Fall’s Essential Ingredient and Delicious Ways to Cook – One Green Planet

If you’ve found yourself in a coffee shop as of late, you may have noticed that many of them have been decking out their interiors with promotions for their new fall lineups! If you’re anything like us, you always have a hard time letting go of summer, but delicious autumn flavors help soften the blow.

Chains like Dunkin’ Donuts and Starbucks are gearing up to celebrate pecans this autumn. We did a little research, and totally understand why: the size estimates for pecans this season are huge, which means you can expect lots of different chains to take advantage of this special little nut.

We’re here to help you prepare for pecan mania, with style. We looked through the archives of the Food Monster App to bring you some perfectly transitional pecan recipes that you can enjoy from the comfort of your home.

Start off by making this perfectly cozy recipe for Pecan Butter by Dennis Abell!

Peanut butter on toast is so yesterday!  Surprise your friends and family with this recipe and spread it on some banana bread!

Blended bananas are the perfect substitute for the traditional egg in this decadent Strawberry Pecan Stuffed French Toast recipe. A regular loaf of bread works great, or you can try slicing up a mini baguette for fun, bite-size toasts. This blogger decorated this sweet breakfast with maple syrup and additional fresh strawberries, but a simple sprinkle of confectioners’ sugar or even an additional spoonful of the strawberry filling would both make excellent toppings.

Oh, yes. You can enjoy these gluten-free Raw Rainbow Oreos by Sara Alisson any time of the year.

It’s plant-based milk’s favorite cookies turned raw, vegan, and much healthier! Plus, they’re pretty, too, thanks to all-natural food coloring. Activated charcoal, spirulina, and golden algae create a gorgeous spectrum of colors but feel free to get creative and make the fillings in your favorite color.

The pecans in this recipe are smothered and simmered in a sassy barbecue sauce then stuffed into a crispy taco shell with a crisp almond buttermilk slaw. Or, you can serve it any way you like. Think pita, wrapped up in a tortilla, piled into a French roll… These pecans work perfectly along with the tangy almond buttermilk ranch chopped salad. As written, this recipe makes a bunch. But it holds well in the refrigerator, and if you make a big batch of the pecans, you can definitely use them in all sorts of ways in addition to the ways mentioned above.

If you’re apprehensive about trying okra, consider giving this dish a go! Okra, cherry tomatoes, and pecans are stir-fried together with lots of bright spices to create a delicious, vibrant, and healthy dish. No sliminess in the texture here, just amazing flavor!

To get ourselves even more inspired and excited about the changing seasons, we’ve also really been feeling these 15 Fabulous Raw Vegan Desserts With Decadent Fall Flavors, as well as These 21 Homey, Soulful and Warm Recipes for autumn.

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.

Here are some great resources to get you started:

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