Healthy Meals for Stressful Days! (easy & satisfying)

This video features 5 wonderfully easy vegan meal ideas. Perfect for lazy or stressful days. Quick plant based frittatas, gochujang tofu toast, spicy protein pasta, crispy coconut tofu mango chili noodle and caesar salad type sandwiches. So yum. We’re also using very similar ingredients all throughout this video so you should be able to recreate all of these in no time! Enjoy!
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INGREDIENTS & NOTES
#1 Korean BBQ Style Avocado Toast 0:00
300g plain tofu
1 tbsp cornstarch
⅓ tsp vegetable broth powder / vegeta seasoning
1 tbsp veg oil
¾ tsp gochujang (or to taste)
2 tsp soy sauce
1 tsp rice syrup or sugar
1 tsp vinegar
for the toast:
2-4 sliced bread of choice
1 avocado (or a few tbsp hummus/vg cream cheese)
optional: vegan feta, spring onion chopped, roasted sesame seeds
→ serves 1-2
#2 Spicy Lentil Pasta 2:44
2 small shallots
1-2 cloves garlic
1 tbsp olive oil
¼ - ⅓ tsp chili flakes (or to taste)
1 can finely chopped Italian tomatoes (400g = 14oz)
2 bay leaves
up to ½ cup (125ml) pasta water
1 handful basil
1 tsp sugar or maple syrup (or to taste)
generous pinch of salt (or to taste)
50 - 75g lentil pasta* (½ cup - ¾ cup)
50 -75g regular pasta (½ cup - ¾ cup)
2-3 handfuls fresh baby spinach
generous pinch of salt for the pasta water
*make sure the two pasta types roughly cook around the same time, a few min difference is okay!
serves 1-2
#3 Spicy Mango & Coconut Tofu Noodles 4:48
for the tofu:
400g firm plain tofu (14oz)
½ cup non dairy milk (125ml)
1 tbsp sriracha
1 tbsp white wine vinegar
1 tbsp soy sauce
½ cup (50g) shredded coconut
½ cup (60g) panko bread crumb
1 tbsp cornstarch
1 tbsp nutritional yeast
½ tsp salt or vegetable broth powder
1 tbsp vegetable oil, sprinkled over the breaded tofu
for the dressing:
2 ½ tbsp soy sauce
1 tbsp white wine vinegar
1 tbsp rice or maple syrup
1 tbsp olive oil
1 tsp roasted sesame seeds
2 tbsp water
175g noodles of choice (6.2oz)
½ mango, cut into thin strips
1 medium carrot, cut into thin strips
1-2 handfuls cilantro, minced
#4 Caesar Salad Toast 7:44
3 handfuls lettuce, chopped
for the dressing:
2 tbsp unsweetened soy yogurt
1-2 tsp olive oil
1 tbsp white wine vinegar
½ tsp mustard
pinch of salt
dash of black pepper
½ tsp rice or agave syrup
also:
2-4 bread slices of choice
hummus or vg cream cheese
~ ½ block smoked tofu, shredded finely (100g = 3.5oz)
optional: tomato or cucumber slices, pickled onions
serves 1-2
#5 Filled Vegan Omelet 10:08
1-2 small bell pepper
1 handful cremini mushrooms
~ ½ tofu (100g = 3.5oz)
oil for the pan
1-2 handfuls fresh spinach
for the batter:
60g glutinous rice flour
½ tsp baking powder
¼ tsp salt
¼ tsp kala namak (black salt)
100ml non dairy milk
2 tsp white wine vinegar
1 tbsp soft vegan cream cheese (or thick vg yogurt)
Sprinkle meal with a pinch of kala namak before serving!
Lil disclaimer: I'm no nutritionist or health professional, what works for me may not work for you, i always encourage you to adapt these recipes and measurements and serving sizes to your liking. thanks for watching!
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Happy birthday Mina 🥂🎉

[@Mina_Rome]

Thank youuuu 💜

[@triptripp1873]

