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Vegan Winter Comfort Food

Frozen’s heroine Elsa may have sung that the cold never bothered her anyway, but actually, winters are sometimes very unbearable. An open fire or fluffy mittens help but the body part that we usually need to keep warm is our stomachs. For non-vegans, soup and coffee are staples during wintertime, but how about vegans?

Here are great vegan comfort food that you can enjoy this winter or any cold day of your life.

Easy Vegetarian Pho

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Make your cold winters more bearable with a vegan take on the indisputably most famous Vietnamese export to the world. To prepare this at your home on a freezing winter evening, you just have to prepare spices, shiitakes & bok choy for this vegan and gluten-free delight. Just follow this recipe by Love and Lemons and you will surely have a lovely night. You can also enjoy a taste of more Vietnamese delights if you attend the vivacious LGBT vegan cruise on Mekong River.

Vegan Sweet Potato Nachos

Photo Credit: nutritionalfoodie.com/best-ever-vegan-sweet-potato-nachos/

Binge-watch your favorite Netflix series with sweet potato nachos this winter! This easy-to-make bite-sized goods only need these ingredients to prepare: sweet potatoes, vegan cheese, black beans, salsa, red onions, cilantro, jalapeño, avocado, and lime, all readily available at your nearest grocery store! For the instructions, check out this recipe from the Nutritional Food website.

Pumpkin Spice Golden Milk

Photo Credit: darngoodveggies.com/pumpkin-spice-golden-milk/

The chills of a cold January will surely be combatted by a tall, glass of milk. To make it scream classy, how about pumpkin spice golden milk? Just like its name, this is precious and Insta-worthy! To prepare this, you just need to add 4 cups of almond or coconut milk on a pot, and once it begins to steam, add 2 tablespoons maple syrup, 2 tablespoons pumpkin puree, 1 teaspoon turmeric, 1 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice, a pinch of ginger and black pepper.

If you want to learn more about vegan cuisine and vegan culture in particular, you can check out the Vegan Culinary Cruises website.


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