Becoming vegan – even if it’s just for a month, or even just aiming to eat more plant based to kick-start your year of healthier eating, can seem daunting.
But cooking with plant-based alternatives, whipping up delicious dishes and choosing to eat healthily doesn’t have to be difficult or expensive.
When you shop at Aldi, eating a plant-based diet won’t cost you the earth, as they have a huge variety of tasty vegan products on offer at great value prices.
Discover just how affordable and great-tasting it can be to eat well at Britain’s ‘Best Value for Money’ supermarket (2019 winner of Best Value for Money Supermarket in the Moneywise Home Finance awards)
From fresh vegetables to a great range of exotic spices, flavours and excellent quality food cupboard staples, all without the premium pricetag, you can discover just how affordable and great-tasting it can be to eat well at Britain’s ‘Best Value for Money’ supermarket (2019 winner of Best Value for Money Supermarket in the Moneywise Home Finance awards).
To help you turn your shopping list into an original meal idea for every day of the week, here are Aldi’s most delicious plant-based recipes and products that are so simple you’ll see that Veganuary is more than just a month…
1. Aubergine and Coconut Peanut Curry
Nothing in the fridge for a vegan feast? It’s easy to whip up a rich and flavoursome homemade curry using just a few of your food cupboard essentials from Aldi.
Combining coconut milk, paprika spices, curry powder and peanuts with chunky slices of aubergines in a wok can easily make a gourmet-style dish for date night.
2. Slow Cooker Vegan Bean & Vegetable Chilli
For a veg-packed alternative to a traditional chilli, prepare a vegan bean meal that will quickly become your new go-to recipe. With minimal prep time, this dish slow cooks to fill your home with an enticing aroma and when it gets to the dinner table, it’s as nutritious as it is delicious with ingredients that are low in carbs and low in sugar.
3. Sri Lankan Style Curried Cauliflower
Proving itself surprisingly adaptable, the humble cauliflower is fast becoming the trendiest pick in the vegetable aisle.
Sub your usual meat for this popular plant to make a Sri Lankan Style Curry by cooking gently in a shallow sauce for 25 minutes and watch as this formerly underrated vegetable becomes the star of a sumptuous Eastern-inspired dish.
4. Marrakesh Aubergines
Whip up a mouth-watering Moroccan feast using courgettes and aubergines from the fresh food aisle at Aldi and in a few simple steps you’ll have a healthy alternative to traditional pasta or potato bake with 20 minutes prep time.
It’s perfect after a long day when you can simply pop it in the oven and watch the magic happen!
5. Roasted Squash, Kale and Broccoli with Seeds
Using the humble butternut squash as a base, this dish will feel like a sweet and zingy treat.
Roasting the squash and broccoli gives them a rich, slightly chard flavour and the seeds are marinaded in mayle syrup before being toasted.
Then all that is needed is the addition of lightly fried kale and soy sauce, white wine vinegar, paprika and cumin to transform this into a meal of wonderful flavour. Oh, and you can prep it in 15 minutes and cook it in 25, making it perfect for a midweek dinner.
6. Vegan burgers and pizzas
Fancy a delicious meal but just can’t face cooking after a long day? Or want to have your normal Friday ‘film and pizza night’ but still want to stay plant based? Don’t worry, Aldi have you covered.
From juicy vegan burgers to vegan pizzas and even some mouth-watering non-dairy ice cream made with coconut cream. Choose from Chocolate Brownie or Coconut Caramel with dark chocolate chunks. Yum! Everything you need for that Friday night in.
Head to your local Aldi store or check out their website for more surprising vegan alternatives (think Peanut Butter, Belmont Ginger Nuts and Snackrite Bacon Rashers, and even wine!)
7. Banana and Peanut Butter Vegan Pancakes
Worried about missing out on that weekend breakfast treat? Well, Aldi have the solution with their Vegan pancake recipe.
While traditional pancakes use eggs, milk and sometimes butter, these seriously more-ish alternatives use bananas, peanut butter and soya milk to create something just as good – if not better – than the original.
Ready from start to finish in just 15 minutes, serve with peanut butter and fresh sliced banana or any fruit of your choosing.
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