My brother turned 25 as well a couple days ago, gotta say, I didn't expect my 12am happy birthday to turn into a therapy session with me sitting on the bed and him curled up in the blankets talking to me about his existential crisis. But we ended up having a really nice conversation, you are so young when you are 25. But you have also gotten so far! Appreciate all that you have learned, and let all that knowledge and experience excite you for your future! Happy birthday ❤

[@Mina_Rome]

Oh gosh that sounds too relatable ahaha thank u 🥲 I think I’ve just accepted the fact that I’ll prob never feel my age and that that’s okay! Oh and happy belated to your brother he’s lucky to have u 🤠❤️

[@agatavalente2967]

Arrabbiata is actually a vegan pasta dish ( from Lazio , region where im from). It's made of garlic ( we use a whole one and that we remove it from the stove, olive oil, tomato sauce ( passata will work), chili peppers and parsley . I recommand u to try the recipe :) Greetings from Rome 😊

[@Mina_Rome]

Yesss all the garlic pls

[@agatavalente2967]

@@Mina_Rome then tell me if u liked the recipe ;)

[@ingamelinaschulze6938]

yes i would love to see a matcha video!!

[@Mina_Rome]

Yayyy 🍵

[@lillicarolin8541]

LOVE the mikesmic reference

[@rachelbarker5143]

Happy birthday Mina! 🎂 🎉Always love your recipes - they’re really inspiring, and most importantly actually achievable! 😁 Would you ever consider doing a video about what you buy for a weeks groceries cause I would find that super useful too 😊 thanks for the great ideas as always x

[@ryleel.1390]

Happy 25th!! You deserve all the rest and happiness in the world for what you do for us! Love you girl, keep being the absolute inspiration you are! ❤❤❤

[@Mina_Rome]

Thank you dear 🥺💜

[@e.p.5862]

I love how I watch so many of your videos that I always have most of the things you're using at home anyways :D makes it so much easier to try new recipes! Thanks for continuously coming up with great new things without going totally crazy on the ingredients :) Also, happy belated birthday!! I'm turning 30 this year, and I'm ashamed to say that I'm currently falling into just the same what-have-I-done-with-my-life trap like most of us do around that time. But honestly: We'll be fine. 25 might as well be the best year of your life, and so might 30 be for me. Sending lots of love xx

[@xenawang_]

Happy birthday Mina! Everything looked so delicious as always :)

[@clarewang8362]

Happy 25th birthday. Life is still amazing for you! I actually have been watching your videos for a few yrs. Love you!

[@ferbfletcher3151]

Mikes Mic is Iconic! Great Recipes that Tofu Toast looks soo good!!! 😊 Happy Birthday btw!!!

[@nanacazume5324]

Happy birthday Mina! ❤

[@runagrundelunde4055]

Diese Videos sind immer sooo toll. Danke

[@naturalawakeningstwincities]

Nice and great addition to our favorites!

[@shedaydreaming]

I’m in the middle of exam season and i’m really stressed out rn and I was considering skipping dinner, since i don’t have the time to drive anywhere to get take out so this appearing as soon as i opened youtube was perfect, thank you so much!!

[@naturalawakeningstwincities]

Enjoy your exams! Eat right!

[@viivi4196]

happy late birthday! also, so happy you're continuing to read percy jackson books

[@dreamysol]

happy birthday mina!! i hope you had a wonderful day 🫶🏾

[@FUsumisu]

I made the tofu noodles today and I will be making it in the future because I really loved it ❤

[@maimichue]

This looks like full on cooking to me. Everything that needs more than one pan/pot + cutting board and/or takes over 15 minutes actually. It looks great, but not for lazy/stressful days.

[@tobiliu1]

Great recipes Mina and happy quarter century 🎉

[@Ticcalein]

I would love a matcha video! And also: Happy Birthday! 🎉

[@mariafernandabustamante5790]

love it!! thank you for the ideas and happy 25!!🎉

[@Mina_Rome]

Thanks 🤓❤️

[@esmeevm]

a delicious recipe from madeleine olivia that i kind of altered: cut up some onion, bake in a pan with oil for a couple mins and add some cut up sundried tomatoes (the kind thats in oil in a jar). take off the heat and add sundried tomato-flavoured hummus. add this to some cooked pasta and serve with some spinach or basil on top. to thin out the sauce i like to add some of the oil from the sundried tomatoes as well, and to make it a bit higher in protein i like to use pasta made from chickpeas, but i'm not sure if that's common in different countries

[@msunogueirap]

happy bday mina! i’d love a matcha video 🥹

[@professorthread]

Happy birthday! Something I wish someone had told me at 25 is the next few years of adulthood will be completely transformative. You'll go through a lot personally, but you'll be so much better for it on the other side and so much happier. I hope you had a good birthday!

