Shira makes a delicious vegetarian burger with chickpeas and brown rice as the main ingredients. This combination creates a perfect protein. She adds shallots, garlic, parsley, and an egg for a binder. Vegans can easily find an alternative to the egg in this recipe. Shira likes to cook vegetable burgers on a hot pan instead of a grill to get a nice sear on both sides. In this video, she wraps her burgers in lettuce with onions, roasted red peppers, and mustard for her condiment. This burger recipe is very healthy and delicious. Try it. Enjoy. Continue reading
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Roasted Tofu Bites with Pesto by “LowSaltVegDudes”
Here is an easy recipe for finger food appetizers. They are made with baked tofu cubes and topped with a simple pesto. The tofu cubes are coated with olive oil and paprika, and baked. The pesto includes cashews, basil leaves, nutritional yeast, garlic, lemon juice, and olive oil which are blended into a paste. After the tofu cubes cool, they are topped with the pesto to make a delicious appetizer. Enjoy. Continue reading
Sauteing and Browning Onions Without Oil by Julie Marie
Julie Marie demonstrates how simple and easy it is to saute onions without oil. This process is called water sauteing or steam frying. The flavor developed in sauteing onions and other vegetables comes from the browning or caramelization process, not from the oil that is typically used in most recipes. Eliminating the oil uses in most sauteing processes eliminates hundreds fat calories from the recipe. These fat calories do add any nutritional value to the recipe. Continue reading
Vegan Mushroom Gravy by Julie Marie
Julie Marie demonstrates how to make a healthy mushroom gravy without any oil or dairy. She uses this gravy as a sauce over pasta layered on a bed of spinach. It can also be used as a gravy on meatloaf, mashed potatoes, etc. Continue reading
Oatmeal Tempeh “Meatloaf” by “LowSaltVegDudes”
This is an easy and tasty recipe with healthy ingredients. They steam bite size tempeh pieces, and cook some oatmeal. They saute onions, garlic and seasonings, add tomatoes and then combine all these ingredients in a blender. The blended mixture is placed in a baking pan, topped with marinara sauce, and baked. This is an easy way to prepare a healthy version of a typical comfort food, “meatloaf”. Expand your taste horizons, and try it. Enjoy. Continue reading
Vegan Sausage Rolls by Candice Hutchings
Candice demonstrates how to make healthy finger food snacks without the terrible unhealthy ingredients contained in regular animal sausage. Continue reading
Honey Mustard Dipping Sauce by Candice Hutchings
Candice demonstrates a quick and simple dip, made with djon mustard, yellow mustard, vegan mayonnaise, rice vinegar, hot sauce, and maple syrup. Just wisk all these ingredients together, and use as a dipping sauce. Enjoy. Continue reading
Crispy Sweet and Sour Tofu | Perfect Party Appetizer by Michelle Johnson
Michelle shows a delicious recipe using tofu as a party appetizer. She demonstrates how to prepare the tofu, and pan fries it to get crispy bite sized tofu pieces. She also demonstrates how to make the sweet and sour sauce, with which she coats the fried tofu pieces. The result is a sweet and tangy, crunchy on the outside, and soft on the inside, tofu appetizer. I’ll bet even people who say they don’t like tofu will like this dish. Continue reading
Spicy Black Beans with Feta and Avocado by Gordon Ramsay
Gordon shows how to make an easy, healthy and delicious appetizer or dish for a snack or brunch. He adds black beans to sauteed onions and garlic with spices, and then gently mashes them. He serves this mixture on crunchy tortillas, topped with diced avocado and feta cheese. Vegans can replace the feta cheese with a feta alternative. Delicious. Enjoy. Continue reading
Rosemary Garlic Potatoes by Monique Koch
Monique uses baby potatoes, which she cuts in half, and tosses with olive oil, rosemary, and garlic. She places the potatoes in a single layer on a baking sheet. She bakes them for about 25 minutes, turning them over about half way through. Delicious. Enjoy. Continue reading