and a pinch or two kosher salt to taste. (Or, you can make our Refried Black Beans but for this recipe we preferred using storebought so we could focus on the cauliflower!)
  3. Thinly slice the cabbage, enough for 2 cups. Mix it with 2 tablespoons lime juice and a pinch or two of salt. Allow it to stand at room temperature until serving.
  4. Make the Yum Yum Sauce.
  5. Warm the tortillas, or char them by placing them on grates above an open gas flame on medium heat for a few seconds per side, flipping with tongs, until they are slightly blackened and warm.
  6. Chop the cilantro for a garnish.
  7. To serve, place refried beans in a tortilla, top with cabbage, breaded cauliflower, Yum Yum sauce, and cilantro. Serve with lime wedges to spritz prior to serving. (If you have leftover cauliflower, you can reheat them in a 350F oven for 10 minutes, flipping once.)

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About the authors

Alex & Sonja

Hi! We’re Alex & Sonja Overhiser, authors of the acclaimed cookbooks A Couple Cooks and Pretty Simple Cooking—and a real life couple who cooks together. We founded the A Couple Cooks website in 2010 to share seasonal recipes and the joy of home cooking. Now, we’ve got over 3,000 well-tested recipes, including Mediterranean diet, vegan, vegetarian, pescatarian, smoothies, cocktails, and more!

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7 Comments

  1. Felicia Marie says:

    Thank you for a list of tasty and SIMPLE recipes! I decided to go vegan for ethical and healthy reasons. The amount of complicated recipes out there has me feeling so discouraged. This is a list of 50 FEASIBLE vegan meals.






  2. Minnie Smith says:

    I love your vegetarian recipes. The recipes would be easier to make if you posted the Imperial and metric conversions.

  3. Monica from Bestconsumerratings says:

    Your vegetarian list is great, My husband and I eat vegetarian food twice per month, I will definitely follow some of them. Thank you for sharing.






  4. Ashok khatri says:

    I like all vegan food with recepie

  5. Esther L Bergling says:

    oh my goodnes…I’m getting on the vegan train and found this list of recipes…I believe I can get my husband to eat 80% of them! thank you!

  6. beth says:

    Loaded Quinoa Tacos shouldn’t have feta cheese on them if it is a vegan recipe.
    Everything else was really inspiring, thank you.

    1. Selena says:

      Actually it could be vegan feta, because there are vegan cheeses heck you can even make vegan cheeses yourself.