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By Food & Wine Editors Updated May 08, 2017
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These delicious recipes include Top Chef winner Richard Blais's superb veggie burger and brilliant creamless creamed corn.
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Baked Sweet Potato and Tempeh Empanadas

Baked sweet potato and tempeh empanadas
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Tempeh has a long way to go before it becomes as popular as other soy products, but its wonderfully firm texture and versatility make it an excellent protein source. Here, it’s a stand-in for ground meat in a vegan baked empanada.

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Veggie Burgers with Pomegranate Ketchup

Day 15: Veggie Burgers with Pomegranate Ketchup
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Eating vegan for a month led Top Chef All-Star winner Richard Blais to examine his pantry more closely. He discovered that ground porcini mushrooms add a meaty flavor to dishes like his veggie burger.

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Tangy Red-Pepper-and-Nut Dip

Tangy Red-Pepper-and-Nut Dip
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In this take on muhammara, a classic Syrian red pepper-and-nut dip, five kinds of nuts provide rich, toasty flavor and healthful protein and fat.

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Quinoa Salad with Grilled Scallions, Favas and Dates

Quinoa Salad with Grilled Scallions, Favas and Dates
Credit: © Con Poulos
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Most vegans are familiar with quinoa, a grain-like seed that is one of the plant world's best sources of complete protein. It forms the base of this salad, sweet with grilled and mashed dates and flavored with green garlic and scallions. Fava beans add even more protein.

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Crispy Kale-and-Tofu Salad with Coconut

Crispy Kale-and-Tofu Salad with Coconut
Credit: © Quentin Bacon
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Cookbook author Heidi Swanson has already proved she's a master at creating amazingly healthy and tasty vegetarian recipes with very few ingredients. Here, she toasts kale, coconut and tofu until lightly browned and crisp, then tosses them with brown rice.

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Creamless Creamed Corn with Mushrooms and Lemon

Day 2: Creamless Creamed Corn with Mushrooms and Lemon
Credit: Frances Janisch
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“My granny taught me that when corn is very fresh, the juices are naturally creamy,” Kevin Gillespie says. “I took that as the gospel.” He grates half of the corn here to make a luxurious puree that thickens without cream.

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Crispy Chickpeas

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Spicing chickpeas with cumin and coriander and frying them is an unexpected preparation of the versatile vegan-pantry staple.

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Spaghetti with Sun-Dried-Tomato-Almond Pesto

Day 19: Spaghetti with Sun-Dried-Tomato-Almond Pesto
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Salted, roasted almonds and toasty breadcrumbs add a salty richness to this pasta, no cheese necessary.

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Grilled Tofu Steaks with Piquillo Salsa Verde

Grilled Tofu Steaks with Piquillo Salsa Verde
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Firm tofu is ideal for the grill, because it holds its shape and gets nicely smoky. It's excellent with this tangy salsa prepared with piquillo peppers, capers and parsley.

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Dark Chocolate Bark with Roasted Almonds and Seeds

Dark-Chocolate Bark with Roasted Almonds and Seeds. Photo © John Kernick
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Vegans can enjoy most dark chocolate worry-free; it doesn't contain any of the dairy solids that give milk chocolate its name. Here, it's tempered with almonds and salted seeds to create an irresistable—and and fairly healthful—treat.

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Parsnip Bacon

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These slivers of parsnip prove that it's all in the way you treat a vegetable that matters. Here, Quinn Hatfield bakes and seasons paper-thin slices of the root vegetable to satisfy salty, smoky and crispy cravings.

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Fruit-and-Nut Energy Bars

Fruit and nut bars
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The nuts and grain in these bars combine to create a good source of complete protein. Flax seeds provide sought-after omega-3 fatty acids, which are harder to come by for nonseafood-eaters; processing them with the other ingredients makes their benefits more available for absorption by the body.

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Roasted Cauliflower-and-Sesame Spread

Roasted-Cauliflower-and-Sesame Spread
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Like hummus, this ingenius spread gets its richness from tahini, but is slightly sweet from the roasted caulifower.

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Porcini-and-Pecan Pâté

Porcini-and-Pecan Pâté
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Proving that vegetables can be as satisfying as meat, chef Sean Baker serves this mushroom pâté on his vegan "charcuterie" plate.

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Curried Spaghetti-Squash-and-Chickpea Toasts

Curried Spaghetti-Squash-and-Chickpea Toasts.
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Crostini make for elegant party food, but very often they are cheese- or meat-based. These vegan toasts, with warm curry flavor and filling chickpeas, are perfect for a fall get-together.

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Watermelon Gazpacho

Watermelon Gazpacho
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The watermelon in this tangy, chilled soup is a lightly sweet twist on a classic vegan Spanish dish.

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Spicy Avocado-Cucumber Soup

Spicy Avocado-Cucumber Soup
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The pureed avocado and coconut milk make this dairy-free soup seem decadantly creamy. To keep it vegan, be sure to buy a green curry paste that isn't made with fish sauce.

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Mixed Vegetable and Farro Soup

Mixed Vegetable and Farro Soup
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Mario Batali makes dishes that people would never suspect are vegan. One is this thick, hearty main-course soup made with a colorful mix of carrots, peas, leeks and onions with borlotti beans and farro.

