16 No-Cook Vegan Recipes to Beat the Heat (2024)

FAQs

How to eat vegan without cooking? ›

Your houseguest would most likely be happy with oatmeal or granola with almond milk and fruit for breakfast, nut butters, hummus, salads with beans, fruits and vegetables, and nuts for lunch, and grilled or sautéed veggies with a whole grain like quinoa are for dinner.

A raw vegan diet may not be sustainable in the long term. The lack of bread, cooked grains, and cooked legumes can make it challenging to get enough calories every day without frequent meals, which may make it too restrictive to be a 24/7 thing.

Healthful foods that are high in protein, fiber, or both tend to be filling. Rich sources of protein for vegans include foods such as soybeans, pulses, and some nuts and seeds. Oats, vegetables, nuts, seeds, legumes, and fruit are all good sources of fiber.

What is vegan for beginners? ›

Stick to whole, nutritious foods that just happen to be vegan, such as carrots and hummus, nuts and dried fruit, and whole-grain tortilla chips with guacamole. Enjoying processed vegan foods every so often is fine, but don't assume they're "healthy" simply because they're vegan.

While it may be tempting to skip cooking your favorite plant-based meat and simply crumble it over a salad or add to a sandwich, eating plant-based meat raw isn't recommended. Not only is eating plant-based meat raw a food safety risk, doing so will means that it will lack the quality and taste you'd expect.

Keep your breakfasts, lunches and dinner simple and consistent. This does not mean you have to eat the same thing for each meal; just stick to a formula: Smoothies for breakfast, salads or leftovers for lunch, and grain bowls for dinner.

A raw vegan diet consists of unprocessed, raw plant foods that have not been heated above 40–49 °C (104–120 °F). Typical foods included in raw food diets are fruits, vegetables, nuts, seeds, and sprouted grains and legumes. Among raw vegans are subgroups, such as "fruitarians", "juicearians", or "sproutarians".

Plant-based burgers should be cooked until reaching an internal temperature of 160ºF as measured with a digital thermometer.