Vegetarian Recipes
Tried and true favourites served at cooking classes, retreats and spiritual gatherings as well as some from our home kitchens. A collection of delicious, healthy recipes to help you along the path of health.
Soups
Thai Style Coconut Red Lentil Soup
Coconut Red Lentil Soup is a Mantra Room Fav! Simple and delicious one pot soup recipe that is light, tasty, nutritious and wonderful as a quick and easy …
Golden Mung Dal
This is an amazing and simple dish to have especially in Winter time. It’s so delicious and packed with nutrition. The spices are warming and balancing to the …
Hearty Vegan Minestrone Soup
Ingredients 1 large yellow onion, diced (2 cups) 3 medium carrots, diced (1 1/2 cups) 2 stalks celery, diced (1 cup) 2 Tbsp olive oil 1 Tbsp tomato …
Breads
Gingerbread (Vegan)
This rich, tasty gingerbread is moist and oh so good. We all know the nutritional value of molasses don’t we? Unlike highly refined sugars, molasses contains significant …
One Bowl Vegan Banana Bread
This bread is so moist and full of flavour. Definitely a hit at The Mantra Room. We serve this out regularly and people always ask for seconds, so …
Three Ingredient Vegan Scones
Ingredients 3 cups self raising flour 1 cup coconut cream 1 cup of lemonade 1 tsp. salt or more to taste Instructions Preheat oven 220 degrees Celsius. Preheat …
Main Meals
Vegan Walnut Pasta Sauce
Ingredients: 1/2 onion, diced 1 clove garlic, crushed 1 T olive oil 400g can crushed tomato 1/2 cup walnuts, crushed and toasted 1/2 T italian mixed herbs 1/4 …
5 Minute Tofu Scramble
Ingredients (serves 2) 1/2 block firm tofu 1 T vegan butter or olive oil pinch asofoetida (hing) or a little garlic and green onions chopped 1/4 tsp turmeric 1/4 …
Spinach Pumpkin Feta Rolls
Ingredients 500g pumpkin roughly cut into 3cm cubes (no skin) 1/4 onion 2 cloves garlic 250g frozen spinach 1 T olive oil + extra for pumpkin 200g feta cheese …
Sides
Spinach Pumpkin Feta Rolls
Ingredients 500g pumpkin roughly cut into 3cm cubes (no skin) 1/4 onion 2 cloves garlic 250g frozen spinach 1 T olive oil + extra for pumpkin 200g feta cheese …
Vegan Cauliflower Pakoras with Tamarind Date Chutney
Cauliflower Pakoras with Tamarind Date Chutney Serves 2 Chickpea batter ingredients: 1 cup besan flour 1 1/2 tbsp rice flour 1/8 tsp asafoetida 1/4 tsp baking soda 1/4 …
Vegan Gluten Free Indonesian Fritters
These are so simple to make and eat. I made them for our last picnic kirtan, needless to say they were gone in a flash. Ingredients 1 cup …
Salads
Moroccan Quinoa Couscous with Activated Almonds
Ingredients 2 cups of organic white quinoa (uncooked) 2 Tbs olive oil 1 tsp salt 500g thick sliced onions (can substitute onions for leeks) 2 tsp rapadura sugar …
Mood Lifting Spring Salad
There’s something about spring and how it uplifts our mood almost instantly. The earth rejoices as bees start buzzing amongst fragrant blooming flowers. Young seedlings with leaves of …
Happy Salad
Not only is it important to be calm when we are eating so we can digest well, but we can also eat foods that help to keep us …
Desserts
Apple Cake with Vegan Options
This is one of the easiest cakes that you could possibly make. Moist, not too sweet and healthy, it’s a great family treat that can be whipped up …
Peanut Butter Fudge
Makes sure you make plenty or you’ll miss out! 3 cups full cream milk powder 1.5 cups peanut butter 10 teaspoons honey or maple 2 teaspoons vanilla Mix …
Passion Fruit Slice with Vegan Option
I did a comparison between dairy condensed milk and coconut condensed milk. Watch the video for the outcome, it’s pretty awesome. INGREDIENTS: Base 1/2 cup icing sugar 1 …
Dips & Condiments
Vibrant Beetroot Hummus
Serves: 4-6 Ingredients: 1 can of organic chickpeas or 3/4 cup dry chickpeas (if using dry chickpeas make sure to soak overnight with water only, rinse and then …
Kids in the Kitchen – Tofu Satay with Peanut Sauce
Recently I’ve been having my two grandchildren over to help cook the Monday meal. Their mums want me to pass on some of the recipes of the meals …
Homemade Ghee
Ghee (often called “liquid gold”) is clarified butter. It is a truly wonderful food which has been used in Ayurvedic medicine and Vedic cooking since ancient times. Not …
Drinks
Watermelon Refresher
This is so easy you don’t really need a recipe, so this is just a reminder 🙂 Watermelon is full of vitamin C and vitamin A as well …
Healthy Green Drink
Make this a regular morning wake up drink and you’ll be bouncing out of the kitchen and into your day with freshness and vitality. There are choices of …
Warm Apple Cider
As the temperature drops and winter “bites”, this drink is a wonderful way to stay warm and cosy. This recipe has many variations so feel free to …