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Quick White Bean Stew with Swiss Chard and Tomatoes

Quick White Bean Stew with Swiss Chard and Tomatoes
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Low in fat but high in protein, beans are among restaurateur Joe Bastianich’s favorite ingredients. He uses white beans here, but he also loves making this recipe with chickpeas and flat gigante beans: “The bigger and creamier the beans, the better.”

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Edamame, Celery and Fennel Salad with Candied Lemon

Edamame, Celery and Fennel Salad with Candied Lemon
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The crunchy mix of ingredients in this salad is unexpected and fun. And the dressing is equally unusual: It's made with chopped candied lemon as well as soy sauce, toasted-sesame oil and Sriracha, so it's both sweet and spicy.

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Pink-Grapefruit-and-Avocado Salad

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This salad is totally reflective of its creator, the iconic founder of Chez Panisse, Alice Waters. It's beautiful, minimalist and surprising.

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Grilled Broccoli and Bread Salad with Pickled Shallots

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“Grilling over an open flame is my favorite way of cooking,” says Charlie Parker, who created this impressive, unique salad. “It gives food so much flavor without the need for butter.” Here, he serves lightly charred broccoli and ciabatta cubes in a twist on an Italian bread-and-tomato salad.

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Bulgur Salad with Lightly Roasted Vegetables

Bulgur Salad with Lightly Roasted Vegetables
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Grain salads can make for satisfying, one-bowl vegan meals. The roasted vegetables here are crunchy-tender and slightly sweet, offset by lemony dressing.

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Spinach Fettuccine with Tangy Grilled Summer Squash

Spinach Fettuccine with Tangy Grilled Summer Squash. Photo © Con Poulos
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Chef Amanda Cohen tosses herb fettuccine with pickled squash blossoms and grilled zucchini. This simplified recipe features squash that’s pickled and then grilled, plus freshly sautéed squash.

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Dan Dan Noodles

Dan Dan Noodles
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It’s worth seeking out vegan chow mein noodles (traditionally made with egg) to make this easy, spicy, peanutty dish.

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Homemade Firm Tofu

Homemade Firm Tofu. Photo © Antonis Achilleos
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Tofu gets a lot of play in the vegan diet because it's packed with protein. For the best-ever version, try making your own.

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Stuffed Peppers with Thai Curry Rice and Mushrooms

Day 6: Stuffed Peppers with Thai Curry Rice and Mushrooms
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Using fish sauce-free curry paste and the suggested grapeseed oil instead of butter keeps this main-course vegetable dish vegan.

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Cabbage, Watercress and Pine Nut Dumplings

Cabbage, Watercress and Pine Nut Dumplings

Momofuku's notoriously pork-obsessed chef David Chang breaks type and goes healthful and meat-free with these light dumplings; just be sure to buy vegan wonton or gyoza wrappers.

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Carrot Osso Buco

Carrot Osso Buco
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In Richard Blais's playful vegan take on osso buco (braised veal shanks), he braises very large pieces of carrots in red wine and mushroom broth until tender. Ground dried porcini mushrooms give the dish rich, meaty flavor.

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Korean Sushi Rolls with Walnut-Edamame Crumble

Korean Sushi Rolls with Walnut-Edamame Crumble
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Not all sushi has to be made with seafood. In this unusual vegan roll, edamame and walnuts are glazed with molasses and soy sauce.

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Eggplant Involtini with Grilled Ratatouille

Eggplant Involtini with Grilled Ratatouille. Photo © Con Poulos
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Faux cheeses made with nuts are one key to vegan cooking. To stuff these involtini, chef Sean Baker re-creates the flavor of ricotta by combining pureed raw cashews with nutritional yeast, which has a very savory, almost cheese-like flavor and is available at well-stocked specialty and natural food stores.

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Grilled Polenta and Radicchio with Balsamic Drizzle

Grilled Polenta and Radicchio with Balsamic Drizzle
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Chef Ryan Poli became interested in vegan cooking because his girlfriend follows a mostly vegan diet. “It was difficult to cook for her at home,” he says. “I couldn’t just open the fridge and make something. I had to really think.” This relatively simple dish of grilled polenta and radicchio proves it's possible to create something deeply delicious, substantial and vegan with just a handful of ingredients.

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Citrus Salad with Candied Ginger

Citrus Salad with Candied Ginger
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Fruit salad becomes an elegant dessert with spicy crystallized ginger and salted almonds.

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Apple Pie Granita

Apple Pie Granita
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Emeril Lagasse turns the warm sweet-spice flavors into a cold vegan dessert.

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    20 of 34 Edamame, Celery and Fennel Salad with Candied Lemon
    21 of 34 Pink-Grapefruit-and-Avocado Salad
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    27 of 34 Stuffed Peppers with Thai Curry Rice and Mushrooms
    28 of 34 Cabbage, Watercress and Pine Nut Dumplings
    29 of 34 Carrot Osso Buco
    30 of 34 Korean Sushi Rolls with Walnut-Edamame Crumble
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    32 of 34 Grilled Polenta and Radicchio with Balsamic Drizzle
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