Here’s another way to roast vegetables without oil. This plant-based dish has it all—color, texture, and flavor. The beauty of acorn and Delicata squashes is that you can eat the peel. This provides additional nutrition and a nice textural contrast as you chew. These squash slices could form a main dish with some cooked grains and a flavorful sauce
Read MoreThis plant-based, oil-free puree is great as a side dish, but has so many other possible uses: on baked potatoes, crackers, bread, pasta, or pizza, or as part of a bowl or quesadilla, or snuggled next to stewed tomatoes, mashed potatoes, or rice pilaf. During the early summer when I get a lot of greens in my farm share, this is my go-to recipe. I used to make it with collard greens only, but I’ve found more recently that it works with any combination of dark leafy greens.
Read MoreSpaetzle can be made without eggs! Yes! The gluten in the flour holds them together, and the result is marvelous. These little plant-based noodles go well with a stew, but also taste great with a sauce, vegan butter, or vegan cheese.
Read MoreThese neon-pink pickle slices look great … and taste even better. Pickled onion slices are great on Mexican-inspired dishes, but also on all kinds of salads, sides, and entrees.
Read MoreThe butternut squash in this plant-based side dish gets very tender with this no-oil, slow-bake approach. The spicing is subtle but very tasty.
Read MoreThe Instant Pot converts an inexpensive bag of dried pinto beans into about 5 cups of delicious, freezable refried beans. This healthy plant-based beans tastes just like Rosarita’s!
Read MoreRoasting cabbage in a tahini mixture with paprika and other spices turns it softer and softer. This healthy plant-based dish—creamy with sharpness from the spices—provides a healthy way to enjoy a “Paprikash” dish guilt-free.
Read MoreThis one-step plant-based Instant Pot recipe makes Spanish rice a cinch. With a combination of subtle seasonings, it has a complex, intriguing flavor and is vegan and oil-free.
Read MoreFried rice without frying? Yes! Fried rice with brown rice? Yes again. You have to try this to believe it. Healthy and delicious.
Read MoreThese Brussels sprouts have less fat, fewer calories, and more nutrients than Brussels sprouts roasted in oil. The tahini’s nutty flavor and the savory additions of onion powder, garlic powder, and smoked paprika make for a taste that will keep you wanting more.
Read MoreIt’s amazing how much easier it is to make polenta in the Instant Pot instead of on the stovetop. These have the added bonus of a cheesy-garlicky flavor added at the end.
Read MoreRoasting without oil sounds impossible when you first hear about it. But I love the way the light coating of tahini, water, and spices complements the cauliflower’s flavor.
Read MoreWith a few clever tricks, I overhauled the traditional green bean casserole. Goodbye, Campbell’s and French’s. Hello, healthy plant-based side dish!
Read MoreThis recipe started from one of the many recipes for “green rice,” but I wanted to use kale instead of parsley as the green. Taking out the butter meant building a white sauce with cashew and tofu for creaminess and texture. Delish!
Read MoreThis is a dish with amazing flavors and totally worth the effort every now and then.
Read MoreTweaked and perfected over the years, this recipe is great as is, but you can customize the vegetables and the seasonings.
Read MoreA mixture of tahini, water, and spices coats the sweet potatoes and browns them as they roast. You save calories and fat and still get a great roasted flavor.
Read MoreEasy baked sweet potatoes can make for a quick lunch or dinner. Combine them with leftover soup or salad, and you’ve got a meal.
Read MoreSome dishes are just homey and good. Scalloped corn, like its close relation scalloped potatoes, is one of them. Blended cashews made into a white sauce provide an excellent substitute for a traditional dairy-based white sauce.
Read MoreWithout oil or butter, this plant-based gravy is healthy, whole-food, robust, and creamy. It goes with so many dishes. (It also freezes well.) You can play with the spices and herbs as you like.
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