This creamy sauce is so elegant and delicious that your friends and family may think you were working on this all day.
I love to add in steamed spinach sautéed with shallots, or loads of steamed broccoli to this dish … Read more
Smoky Winter Stew with Black-Eyed Peas, Red Beans, and Sweet Potatoes
During our chilliest winter months, nothing hits the spot like a big hearty bowl of stew.
Made with sweet potatoes, tomatoes, peppers, and two kinds of beans, this one is as easy as can be, plus deeply flavorful and super … Read more
Three Bean Sweet Potatoes and Brussels Sprouts
With 2020 behind us, let’s get the fresh start we deserve.
More than 71 million Americans have gained weight during this pandemic. Let’s make it a happy and healthy New Year with a whole-food plant-based diet.
If this way of … Read more
Oven-Baked Falafel Burgers
These burgers were awesome last night! They’re basically a 2.0 incarnation of my air-fried falafel with the slightest of tweaks. As the binder, this time I used oats. All in all it was an incredible transformation of canned chickpeas and … Read more
Sunset Veggie Bake
This is one of my newest favorites. It’s become the perfect dinner (or breakfast), especially during this pandemic. Why? Because it’s easy, inexpensive, and pantry friendly – and especially good right now when our grocery stores may not have everything … Read more
Colcannon Stuffed Baked Potatoes
I could eat these everyday.
Inspired by traditional Irish Colcannon, this simplified dish starts with sautéed red cabbage and onions. A splash of balsamic vinegar adds extra color and flavor to the cabbage. Baked potatoes are scooped out, mashed, seasoned, … Read more
Unstuffed Cabbage
Outstanding on a cold night, this recipe is deeply satisfying and delicious – but without all the work of traditional stuffed cabbage.
Of course it’s fully vegan, plant-based, and oil free. I make this in a pressure cooker, but I’m … Read more
Cream of Broccoli Spinach Soup
I’ve had the privilege of preparing weekly dinners for a group of patients learning how they can reverse their Type 2 Diabetes through a whole food plant-based diet. This has been part of a fabulous pilot program through IHA in … Read more
Brown Rice and Black Beans Molé
Our annual family reunion took us to the Hudson Valley in upstate New York this summer, and it was here, on one of the very hottest days of the year that we headed to Gaskins, in Germantown – a family-owned … Read more
Spicy Tempeh Skillet with Red Cabbage, Black Beans, and Sweet Potatoes
Tempeh is a family favorite for us, with its uniquely firm and chewy texture that holds up so very well to roasting, grilling, or sautéing.
This Tempeh Skillet creates a hearty backdrop to red cabbage, black beans, greens, and sweet … Read more