The Plant-Based Slow Cooker: 225 Super-Tasty Vegan Recipes – Easy, Delicious, Healthy Recipes For Every Meal of the Day!

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This revised and updated edition of the best-selling cookbook Fresh from the Vegan Slow Cooker—now with a plant-based focus—offers 225 extremely convenient, delicious, and completely plant-based recipes for everyone’s favorite cooking machine.
In this inventive cookbook filled with enticing ingredients and flavors, veteran chef, cooking teacher, and acclaimed vegan cookbook author Robin Robertson shares her expertise on the creative use of slow cookers. ​Fresh from the Plant-Based Slow Cooker includes 17 new recipes throughout eleven recipe chapters, four of which focus on main courses.
There are homey and comforting foods in the American and European style, such as a Rustic Pot Pie Topped with Chive Biscuits and a Ziti with Mushroom and Bell Pepper Ragu, and there are many East Asian, South and Southeast Asian, and Mexican/Latin dishes, too. Beans, which cook slowly under any circumstance, are fabulously well-suited to the slow cooker, and Robin includes such appealing recipes as a Crockery Cassoulet and a Greek-Style Beans with Tomatoes and Spinach. Over 20 recipes for robust chilis and stews include a warming Chipotle Black Bean Chili with Winter Squash and a surprising but yummy Seitan Stroganoff. Beyond the mains, there are chapters devoted to snacks and appetizers, desserts, breads and breakfasts, and even one on drinks. The many soy-free and gluten-free recipes are clearly identified.
Fresh from the Plant-Based Slow-Cooker also provides practical guidance on how to work with different models of slow-cookers, taking into account the sizes of various machines, the variety of settings they offer, and the quirks and personalities of each device. Robin addresses any lingering skepticism readers may have about whether slow cookers can have delicious, meat-free applications, and she shows how to take into account the water content of vegetables and the absorptive qualities of grains when plant-based slow-cooking.
Altogether, this new edition offers you an abundance of ways to expand your plant-based repertoire and to get maximum value from your investment in a slow cooker.

From the Publisher

10 Great Things to Know About Your Slow Cooker

It’s a convenient way to prepare healthy home-cooked meals.It allows you to cook and serve in the same vessel, so it saves on cleanup time.It can have dinner ready and waiting for you at the end of the day.The slow, gentle cooking adds depth of flavor to foods.It keeps the kitchen cool on hot days.It’s an ideal way to cook beans and seitan from scratch.It doubles as a chafing dish or hot punch bowl at parties.It’s economical because it uses less energy than oven cooking and makes great leftovers.It can be used as a mini-oven to slow-bake cakes, casseroles, potatoes, and more.It frees up stovetop burners when cooking for parties or for a crowd on holidays.

Cheesy Chile Grits and Sweet Taters

SLOW COOKER SIZE: 4- TO 6-QUART (3.8 TO 5.7 L) | COOK TIME: 6 TO 8 HOURS ON LOW | GLUTEN-FREE | OIL-FREE | SOY-FREE OPTION

I love the contrasting flavor the sweet potatoes provide in this dish. If you’re not a fan of sweet potatoes, substitute white potatoes, or try pinto or black beans for a different flavor experience. Your choice of mild or hot chiles will dictate whether this is a mild or spicy dish. Having been raised on polenta, I immediately took a liking to grits when I moved to the South. After all, they are both made from ground, dried corn kernels. Look for stone ground grits for the best flavor. Like polenta, grits can also be enjoyed fried. Simply transfer the cooked grits to a loaf pan or baking dish, smooth the top, cover, and refrigerate until chilled. Then cut the grits into 1/2-inch (1 cm)-thick slices and fry in olive oil or vegan butter until browned. For a more classic way to serve this dish, omit the chiles and sweet potatoes and serve with collard greens and black-eyed peas.

SERVES 4 TO 6

4 1/2 cups (1 L) vegetable broth or water

1 1/2 cups (210 g) stone ground grits

1 large or 2 medium-size sweet potatoes, peeled and cut into 1/2-inch (1 cm) dice (about 2 cups, or about 220 g)

4 scallions, minced

1 (4-ounce, or 115 g) can chopped mild or hot green chilies, drained

Salt and freshly ground black pepper

1 cup (240 ml) Cheesy Sauce (page 340)

Combine the broth and grits in the slow cooker, add the sweet potatoes, scallions, and chilies, and season to taste with salt and pepper. Cover and cook on Low until the sweet potatoes are tender, 6 to 8 hours.Just before serving, stir in the cheesy sauce. Serve hot in shallow bowls.

Granny Apple Sweet Potatoes

SLOW COOKER SIZE: 4- TO 6-QUART (3.8 TO 5.7 L) | COOK TIME: 5 TO 6 HOURS ON LOW | GLUTEN-FREE | OIL-FREE | SOY-FREE

Sweet potatoes and Granny Smith apples complement each other in this terrific side dish that’s ideal for holiday meals. Not only is it a great change from the overly sweet marshmallow-topped sweet potato casserole, but it’s also more practical because it’s made in a slow cooker, so it frees up oven and stove space for the rest of your dinner. Use more or less sugar, according to your personal preference.

SERVES 4

1/4 to 1/3 cup (50 to 67 g) granulated natural sugar

1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon

1/4 teaspoon salt

3 large sweet potatoes (about 2 pounds, or 910 g), peeled and thinly sliced

2 or 3 large Granny Smith apples, peeled, cored, and sliced

1 tablespoon (15 ml) fresh lemon juice

In a small bowl, combine the sugar, cinnamon, and salt.Arrange a layer of sweet potato slices in the bottom of a slow cooker, followed by a layer of apple slices, sprinkling each layer with some of the sugar mixture. Continue layering until the ingredients are used up. Sprinkle the top layer with lemon juice.Cover and cook on Low until the potatoes and apples are tender, 5 to 6 hours.

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Harvard Common Press
Publication date ‏ : ‎ November 10, 2020
Edition ‏ : ‎ Revised
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Print length ‏ : ‎ 352 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1592339905
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1592339907
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.14 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 8.05 x 1.05 x 9 inches
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