A simple, savory, wholesome meal in a bowl ? this creamy vegan quinoa is pure comfort food!

This healthy and plant-based “one bowl” meal is such a perfect dinner for any cold winter’s night, and the recipe is super easy to customize, so you can make it your own with the ingredients you have on hand.
Feel free to add your favorite veggies or swap out the kale for spinach, use rice or barley in place of quinoa, or increase the protein in this powerhouse recipe with the addition of beans or another favorite protein source. Leftovers make a really great lunch too!
And look! It’s a kale recipe that isn’t Chocolate Chip Kale Cookies!

One of my goals for 2018 is to really make a conscious effort to slow down, especially when it comes to meals. Food is such a huge part of my life (clearly ? I run a food blog as my full-time job!), and I grew up in a family that believed in long and relaxing meals together at the table, even on weeknights. We would eat slowly, enjoying both the food and the time catching up with each other. But being on my own and working from home, it?s sometimes easy to fall into the habit of inhaling my meals much too quickly while focused on other projects, never actually sitting down. I know I?m not alone in this and that it isn?t only a problem for people who work from home ? many of my friends complain they find themselves doing the same thing, eating lunch at their desk in ten minutes flat so they can get back to work.
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