Simple Five Ingredient Recipes — Dolce Vita Wellness LLC (2024)

Are you looking for some quick and easy recipes to make? Look no further! This post shares five simple vegan recipes with just five ingredients. Minimal ingredients does not mean lack of flavor. In fact, it’s quite the opposite. Who said delicious meals had to be worked on all day? These meals can be whipped up quickly and enjoyed by you or the whole family.

Simple Five Ingredient Recipes:

5 main ingredients + spices

Tip: Make sure to have a protein, starch & veggie to complete your meal

• Proteins I use are nuts, peanut butter, beans and tofu

• Healthy starches: sweet potatoes, wild rice, brown rice, barley, quinoa (avoid white!)

• Veggies: Include variety of color throughout your week and enjoy buying what is in season as it comes out (i.e. I look forward to fresh beets at farmers markets in summer). To get your 7-9 servings of fruits and vegetables per day, you can serve each meal with a salad. Salad and vinaigrette dressing recipes below. No more buying salad dressings full of additives at the grocery store. My vinaigrette dressing is so easy to make and so much healthier!

Roasted Veggies with Potatoes

• Roasted veggies of choice: some examples: broccoli, cauliflower, brussels sprouts, green beans

• Sweet potato/regular potatoes

• Chickpeas, Great Northern beans or Kidney beans (Stir in BPA free, canned, precooked beans at the end)

• Olive Oil

• Seasonings of choice: I use garlic, salt & pepper

Chickpea Stir Fry

• Chickpeas (Stir in BPA free, canned, precooked beans at the end)

• Veggies of choice, some examples: broccoli, cauliflower, brussels sprouts, green beans, carrots

• Brown, wild or jasmine rice

• Olive Oil

• Seasonings of choice: I use garlic, salt & pepper

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Curry Chickpea Stir Fry

• Chickpeas (Stir in BPA free, canned, precooked beans at the end)

• Veggies of choice, some examples: broccoli, cauliflower, brussels sprouts, green beans, carrots

• Brown, wild or jasmine rice

• Olive Oil

• Seasonings: curry, turmeric, garlic, salt & pepper

Pesto Casserole

• Banzo noodles (High in fiber and protein. Low in carbs!)

• Olive oil (around ¼ cup)

• 2 tsp of garlic powder

• Dash of salt & pepper per your desire

• 1 tsp of lemon juice

• 1 can of great northern beans

• 3 tablespoons of vegan parm

• Can throw in walnuts or pine nuts (roughly 3T) Can chop finely or throw in a food processor

Salad

• Swiss chard & spinach (or lettuce of choice)

• Beans of choice (I like garbanzo or great northern)

• Nuts of choice: walnuts, almonds, pistachios

• Shredded carrots

• Tomatoes

• Peppers

• Any other veggie of choice (aim to get a variety of colors in veggies to get as many nutrients as you can)

Vinaigrette Salad Dressing

• Drizzle olive oil over salad

• Drizzle vinegar of choice (rice, red wine or balsamic are all favorites of mine)

• Dash of salt, pepper & garlic

How to cook tofu:

• Put tofu in a cheese cloth and between two plates and store in fridge for a couple days

• Squeeze cheese cloth to get any excess water out of tofu

• Drizzle olive oil, sesame oil, garlic, salt and pepper on frying pan over medium-low heat.

• Put tofu on there and break up with a spatula so it looks almost like scrambled eggs.

• Stir around and wait for it to slightly brown.

How to cook your veggies:

• On Stove: Stir veggies in frying pan on medium heat with olive oil, salt, pepper and garlic. Stir throughout until slightly crisp/brown. (Basically to the cooked level of your liking.)

• Bake in oven: Mix with olive oil, salt, pepper and garlic. Can mix in with potatoes per below, but give potatoes about a 15 minute head start.

• Grill: Can wrap veggies, olive oil, salt, pepper and garlic in aluminum foil.

How to bake potatoes:

• In oven:

  • Cut up into quarter sized pieces.

  • Drizzle olive oil, salt, pepper and garlic.

  • Bake at 400 degrees for about 45 minutes (dependent on how fast your oven cooks)

  • Stir and flip a couple times throughout it cooking

• On stove:

  • Cut up into quarter sized pieces.

  • Drizzle olive oil, salt, pepper and garlic.

  • Stir every 5-10 minutes and cook until crisp and brown (or however you prefer your taters).

Why vegan you might ask? Read my article on benefits of a plant based diet to learn its multitude of benefits.

Happy cooking! Hope you will enjoy these simple five ingredient recipes. If you are looking for a corresponding grocery list for a weekly meal prep, download this freebie. If you need additional help on how to meal prep or eat healthy, check out my program or reach out to me for a free consultation.