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Laura

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Mostly my culinary creations, vegan style!
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Yummy Sunday dinner... Gnocchi Pot Roast from @plantyou 's latest cookbook Quickies. Comfort food for sure.

Now you may be asking, like many do, why is a vegan making any version of pot roast? Why do they make meals that are meat-centric but eschew meat (i.e., animal flesh.) I don't speak for everyone but I think I speak for most when I say we long for familiar flavors and textures; we embrace traditions and memories around a table; we just want those things without causing harm to anyone else.

My immediate family ate dinner together almost every night when I was growing up. My mother was a good cook. She was German so there was a lot of meat-heavy dishes on the table. But we also had a lot of veggies and starches and salads and fruits and gravies and sauces and sweets. Mom made a pot roast pretty frequently. I didn't like the meat but I liked the flavors -- in this case, the flavor of the thick gravy with little mushrooms strongly resonates in me from those days in our 70s eat-in kitchen with the colorful floral wallpaper.

This dish has lots of umami ... A sauce made of mushrooms, carrots, peas, onions and garlic, dried herbs, tomato paste, soy sauce, balsamic vinegar, broth and a cornstarch slurry coats shelf-stable potato gnocchi and white beans which add heft to the dish. And so easy! And only one pot! 30 minutes to make! Seriously! With colder days on the horizon I see this in rotation a lot. Brava! by @l2lulu

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I ate summer today ☀️... This was delish! Peach bruschetta 🍑🍅🍞... Fried sourdough bread from NYC's best bakery @shewolfbakery infused with fresh raw garlic, topped with slices of peaches and tomatoes, fried shallots, fresh basil, chopped pistachios and a drizzle of balsamic vinegar glaze and a sprinkle of flaky salt. A wonderful combo of sweet, salty, savory, juicy with delicious bread to sink your teeth into. Recipe courtesy of the wonderful Timothy Pakron of @mississippivegan.
Next time I'm going to try the suggestion to make it into a panzanella salad for even more of a good thing. by @l2lulu

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Had to make this delicious Strawberry Feta Salad with Maple Dijon Dressing from @isachandra (available on her website @postpunkkitchen ) before spring ran out of strawberries! 🍓🍓🍓 The almond feta cheese is the perfect touch and easy to make (but you need to set it up for a few hours... I recommend taking the "extra crumble" option.) The dressing that's part of this whole package seals the deal. The balance of tangy and sweet and creamy is ... Why is there still no chef's kiss emoji?? 👩🏻‍🍳💋 Anyway, fruit salad (of all kinds) season is officially upon us! Go forth and berry it up! I'll meet you back here in a couple of months for the stone fruit version...
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#vegan #veganfoodie by @l2lulu

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Haven't made a food post in eons, but I'm baaaack, babyyyyy! Why now? The great @isachandra of @postpunkkitchen fame has a new book out, that's why! This Caesar Pasta Salad with Tempeh Croutons was too good to keep to myself!
A delicious Caesar dressing is mixed with lettuce leaves and pasta, topped with a delectable crop of croutons made with cubed tempeh in the easiest of marinades and crisped up in a cast iron skillet. Perfection!
Isa's new book is called The 29-minute Vegan. (Get it? Everything can be delivered to the table in under 30 minutes!) I'm a slow poke on a good day, and I didn't time how long it took me to make this but it's certainly quick and easy and the results would be worth it if it took 2 or 5 times that time. This one is gonna be in rotation a lot, I assure you.
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#vegansofnyc #vegan #anythingyoucaneaticaneatvegan by @l2lulu

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taken in Imamiya Shrine by @l2lulu

