Nutritious Meals With Ease

Ayala's Magic Spice is an all-natural healthy and tasty addition to foods. It's a taste booster and will enhance your cooking in an instant

Cook with it: Add it by the spoonful to soups, grain dishes (rice, quinoa etc.), grilled vegetables or proteins, salads, marinades, and practically any dish that can use more depth, umami and flavor. Think of it as the vegan answer to bone broth. Sprinkle it: It's a great finishing spice; sprinkle on prepared dishes, salads, cereal or yogurt -- in the same way you'd correct flavor with fresh ground pepper or salt. You'll find that most dishes need much less salt when you use Magic Spice!

Recipes

Curried Lentils With Carrots and Celery

Curried Lentils With Carrots and Celery

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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.

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Cauliflower ‘Polenta’ With Roasted Root Vegetables

Cauliflower ‘Polenta’ With Roasted Root Vegetables

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

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Magic 10-Minute Farrotto With Roasted Veggies

Magic 10-Minute Farrotto With Roasted Veggies

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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. 

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Feta and Collard Greens Stuffed Eggplants in Tomato and Red Lentil Sauce

Feta and Collard Greens Stuffed Eggplants in Tomato and Red Lentil Sauce

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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.

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Deconstructed Tofu Lettuce Wraps with Vegan Green Goddess Dressing

Deconstructed Tofu Lettuce Wraps with Vegan Green Goddess Dressing
I deconstructed the lettuce wrap because if you’re cooking for a crowd this is easier. This is a full nutritious meal, lots of veggies, tofu, tons of flavor. It also accommodates any size of lettuce leaf and people who don't like holding drippy food in thier hands.

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Magic Vegan Green Goddess Dressing

Magic Vegan Green Goddess Dressing

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Unlike the classic Green Goddess, this recipe is vegan, and it goes on everything: it’s a dressing and a sauce, a dip and a spread. Feel free to experiment with different greens: dill, parsley, chives, watercress, spinach and kale to name a few.

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Delicious 3-Minutes-3-Ingredients Vegan Broth

Delicious 3-Minutes-3-Ingredients Vegan Broth

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

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Magical Ginger, Carrot, Sweet Potato and Miso Soup

Magical Ginger, Carrot, Sweet Potato and Miso Soup

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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

 

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Vegan Sheet Pan Dinner

Vegan Sheet Pan Dinner

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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!

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Magic Roasted Butternut Squash on Toast

Magic Roasted Butternut Squash on Toast

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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. 

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Magic Sweet & Sour Vegetarian Meatless 'Meatballs'

Magic Sweet & Sour Vegetarian Meatless 'Meatballs'

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

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Magical, Easy Sofrito

Magical, Easy Sofrito

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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.

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Easy Beet and Tahini Spread

Easy Beet and Tahini Spread

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

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Chunky Vegetable & Barley Soup

Chunky Vegetable & Barley Soup

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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. 

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Falafel with a Healthy Twist

Falafel with a Healthy Twist

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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.

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Magic Cauliflower & Mushroom Tacos

Magic Cauliflower & Mushroom Tacos

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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.

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Glory Bowl Magic Dressing

Glory Bowl Magic Dressing

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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. 

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Golden Cauliflower and Cashew Soup

Golden Cauliflower and Cashew Soup

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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.

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Transformational Roasted Vegetables

Transformational Roasted Vegetables

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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.

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From the Community: Dennis Fulton's Magic Spice Seitan Loaf

From the Community: Dennis Fulton's Magic Spice Seitan Loaf

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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!

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Magic Roasted Cauliflower

Magic Roasted Cauliflower

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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

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Magic Spice Chickpeas

Magic Spice Chickpeas

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

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Perfectly Magical Vegan Polenta
Topped With Sizzling Mushrooms

Perfectly Magical Vegan Polenta<br>Topped With Sizzling Mushrooms

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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.

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Magic Romesco Sauce

Magic Romesco Sauce

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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.

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Baked Orzo with Eggplant, Celery, Carrots and Cheese

Baked Orzo with Eggplant, Celery, Carrots and Cheese

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

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Roasted Broccoli, Magically Spiced

Roasted Broccoli, Magically Spiced

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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. 

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Magic Popcorn

Magic Popcorn

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

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One Pot Magic-Packed Pasta With Lotsa Veggies

One Pot Magic-Packed Pasta With Lotsa Veggies

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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.

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Kale Chips with Extra Magic

Kale Chips with Extra Magic

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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.

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Black Lentil, Sweet Potato and Carrot Soup

Black Lentil, Sweet Potato and Carrot Soup

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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.

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Roasted Potato/Sweet Potato Wedges

Roasted Potato/Sweet Potato Wedges

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

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