[@joeyq9953]

Mina Rome = inspiring 🙌🏻

[@jamiecee4960]

Happy Belated Birthday. The food looked really good.

[@JessNolan96]

Hope you had a lovely birthday girly ❤❤

[@nomsodka]

they look delicious omg i have to try them! also happy birthday 🎁

[@Mina_Rome]

Yay lmk how it goes!! And thank you :)

[@yohhhanna3326]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MINA

[@domine_7838]

hi mina!! i never comment, but i love your content! i've been watching you for several years now, and about a year ago I was diagnosed with some health issues that restrict me from eating gluten. i see your recipes and it inspires me to make them into a gluten-free version! :) if you have the time or want to try it, i'd love to see you make gluten-free dishes too! like maybe turning a typically gluten-y meal into something without gluten?

[@mariebourgot4949]

Thanks for the video! :)

[@kecrn4132]

Yes please do a match video!! I love matcha latte and tried to make an iced one…. It did not go so well!!

[@DidiTheTriniDN]

Love them 🎉

[@theetravelhippie]

that omelet looks sooo gooood. happy birthday!!

[@unnchy_]

Last recipe was my fave! And yes I want to see matcha video please! Also, hope you had fun on your bday! You are only 3y older than me and sometimes it feels impossible that we got so deep in 20s …

[@louisevillafana5608]

I'd love to see a wholseme matcha latte video 🤩

[@kitmcgee9127]

Happy birthday!!! ❤

[@estherberry_]

mango, cilantro and noodles😍sooo refreshing for summer! (happy birthday!!)

[@Mina_Rome]

It’s so good! And thank u!!

[@haileywatson5822]

Happy belated birthday!!❤❤

[@Mina_Rome]

thank you

[@demimii2860]

Yes matcha video - would love to see some drink recipes!

[@C.DWoods]

Happy belated birthday mina

[@Mina_Rome]

Thank u!!

[@vreniblack8955]

Happy Birthday! 🥳🥳 In Bayern war der 25. Geburtstag früher das Schachtelfest, weil man dann als unverheiratete Frau als alte Schachtel galt😆 gut, dass wir da heute nicht mehr so denken und beurteilt werden 😅

[@Mina_Rome]

😂🫠🫠🫠

[@lethe6188]

Alles Gute nachträglich🥳☺️

[@Mina_Rome]

dankö :)

[@elsae6188]

Would LOVE a matcha vid btw

[@Mina_Rome]

noted!!

[@ilanacox9055]

2:44 italian pasta - fry onion and garlic in olive oil with chilli flakes (5 min). add can of tomatoes. season and simmer for 15 min. cook pasta. add 1/2 cup or less pasta water to sauce. add fresh basil and sweetener. mix pasta with sauce and add baby spinach. serve with grated parmesan. more options: fry eggplant or zucchini or carrot with onion at beginning. add in can of lentils at end for protein - if not using lentil pasta. mash lentils up a bit. add walnuts. oregano.

[@stevep3591]

Yes on the matcha please

[@angelikadorinasule4494]

It was a really good video

[@itslisa_h]

damn im gonna make all of these thank youuu

[@Marq91F]

Sehr lecker, da werde ich einiges ausprobieren! Und tolles Messer!

[@pembertonbray4603]

Happy birthday. My 25th year was 2005 and was full of partying and questionable behavior. Live your life to the fullest. Have fun. Have lots of stories to tell at the nursing home.

