Nut butters are not just for sandwiches. I love swirling almond butter into my oatmeal and adding a few spoonfuls of cashew butter to my stews. I’ve also sometimes use nut butter in the place of oil in baked goods such as muffins and banana bread. Robin Robertson’s new book The Nut Butter Cookbook is chock-full of […]
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Book Review: Vegan Planet by Robin Robertson
Even though I have a giant cookbook collection and I consider myself a kitchen veteran, I have to admit that I’m usually slightly intimated by really thick cookbooks. You know the ones – they have 500 or 1,000 recipes and the binding is so big that that you need a large can of chickpeas to […]
Book Review: How To Be Vegan by Elizabeth Castoria
I’ve been vegan for about 13 years now, and I was vegetarian for 9 years before that. I don’t need vegan starter books, but I still like to flip through them when I see them in bookstores (because I do still go to bookstores) or even occasionally read them if they look really good. As […]
Book Review: More Quick Fix Vegan by Robin Robertson
As a health coach, I meet a lot of people who say they don’t know what to cook. Either they just don’t know how to throw together a vegan meal, they’re too tired after a long day at the office, or they just don’t have the time to cook a balanced meal. I usually give […]
Recipe: West African Vegetable Stew
Brimming with vegetables, this flavorful stew is especially good served over rice or couscous or with coarse whole grain bread. Like most stews, this one tastes even better the second day, so make it ahead. The crops of peanuts (or groundnuts), sweet potatoes (or yams), and okra can be found throughout western African countries, where […]