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End of summer recipe wrap-up... This summer has ... sucked. But its bounty did not disappoint. And when I had the energy, time, and desire to cook, some yummy things came out of my kitchen. Case in point, this #glutenfree #vegan peach cobbler courtesy of the wonderful Joanne of @thekoreanvegan.
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I don't usually make gluten free doughs, but this was nice and worked well with the baked fruit. It wasn't overly sweet either. I just so happened to have oat-milk based whipped cream to top it off to make it perfect.
The ingredients are pretty simple. I love how the peaches get all beautifully juicy with the brown sugar, cinnamon (and cornstarch to thicken things up). The biscuits on top are a combo of almond flour, sweet white rice flour, cornstarch, salt, butter plus a little cinnamon and sugar and then some sour cream which I blended up from scratch with some cashews, apple cider vinegar, lemon juice and plain coconut yogurt. I should have had some more gaps in my biscuit topping but I think my skillet was a little smaller than the recipe called for so my proportions were a slightly askew. I got to use my beautiful @staub_usa cast iron skillet and popped the whole thing to bake in the oven. This makes a lovely, peachy, light summer dessert. Highly recommended! 5 peaches! 🍑🍑🍑🍑🍑
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#veganfoodlovers #vegansofnyc #anythingyoucaneaticaneatvegan #veganlife #veganfriendly #veganfoodporn #plantbased #iloveveggies #veganshare #whatveganseat #veganpower #veganfoodshare #veganlifestyle by @l2lulu

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2 years ago

Summer is here! The bounty of the farmers' markets is one sign... The fact that I made this Creamy Zucchini Corn Pasta dish for dinner is another. This is a fav and one I make a few times each summer. Superhero Gena Hamshaw shares the recipe on her @thefullhelping website... Summer veggies (corn 🌽 and zucchini (I mixed it up by using zucchini and yellow summer squash)) with red onion, garlic, lemon juice 🍋 and a simple and LIGHT cashew milk-based sauce on Lemon Torchietti Pasta (from @traderjoes) and topped off with fresh basil and mint make this a hot summer hit. This almost, kinda-sorta makes up for the uncomfortable heat we're dealing with this week. 🔥
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#veganfoodlovers #vegansofnyc #anythingyoucaneaticaneatvegan #veganlife #veganfriendly #veganfoodporn #plantbased #iloveveggies #veganshare #whatveganseat #veganpower #veganfoodshare #veganlifestyle by @l2lulu

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These perfect angels came into the world 20 years ago today! While we said our goodbyes some time ago (1 year ago for handsome Max and 7 years ago for precious Sophie) and we didn't meet one another until they were almost 8 years old, ours was the greatest love story. Happy birthday in kitty heaven, my sweet babies. Mama misses you. 🥳😇😻 by @l2lulu

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Who wore it better? Mandy, 2024 and Max (RIP) 2023. Bunny ears are apparently not very popular in our household. Good sports, though! 🐈‍⬛🐰 by @l2lulu

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3 years ago

Oh lordy, was this good! I present to you One Pot Vegan Hamburger Helper (HH) from the one and only Timothy the @mississippivegan (recipe is on his blog). Truth be told, I don't think I ever had the original HH so I can't really compare the 2 but I see the allure of this family fav... A one-pot comfort food with all the flavors! What's not to love? Warning: lots of magic ahead...
This version starts with sauteed onion, garlic and vegan sausage, then added fire roasted tomatoes, soy sauce and shredded cheddar cheese (I used the newly formulated @daiyafoods which melts beautifully.) But the magic is in the spice mixture... Almost everything in your pantry is added to the dish. (I exaggerate, but there are about 9 spices used to make the magic happen.) Then the second half of the magic act 🪄is that dry pasta is added to the pot along with 2 cups of water and the whole covered dish is put in the oven to bake for half an hour! No need to boil the pasta separately! The pasta absorbs all the luscious flavor in the oven! Genius! Magic! More explanation points‼️
Even more magic happens with the addition of fried onions (think Thanksgiving green bean casserole stuff) and some shredded Parmesan. Bake it a little bit more, then devour. And you will.
A note about vegan sausage: the recipe calls for @beyondmeat Italian sausage which I fully endorse. (Still wish I bought their stock during the IPO.) But at $10 a package ($15 at the new market near me) and the fact that I simply like to make my own sausage, I opted to make an Italian sausage courtesy of Queen @isachandra. The recipe is on her website @postpunkkitchen and it's so easy and yummy and, dare I say, magical. I made the sausage the day before and kept it in the fridge overnight. I think doing that produces better results. Then I sliced it and chopped it small for the HH. And the sausage recipe makes more than you need for the HH recipe so I've got extra for maybe a fancy breakfast sandwich or something else magical.
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#veganfoodlovers #vegansofnyc #anythingyoucaneaticaneatvegan #veganlife #veganfriendly #veganfoodporn #plantbased #iloveveggies #veganshare #whatveganseat #veganpower #veganfoodshare #veganlifestyle # by @l2lulu

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