Today is a quick break from regularly scheduled recipes! Since I’m still on vacation and haven’t been able to put together a recipe post, I wanted to give a little introduction to Vegan MoFo and my blog’s theme for the month of September.
Black Bean Chipotle Stew with Pineapple Salsa Verde
Vegan MoFo (short for Vegan Month of Food) is a yearly, month-long celebration of vegan food. Both vegan and non-vegan bloggers participate by blogging as much as they can about vegan food throughout the month. The goal is to post every weekday and flood the internet with vegan awesomeness. This is my second time participating.
For this year, I chose to go with the theme of Legume Appreciation Month. The humble legume is an important part of a balanced vegan diet, and I am paying homage to legumes’ nutritional and culinary awesomeness by celebrating them in recipes ranging from simple to surprising. This month on my blog will run the whole gamut from breakfast to dessert, and I hope it will inspire you to sneak more legumes into your diet! I’m afraid that with my full-time job and marathon training I cannot post 5 times per week (and I’m sure you’d get tired of me at that point anyway). So my goal is to post about 3 times per week instead, which is still a little bit more than usual.
Baked Tequila Lime Tofu Tacos with Chipotle Crema
The legume family is larger than you might think, as you’ll find out here throughout September, so I hope you’ll stick around for the both expected and unexpected legume recipes that I have planned. I hope you’ll also check out the other bloggers who are participating – you can find a complete list on the Vegan MoFo website, and there are options to browse individual blogs, or even to import an RSS feed consisting of everyone who is joining this year.
Tomorrow, I will be back with my crowd-pleasing, crock pot (un)refried beans! I’m so excited to get started. In the meantime, here are a few of my favorite legume recipes from the blog:
Chipotle Black Bean Stew – black beans (pictured above)
Baked Tequila Lime Tofu Tacos – tofu (soybeans) (pictured above)
Everything Bagel Hummus – chickpeas
Loaded Greek Chickpea Pancakes – chickpeas
Mango Curry Hummus Quinoa Bowls – chickpeas
Peanut Butter & Banana Soft Pretzels – peanuts
Samosa Stuffed Bell Peppers – tamarind
Spring Vegetable Barley Salad – haricot verts (green beans)
Vegan Cucumber Salad with Chickpeas and Fresh Dill – chickpeas
White Bean Flatbread with Hummus & Tapenade – white beans, chickpeas
Happy MoFo-ing!
I'm Shannon, the writer and photographer of Yup, it's Vegan! I'm a morning person based in Baltimore, USA. My mission is to create healthy plant-based recipes that anyone would enjoy, using seasonal produce with inspiration from global flavors.
rika@vm says
Happy VeganMofo and yay for your 2nd time! What an interesting theme, I can’t wait to see your recipes using legumes! They all look delicious!
Liane says
Love your theme! Aah I´m so excited. I love vegan MoFo 🙂
Shannon @ Yup, it's Vegan says
Thank you! Happy MoFo 🙂
Katie @ Produce on Parade says
OMG, is Legume Appreciation Month a real thing? Because if it is, that is incredibly awesome! I can’t wait to see all the legumy recipes you have to offer!
Shannon @ Yup, it's Vegan says
Haha, not that I know of! I just really appreciate them personally! Maybe we should start it 🙂
Kari @ bite-sized thoughts says
I’m so glad you’re participating in Vegan MoFo 🙂 I love your theme too, and as I definitely love legumes, will look forward to seeing what you share!
Shannon @ Yup, it's Vegan says
Happy MoFo, Kari =]
Rachel from The Judgmental Vegan says
LOVE the theme! Such a fantastic idea. I’m especially intrigued to see how you incorporate them into breakfast. In Costa Rica, the national dish is gallo pinto which is rice and beans fried rice style and it’s usually eaten at breakfast….sooooo good. By the way, the Baked Tequila Lime Tofu Tacos with Chipotle Crema sound out of this world. You had me at tequila 🙂
Shannon @ Yup, it's Vegan says
Thanks, Rachel 🙂 I’ve had (a probably inauthentic version of) gallo pinto before it was awesome!! I’m hoping my breakfast bean recipes will be a little sneakier, but kind of flying by the seat of my pants with the recipes for now =] I agree, tequila makes everything better!
Cheryl says
Oh my goodness, ALL of those recipes look amazing. I thought I was finished with my meal planning for this week but it seems I’ll be making a few changes.. And I can’t believe you’re training for a marathon! You’re such a badass. Just saying. You should change your blog name to Vegan Badass, so we’ll have a Vegan Mofo and a Vegan Badass and…..
I should cool it on the coffee, eh?
Shannon @ Yup, it's Vegan says
Thank you! We all know that the marathon running is just so that I can eat more food!! Vegan Badass would be such a good blog name, but I’m afraid I wouldn’t really live up to the hype =P
Lindsay @ KitchenOperas says
I LOVE LOVE LOVE your theme, and can’t wait to see what you post. And I’m off to check out those tacos…mmmmmmm 🙂
Happy Vegan MoFo!!!
Shannon @ Yup, it's Vegan says
Thanks so much, Lindsay!
Cadry says
Great theme! It’s always fun to discover new ways of using beans since we eat so many of them around here. Happy MoFo!
Shannon @ Yup, it's Vegan says
Thanks 🙂 I don’t know where I’d be without beans!
janet @ the taste space says
Bring on the beans! 🙂
Shannon @ Yup, it's Vegan says
Happy MoFo, Janet! 🙂