Serena Yau

I’ve been vegan for 13 years. I love showing how easy plant-based eating can be.

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Chinese Comfort Foods: This week we're featuring my comfort foods!

This is what I made the week of March 9, 2025. This lasted my partner and I one week of work and dinner meals - about 5 meals each. We supplemented this all with rice, as usual!

Garlic Butter Tofu (Cantonese Style): $11.00
Braised Cabbage and Tofu: $9.36
Peanut Butter Bang Bang Broccoli: $12.56
Total Cost: $32.92
Cost Per Meal (assuming 10 meals): $3.29

NOTE: All these recipes are time tagged to *Sunday* below, as I prepped everything on a Sunday, and then combined these 3 meals throughout the week. It took me about 2.5 hours to make everything and film it, but it should take you about an hour and a half if you cook everything at the same time.

Week 5: Chinese Comfort Foods

Plant Based Chinese Classics: Instead of Three Cup Chicken, we make Three Cup Tofu. Instead of Chinese Beef Stew, it's Chinese Chickpea Stew. Instead of Mayonnaise-based Bang Bang Broccoli, we use peanut butter.

This is what I made the week of Feb 23, 2025. This lasted my partner and I one week of work and dinner meals - about 5 meals each. We supplemented this all with rice, as usual!

Three Cup Tofu: $13
Chinese Chickpea Stew: $18
Peanut Butter Bang Bang Broccoli: $12.96
Total Cost: $43.96
Cost Per Meal (assuming 10 meals): $3.51

NOTE: All these recipes are time tagged to *Sunday* below, as I prepped everything on a Sunday, and then combined these 3 meals throughout the week. It took me about 2.5 hours to make everything and film it, but it should take you about an hour and a half if you cook everything at the same time.

Week 4: Plant Based Chinese Classics

What I made the week of Jan 9 2025. This lasted my partner and I one week of work and dinner meals - about 5 meals each. I also froze the chickpeas and still have some in the freezer as of publishing this - should probably eat those soon!

These recipes are inspired by my mom: she recently visited and made this Chickpea Stew, which I didn’t expect to be so delicious. But it was great, and so cheap to make. So I decided to recreate it as part of my meal prep. For the Roasted Beets, this recipe is based on what she often makes at home. For the Bolognese, this is more just a dish that I believe every vegan should have in their repertoire.

Chickpea Stew: $12.20
Roasted Beets: $14
Brown Lentil Bolognese: $9.75
Total Cost: 35.95
Cost Per Meal (assuming 10 meals): $3.60

NOTE: All these recipes are time tagged to *Sunday* below, as I prepped everything on a Sunday, and then combined these 3 meals throughout the week. It should take about 2 hours to make this all if you prep all the ingredients at once and cook the bolognese and chickpeas on the stove at the same time, while the beets are baking.

Week 3: Inspired by Mom [Western Dishes]

What I made the week of Feb 29 2025. This lasted my partner and I one week of work and dinner meals - about 5 meals each.

Mapo Chickpeas: $11.40
Tofu and Broccoli (Cantonese Style): $18.80
Roasted Peanut Butter Cabbage: $4.85
Total Cost: 35.05
Cost Per Meal (assuming 10 meals): $3.51

NOTE: All these recipes are time tagged to *Sunday* below, as I prepped everything on a Sunday, and then combined these 3 meals throughout the week. It took me about 2.5 hours to make everything and film it, but it should take you about an hour and a half if you cook everything at the same time.

Week 2: Inspired by Chinese Classics

What I made the week of Feb 2, 2025. This lasted my partner and I a week of work and dinner meals.

Coconut Gochujang Lentils: $11.40
Chickpea Spinach Rice: $4.20
Spinach Hummus (and Pasta Sauce): $8
Total cost*: $23.60

*Cost is estimated based off of average Toronto prices as of Feb 2025.

*Dishes & Serving Options*:

Gochujang Lentils:
- With rice
- With pasta
- On its own
Spinach Hummus:
- With bread/wrap
- With pasta
- With rice
Chickpea Spinach Rice Cooker Meal (a standalone dish)

Combinations:

- Gochujang Lentils + Rice
- Gochujang Lentils + Pasta
- Spinach Hummus + Bread/Wrap
- Spinach Hummus + Pasta
- Spinach Hummus + Rice
- Chickpea Spinach Rice Cooker Meal (standalone)
- Gochujang Lentils + Spinach Hummus + Rice
- Gochujang Lentils + Spinach Hummus + Pasta
- Gochujang Lentils + Spinach Hummus + Bread/Wrap

That gives you 9 different meals using the same 3 dishes in different combos! Not bad for meal prep efficiency. Of course, you can add in additional veggies to make things more varied.

NOTE: All these recipes are time tagged to *Sunday* below, as I prepped everything on a Sunday, and then combined these 3 meals throughout the week. It took me about 3 hours to make everything and film it, but it should take you about an hour and a half.

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