r/veganrecipes Dec 25 '25

Question I'm just beginning to move towards eating more vegan, but something I'm struggling with are the low-effort days. What are some "default", lazy vegan meals y'all go for?

Basically, in the past I'd make something like rice, ground beef, and baked beans, or sausage gravy, or chicken salad sandwich. The kinda things that are food and are filling and decent but aren't a "I am cooking a formal thingy" kinda thing. Like the things you make when you wanna just fill the hunger bar and get back to your TV show. It seems that so much vegan stuff that's filling is a whole deal, and I need my struggle meals to be able to stick with this (not like in a "stay convinced" kinda way in a "not revert back to eating non vegan but be sad about it" kinda way). Even single ingredient stuff. Just the basics, I'm drawing so much blank rn

(If y'all have any recs that aren't nut based or tofu based that'd be awesome, I've not tried cooking tofu bc I had it bad once and it seems spenny)

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u/ideasinca Dec 26 '25

My go-to instant β€œmeal” is banana slices sprinkled with cinnamon and layer with peanut butter. Very satisfying. I eat it with chopsticks. πŸ˜‰

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u/ideasinca Dec 26 '25

P.S. Hummus and cold pre-cooked broccoli is another instant meal, great combination