It’s no secret that I do my best to eat as many vegetable and even vegetarian dishes as possible. Of course this isn’t an entirely vegetarian house, but I like to limit red meat to once a week and have at least two vegetarian dinners too. Over the past few years there’s been an enormous shift in the meatless section at the grocery store and now there are just limitless options to make it so easy to go meat free even if it’s just for one night.

That being said, you do have to be careful with some of those things. Sure they might be meatless, but that sometimes means that they’re loaded up with tons of fake nothingness as ingredients. These Air-Fried Veggie Nuggets are not only meatless and vegetarian, they’re also vegan and made with simple pantry and fridge staples that you likely already have on hand!

They come together in no time at all too and are surprisingly easy to make. I’d say from start to cook it’s all of 5-10 minutes of prep work. I decided to cook these in the air-frier to really get that crispness and texture that I was looking for in a proper nugget.

I will definitely be making these again soon. They’re great for dipping and dunking in your favorite nugget sauce just like any other nugget would be. I served mine with some sautéed green beans and had a perfectly veggie full dinner.

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