Food & Drink
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Dumpling Lasagna
This viral dumpling lasagna recipe is so comforting, easy, and tasty that you’ll want it again the next day.
Lentil, Turmeric, and Carrot Soup
This comforting lentil, turmeric, and carrot soup is rich in fiber, plant-based protein, and antioxidants, making it ideal for winter days.
Healthy Homemade Granola
Here’s a quick and easy recipe for delicious, homemade, healthy, gluten-free, plant-based granola.
From Our Kitchen
Chinese Cucumber Salad
Served as a cold appetizer in Chinese cuisine, this crunchy and refreshing dish has the perfect balance of tangy, spicy, and sweet flavors.
Meatless Stuffed Peppers
A delicious, new take on classic stuffed-pepper recipes, this dish is perfect for meat-averse guests or plant-based food lovers.
Icelandic Cod with Japchae
This meal comes together effortlessly as the fusion and extension of two existing MTOS recipes: Herb and Aleppo Seafood Seasoning and Plant-Based Japchae. Enjoy!
Teriyaki and Ginger-Glazed Salmon
Say good-bye to traditional grilled, dry salmon; you’ll never go back after trying this Teriyaki and ginger-glazed salmon sous vide.
Roasted Cod Loin With Fig and Golden Mushrooms
This Mediterranean-inspired recipe is as beautiful as it is tasty. For an extra kick, try topping with Aleppo pepper flakes.
Pesto and Champagne Vinegar Dressing
Pesto makes a fantastic salad dressing or condiment, but adding a splash of champagne vinegar really kicks it up!
Raw Beet Salad
A delicious raw beet salad packed with antioxidants and compounds beneficial to heart and brain-health that may even help fight cancer.
Ginger Miso Dressing
This tangy, ginger miso dressing goes great on salad, as a dip, and works wonders as an incredible marinade.
Herb and Aleppo Seafood Seasoning
This is delicate yet punchy seafood seasoning was created in the MTOS test kitchen. It combines herb forenotes with spicy, citrusy backnotes.
Healthy Homemade Granola
Here’s a quick and easy recipe for delicious, homemade, healthy, gluten-free, plant-based granola.
Tantalizing Tapenade
This tapenade recipe is so good it will keep you coming back and looking for new ways to enjoy it, and trust us the possibilities are endless.
Ras El Hanout
Ras El Hanout,”head of shop”, is a North African spice blend of the best spices the seller has to offer.
Brussels Sprout and Currant Salad
Here’s a delicious salad that’s incredibly healthy, quick, and easy to make!
Butter Poached Honey-Glazed Carrots
One of my childhood favorites! This is an easy and delicious recipe to elevate carrots into something magical.
Popped Sorghum
With the same nutty smell and fluffy texture, if you love popcorn, you’re going to love popped sorghum. Its tiny size is so adorable you’re going to want to incorporate this in
Immunity Booster Shots
Keep yourself healthy with these inexpensive, quick and easy, immunity booster shots made with everyday ingredients.
Korean Salmon
This new creation is incredible. The gochujang imparts a beautiful red color to the salmon, and the flavor combination of savory, sweet, and spicy is truly divine.
Plant-Based Onion and Mushroom Soup
This plant-based recipe is filled with vitamins and nutrients and may even helps reduce the risk from certain types of cancer.
Coconut French Toast
Here's a delicious, crispy coconut-crusted French toast recipe that's sure to knock your socks off! Don't forget the real maple syrup!
Kicking Cajun Seasoning
Cajun seasoning is a robust, versatile and flavorful blend of spices commonly used in Cajun cuisine to add heat and flavor to dishes.
Homemade ‘Pepper Pot’ Hot Sauce
My dad has been making homemade hot sauce for years that is so damn hot, tasty, and easy to make - he simply calls it 'pepper pot'.
Caramelized Leek Tart
This show-stopper has everything: umami from the caramelized leeks, tang from the goat cheese, and the oh so tantalizing Moroccan twist.
Holiday Pumpkin Soup
This soup is perfect for the season - warm and comforting with a hint of nutmeg. It’s also easy to make and can be prepared ahead of time and warmed up when your guests are ready
Pattypan with Feta, Mint and Chili
This recipe is quick, easy and so good it’s all you’ll want to eat, it’s also filling enough to work as a main.
Olive Oil Poached Mediterranean Grouper
A fantastic Mediterranean inspired dish, this one is sure to please, my wife will be the first one to tell you.
