This Harmony Salad with Miso-Lime Dressing is bursting with summer – a season worth savoring. I’m currently digging the John Mayer song Wildfire which includes the line “‘Cause a little summer’s what the whole year’s all about.” Such truth. Sometimes I feel like I live for summer – 3(ish) steamy months when everything feels a little lighter,…
Dressings, Dips and Sauces
Tacos with Cilantro-Pepita Pesto
We’re often asked questions like “what kind of stuff do you guys eat?“. The first answer is usually planteatersmanifesto.com, and the second answer is usually tacos. We make some mean tacos, usually topped with some sort of improvised sauce like this amazing Cilantro-Pepita Pesto. Enjoy! Print Tacos with Cilantro-Pepita Pesto Author: James Prep time: 5…
Simple Roasted Red Pepper Sauce
This simple roasted red pepper sauce transforms anything into a fancy, savory, impressive meal. Pour it on pasta, cauliflower steaks, brown rice, grilled vegetables or sweet potato fries. To make it even creamier, add cashews and a bit of water or silken tofu. Print Simple Roasted Red Pepper Sauce Author: Kayli Recipe type: sauce Prep time: 5…
Sesame Ginger Miso Manly Bowl
That’s a mouthful… I hacked this recipe after having something similar at a restaurant. I usually don’t get these right on the first try, but this time I did. We loved it. Enjoy! Print Sesame Ginger Miso Manly Bowl Author: James Recipe type: Main Prep time: 20 mins Cook time: 30 mins Total time: 50 mins Serves: 4…
Basic Hummus (oil-free, salt-free)
Hummus is an obvious staple for plant eaters. Do you know how I know it’s so obvious? Because hummus is what everyone feeds us when they don’t know what else to feed us. If I had a dollar for every time I heard “Kayli, there’s some hummus on the buffet for you” at a gathering… I…
How To Peel a Pomegranate (and Pomegranate Salsa)
Have you ever gone to yoga with underwear stuck to your mat? …. …Anyone…? Well, I have. Several times actually. The undies were actually stuck to my yoga towel, not my mat. And yes, they were clean. I practice hot power vinyasa yoga which equates to a lot of sweat, so a yoga towel is…
Vegan Horseshoe Sandwich
Our hometown, Springfield, IL, is well-known as the land of Abraham Lincoln. We grew up proud to have “walked where Lincoln walked”. Believe it or not, we also grew up proud of the second-most-famous piece of Springfield culture – the horseshoe sandwich. This concoction has been featured on Man vs. Food, written about in the Wall Street…
Creamy Cashew-Cayenne Dressing
As fall weather sets in, the pull toward a heaping bowl of raw greens begins to fade. Fresh salads just don’t have the same appeal once you’ve traded your sundresses for sweaters. Enter this salad dressing: Creamy Cashew-Cayenne Dressing. The creamy texture gives a sense of heartiness and the hint of cayenne warms you. The…
Creamy Tofu Pesto
If I’ve learned one thing while teaching people plant-based cooking skills, it is this: people are terrified of cooking tofu. There is a little learning curve to preparing tofu well (like most things), but it is easy to get the hang of. If you are skeptical, then start with this recipe: Creamy Tofu Pesto. It employs…
2 Ingredient Strawberry Jam
Last weekend I lost a piece of myself… literally. Under the mass of gauze and bandages, my left thumb looks something like this: I’ll spare you the gory reality. Lesson learned: unitask. Do just one thing at a time- what a novel concept. This is one of the beautiful things about cooking: it pretty much…