Best Light Vegan and Vegetarian Recipes

vegan and vegetarian recipes
Healthy Hoppin’ John Recipe

Healthy Hoppin’ John Recipe

Eating a bowl of Hoppin’ John on New Year’s Day is a folksy tradition to help assure a prosperous year filled with luck. Skyterra Wellness Retreat offers this healthy version, rich with nutrients.
Easy Date Cocoa Energy Bars

Easy Date Cocoa Energy Bars

Make your own Energy Bars naturally sweetened by dates and loaded with almonds for extended energy. This snack is sure to satisfy when hunger strikes.
Almond Pulp Date Macaroons

Almond Pulp Date Macaroons

If you routinely make almond milk, you’ll want to save the pulp to make these tasty Almond Pulp Date Macaroons
Twice Baked Cheesy Stuffed Potatoes

Twice Baked Cheesy Stuffed Potatoes

Twice Baked Cheesy Stuffed Potatoes add to your protein intake, and make use of lower fat cheeses to have a rich side dish wish doesn’t sabotage your meal.
Orange Marinated Beets – Recipe by Rancho La Puerta Spa

Orange Marinated Beets – Recipe by Rancho La Puerta Spa

Imbued with the fresh zest of oranges and the earthy flavor of fresh beets and a tangy splash of vinegar, this recipe for Orange Marinated Beets recipe is a colorful and vibrant side dish for your spa lunch. Shared by Chef and Recipe Developer Lia Huber, guest Chef at Rancho La Puerta Spa and author of Nourished: A Memoir of Food, Faith and Enduring Love.
Vegan Scramble Breakfast Tacos

Vegan Scramble Breakfast Tacos

A tasty and cleaner version of usually high-fat eats — these Breakfast Tacos are easy to make and actually tote well to work when wrapped in foil.
Pritikin Vegetarian Lasagna Recipe

Pritikin Vegetarian Lasagna Recipe

This popular Pritikin Vegetarian Lasagna dish is delicious served for dinner, and makes great leftovers at work the following day.  We love to add fresh mushrooms and whatever greens we have on hand.
Pritikin Garden Vegetable Potato Salad

Pritikin Garden Vegetable Potato Salad

This potato salad adds garden vegetables and skips fatty mayonnaise. It was a Most Filling Dish winner in Pritikin’s Cooking School Recipe Contest.
Vegetarian Stuffed Cabbage Rolls

Vegetarian Stuffed Cabbage Rolls

The Spa at Palm-Aire Weight Loss Program focused on low-fat, low-sugar and low-cholesterol cuisine, including these Vegetarian Cabbage Rolls.
Thai Braised Brussels Sprouts – Hilton Head Health

Thai Braised Brussels Sprouts – Hilton Head Health

One of the guest favorite recipes served at Hilton Head Health is this side dish of Thai Braised Brussels Sprouts.  This side dish is packed with tantalizing Thai flavors; creamy coconut and zesty curry.
Pritikin Spaghetti Squash and Tomato salad

Pritikin Spaghetti Squash and Tomato salad

When paired with tomato and basil, spaghetti squash is a darn good replacement for spaghetti. Think of it as faux-pasta. This is good chilled, as a salad, and warm as an entree.
Chickpea Salad Sandwich – Hilton Head Health

Chickpea Salad Sandwich – Hilton Head Health

This simple but hearty sandwich features a tasty chickpea salad, created by Hilton Head Health’s own Executive Chef, Karla Williams. It’s just as delicious served atop a spinach salad!
Pritikin Ratatouille Spaghetti Squash

Pritikin Ratatouille Spaghetti Squash

Ratatouille over Spaghetti squash is super easy to prepare and the veggie “noodles” are a great alternative to traditional pasta. One whole cup of spaghetti squash, cooked, is just 43 calories, and the ratatouille is only 43 calories.  This is an entree that will fill you up but not out. 
Light Zucchini Pea Soup