Frozen Banana Treat
With Summer fast approaching, here’s a quick and easy frozen treat. Made from just two ingredients, you’ll be amazed at how good this is.
Plant-Powered Stuffed Peppers
This recipe is a favorite in our household. Not only is it tasty and healthy, but the options of what you can add to them is endless!
Ponzu Sesame Salmon and Spicy, Roasted Vegetables
This ponzu sesame salmon recipe is hands down the greatest dish I have ever created. Trust me – I break out this recipe when we have guests.
Plant-Based Protein Frozen Yogurt
Next time you make a protein shake, make this! It's plant-based, super high in protein, and tastes just like frozen yogurt!
Eight Excellent Egg Bite Recipes
Eight delicious, quick and easy egg bite recipes from my house to yours. Perfect for leftovers and whatever you have in your fridge.
Cauliflower Fried Rice
A quick and easy, delicious, low-carb, low-calorie recipe that tastes so good you won’t believe it!
Salsa Verde
Salsa verde is a super easy and healthy way to notch up the flavor of any dish. It's perfect with chips, topping a bowl, or as a marinade.
Lentil, Turmeric, and Carrot Soup
This comforting lentil, turmeric, and carrot soup is rich in fiber, plant-based protein, and antioxidants, making it ideal for winter days.
Quick Protein Bagels
This quick and easy recipe makes the most delicious, high-protein, gluten-free bagels that are so good you'll eat them on their own.
Next Level Tuna Salad Sandwich
This recipe turns something considered boring and uninspired - a tuna salad sandwich - into one of the best meals we’ve ever had!
Caldo Verde
Caldo Verde - a hearty, traditional Portuguese green soup bursting with flavor and full of cancer fighting ingredients like kale and garlic.
Jamaican Jerk Seasoning
Experience the wonderful flavors of the Caribbean with this unique and spicy Jamaican jerk seasoning blend.
Cold Smoked Trout Salad
Don’t let the name fool you - the trout is hot-smoked, but is served cold, mixed in with the salad. Not only is this salad fantastic tasting, it eats like a meal.
Purple Sweet Potato and Leek Soup
This dish brings the type of drama you want to the table, plus it’s rich in antioxidants, boosts the immune system and helps protect against cancer.
Spicy Tomato Chutney
Looking for something uniquely spicy, delicious, aromatic and fresh? Look no further than our spicy tomato chutney.
Carob Zucchini Bread
This carob zucchini bread recipe is beyond good and you may want to make two because it will not last long, trust me!
Spicy Seared Tuna Salad
Quick, easy, and tastier than you can imagine. The key to this salad is the cooled, seared tuna laid upon the sweet, savory and spicy salad.
Asparagus and Leek Soup
Just in time for summer, this plant-based recipe is not only delicious, it’s also incredibly healthy and nutritious.
Chili Crisp Potato Salad
Bringing back memories of picnics and summer barbecues but it’s not your mom’s potato salad, it’s got an addictive twist and a touch of heat!
Spicy Thai Basil Rice
Looking for a spicy crowd pleaser? This dish can be tailored to meet any dietary restrictions, and is best made with leftover rice. So get ready to heat things up!
Crispy Eggplant with Spiced Yogurt and Pomegranate
The combination of the crispy texture of the eggplant with the spicy tang of the yogurt and vibrant pomegranate makes this dish a winner.
Roasted Butternut Squash with Ras El Hanout and Manuka
Warming butternut squash recipe with a North African twist.
Sumac Roasted Rutabaga
This Middle Eastern inspired recipe contains three heart healthy, antioxidant rich ingredients: rutabaga, sumac and garlic.
Roasted Vegetable Soup
An absolute beauty! This delicious, spicy, plant-based soup will warm your soul from the inside and scorch your tongue on the outside.
Turkey Chili
This hearty and flavorful chili is made with ground turkey, making it rich in protein, lower in fat, and a healthier option without sacrificing taste.
Gluten-Free PB & Banana Muffins
Here is a delicious, flourless, gluten-free muffin recipe that uses carob to impart a rich chocolatey flavor.
Spicy Mango Salsa
A great mango salsa recipe with enough kick to light you up! Ideal for shrimp or lobster, and great on tacos.
Sweet Potato Veggie Burgers
Forget animal style. Here’s a spin on a summer classic - veggie style.
Butternut Squash Soup
A Fall favorite in our household, butternut squash soup is a healthy, hearty, and heavenly dish that is surprisingly uncomplicated to make.
