Polenta with fresh veggies (WFPB)

I’m new to polenta but found it to be delicious and this meal lasted me for three days!

This easy, creamy vegan cream cheese is super easy to make and packed with protein! Customize with add-ins like herbs or fruit and serve on your favorite bagel. This tofu cream cheese recipe was contributed by Liz and Paul Madsen of Zardyplants, a vegan food blog.

The easiest, tastiest and cheapest vegan bacon I’ve ever encountered: RICE PAPER BACON!

This is a vegan version of a traditional challah recipe — it is made without eggs. It has also been designed to be completely handmade, no machines necessary.

A delicious savory twist on traditional hamantaschen, these really do taste like pizza. Use any vegan cheese you like (see notes section if you want to make your own) and tomato to make a delicious Purim-perfect pizza roll.

This super easy plate of Apple Nachos is perfect for Tu BiShvat! You can add many of The Seven Sacred Foods (Shivat HaMinim) mentioned in Deuteronomy / Devarim chapter 8 in the Torah. It also makes a great snack any other time of year.

This vegan braided challah is filled with dried fruit like dates, figs, apricots, toasted walnut and orange zest. It is perfect for Tu BiShvat, the new year of the trees in the Jewish tradition, when people eat from the fruit of Israel to remember the country’s abundance.

This latke combines Jewish tradition with Indian, as it is inspired by the Indian pakora snack.

Vegan Gondi, Chickpea Dumpling Stew, is a Persian-Jewish Shabbat hors d’oeuvres. It is typically made with chicken, however, it has been veganized using ground cauliflower and chickpea flour. It can be served alone as a stew or along with basmati rice.

Enter the latke recipe from The Vegan Table by Colleen Patrick Goudreau. Her recipe included ground flax as a binder, which freed the potato pancake from its floury, glutinous density. In fact, these latkes were exactly as I remembered them, light, crispy, and the perfect compliment to a dollop of applesauce. I am sharing her recipe in all its glory, so you too can have the perfect vegan latkes this year.