Vegan Soul Food Recipes

Black History Month (BHM) and Juneteenth are celebrations of Black Culture and the Africa diaspora’s: the history, culture and food.

Plant-based southern comfort food at its finest. We are sharing over 25+ Black vegan soul food recipe maker to amplify and honor the food traditions of African Americans.

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What Is Soul Food?
Foods Connection With The African Diaspora
Can Soul Food Be Vegan?
Can Vegan Soul Food Be Healthy?
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Shad & I are Atlanta natives, the heart of the south. Good southern soul food is at the core of our family traditions and gatherings. Memories of our grandmothers' cooking our favorite dishes and us carrying the tradition forward by veganizing some of our favorite soul food recipes to share with you.

What Is Soul Food?

“The expression "soul food" originated in the mid-1960s, when "soul" was a common word used to describe African-American culture. At its core, soul food is down-home cooking that's been passed down through many generations, with its roots in the rural South” Millie Peartree & Felicia Lalomia

Soul food staples: collard greens, black eyed peas, sweet potatoes, corn, peaches, and cornbread just to name a few, are staple food items that were cheap leftover foods given to enslaved people. Meat was expensive therefore a limited item. Despite popular beliefs, black Americans are more likely to be vegan and vegetarian.

Foods Connection With The African Diaspora

Soul food connects us to each other, our ancestors and carries us into the future. It is how we show reverence, celebrate the major and everyday moments of our lives, and care and love for one another.

The smells and tastes of good luck, prosperity and good health in the New Year. Familiar foods and recipes reimagined. The recipes are the future but the tastes are calling back to the past.

Can Soul Food Be Vegan?

Yes absolutely “the African Heritage diet is a way of eating based on the healthy food traditions of people with African roots. This healthy way of eating is powerfully nutritious and delicious, and naturally meets the guidelines experts recommend for supporting good health. However, over the generations, many of these food traditions have been lost with the inﬂuences of modern American eating habits.” www.oldwayspt.org

Robin Sparks creator of Collards Are The Old Kale has a wonderful website dedicated to this delicious diet.

Can Vegan Soul Food Be Healthy?

Yes, vegan soul food can be healthy as well as delicious. Soul Food's foundation is vegetables with small amounts of meat as flavoring. Without deep frying or the additional of extra calories from heavy creams and butter the caloric intake can remain low. But what about the favor, right? You can still get all the flavor you need and want with aromatics like onion, garlic, peppers, spices and herbs.