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Easy Vegan Meals For Your Busy Week {Oil-Free Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner} sweetsimplevegan.comWhat's up, how are you doing today? :) I feel like I don't ask you that as often as I should, especially since I always tell you how I am feeling, and am about to again right now... As a full time nutritional science student & blogger, let's just say that my weeks get pretty insane. I'm actually sitting here at a coffee shop in Hollywood, waiting for class to start. Doesn't sound so hectic, but let me explain: I volunteer for a food service course I am taking, at 8:00am certain days of the week, and Chris was nice enough to drive me out to the site, pick me up after my shift, then head to a coffee shop to blog and burn time before class, then take me to class. I would drive myself, but parking is impossible on my campus in the afternoons! It doesn't make sense for me to go home and then back out to class because I am already out in this direction for volunteering, so mornings are kind of a burden! I am off to class until 4:30pm :/ Aaaalright, enough of the pity party, but I kind of just wanted to get the frustration of my morning off of my chest.... So as you can see, I am constantly on the go, and because of this always looking for easy, healthy & oil-free recipes to get me through the school week, and to keep me from getting bored of the usual rice, potatoes and oats. Don't get me wrong, starch is where it's at and I enjoying all of these foods, but when I eat these constantly, I run out of ideas for recipes and different seasonings, and I just do not feel like thinking of new ways to enjoy them because I don't even have time to think about school, blogging, life, ah!! I turned to the Finding Vegan Bloggers Facebook group and decided to submit a request for Easy Vegan Meals For Your Busy Week {Oil-Free Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner}, and not only keep them bookmarked for myself, but share them here are well so you all can make use of these. If you have any other recipes or ideas for me to add, feel free to comment below and let me know!

Breakfast

Vegan Valentine's Day Menu {oil-free} sweetsimplevegan.com To all of you lovebirds who need a cute Valentine's Day date idea, why not do a relaxed night in, making a healthy homemade dinner with your sweetie? My boyfriend Chris and I collaborated yet again, and put together a healthy, oil-free and easy peasy Vegan Valentine's Day Menu for you to enjoy. Even if you are stumbling across this page far our from the month of February, all of the recipes we included are must try's! Our full Vegan Valentine's Day Menu {oil-free} includes recipes from both my blog and ConsciousChris.net. All of these are perfect for a night in with you and your {vegan} honeee, I hope you enjoy!Millet Tabbouleh - Vegan Valentine's Day Menu (oil-free) Consciouschris.net

Raw Cacao 'Date Night' Truffles - Vegan Valentine's Day Menu {oil-free} sweetsimplevegan.comValentine's Day is on its way, and I think that the perfect date night would be a relaxed one in making a healthy homemade dinner with your sweetie! My boyfriend Chris and I collaborated yet again, and put together a healthy, oil-free and easy peasy Vegan Valentine's Day Menu for you to enjoy. Even if you are stumbling across this page far our from the month of February, all of the recipes we included are must try's!Vegan Valentine's Day Menu {oil-free} sweetsimplevegan.comOur full Vegan Valentine's Day Menu {oil-free} is available on both my blog and ConsciousChris.net. You can check out all of the featured recipes below, all of these are perfect for a night in with you and your {vegan} honeee, I hope you enjoy!

'Hearty' Lentil Soup - Vegan Valentine's Day Menu {oil-free} sweetsimplevegan.comTo all of you lovebirds who need a cute Valentine's Day date idea, why not do a relaxed night in, making a healthy homemade dinner with your sweetie? My boyfriend Chris and I collaborated yet again, and put together a healthy, oil-free and easy peasy Vegan Valentine's Day Menu for you to enjoy. Even if you are stumbling across this page far our from the month of February, all of the recipes we included are must try's!Vegan Valentine's Day Menu {oil-free} sweetsimplevegan.comOur full Vegan Valentine's Day Menu {oil-free} is available on both my blog and ConsciousChris.net. You can check out all of the featured recipes below, all of these are perfect for a night in with you and your {vegan} honeee, I hope you enjoy!

eLOVate Kitchen 1705 Ocean Ave, Ste 111 Santa Monica, CA 90401 | website This past weekend was filled with so much fun! Food adventures, the making of new friends, recipe development (oil-free fruit & nut bread to be exact), and a visit to The Gentle Barn, all in light of spreading the light and love of this beautiful plant-based movement. This lifestyle has not only allowed for me to choose health, save the animals and environment, but it has also allowed for me to broaden my perspective on life, connect with a new community (a family, actually) and create new and lasting memories and experiences that have helped me grow to be who I am now, as well as who I am meant to be.   
  Visiting eLOVate was more for me than just a simple visit to a vegan restaurant. Chef Roberto's book Vegan Cooking For Carnivores was actually the very first vegan cookbook I owned, a gift from my parents when I went vegan and one of our very first introductions to and inspirations for the vegan lifestyle. My mom was really into Ellen back then and found him on her show. To be able to meet him and try his food firsthand filled my heart with gratitude; to be doing what I do and supporting Roberto after he indirectly supported me warmed my heart. I love being a part of such a positive community, and supporting establishments just like eLOVate to aid in the exponentially growth of this beautiful plant-based movement ????❤️ Roberto was kind enough to put together an oil-free meal for Chris and I, and I must say, OOHHH MY, it was so good! Bomb food, a comforting environment, and a kind & accommodating staff, I felt like I was right at home.

I visited the LA wholesale produce market about two weeks ago (you can see my full haul here), and I had found myself with a lot of ripe bananas that I needed to use up, and FAST. I froze a good chunk of what I had, but I wanted to also try and utilize them in various ways so I wasn't stuck with banana smoothies and banana ice creams all day. I decided I would create a comforting recipe, especially for those experiencing the colder weather during this brutal winter! There's nothing quite like a warm slice of sweet bread with a glass of almond milk to keep cozy, and if you haven't yet tried this, I promise you will love it. After making my Date-Sweetened Banana Bread (Gluten- & Oil-Free) and seeing just how much my family enjoyed it (it was gone in less than a day, I had to hide my second batch just so I could photograph it!), I wanted to create a similar recipe...but take it even further.