Sometimes inspiration just comes in a color. Kids will love helping you find “purple foods” to add to this healthy, fat-free breakfast hash. This vegan, oil-free recipe is a great dish for entertaining at brunch or a side dish for dinner.
Breakfast
Gluten-Free Banana Raisin Baked Oatmeal
This healthy, vegan breakfast combines the flavors of banana bread with baked oatmeal. A must-have recipe for a plant-based diet. With cinnamon and raisins, this is a dish kids and adults will both love!
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Mains
Pasta “alla Norma” – Eggplant with Gluten-Free Chickpea Cavatappi Pasta and Spicy Red Sauce
This plant-based recipe of the classic Italian recipe for Pasta “alla Norma” has chunks of roasted eggplant and a spicy tomato sauce. The traditional version uses lots of oil and cheese, but this healthy vegan version roasts the eggplant oil-free and skips the dairy. Use gluten-free cavatappi pasta for allergy-free dinner. One of my favorite eggplant recipes!
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Sides & Snacks
Baby Rapini: If Broccoli and Arugula Had a Green Baby
Baby Rapini is a super-green, related to broccoli, kale, and arugula. Join Chef Katie Simmons at the farmer’s market as describes the sweet-peppery flavors of this vegetable, plus healthy ideas on how to use in recipes and saute.
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Sides & Snacks
Romanesco: A Beautiful Natural Fractal and Basic Oil-Free Roasting
Romanesco: A Beautiful Natural Fractal Basic Oil-Free Roasting Romanesco is an heirloom vegetable that originated in Italy. It’s related to cauliflower and broccoli, but it has a unique, nutty flavor. It’s beautiful geometry makes it one of nature’s greenest fractals. Chef Katie Simmons shows you how to steam-roast this healthy veggie for fat-free, oil-free
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Sides & Snacks
Quinoa Cooking: Rinsing, Oil-Free Toasting, and How to Know When It’s Done
Here are the basic tips for choosing, cooking, and using quinoa in your plant-based recipes. Oil-free toasting tips. Ways to enjoy this gluten-free vegan whole grain.
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Salads & Slaw
Cantaloupe: How to Choose, Seed, and Cut into Chunks in Under 3 Minutes
Cantaloupe: How to Choose, Seed, and Cut into Chunks in Under 3 Minutes How do know if a Cantaloupe is ripe? Chef Katie Simmons shares her tips on smelling and feeling for a ripe melon. Then she’ll show you how to seed and cut it in under 3 minutes! This is quick, healthy, delicious
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Desserts & Baked Goods
Vegan Black Forest Brownies with Cherries and Coconut (Oil-Free, Date Sweetened)
Chocolate, cherries, and coconut come together for a flavor twist on a classic recipe in these Vegan Black Forest Brownies. Oil-free and free of any refined sugar or syrups, these plant-based treats are naturally sweetened with dates and banana. Make a batch of this kid-friendly dessert for something the whole family will love.
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“Tartas Pastores”: Vegan Mexican Shepherd’s Pies with Smoky Sweet Potato Crust
This vegan “Tartas Pastores” gives a Mexican twist to the traditional Shepherd’s Pie recipe. An oil-free, plant-based filling of black beans and corn is topped with a smoky plant-based sweet potato crust for a comfort food dinner your family will love.
