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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

Pan Fried Salmon

Pan-Fried Salmon with Lentils

Hearty green lentils are cooked in a flavorful broth, then fried with browned butter The salmon gets a quick fry in a saute pan and is topped with a...

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...

caramelized pineapples

Caramelized Pineapples

I love enjoying pineapple fresh, but for baking purposes, I caramelize them in a mixture of brown sugar, butter and vanilla This is a quick and easy way to...