Taking the classic chicken salad and perfecting the balance between sweet and savory, creamy and crunchy, herbaceous and well-seasoned, you'd never know this version is completely vegan.

Nothing hits the spot quite like cold soba noodles on a hot summer's day. This easy, refreshing bento box makes an ideal meatless meal, ready to grab and go when the heat is on.

This classic yoshoku (Western-style Japanese food) bowl-in-one gets a meatless, eggless upgrade. It's an easy, healthy, and deeply comforting meal you can whip up on the fly, with pretty much anything you have on hand.

Colorful, crisp vegetables sit comfortably on a bed of fluffy cilantro rice, with a hearty scoop of black beans for a complete protein complement. Rich, thick avocado crema gets packed alongside to keep everything fresh, but I wouldn't blame you for breaking out the chips to polish off the final drops. It's everything you could ask for in a properly loaded burrito, minus the grease, stodgy flour tortilla, and potential wrap malfunctions. Easily double the quantities to maximize your time and efforts to make twice as many meals at once.

Combine macaroni and cheese with macaroni salad to create the best summer side dish EVER! You'll want save this recipe for years to come.

Skip the beans and try seeds to shake up your falafel routine! Lightly crisped on the outside but lusciously tender and moist on the inside, they’re a welcome change of pace from the typically heavy, often grease, fried variety.

This gluten-free “noodle” dish showcases carrots in place of pasta. It’s reminiscent of a New York-style, Chinese restaurant favorite and it makes a quick, delicious first course, side dish or light luncheon entrée.

Warming, well-seasoned but not spicy, the golden curry dressing brightens a riot of textures, from the crunch of toasted cashews to the toothsome grains of rice, crisp carrot strings to the tender green peas and chewy dried fruit. It's a daring, seemingly discordant combination, a diverse set of distinctive characters, that somehow manage to work together in delicious harmony.

Modeled after meatballs but inspired by tacos, each bite-sized morsel turns the classically meaty, spicy, typically messy dish into easy finger food.

These crunchy, compulsively munchable crispy nuggets will win convince anyone that tofu makes the best meat around. Pantry staples transform into restaurant-quality breading that's thick and satisfying yet surprisingly light, that exterior coating reveals and impossibly moist, juicy golden nugget within.

Cooked chickpeas are soaked in a classic pickle brine overnight before being slowly roasted to crunchy perfection. A full battery of herbs and spices join the mix, creating a balanced flavor profile that’s far more satisfying than your average salty snack. Full of good stuff like fiber and protein, a handful will happily keep hunger at bay, and help you resist the urge to plunge into the pickle jar for a direct injection of sodium.

Soft, sweet, and simple, these mini chocolate chip muffins are a comforting taste of childhood. Call it a cupcake if you please, but don't let that stop you from enjoying them at breakfast time, too!

An edible island escape, the sprightly combination of pineapple, mango, and banana found within each Tropical Sunset frozen fruit snack transforms a pile of shredded coconut into an nutritious and delicious bite of paradise. These coconut macaroons couldn’t be more simple to craft, which is why they suit this no-nonsense source of inspiration so well.

Big batch advanced prep is a big part of the appeal for chia pudding. Mix it up en masse, chill, and enjoy as desired for a full week. Cool and creamy, it's an ideal healthy treat to eat on the fly, straight out of the fridge or on the go. By breaking it down into separate, single-serving containers, you get that same convenience with the flexibility to infuse each sweet spoonful with completely different flavors.

Soft and sweet yet made without gluten or refined sugars, you don't need to be a master of physics to know that these homemade fig bars are far better than the average Newton.