10 Plant-Based Recipes with Warming Spices for a Cozy Fall – One Green Planet

Fall is upon us, and the cooler weather brings us the warmest, most delicious spices of the year. With so many spices to choose from. Ginger has some amazing benefits, but so do cloves!

With so many spices entwined with the holiday season, it can be puzzling to know what spices to use, what pairings work, and what pairings don’t. In that spirit, we’ve put together a list of our favorite recipes that use the fall flavors to their full capacity.

1. Persian Saffron Rice Cakes

Saffron, a tasty, often neglected autumn spice. We begin with a traditional Persian dish,  has been made vegan in this recipe and baked into adorably small individual sized muffins. These Persian Saffron Rice Cakes by Paris Marash have delicious crunchy outsides and soft fluffy insides.

2. Caramelized Squash With Saffron Rice and Sage Gremolata

Christine DesRoches‘s combination of roasted, slightly sweet, and herbal butternut squash with saffron rice mixes together perfectly in this Caramelized Squash With Saffron Rice and Sage Gremolata. It’s comfort food that’s actually healthy! And ready in under an hour.

3. Pumpkin Ginger Chickpea Soup

This Pumpkin Ginger Chickpea Soup by Maja Brekalo is excellent for warming your toes on the brisk autumn evenings. The soup is creamy, flavorful and has the perfect combination of spicy and sweet. The deep orange color will make your mouth water, and the wonderful aroma will fill your kitchen with delight!

4. Cardamom Snickerdoodle Cookie Cups

These Cardamom Snickerdoodle Cookie Cups by Kristen Genton are a zesty take on a fall classic. They combine the classic snickerdoodle flavor with the fun portability of a cupcake. These cookies also step up the classic snickerdoodle profile by adding a dash of cardamom for the fall season.

6. Saffron Arancini

This saffron arancini by Simona Malerba is flavored with saffron and stuffed with a mixture of caramelized onions, peas, and marinara sauce. Athough arancini is usually made with leftover risotto, this recipie is a mouthful all on its own.

7. Raw Apple Pie With Goji Berries and Nutmeg

Nutmeg is perfect for all things sweet and savory, and it does its job wonderfully in Kelly Fielding‘s Raw Apple Pie With Goji Berries and Nutmeg can be enjoyed as much as a dessert as a breakfast dish and is nutritious as it is tasty! It is also lovely topped with coconut yogurt.

8. Baked Spinach With Tofu Ricotta and Nutmeg Dip

This Baked Spinach With Tofu Ricotta and Nutmeg Dip by Clémence Moulaert is a vegan take on a classic Italian recipe. Made with butter beans, tofu, and almond milk, which considerably lowers the number of fatty ingredients and makes this a lighter dish, but still one pack with savory, creamy flavor.

9. Anti-Inflammatory Detox Soup With Saffron and Turmeric

In Selva Wohlgemuth‘s Anti-Inflammatory Detox Soup With Saffron and Turmeric soup, you will find turmeric’s natural healing ingredients that Support detoxification and reduce inflammation within the body. This is exactly the Support we need after a long month of eating and drinking the fall evenings away.

10. Low-Carb AllSpice Sweet Potato Toasts

If you’ve never had sweet potato toast before, now’s your chance. Gina Fontana‘s Low-Carb AllSpice Sweet Potato Toasts are slathered in dairy-free yogurt, allspice, pear, and walnuts. It’s an unlikely combination, but satisfying and flavorful none the less. Perfect for adventurers!

Learn How to Cook Plant-Based Meals at Home

Reducing your meat intake and incorporating more plant-based foods into your diet is known to Support various health benefits, including reducing chronic inflammation, improving heart health, enhancing mental well-being, achieving fitness goals, meeting nutritional needs, managing allergies, and promoting gut health, among others. Dairy consumption also has been linked to many health problems, including acne, hormonal imbalance, cancer,  prostate cancer, and has many side effects.

For those of you interested in eating more plant-based, we highly recommend grabbing our favorite plant-based cookbooks and downloading the Food Monster App — with over 20,000 delicious recipes, it is the largest plant-based recipe resource to help reduce your environmental footprint, save animals, and get healthy! And, while you are at it, we encourage you to also learn about the environmental and health benefits of a plant-based diet.

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