Summer is for great food and casual dining. This is the perfect marriage of both. Cold penne rigate combines with a fresh, vegan caesar salad to create a caesar salad with loads of nutrition. Make a double batch. It's perfect for sharing at a picnic or BBQ! HINT: Don't forget the wine and crunchy French bread. No sugar, no gluten, all vegan--and fit for a King!
Chef's Secrets
Fantastic Fresh Focaccia Bread
Four ingredients, olive oil, and fresh herbs make for a super-simple bread recipe that will make your home smell delicious and provide healthy, preservative-free bread for your household. Make the dough in 15 minutes. Grab a good book while it’s rising. Then bake it off. In just over two hours, your kitchen will be filled with people wondering what is in the oven!
Knives Out! Everyday Knife Skills
Knives Out!--Vegetable Basics is a How-To tutorial that will build your kitchen confidence by giving you excellent, safe cutting skills. The ingredients listed are in the same order as they appear in the video.
Foolproof Vegan Walnut-Almond Basil Pesto
Almonds and walnuts give the texture and mouth feel of parmesan cheese. Nutritional yeast adds a hint of cheesiness. Combined with lemon and basil leaves, you get the bright, fresh taste of pesto with all vegan ingredients!
Fermented Meyer Lemons
These lemons are as simple as salt and lemons. 10 minutes to prepare, 30 days to ferment, and then you have the fresh taste of summer in your pantry all winter long.
Kitchen Knives: Sharpening and Cutting
The most basic of all kitchen tools are your knives. Chef Leander explains the chopping knife and the fillet knife and when to use each. Chef Leander also demonstrates the use of a superb, inexpensive knife sharpener. Never struggle with dull knives again.
Chopping Food
Part of being vegan is spending time chopping fresh ingredients for your meals. Here is a way to save time, while also making your food look even better!
Quick Strawberry Shortcake
Double the recipe of your Amazing Almond Flour, Vegan Biscuits. Cut up a pint of strawberries and let them sit in the fridge all day to make their own sauce. Plate it up after dinner, and you are ready to sit on the deck and watch the fireflies. Delicious!