Simple, wholesome plant-based recipes
More than 200 vegan recipes from our kitchen: weeknight dinners, soups, sauces, bowls and treats.
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Caramelized Tomato Tart
Caramelized tomato tart is treated like a tart tatin in this recipe. Roasted tomatoes are layered with roasted garlic, olives, onion confit, and puff pastry with caramelized sugar. Serve the caramelized tomato tart by itself or with Braised Seitan with Cannellini Beans. You start the…
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Braised Seitan with Roasted Tomatoes and Cannellini Beans
Seitan is braised with aromatic vegetables and vegetable stock. The braising liquid is strained and made into a sauce with the addition of roasted tomatoes, roasted garlic, and arugula. This hearty dish is great for a holiday celebration or any night when you’re craving a…
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Cannellini Beans with Tarragon
From scratch cannellini beans with fresh herbs. No-soak method of cooking dried cannellini beans with aromatic vegetables and herbs. The recipe takes approximately 45-90 minutes. I love the taste and texture of beans made from dried beans. The only problem is oftentimes they require soaking…
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Onion Confit
Onion confit is made by sweating onions over low heat in a little olive oil and salt. Vegetable stock, vinegar, and fresh thyme finish the dish. Use as a recipe ingredient or condiment for sandwiches. Making this onion confit is dead simple but it takes…
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Watermelon Sushi
Vegan watermelon “tuna” sushi is made by roasting watermelon in the oven with sake and nori and letting it cool. Once cool, the watermelon slices just like tuna. Here is the base recipe for creating watermelon “tuna” sushi. The recipe is super simple and only…
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Watermelon “Tuna” with Roasted Tomato Vinaigrette and Fennel Salad
This watermelon “tuna” with roasted tomato vinaigrette and fennel salad can be served at room temp or warm if you slightly warm the dressing, roasted tomato, and watermelon sushi slices. Have you ever had or made watermelon sushi before? I’m guessing probably not! You will…
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Vegan Fish Fillet with Roasted Tomatoes
Vegan fish fillet using tofu with a nori and rice paper “fish skin” that is stuffed with roasted tomatoes and herbs served with a light roasted tomato sauce. I was playing around with how to make a good vegan fish fillet substitute that didn’t gross…
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Roasted Tomato, Eggplant, and Zucchini Lasagna with Pesto Tofu Ricotta
Lasagna made with fresh vegan pasta layers of roasted tomato, eggplant, and zucchini. A quick cashew and tofu ricotta is spiked with fresh basil to substitute for ricotta cheese. Lastly, roasted tomato juices are poured over the top for the final stage of cooking. This…
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Roasted Tomato and Corn Risotto
Perfect risotto recipe for when summer tomatoes are juicy and ripe and the corn is sweet and beautiful. Risotto is one of those dishes that is great any time of the year with just a quick substitution of in-season vegetables. In the fall and winter,…
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Roasted Tomatoes with Garlic and Chilis
Delicious ripe tomatoes at the end of summer get roasted here with garlic cloves, thyme, olive oil, and chilis. You will end up with roasted tomatoes, roasted garlic, roasted chilis, and the juices from the roasted tomatoes. Save all these elements to use in other…