The Urban Vegetarian

Desiree Nielsen cooks up protein-rich falafel waffles for breakfast.

Host Desiree Nielsen serves up delicious meals for a busy lifestyle from a mouth-watering breakfast burrito to a no-carb cauliflower pizza.

Host Desiree Nielsen shows us low-carb options for any meal of the day. Buckwheat pancakes smothered in blueberries? Yes, please!

Desiree prepares an avocado and chocolate smoothie packed full of healthy fats, a chia seed pudding, veggie-packed nori rolls and peanut butter brownies.

Low-carb options for any meal of the day; buckwheat pancakes smothered in blueberries.

Desiree Nielsen shows us how to add more plants to your plate with a chocolate avocado smoothie, nori rolls, and sweet potato noodles.

Desiree masters a perfectly cooked eggplant topped with a flavorful charmoula and couscous.

Host Desiree Nielsen spiralizes zucchini into “zoodles” to create a balanced, veggie-packed pad thai dish.

Desiree prepares a vitamin-packed smoothie, adds beets to Greek yogurt and makes some snacks for entertaining.

Food nerd Desiree Nielsen masters a perfectly cooked eggplant topped with a flavourful charmoula and couscous.

Desiree shows how beets can make the icing on a delectable cupcake vibrant and delicious.

Desiree Nielsen shows how beets can make the icing on a delectable cupcake vibrant and delicious.

Desiree prepares matcha, a breakfast with spiced lentils with eggs, a mushroom bisque and banana bread.

Foodie Desiree Nielsen gives life to spotty bananas, transforming it into melt-in-your-mouth bread.

It’s beets for breakfast with host Desiree Nielsen. This surprising early morning addition gives you a reason to get out of bed!

Desiree uses blueberries, celery, cucumber, oranges and red cabbage to make a juice.

Desiree shakes up a classic recipe with kefir, makes a warm breakfast and two grilled cheese recipes.

Fa-what? Fa-waffles! Desiree Nielsen cooks up protein-rich falafel waffles for breakfast.

Desiree prepares a breakfast of spiralized fried potatoes with eggs and hollandaise.

Desiree Nielsen shows how salads can be a tasty main AND served warm with a grilled romaine salad.

Desiree Nielsen ditches regular butter for a fruit butter as she bakes a beautiful apple butter turnover with pecans and gorgonzola.

Desiree prepares recipes for life on the go, including a green juice, a breakfast burrito, a beet salad and a flourless almond cake.

Desiree prepares a piña colada smoothie, overnight oats, avocados with quinoa and feta, two pastry tarts and a pad Thai dish using zoodles.

Desiree Nielsen adds more plants to her plate with two epic grilled cheese recipes that sneak in veggies.

Desiree makes a colorful tonic, a sweet potato hash, a warm romaine lettuce, challah, and lasagna.

Food nerd Desiree Nielsen knows how to add more veggies to our morning and shows us how it’s done with a blueberry, celery, cucumber, and red cabbage juice.

Desiree makes a cashew butter smoothie, a sage-fried tofu scramble, tempura vegetables and apple butter-pecan-Gorgonzola turnovers.

Desiree Nielsen cooks up a filling breakfast with spiralized fried potatoes with eggs and hollandaise.

Desiree prepares a strawberry, apple and ginger juice, breakfast cookies, a tabbouleh and sundried tomato hummus, a green curry vegetable pot pie and a Moroccan vegetable tagine.