Recipes

All lentils are very healthy and should be part of your weekly eating plan. I’m partial to French and black lentils because they don’t get mushy even if they’re overcooked a bit, and this dish makes them luxuriously delicious.

All the comfort, no corn, butter or cheese; this cauliflower polenta is super healthy, gluten free and vegan, and so so light

Farrotto is a risotto-style dish made with farro instead of the usual Arborio rice; this MAGIC technique makes delicious farrotto with no need for broth and also shortens active cooking time to just 10 minutes. 

Eggplant roll-ups make for a pretty presentation, and the lentil tomato sauce is the perfect high-protein, high-fiber nourishing complement, making this a highly nutritious & delicious dish. Note about storing eggplants: Store them, unwrapped, at room temperature, away from direct sun, and use within 2-3 days.

The easiest, tastiest vegetable broth ever! Just 3 ingredients and 3 minutes of active time, and you're on your way to amazing soups.

Quick, delicious and super healthy vegan soup, with all the beautiful orange vegetables (carrots, sweet potatoes) and magical spices that make soup a comforting pleasure – especially on a cool night

Sheet-pan dinners are popular and for good reason. They’re easy, quick and colorful, and cleanup is a breeze. Omnivores will love the crunchy delicious tofu bites too!

When wonderful, sweet butternut squash is roasted with Dr. Ayala's Magic Spice it gets a few more layers of depth. Placing it all on toasted bread isn't just comforting – the crunchiness of the toast is the just perfect pairing to the soft butteriness of the squash and cheese. 

This is tried-and-true comfort food! These vegetarian meatless 'meatballs' are satisfying, hearty, and easy to make and are a great weeknight meal.

Sofrito's a good sauce to have. With your sofrito ready you're halfway towards a nice paella for dinner. Warm some up in a pan, add a few eggs, garnish with a few herbs and feta and gourmet shakshuka is served for breakfast.

Packed with healthy ingredients and so easy to make this Beet and Tahini Spread will add vibrancy to your table.

This is the vegan version of the all-healing chicken soup. Works just as well, if not better. Made of simple, inexpensive ingredients, this vegetable soup is one of the best ways to get a lot of the veggies you need all in one dish, and the whole grains in the soup add substance, richness and protein to the mix. 

If you love falafel but try to minimize deep frying this is the recipe you’ve been waiting for: The falafel is baked, not fried, but I promise you won’t miss it. It's also gluten free, and has an added nutritional kick.

Tacos are a great way to combine many delicious flavors and textures into every bite. This easy to prepare vegan filling is hearty, highly nutritious and satisfying and contrasts well with the tanginess and freshness of guacamole and salsa. Meat lovers will also appreciate it as a replacement.

Maybe it's true and everything tastes better in a bowl. What's for sure: This dressing makes the meal-in-a-bowl truly glorious, ties everything together and gives it an extra nutritious boost. 

Bright, cozy and comforting, with super nutritious ingredients -- cauliflower, Dr. Ayala's Magic Spice and nuts -- this soup has all the creamy goodness without the guilt.

Some say that to all you need is olive oil, salt, pepper and a 400 °F oven. But when you add Ayala's Magic Spice you'll transform your roasted veggies into a truly marvelous can't-stop-eating dish.

Try Dennis's healthy vegan loaf: it can be sliced for sandwiches, cubed or shredded for tacos, burritos, casseroles or simply eaten in cold slices. Yummy!

Toss cauliflower with Dr. Ayala's Magic Spice, olive oil, a sprinkle of salt, and roast -- and that's it! Golden, delicious and super nutritious in minutes

Chickpeas, also called garbanzo beans, are healthy and fun to nibble on. Ayala's Magic Spice renders them spicy, delicious, crispy and super snackable.

Polenta is simple coarsely ground whole corn. In this recipe, instead of broth, butter and cheese we use Ayala's Magic Spice to give our polenta lovely color, taste and an extra dose of B12 and nutritious value.

A Romesco sauce is a traditional Spanish (Catalan) roasted pepper and nut sauce. Here I give it a modern twist and a few shortcuts. Ayala's Magic Spice replaces the long list of spices and adds color and a nutrition and flavor boost.

Like macaroni and cheese? This dish will deliver as much comfort, but with a whole lot of nutritious veggies, spices and herbs.

Delicious and super healthy! This is a broccoli andgarlic side dish that you can make in minutes, and it can also be served as a healthy snack. 

Let me tell you a secret: There's nothing special about that microwavable bag of popcorn you buy in the supermarket.

Here's a time-saving tip you'll love: You don't have to precook pasta in a pot of boiling water. The one-pot pasta trick saves energy, time and cleanup, and the added bonus: you don't throw away that beautiful, precious starchy pasta water.

We usually finish these as soon as they're out of the oven, but if you have leftover I have trick for keeping these crisp.

Ayala's Magic Spice gives this soup the depth and savoriness of a bone broth based soup, without all the work, and it's completely vegan.

Comfort food made healthy, with an extra boost of Ayala's Magic Spice