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Easy Plant-Based Cooking For Two

Delicious Vegan Recipes To Enjoy Together

2023 Nautilus Book Award Winner, Silver Medal

In Easy Plant-Based Cooking for Two: Delicious Vegan Recipes to Enjoy Together, chef Lei Shishak shares 80 extraordinarily delicious meat-free recipes. From morning beverages to baked goods, breakfast to lunch, mid-day snacks to sides, dinner to dessert, this book is a must-have for plant-forward enthusiasts, plant-based dieters, vegans, veg-curious, and anyone in between!

Beach House Dinners

Simple, Summer-Inspired Meals For Entertaining Year‑Round

Dinner is the most home-cooked meal of the day. We gather in the kitchen, open up a great cookbook and see what ingredients we have in our pantry. Our devices are off, work is done for the day and we get ready to make and share an amazing meal. Beach House Dinners: Simple, Summer-Inspired Meals For Entertaining Year-Round celebrates these moments.

Featured Recipes

Pina Colada Cupcakes

Piña Colada Cupcakes

This piña colada cupcake is super flavorful thanks to the Ron del Barrilito rum and coconut milk in the...

creamy kale and cabbage coleslaw

Creamy Kale and Cabbage Coleslaw

This coleslaw dressing is creamy and flavorful, neither watered down with vinegar nor packed with sugar I use dried thyme for flavor and Dijon mustard for...

Honey Vanilla Poached Apricots in Vanilla Syrup

Honey Vanilla Poached Apricots

I love poaching apricots because not only is it simple, but it also really brings out the sweetness and flavor of the fruit Plus, poaching gives the...