[@stormyviolety]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY GEMINI SIS 💜 🎂🎉

[@Mina_Rome]

Thank u 😎❤️

[@JonesLeFae]

Happy birthday! That means you are just almost exactly a year younger than my oldest daughter. Her birthday is June 2 and she turned 26. 🎉

[@mariannewaszak8253]

Happy 25th Birthday !!!!!

[@eliezerkraiman414]

Happy birthday!

[@Mina_Rome]

thank youuu!

[@savannahbluebell9840]

Happy birthday 🎉

[@minoua]

Your videos are so comforting! What’s that thing you used to drizzle the oil at 6:30? :)

[@liuszuling]

I cracked up at your lid😂 11:27

[@justtrynalive]

So it was funny how u said u liked coriander and i was watching your videos while eating breakfast which was savoury oats where i did put some coriander lmao as an indian i love coriander ! Also happy birthday!

[@BethAge95]

Welcome to the dark side of 25 ;) Thank you for sharing these delicious looking recipes :)

[@nataliaochenkowska570]

Macha video - yeee!❤

[@benblack28]

matcha video plssss yes yes yes 🍵💚

[@TheKopciuszek3]

🤤🤤🤤🤤🤤 so deliciously ❤

[@Mina_Rome]

yes!!

[@lele9443]

I‘d love to see a matcha Video 😍

[@elsae6188]

Who else spotted the kiki music in the pasta recipe part 👀

[@galitjustme695]

You are so young! Way too early for an existential crisis. Happy birthday and thanks for the ideas!

[@georginapostlethwaite3553]

Number 3 🤤🤤🤤

[@Mary-eg5hr]

What is the purpose of rice syrup in the dishes? Also, top tier Mikes mic reference

[@parannoyedkid]

Will there actually be a Berlin vegan food guide soon?:)

[@anita_fumeta_uwu5029]

Is not that I don’t feel like cooking, is that I don’t feel like living

[@anavarga7533]

me over here happy she is using vegeta hahahaha in my country ( Romania) we use it A LOT 😂❤

[@crystalclinton4481]

Happiest of Birthdays 🥳 Did you know it’s national sausage day today too😅

[@TamaraKis-bv3qs]

Vegeta is a Croatian product 😊

[@martinastargazer]

What's the brand of the fake tattoos? 😍 Happy birthday btw🌸

[@NEIYUWN]

Ps Everyone would love to see a macha video ❤😂

[@catherinesara2023]

Where do you buy your tofu?

[@caualves05]

Parcels 🥰🥰🥰

[@lottalacht9961]

You could do a video about three ingredient meals made vegan ❤

[@Mina_Rome]

three ingredients is so hardddd hahaha :)

[@dennishantke5608]

which vegan Parmesan do you use?

[@Mina_Rome]

Bio vegeatal is the brand :) found it at denns!

[@smiloamahle]

HBD girl ❤can I ask a favour can make like kpop food like their titles like ice cream by blackpink ❤thanks

[@choartemi]

when you skipped the step of toasting the bread I cried a little

[@Mina_Rome]

thought of you when choosing to not toast

💖💖💖🌷✨

[@Amber-zc3xj]

I just hit 30 this month. It still hasn't fully set it tbh.

[@emmy.vosper]

Your shopping list must be so interesting.. ‘I need olive oil, every single vegetable in the supermarket, and 5 blocks of tofu’

[@Mina_Rome]

my shopping lists are always a bit unhinged depending on what video i need to film haha

[@NEIYUWN]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY 🌟🌹🌕❤️‍🔥❤️🪽🌹👑

[@Mina_Rome]

🫶🫶🫶

[@paraDice145]

Wait, is your birthday the 4th or the 5th? 😅

[@paraDice145]

Or another day entirely? 😆

[@NejaMs]

I loved you until you started talking about coriander as a superior herb.. ☠️ 😆 Happy birthday Mina!!

[@Mina_Rome]

I’m just as shocked what is happening to me hahaha 🫶

[@nstar.]

VEGETA🔛🔝🫶

[@Bee-qm7rd]

Omg VEGETA yaaa, it´s from Croatia and it´s not eastern europe hahah🥲 if you said Balkan then yes correct

[@bhavanisubramoney3954]

Happy birthday 🎉