Cranberry Pistachio Rack of Lamb
Looking for a crowd pleasing main dish? Look no further than this delicious cranberry and pistachio rack of lamb.
Caribbean Cauliflower Soup
As we move into colder weather, this creamy coconut cauliflower soup hits all the right notes: warm, rich, smooth, and packs a spicy punch.
Chili Crisp
Made from a spicy, umami blend of chilis, oil, garlic, nuts and peppercorns - chili crisp is one topper you’re not going to want to miss out on.
No-Bake Energy Balls (Your Way)
A quick and easy, no-bake recipe for healthy, delicious energy balls using ingredients you already have in your pantry.
Ultimate Pesto Guide
Create your own pesto recipes today, with your freshest ingredients, with our Ultimate Guide To Pesto Recipes!
Mediterranean Medley
Here’s a fantastic Mediterranean-inspired salad that’s easy to prepare, light, healthy, and, best of all, irresistibly delicious.
Elevated Heirloom Tomatoes
Heirloom tomatoes are hands down the best tomatoes you can buy. Not only are they tasty, they make a beautiful centerpiece on your table to wow your guests
Blackened Shrimp and Grits
This recipe is inspired by the traditional southern dish. The combination of juicy, spicy shrimp and cheesy grits will blow your mind.
Roasted Cauliflower with Aleppo and Za’atar
This spicy, flavorful, gluten-free, low-carb, and keto-friendly dish is perfect as a plant-based side or shines brightly as the main star.
Jalapeño Honey Cornbread
You've got to try this incredibly easy and tasty, sweet and spicy, gluten-free, jalapeño honey cornbread recipe.
Mango Tuna Tartare
Combining the sweetness of mango with a touch of heat, this tuna tartare is sublime.
Peach and Prosciutto Pita Pizza
This combination of flavors is mind-blowing! Next time you’re hungry, remember this quick and easy snack.
Chimichurri
Bursting with fresh herbs, garlic, vinegar and a chili kick, our tantalizing Chimichurri recipe will teleport your taste buds to Argentina.
Plant-Based Japchae
This recipe is a plant-based take on the popular Korean stir fry dish made with sweet potato starch noodles.
Homemade Applesauce
Homemade applesauce is a healthy, easy to make snack, perfect for anytime, that provides an energy boost before or during longer workouts.
Dumpling Lasagna
This viral dumpling lasagna recipe is so comforting, easy, and tasty that you’ll want it again the next day.
Chilean Pebre
Like a South American salsa, this condiment with tomato, chilies, onion, cilantro, garlic, oil, and vinegar goes great with everything!
Peach and Pepper Slaw
This peach and pepper slaw will elevate your next taco night to new heights. Its combination of sweet and spicy works with almost anything.
Korean Dumplings
Check out our incredibly quick and delicious Korean dumpling recipe - it was so easy, my six-year-old son took the lead.
Miso Marinated Grilled Pineapple
This recipe is so good! Perfect as a snack, side or even dessert. The miso transforms the already incredible flavor of grilled pineapple to new heights.
Spicy Turkey and Shishito Pepper Ragu
This spicy turkey and shishito Pepper ragù is a revelation - spicy, garlicky, and so flavorful you won’t believe it.
Fennel, Beet and Endive Salad
Unique, refreshing and unbelievably tasty, this salad is more than a crowd pleaser, it's full of cancer fighting ingredients.
Homemade Sports Drinks
Today we’re going to take a look at electrolytes, what they do, and how you can make your own (and a lot cheaper) homemade electrolyte-based sports drinks.
Fresh Fig Salad
Figs are not only a delicious, low-calorie snack, they also offer a variety of potential health benefits. This recipe for fresh fig salad is sure to please.
Roasted Brussels Sprouts with Toum, Tapenade and Balsamic
It’s hard to hate on this healthy cruciferous recipe. Each of the ingredients hit their own unique notes to compose a symphony of flavors!
Hummus: 5 Ways
Great with raw vegetables, crackers or bread! Learn to make your own hummus base, along with five delicious flavor variations.
Za’atar Spice Blend
Za’atar is a Middle Eastern spice blend used widely throughout the Middle East, that pairs with anything: dips, breads, vegetables, and meats.
Braised Cabbage and Onions
Braised Cabbage and Onions Total Time: 90 Minutes Serves: 6 Plant-Based Table of Contents Inspiration This spicy, warming and comforting winter dish will steal your heart and quick
Soy Wrap Cones
Traditional sushi cones have evolved, with soy wraps emerging as a new, popular and versatile twist on the traditional form.