When switching to a plant-based diet there will always be certain things that we used to eat before and now are desperately looking for alternatives. Healthy vegan spreads to put on your toast in the morning are definitely one of them. Thanks to the recent boom in vegan products, more and more supermarket chains in bigger cities carry vegan spreads like cheese-free pestos, olive tapenade, peanut butter etc. However, if you’re looking for healthy and wholesome plant-based spreads that aren’t full of additives, refined sugar, palm-oil, sodium and gluten, the struggle is real. Many of my followers have requested healthy vegan spreads for awhile now, that’s why I decided to finally dedicate a whole post & video to give you guys some tasty options! 🙂
The great thing about all of these 6 healthy vegan spreads is that you’ll only need about 4-5 ingredients each and it will take you only about 5 minutes to make them! How great is that? You can literally whip them up freshly in the morning, prepare the ingredients the night before and store them for later use in the fridge! 🙂 All you’ll need is a high-speed blender and voilà!
Personally, I have a very sweet tooth so I like to start my day sweet, but, since many of you guys (including my boyfriend) feel the opposite way I decided to also include a whole variety of savoury spreads.
There already are a few amazing and very simple spreads that you can add to the list, like my delicious Cashew Cream Cheese or 2-way-Hummus, but these 6 spreads are next level tasty and a great addition to your daily meals or party platters.
Feel free to chose between sweet & creamy Nutella, cherry chia jam, such as savoury turmeric-bean, avocado-tahini, lentil-sun-dried-tomato and beetroot-sunflower spreads! 🙂 So simple yet so delicious. Of course, all of them are oil-free, gluten-free, wholesome, naturally sweetened and amazingly healthy. And the most fun part, as always, is to decorate them with your favourite fruits, veggies, nuts and seeds.
If you decide to give these beauties a try, let me know! Leave a comment and rate it – it’s so helpful to me and other readers. And don’t forget to take a picture and tag it #thetastyk on Instagram! I love seeing what you come up with. Cheers and enjoy!
- Creamy Nutella:
- 1 cup raw or toasted hazelnuts
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- ¼ cup raw cacao powder
- ⅛ cup date syrup, to taste
- ⅓ cup full-fat coconut cream
- ⅛ tsp Himalayan salt
Turmeric-Bean:- 1 cup canned white beans, rinsed and drained
- 3 Tbsp lemon juice
- 2 Tbsp tahini
- 1 tsp mustard (mild or spicy)
- spices: 1 Tbsp turmeric powder, ¼ tsp salt, ⅛ tsp pepper, ½ tsp onion
- & garlic powder
- A dash of water (as needed)
Beetroot-Sunflower-Ginger:- 1 medium roasted beetroot
- ⅓ cup sunflower seeds, soaked overnight
- 1 tsp ginger, minced
- 2 cloves of garlic (optional)
- A dash of water (as needed)
- salt & pepper to taste
Avocado-Tahini-Lemon:- ½ ripe avocado
- 1 tsp tahini
- ½ tsp lemon juice
- salt, pepper
Lentil-Tomato:- 1 cup cooked red split lentils
- 5 sun-dried tomatoes, soaked in water
- 1 tsp wholegrain mustard
- 1 Tbsp lemon juice
- 1 tsp tomato paste
- ⅛ tsp salt
- A dash of water (as needed)
Cherry-Maple Chia Jam:- 350g frozen cherries
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 5 Tbsp chia seeds, plus more if needed
- 1 Tbsp lemon juice
- 2-3 Tbsp maple syrup or pure date syrup, to taste
- For the Creamy Nutelly, Turmeric-Bean, Beetroot-Sunflower and Lentil-Tomato spreads simply place all the ingredients in a high-speed blender and blend until you got a creamy spread. Adjust spices and water/ liquids according to your own preference.
- For the Cherry Chia Jam follow these instructions.
- For the Avocado-Tahini spread, simply mash the avocado with a fork into a creamy paste, add tahini, lemon juice and spices and combine.
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I want the recipe for bread they are on. Please. Looks yummy.
Sorry it’s store bought bread 🙂 It’s called pumpernickel though, maybe you find it!
Thank you so much for these delicious recipies. I am excited to try them. I have been a junk food vegan for the last year+ so healthy yummy recipes like these will help me get back on track.
🙂 That’s amazing to hear! You can do it!
They all look yu.my will certainly try them.
I loved the avocado recipe and so did the grandkids with tons of carrots to boot. Adults added a pinch of red pepper. Thx!
Yay! Sounds amazing 🙂 Happy everyone liked it!
I don’t like tahini. Is there a good substitute? Maybe avacado or walnuts?
How long do these spreads keep in a sealed jar? The Beetroot one and the Bean and Lentil ones are scrummy…need to try the others now too!!
So happy to hear you like them! 🙂 I’d say 3-4 days in the fridge