In this video, Abby prepares a tofu cottage cheese type filling in large pasta shells based on a recipe in the Naturally Gourmet cookbook. The recipe uses store bought ingredients, so there is no need to make any special sauces, etc. Like Abby says, this recipe is “quick, easy, and delicious”. Enjoy. Continue reading
Category Archives: Dinner – Entree
Teriyaki Seitan and Broccoli by Annie with Delectable Planet
Do you like a beef with broccoli stir fry? Then, try this healthier version. It’s made with seitan, typically called wheat meat, which has the texture of and can be flavored to be similar in taste to beef. Annie uses store bought seitan, which is available in most larger supermarkets. Her stir fry includes seitan, broccoli, and snap peas served over brown rice. It looks great. It’s easy to make. Try it. Continue reading
Latin Seitan Stew by Jill Echart
This stew is loaded with a lot of different healthy fresh vegetables, quinoa and seitan. This stew is a nutritional powerhouse, loaded with protein, anti-oxidants and vitamins. As Jill lists the ingredients, she briefly describes its nutritional benefits. This recipe makes a large amount, which can be made ahead and quickly heated and eaten later in the week. And, it’s delicious. Continue reading
Dairy Free Macaroni and Cheese by Candice Hutchings
Candice demonstrates an easy recipe for making a dairy free mac-and-cheese. She uses a (Daiya brand) vegan cheese that can be bought in most supermarkets. She creates a mixture of the vegan cheese with soy milk and spices. After she heats up the ingredients, she adds it to the pasta. Then, she places the mixture in a pan or casserole dish, tops it with breadcrumbs and bakes it. This recipe is fast and easy to make, delicious, and a lot healthier than traditional dairy based mac-and-cheese. Continue reading
Orange Glazed Tofu by Toni Fiore
If you are not particularly worried about added oil or sugar in a recipe, this one looks wonderful. Toni prepares a marinade for the grilled tofu with orange and lemon juice and olive oil. The tofu will absorb great flavors and oil from the marinade. She also prepares an orange glaze with a lot of sugar in it to be drizzled on the plated grilled tofu, which is served on a salad with grilled baby tomatoes. This recipe also works well with tempeh. Continue reading
Tofu Omelette by Bhavna Patel
Bhavna demonstrates an eggless omelette made with tofu, milk, spices, and garbanzo bean flour. For a filling, she uses tomato, onion, spinach and cheese. She points out a thicker batter could be used to make a tofu scramble, while a thinner batter is better for making an omelette. She uses the garbanzo flour as a binder, which helps to stop the omelette from breaking as you turn it, plate it, etc. Plant based milk and cheese can be used the replace the dairy products. This is an easy, healthy, and delicious recipe. Continue reading
Greek Omelette by Annie and Dan Shannon
Annie and Dan Shannon demonstrate a vegan Greek omelette recipe from their award winning cookbook, “Betty Goes Vegan”. They replace eggs in a traditional omelette with a blended mixture of silken tofu, spices, and seasonings. They use vegan mozzarello cheese, tomatoes, spinach, basil, oregano and olives for a filling. This is a healthy and delicious recipe for any meal, breakfast, brunch, lunch, or even diner. Continue reading
Crispy Baked Eggplant by Bhavna Patel
Many recipes for eggplant use an egg wash to hold a breadcrumb mixture used to coat the eggplant. They are then fried. In this video, Bhavna shows her approach to coat the eggplant with a mixture of spices, cornstarch, water, and panko breadcrumbs. She does not use eggs in an eggwash. She then bakes the eggplant slices instead of frying them. This very good approach eliminates the animal protein in the eggs, and the fat in the frying oil. You can see her similar approach to bake tofu in this post. This is an excellent technique to create crispy tofu, eggplant, etc. without animal protein and the fat resulting from the frying process. Continue reading
Edamame Fried Rice by Jack Scalfani
Look at all the healthy ingredients in this recipe – edamame, brown rice, kale, broccoli, bell peppers, green onions, ginger, yellow onions, garlic, portobello mushrooms, and teriyaki sauce. He makes an omelette with eggs that he slices into thin strips to use as a garnish after the vegetables and rice recipe is ready to serve. This egg omelette could easily be replaced by a tofu omelette to make this a vegan recipe.
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Vegetarian Chili Recipe by Jason Hill
In this video, Chef Jason Hill shows how to combine several vegetables and beans to make a delicious vegetarian chili. If you’d like the texture of ground meat in your chili, you can easily add vegan soy crumbles that resemble ground meat. Jason tops his chili with sour cream and cheese, for which there are commercial vegan substitutes available in most large supermarkets. This is an easy to make, delicious and healthy chili recipe. Try it. Continue reading