Hearty Vegan Chick’n & Bean Chili
Soy curls have been a particular favorite lately, thanks to Ethan and Michael’s NYC Vegan. They have a bunch of excellent soy curl recipes, including a very simple vegan one for “chick’n…
Bombay Wraps with Apple Raisin Chutney & Quick Pickled Onions
These wraps feature my quick pickled onions (a simple recipe, which you can find here, but you could use very thinly sliced, raw red onion, too), fresh cilantro, the Bombay…
Vegan Pumpkin Carrot Cake
I’ve been hesitant to put a carrot cake recipe on the blog. It’s such an iconic dessert, and the few conversations I’ve had about it suggest that people have very…
Celine Steen’s Harira
Another one of my favorite qualities of Celine’s food is that it’s bold, diverse, and globally inspired. The Great Vegan Grains book introduced me to a number of spice blends…
Southwestern Sweet Potato Hash Brown & Black Bean Breakfast Bowls
I love these crispy, heat-and-eat cakes. They’re everything great about hash browns—especially that crispy exterior and warm, tender interior—without being greasy or heavy, the way so many hash browns can…
Braised Lentils on Toast
I followed Nick’s version of the recipe pretty closely, making a few tweaks: I reduced the oil significantly, and I can’t imagine the lentils suffered too much for it, because…
Perfect Vegan Pizza Margherita
My goal was to create a traditional vegan margherita, and to keep things as simple as margherita should be: a good, tender-yet-crispy crust, tomato sauce, vegan mozzarella, basil. I’m no…
Crispy Vegan Cornmeal Waffles with Heirloom Tomato Peach Salsa
Waffles. I used to think they were such an undertaking, until I got an inexpensive waffle maker on eBay and started actually making them. I’ve had the same maker ever…
Roasted Butternut Squash, Zucchini & Arugula Pesto Pasta Salad
The pasta salad features one of my favorite new product finds, which is Chickapea pasta—a tender, versatile pasta that’s made with only two ingredients, chickpeas and lentils. It’s got no artificial…
Old-Fashioned Vegan Banana Cake with Creamy Cashew Frosting
The idea for a banana cake like this was originally inspired by an old Ina Garten recipe, the old-fashioned banana cake in How Easy is That? I loved the idea, but…
