Rainbow Plant Life

Every year on my birthday I like to think about what I'm grateful for. One that I wanted to share here is just how lucky I feel to be able to create recipes for a living.

When I stopped practicing law nearly 10 years ago, I was happy to close that chapter, but there was one thing I was sad to lose: getting to use the analytical side of my brain.

Luckily, recipe development and testing have proven to be wonderful albeit unexpected avenues for honing my analytical and critical thinking skills.

I think one of the reasons I enjoy them so much is that they remind me of being a law student: taking copious notes to understand something better, then digesting and analyzing those notes until I can make the recipe better.

Swipe to see how this recipe on paper turned out!

And thank you for being here, for putting your trust in my recipes, and for watching our videos 🥹

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5 days ago | [YT] | 1,889

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1️⃣ Tofu Scramble: We make this almost every week, often with super-firm tofu for a protein boost. I make a double batch and it stays good for 5 to 6 days.

I like to serve it with my saucy beans (I prep a batch every few weeks and always have some in the freezer) or roasted sweet potatoes. And I almost always top with sauerkraut and broccoli sprouts plus some sort of hot sauce or chili crisp.

💫 We have several scramble variations on our Meal Plans app!

2️⃣ Overnight Oats: I typically use high-protein plant yogurt + soy milk as the liquid, plus chia seeds or flax meal for healthy fats. And of course spices for flavor. Toppings are usually seasonal fruit + nut butter or roasted nuts/seeds.

💫 We have both high-protein chocolate and vanilla overnight oats on our Meal Plans app.

3️⃣ Smoothies / smoothie bags: I made this green smoothie recipe in our latest YouTube video.

Every few weeks, I try to chop some greens and ripe fruit like pears/bananas (or just use frozen berries) and freeze them in single-serve bags. That way, making a smoothie in the morning is quick (and creamy).

4️⃣ Smashed Edamame Toast: Just toss a bunch of ingredients into the food processor, and you have a delicious high-protein edamame spread that'll stay good in the fridge for nearly a week.

5️⃣ Breakfast Cookies. These tasty little bites stay good in the freezer for several months, and they defrost super quickly. I typically save these for traveling and when I need to eat breakfast on the go.

Check the pinned comment for recipe links!

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2 weeks ago | [YT] | 3,014

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Y’all have been asking me for years about the aprons I wear in my videos, and I’m excited to share that we finally have our very own Rainbow Plant Life apron 🥳 Designed with Hedley & Bennett, who makes all the aprons I wear.

Grab your own apron by October 17, 2026 and get 20% off using code NISHA20 at checkout. See pinned comment!

For me, this apron isn’t just a piece of cloth I wear to protect my clothes from stains (though of course it is that given how clumsy I am).

It’s also a piece of me and my journey. When I first started making YouTube videos, I had no idea what I was doing. I had no professional culinary experience and assumed no one would be interested in what I had to say about cooking. And I was still figuring out how to be myself on camera.

So I started wearing aprons in my videos to give myself a confidence boost, to make myself feel a little bit more like a real chef. In those early years, an apron felt like my armor.

While I no longer need that armor, I still love putting on an apron before I set foot in the kitchen. These days, it feels less like a costume and more of a reflection of who I am as a cook: joyful, a little messy, and all about color.

I hope you love the apron, and thank you for all of your support over these years 🫶🏽

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3 weeks ago | [YT] | 1,706

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I love when a recipe can upend your expectations of an ingredient you don’t like.

I have always disliked kidney beans. They remind me of salad bars in the 90s/early 2000s that invariably featured “three bean salads” (i.e., canned beans coated in store-bought Italian salad dressing).

But this rajma masala—a north Indian kidney bean curry with a rich tomato-onion gravy—completely changed my mind.

It’s made with dried beans, and while dried beans are always tastier than canned, I think the difference is even more pronounced with kidney beans. As the kidney beans cook, they release a starch-heavy liquid and become so creamy they kinda melt in your mouth.

When you mix the beans and their starchy cooking liquid with the masala ingredients, you end up with something magical—a truly velvety gravy with so much richness and body (and lots of flavor).

I hope you love this recipe as much as I (and some of these readers) do 🫶🏽

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1 month ago | [YT] | 2,885

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BTS of some recent recipe tests! Which one are you most excited about?

1️⃣ Sticky Orange Tofu Stir Fry. Just wrapped testing on this, so expect this on YouTube next month!

2️⃣ Rajma Masala. Tested this one a dozen times but it was worth it. Just shared the YouTube video for this (featuring my parents 🥰).

3️⃣ Shaved Cauliflower Salad with Coconut-Lime Dressing. Unfairly pretty (and possibly my favorite way to eat cauliflower). Recipe is now on the blog!

4️⃣ An absurdly creamy alternative to risotto. Coming to YouTube later this fall!

5️⃣ High-Protein Sweet & Salty Tahini Bark. This one just hit our meal plans app and it sits squarely in the middle of a Venn diagram of indulgent and healthy.

6️⃣ Spicy Tofu Roll Bowl. Tastes like sushi but in bowl form and ready in 30 minutes. Also new on our meal plans app!

7️⃣ Roasted Beets. So simple but tastes like luxury. This is a meal prep staple for me. Will be on the blog soon!

8️⃣ Matar Tofu. The perfect blend of a creamy gravy meets crunchy tofu. Coming to YouTube in October.

9️⃣ Spiced baked rice and chickpeas. Everything happens in one pan in the oven but with exceptional flavor. Coming to YouTube later this fall.

As always, thank you for choosing to make my recipes for you and your loved ones 🫶🏽

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1 month ago | [YT] | 2,181

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If you need a baking project this weekend / someone to impress / a birthday party or end-of summer party to attend, here are some of my *favorite indulgent desserts*

There’s a mix of chocolate, lemon, and summer fruit desserts–all the best types of treats IMO.

Check the pinned comment for links!

PS: If you enjoy a recipe, one of the best ways to support my work is to leave a rating and review on the site 🫶🏽

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1 month ago (edited) | [YT] | 3,190

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If there's one thing that's elevated my weeknight dinners, it's this sheet pan formula.

Check the pinned comment for two recipes, and then use the formula to come up with your own combos for delicious weeknight meals!

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1 month ago | [YT] | 2,669

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I love a good sandwich, especially in summer! Whether you want a gourmet treat that’ll catapult you to sandwich heaven or an easy option you can meal prep for lunch, there’s something for you here!

Check the pinned comment for links!

PS: If you enjoy a recipe, one of the best ways to support my work is to leave a rating and review on the site 🫶🏽

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Celebrating 10 years vegan! When I decided to go vegan 10 years ago today, I never imagined how much it would change my life, personally and professionally.

What a privilege it has been to feel more aligned and compassionate, more joyful, more energetic, more creative both in and out of the kitchen, and to have found a new love for animals.

And thanks to all of you—whether you watch just one of my videos or all of them, whether you make one recipe or one hundred of them—you’ve given me purpose in a way I didn’t know was possible.

Teenager Nisha dreamed of being able to share food with the people she loved. She could never have imagined she could build an actual career out of it.

Thank you for inviting me into your kitchens and for trusting my recipes to nourish you and your loved ones 🥹

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2 months ago | [YT] | 6,827

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We’ve (almost) arrived at my favorite month: August!

Peaches so juicy they drip down your face but you welcome the mess, corn so sweet it tastes like dessert, zucchini so lovely you forget that it tastes like cardboard in January.

Here are 45+ seasonal recipes to try before summer ends! rainbowplantlife.com/45-seasonal-recipes-to-make-i…

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