5 Plant-Based Lunch Recipes for Winter Afternoons

Cold afternoons call for hearty lunch in an al fresco seating. Nothing’s better than enjoying some good food while soaking up the sun during the cold winter months.

The winter season is filled with bountiful harvest of pumpkin, carrots, bell peppers, spices, apples, pears, and much more. You don’t have to be a vegetarian to enjoy plant-based food. You can serve plant-based curries with healthy brown rice recipes.

For increased brown rice benefits, you can soak the rice prior to cooking. Check out these delicious plant-based lunch recipes that even meat lovers will enjoy:

Pistachio Cranberry Pilaf

Start with steaming some brown basmati rice. Use Daawat to cook healthy brown rice recipes. Chop onions and cherry tomatoes. In a hot wok, sauté some star anise, bay leaf in sesame oil. Add the veggies and cook until tender. Add green peas. Add the rice and cook for 10 minutes. Add a sprinkle of lemon juice and ground cumin. Add the cranberries and a few saffron strands soaked in water. Garnish with cilantro leaves and chopped pistachios. To increase the brown basmati rice benefit, soak the rice in water before cooking. You can also increase brown basmati benefits by sprouting the rice.

Kale & Sweet Potato Bowl

Cook some quinoa and set aside. Roast some sweet potatoes, broccoli, onions, zucchini with some curry powder, salt, paprika, and olive oil. To assemble, add the cooked quinoa followed by roasted veggies, and a dollop of hummus. Garnish with some fresh basil leaves. Sprinkle some pomegranates and chopped pecan nuts. Drizzle the vinaigrette and serve warm. 

G/F Mezze Platter

It is always a great idea to serve a mezze platter at a brunch gathering. Make some homemade hummus, baba ghanoush, and labneh dip. Bake some gluten-free socca bread to serve with the hummus and dips. To add to the flavour of hummus, add some roasted garlic while blitzing it. To serve some pickles on the side, ferment some beetroot and carrot in apple cider vinegar. To assemble put the hummus, dips in medium-sized bowls, add the socca bread, falafel, and beetroot pickles. You can use chickpea flour instead of white flour to make the falafel.

Pumpkin Fritters

Mix some grated pumpkin, zucchini, salt, pepper, ground garlic, thyme, basil, flour, thyme leaves, nutritional yeast. Scoop the batter and shallow fry in olive oil until golden brown. Serve with vegan garlic aioli.

Maple Roasted Carrots

Blanch some baby carrots in boiling water. To make the glaze, add maple, salt, pepper, paprika, in a jar and shake well. Sauté some garlic in olive oil and add the tender carrots. Pour over the glaze and coat the carrots. Bake the carrots at 180C for 20 minutes until tender.

These are some vegan recipes to cook on winter afternoons. You can customize these recipes by adding cheese or any other ingredient if you are not vegan.

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