Light Zucchini Pea Soup

Zucchini Soup is usually a fat-added creamy affair, but this version takes a new approach, using savory ingredients for a broth based, light and nourishing version.
Pritikin Sweet and Sour Cabbage Soup

Pritikin Sweet and Sour Cabbage Soup

This low-sodium recipe for Sweet and Sour Cabbage Soup serves 10 or more and keeps very well in the fridge for several days, making it a great option to tote to work or school. 
Healthy Chef Skinny Dips

Healthy Chef Skinny Dips

The Healthy Chef, Teresa Cutter, one of Australia’s leading authorities on healthy cooking, has some great Skinny Dips for spa parties and holiday meals.
50 Calorie Fat Free Curry Carrot Soup

50 Calorie Fat Free Curry Carrot Soup

This may be the easiest and fastest Zero Fat Carrot Soup you can make. With just a handful of ingredients and spices, you have a zesty fat-free soup to tote to work or school — a 1 cup serving is between 45-50 calories.
Quinoa and Lentil Stuffed Peppers

Quinoa and Lentil Stuffed Peppers

Quinoa and Lentil Stuffed Peppers is a perfect vegetarian supper for both cold and warm weather seasons. Omit the Parmesan to make this an ideal vegan entree, too!
Spicy Kale with White Beans and Garlic

Spicy Kale with White Beans and Garlic

This quick and flexible vegetarian Spicy Kale with White Beans and Garlic serves just you or entire family! Garlic and Parmesan cheese provide savory flavors and balance the bitterness of Kale. Beans provide a source of protein. Vinegar, kale, and red pepper flakes all help in to digest the heaviness of beans.
Ananda Spa Cheese Cannelloni

Ananda Spa Cheese Cannelloni

In this recipe for Cheese Cannelloni, Ananda’s Chef uses an Indian type of farmers cottage cheese called “paneer” which has a texture like firm tofu and can be sliced and pan-fried.
Stuffed Mushrooms with Feta Cheese

Stuffed Mushrooms with Feta Cheese

These popular Stuffed Mushrooms are intended as a single-serving treat, but if you increase the ingredients, they can be perfect for your holiday table.
Pritikin Roasted Pumpkin Wedges

Pritikin Roasted Pumpkin Wedges

This healthy recipe for Pritikin Pumpkin Wedges is vegetable-rich, only takes 3 ingredients, and can be a tasty vegetable and dessert, all in one. Plus, pumpkins are a bonafide super-food, so it’s a triple duty recipe — easy, delicious and nutritious.
Light Lasagna Roll Ups

Light Lasagna Roll Ups

Green Mountain at Fox Run in Ludlow, Vermont, shares a Lasagne recipe that is fit and healthy, and still lets us taste the best of Autumn.
Red Mountain Spa Zucchini Alfredo Recipe

Red Mountain Spa Zucchini Alfredo Recipe

This creamy “raw” pasta dish is a healthy alternative to traditional Fettuccine Alfredo and perfectly refreshing for those hot summer days! Suitable for vegans and vegetarians, but pleasing to all.
Avocado Banana Chocolate Mousse Pudding

Avocado Banana Chocolate Mousse Pudding

This fruit filled dessert is a tropical take on traditional Chocolate Mousse, and is suitable for vegans and those avoiding dairy and soy. It’s very creamy and satisfying — a little goes a long way.
Spring Green Vegetable Minestrone | 80 Calories

Spring Green Vegetable Minestrone | 80 Calories

This Green Vegetable Minestrone is delicious straight from the pot or topped with chopped avocado and a generous drizzle of salsa verde. If you want to pump up the protein, add some chicken or creamy white cannellini beans.
Red Mountain Spa Grilled Veggie Rolls

Red Mountain Spa Grilled Veggie Rolls

Grilled Veggie Rolls are a vegetarian spin on an enchilada, making use of savory vegetables, including eggplant and mushrooms, and with the addition of soy cheese (or use dairy if you prefer) and marinara sauce. This is a healthy, hearty and savory entree for any season.
Pritikin Fat Free Potato Salad

