Gluten Free Dairy Free Cilantro Lime Rice with freezer instructions

Gluten Free Dairy Free Cilantro Lime Rice with freezer instructions

Pesto Farro Salad with Roasted Summer Vegetables

This vegan pesto farro salad with roasted summer vegetables is home to all sorts of garden-fresh goodness. Nutty farro is cooked and tossed in creamy superseed pesto, which is pesto but even more nutritionally amazing than a typical pesto because it's packed with super seeds (i.e., hemp seeds + pepitas). Once the farro is embraced by a generous coating of pesto, roasted tomatoes, summer squash, and zucchini are gently folded in along with fresh arugula to add color and layers of summer flavor. 

Gluten Free Dairy Free Cilantro Lime Rice with freezer instructions

Cheesy Farro Bake with Mushrooms, Tomatoes & Shallots

Nutty farro and sautéed veggies are cooked, tossed in a creamy vegan cheese sauce, topped with an eye-popping array of tomatoes, and baked to perfection. The "cheese" sauce is lower in fat than more traditional vegan cheese sauces because the primary ingredient in it is eggplant rather than cashews. I wish I could take credit for the brilliance of using eggplant as the base in this sauce, but the credit is 100% owed to the lovely Minimalist Baker blog. I altered their recipe quite a bit to fit the flavors in this farro bake, but followed the same technique of broiling and blending the eggplant with other flavors to create a super-creamy cheese sauce.

Black Beans & Brown Rice

Gluten Free Dairy Free Cilantro Lime Rice with freezer instructions

Dairy Free Slow Cooker Polenta

Make this in a smaller slow cooker, such as a 2 1/2, 3 or 4 quart cooker.

Pesto Farro Salad with Roasted Summer Vegetables

This vegan pesto farro salad with roasted summer vegetables is home to all sorts of garden-fresh goodness. Nutty farro is cooked and tossed in creamy superseed pesto, which is pesto but even more nutritionally amazing than a typical pesto because it's packed with super seeds (i.e., hemp seeds + pepitas). Once the farro is embraced by a generous coating of pesto, roasted tomatoes, summer squash, and zucchini are gently folded in along with fresh arugula to add color and layers of summer flavor. 

Basic Quinoa