Green Monster Approved! 40 Most Popular Vegan Recipes of 2015 | One Green Planet

When it comes to popularity, 2015 was the year of comfort food! This list may look like a lot of burgers and comfort foods at first glance, but fear not — they come in all shapes, sizes, and flavors.

Source: Green Monster Approved! 40 Most Popular Vegan Recipes of 2015 | One Green Planet

Chocolate Hazelnut Thumbprints – Hell Yeah It’s Vegan!

These chocolate hazelnut thumbprint cookies are unsurprisingly delicious yet surprisingly easy to assemble, and the work goes especially quickly if you’re making a batch of my chocolate-filled peanut butter blossoms at the same time. No handmade chocolate kisses required! One afternoon each December, I sit down and make a list of all the cookies and candies that will appear on that year’s Christmas cookie plate. I have probably five tried-and-true recipes that I make every year — sometimes swapping nuts or extracts just for fun — and then I try a small selection of the most special-looking recipes I’ve absentmindedly bookmarked over the course of the previous year. This might sound like a simple task, but I …  have a bookmarking problem. As my last computer sludged toward its final days, I was convinced that every new bookmark I added to my browser was contributing to its molasses-slow state of inoperability. While my curiosity is easily piqued, I just have terribly little time. Rare are the days that I see a good-looking recipe and can head straight to the kitchen to make it, so whenever I see something that looks delicious, or incorporates an interesting combination of flavors or cooking […]

Source: Chocolate Hazelnut Thumbprints – Hell Yeah It’s Vegan!

Nut-Free Chocolate and Banana Bars [Vegan] | One Green Planet

These bars taste like a cross between a granola bar and banana bread. They’ve got that soft banana bread texture to them that make it feel like you’re eating a treat, especially combined with the chocolatey-ness from the cacao and sweetness from the bananas and dates. The quinoa and oats will keep you full and going, as will the good fats from the chia seeds and tahini. As a snack, it really packs a punch!

Source: Nut-Free Chocolate and Banana Bars [Vegan] | One Green Planet