Recipes — The Renata Collective

Quinoa Veggie Pilaf

I love this recipe! It’s one that I have used at workshops for a couple of years now, and a recipe I make and share with friends, to demonstrate how you can pack a lot of plant-based nutrition into your meal, how balanced it is with protein, carbs and healthy fat, how quick and easy it is to make, and to turn those who don’t like quinoa into liking quinoa! Really, it truly is delicious and nutrition packed, gluten and dairy free, a one-pan recipe that is quick and easy to make. It is also super versatile – use whatever veggies you have in your fridge, and during our long Canadian winters, you can use frozen veggies.

Sweet Potato Gnocchi

This is a simple, only 3-ingredients, recipe that is fun to make and delicious to eat. I’ve cooked these both pan-fried and boiled and both are fabulous. Drizzle with some olive oil on top, or the sauce of your choice, and let the flavour of the super healthy sweet potato shine through. Plus the orange looks so pretty on your plate.

Lemon Honey Dijon Dressing

Lemon Honey Dijon Dressing recipe - a wonderful summer salad dressings – or for any time of year really. It’s very flavourful and all you really need are some spring greens, one or two salad veggies cup up and I LOVE this with fresh blueberries. I have a jar of this in the fridge ready to go so a salad can be a side dish for dinner or a quick lunch in a flash!

Refreshing Watermelon Strawberry Cooler

A delicious refreshing slushy drink that is wonderful on its own or, if you are so inclined, add a shot of gin or a splash of coconut rum to turn it into a cocktail. I like mine without, so it’s a mocktail! I keep a pitcher in the fridge and it’s such a welcome drink – tastes like a decadent treat when it’s really low calorie and the ingredients pack such powerful nutritional goodness so healthy for us! Make up a pitcher and enjoy!

N'ice Cream

My vegan, no-ice-cream-machine-required, no churn, no banana, N’ice Cream recipe! It’s super easy to make, only 5 ingredients, and is such a delicious treat for dessert! Plan this a day or two ahead to allow for the freezing time. Yum!!

Iced Ginger Lemon Turmeric Tea

A delicious, guilt-free and super healthy, thirst quenching, hydrating, satisfying, caffeine-free beverage on a hot day? Yes please!

This iced tea is sweetened with a small amount of natural maple syrup, or honey if you prefer, and has turmeric to provide colour and wonderful healthy benefits. Best is that the ingredients are easily and readily available at every grocery store!

Nourishing Summer Chill Bowl

Summertime! Long, hot summer days that turn into lazy warm summer nights are the best. A quick cold snack or dessert in the summer is so very welcome and when it’s healthy and nutritious as well as delicious, who could ask for more! This Nourishing Summer Chill Bowl is what you are looking for!

Dairy Free, Dessert, Snacks, Vegan, VegetarianRenata RichardsonJuly 14, 2021healthy fat, probiotic, gut healthy, summerComment

Homemade Hoisin Sauce

Homemade sauces, like my hoisin sauce recipe, are quick and easy to make and add more nutrition to your meal. I prefer to make my own sauces so I can control the ingredients, making sure they are top quality, limit the amount of sugar and salt that goes into it and leaves out the commercial additives that our bodies don’t need, like preservatives, chemical colour and thickening agents and they taste so fresh and flavourful!

Dairy Free, Dinner, Egg Free, Tip, Vegetarian, VeganRenata RichardsonJune 21, 2021Homemade Hoisin SauceComment

Cocoa Fudge Bliss Bites

It’s time for another Bliss Bite recipe! This time with chocolate and filled with healthy ingredients!

I drizzled some of my Tahini Maple Syrup Caramel over these and it made them next level – that caramel sauce does that every time and to everything it is used in or used on! Make a batch of these Bites to share with someone special!

Baked Goods, Gluten Free, Egg Free, Dairy Free, Dessert, Snacks, Vegetarian, VeganRenata RichardsonJune 16, 2021Cocoa Fudge Bliss BitesComment

Sweet Potato Fries

These Sweet Potato Fried are so easy to make and a great side dish for just about anything. I like my sweet potato fries with a hint of chili pepper but you can use any spice you feel like. Sweet potatoes are an antioxidant food that protects your cells against free radicals which cause inflammation.

Dinner, Gluten Free, Light Supper, Lunch, Side Dishes, Vegan, VegetarianRenata RichardsonMay 24, 2021Sweet Potato FriesComment

Veggie Stir Fry with the Best Sauce

Presenting one of our favourite stir fry recipes. It’s vegetarian, vegan, gluten-free and dairy-free. It’s packed with vitamin and mineral-rich veggies. This sauce though – Mmmmm! The secret is the miso paste – it’s so good! If you like miso, you must try this recipe!

Dinner, Lunch, Gluten Free, Dairy Free, Vegan, VegetarianRenata RichardsonMay 17, 2021Veggie Stir Fry with the Best SauceComment

Vegan ‘Parmesan’ Sprinkle

I make this sprinkle mixture to have on hand in the kitchen. It is a wonderful seasoning on soup - so, so delicious! We love it over popcorn. Sprinkle it over pasta or sweet potatoes or egg salad and avocado open-faced sandwiches! I have even added a teaspoon or two to hot water for a soothing delicious bouillon-style drink.

Perfect Fluffy Quinoa

Quinoa! For those unfamiliar with this wonderful food, quinoa is an ancient food – cultivated by the Incas in the Andes for thousands of years. Some love it and for those who aren’t fans of it, I’m sure it’s because it hasn’t been cooked properly when you had it!

Tahini Tamari Salad Dressing

Making your own salad dressings is so easy! This is one of my favourites – it can be a salad dressing or a sauce that you can use in fajitas, with cooked meat, with cubed pan roasted tempeh cubes, roasted veggies, boiled potatoes, over a half avocado, a drizzle over sliced hardboiled eggs… It’s really good!!

Dairy Free, Dinner, Gluten Free, Light Supper, Lunch, Salad, Vegan, VegetarianRenata RichardsonApril 19, 2021Tahini Tamari Salad DressingComment

Warming Spices Smoothie

A smoothie is a wonderful way to consume good nutrition. This Warming Spice Smoothie is an earthy, satisfying, healthy smoothie and not a very sweet smoothie like the ones you are used to that are made with fruits.

Beverage, Dairy Free, Gluten Free, Vegan, VegetarianRenata RichardsonApril 5, 2021Warming Spices Smoothie, ginger, cinnamon, Turmeric, AllspiceComment