Weekly Meal Plan: Plant-Based Recipes with the Powerful Benefits of Onions!

There are so many things you can do with onions. Not only are they super versatile, but they’re easy to incorporate into savory dishes. Not only that, there are many ways to use onions creatively, think onion rings and even stuffed onions! If you’re not a huge fan of onions, try making them a different way, or even dicing them smaller so they blend into whatever meal you’re making.

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Are you ready to have a week full of delicious vegan food that leaves you nourished and content? Let’s get started!

This week, we’re bringing you wonderful, versatile onion recipes to enjoy for your breakfast, lunch, dinner, and dessert! And, they are fully vegan and plant-based!

Monday

Source: Pizza Dough Breadsticks with Caramelized Onion Cashew Dip

Start your day with these delicious scallion pancakes! They’re a savory pancake and the scallions add a wonderful flavor to them! End the day with these stuffed onions! This recipe is crazy creative; have you ever thought of stuffing an onion? This dish will look fantastic on your plate!

Tuesday

Source: 5-Ingredient Garlic Onion Black Bean Burgers

These black bean burgers are a great meal to make for lunch or dinner! They come together easily and you can top them with caramelized onion and your favorite greens! Plus, they only need five ingredients to make them! End the day with some cookies.

Wednesday

Source: French Onion Soup

There are so many ways to use onions, including in breakfasts such as tofu scramble! End the day with this pizza that uses a spelt crust and tops it with tomato and onion. End the day with these tasty scones.

Thursday

Source: Black Bean Burger With Pickled Red Onion

Onions fit into so many dishes, and this quiche is no different. When you use onions in dishes, you can eat them in so many different ways. You can caramelize them, pickle them, or even saute them and add them in.

Friday

Source: Sweet Potato and Red Onion Falafel

The greatest thing about onions is that you can even cook them into waffles. These cheese and scallion potato waffles are the perfect savory breakfast for Friday morning! You could even make these the night before and have them on the go with your favorite salsa. Start your weekend with this strawberry lemonade snack cake!

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Reducing your meat intake and eating more plant-based foods is known to help with chronic inflammation, heart health, mental wellbeing, fitness goals, nutritional needs, allergies, gut health, and more! Dairy consumption also has been linked to many health problems, including acne, hormonal imbalance, cancer, prostate cancer and has many side effects.

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