Pritikin Fat Free Potato Salad

This Fat Free Potato Salad, created by the chefs at the Pritikin Longevity Center in Florida, is light on calories but full of rich, zesty flavor thanks to fat-free sour cream, Greek yogurt, and herbs.
Harvest Quinoa Pilaf

Harvest Quinoa Pilaf

This recipe is a tasty side dish with fruit, grains and arugula and topped with pumpkin seeds
Three Sisters Succotash

Three Sisters Succotash

Corn, beans and squash are the principal foods of many Native American tribes. They’re called “the three sisters” because they support one another as they grow. The corn grows tall, allowing the bean vine to twine around her stalk. The bean fixes the nitrogen in the soil, and the squash has big leaves that hold in moisture.
Canyon Ranch Cold Pea Vegetable Salad

Canyon Ranch Cold Pea Vegetable Salad

This unique salad is wonderful for entertaining because it can be made ahead of time. In fact, we like it even better the day after it is made. Because it is so easy to serve it is perfect for buffet-style service, a delightful addition to holiday menus, and great for picnics and tailgate parties.
Southern Style Greens

Southern Style Greens

Greens are an excellent source of iron, calcium and vitamins. Instead of a kettle of greens simmered in pork fat all day, which can be high fat and high sodium, try this spa-style light version.
Low Fat Corn Custard

Low Fat Corn Custard

This colorful creamy casserole pairs nicely with many of our Mexican spa cuisine dishes. Serve with black beans and our spa Southern Style Greens for a striking combination of colors and flavors. Great for the holiday table, too.
Avocado and Kale Super Salad

Avocado and Kale Super Salad

A salad full of super food nutrition thanks to kale, sweet potatoes, avocado, roasted seeds and lemon dressing
Vermont Maple Sweet Potatoes

Vermont Maple Sweet Potatoes

Vermont Maple Sweet Potatoes spotlight wonderful ingredients from Vermont, but can easily be made wherever you are from, as well!
Canyon Ranch White Bean Soup with Pesto

Canyon Ranch White Bean Soup with Pesto

Both the bean soup and the pesto in this recipe can be served separately. The soup is good served cold with chopped leftover vegetables added to it and the pesto is a wonderful sauce for pasta. This simple faux pesto sauce has fewer ingredients than the recipe for Pesto Sauce in Canyon Ranch cookbooks, which also contains Miso and pine nuts. It can be served for vegan-vegetarian menus at Canyon Ranch because it does not contain cheese.
Vegetarian Chili – Blum Center for Health

Vegetarian Chili – Blum Center for Health

This is a great one-pot meal that you can whip up for a party or stash in the freezer for those chilly winter days. The mix of beans make this high in protein and fiber and the spices are loaded with healing properties.
Total Eclipse Carob Date Cake

Total Eclipse Carob Date Cake

This recipe produce a dark, moist, chocolate-y carob date cake frosted with a silken tofu creme frosting, suitable for vegans.
Biggest Loser Sesame Asparagus

Biggest Loser Sesame Asparagus

A light, simple, and fast side dish of Asparagus, Soy Sauce, and Sesame Seeds, perfect for your Asian inspired entrees.
UltraWellness Black Bean Salad

UltraWellness Black Bean Salad

Like any bean salad, this one is best made ahead of time, so the flavors can meld.  The dressing is equally good on garbanzo beans or kidney beans.
Roasted Garbanzo Beans

Roasted Garbanzo Beans

Roasted Garbanzo Beans are easy to make and really tasty. This version is from Canyon Ranch Spa and is a popular substitute for high-fat nuts at parties and a nutritious solution for both brown bag lunches and after-school snack
Baked Fennel in Roquefort Sauce

Baked Fennel in Roquefort Sauce

Baked Fennel in Roquefort Sauce sounds rich and decadent but it’s actually high protein, low fat, and has a depth of savory flavors. A perfect satisfying entree.

One thought on “Best Light Vegan and Vegetarian Recipes

  1. janice says:

    whoah a new source of healthy recipes, thank you!

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