Cooking with friends is a lot of fun. In this video, Hilah and her friend, Carlos, prepare Vegetarian Enchiladas together. This recipe can easily be converted to a vegan recipe by replacing the dairy based components, cream and cheese, with vegan alternatives. These enchiladas could easily become a regular item on your menus. Try making them with and for your friends too. Continue reading
Monthly Archives: September 2014
Mango Quinoa Thai Salad by Amy Westerman
Amy Westerman likes to cook. Like so many of the rest of us, she is an amateur chef. In this video, she shows how to make a very healthy and delicious Mango-Quinoa salad with other ingredients, cucumber, jalapeno peppers, peanuts, cilantro, and lime juice. She gives tips on how to prepare these vegetables as she makes her salad. Amy emphasizes, you should vary the ingredients to suit your tastes. Add what you like. Eliminate what you don’t like. Make one of these salads yourself. You’ll like it. Continue reading
Tofu Breakfast Scramble by Julie Hanson
In this video, Julie shows it is very easy to cook a tofu scramble. This meal is a healthy, nutritious and safe alternative to an unhealthy traditional egg scramble. Any number of different spices and filings could be added to the tofu scramble. Turmeric is a popular addition. It turns the tofu scramble yellow, helping it look like a traditional egg scramble. Turmeric is also an extremely powerful anti-inflammatory ingredient. It should probably be included in all tofu scramble, omelette and frittata recipes. Continue reading
Who Says Eggs Aren’t Healthy or Safe? – an article by Michael Greger, MD
Do you like eggs? Do you think they are healthy and nutritious?
In this video, Dr. Greger reports the US Department of Agriculture has many times prevented the egg industry from advertising eggs as healthy or nutritious, primarily because they have high levels of cholesterol and fat. Because of the risk of salmonella poisoning, the egg industry can’t even say eggs are safe. Continue reading
How To Finely Chop An Onion by Gordon Ramsay
In this video, Chef Gordon Ramsay demonstrates both knife skills and techniques for finely chopping an onion. And, he offers a tip for avoiding the tears that many of us suffer while slicing onions. With a little practice, it’s easy to finely chop an onion the way he does. Continue reading
Tempeh Bacon by Colleen Patrick-Goudreau
You can use tempeh bacon as a vegan baking substitute for real bacon in many, many dishes. In this video, Colleen Patrick-Goudreau explains what tempeh is, and a simple technique for making tempeh strips taste like bacon. This technique is really easy, and the tempeh tastes amazingly good. Continue reading
Black-Bean and Green-Chili Casserole by Nancy S. Hughes
Nancy Hughes demonstrates a fast (15 minute) and healthy casserole. It is made with canned black beans, fresh onions and tomatoes, packaged steamed rice, some seasonings and cheese. This recipe really is fast, easy to make, healthy and delicious. Continue reading
Grilled Seitan and Tempeh by Toni Fiore
Toni Fiore demonstrates it is to very easy to grill both/either seitan and tempeh, while presenting some good grilling tips for them. She creates a barbeque rub with seasoning and a little oil, and also uses some sugar free barbeque sauce. Any number of seasonings, regularly available in supermarkets, can be used in her easy techniques. The grilled seitan and tempeh are vegan grilled meat alternatives, and are delicious. Continue reading