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Vegan Everything Butternut Squash Salad

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Butternut Squash Salad with Dukkah from Vegan Everything by Nadine Horn and Jörg Mayer is a deliciously cozy cold weather salad. This easy vegan roasted squash salad recipe is perfect for lunch or dinner.

Vegan Everything

Do you ever find yourself with a hankering for comfort food from your pre-vegan days? I know I do! Fortunately, Vegan Everything by Nadine Horn and Jörg Mayer is loaded with lots of recipes to satisfy just about every craving. With recipes for pizza, burgers, lasagna, tacos, and cupcakes, you’re sure to find a vegan version of your old favorites within its pages.

With 100 recipes to choose from,this cookbook will take you from breakfast to dinner, with lots of snacks and sweets to take care of any cravings you have between meals. The recipes are made with easy-to-find ingredients, so you won’t have to spend hours going from store to store looking for specialty ingredients. And they come together quickly, too, which means less time in the kitchen and more time spent eating!

Since most of these recipes are vegan versions of classic dishes, there isn’t anything that omnivores will find “too weird” to try. They’re great recipes to help newbie vegans transition to plant-based eating. Who can say no to French Toast, Super Bean Burgers, Polenta Lasagna, or Berry Cheesecake? Not me!

You’ll find creative and fun new dishes here, too, including Coconut Farro and Green Power Wraps. There are also recipes that are perfect for parties, such as Ginger Nori Cakes, and Antipasto Pizza Bites, as well as global fusions dishes, like Bavarian Samosas, Mexican Paella, and Thai Tempura.

Chapters Include:

Healthy Start
Snacks & On the Go
Quick Meals
Wonder Bowls
Cooking for Friends and Family
Date-Night Dinners
Party Hits
Breads
Dips, Pesto, and More
Sweet Stuff

If you’re looking for vegan versions of your favorite comfort foods, you need this book!

Butternut Squash Salad with Dukkah

We love the nutty flavor of butternut squash, especially when seasoned with dukkah, a North African mix of nuts and spices.

Author:
Nadine Horn and Jörg Mayer

Ingredients

1
small butternut squash
(about 1 pound/450 g)
¼
cup
(60 ml) olive oil
3
garlic cloves
1
red jalapeño or other fresh chile
½
bunch fresh parsley
1¼
cups
(250g) instant couscous
1¾
cups
(420 ml) boiling water
1
cup
(160 g) drained cooked chickpeas
Juice of 1 small lemon
3
tablespoons
Dukkah
see below

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 350°F (180°C). Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
Peel the squash, then halve it lengthwise and remove the seeds. Brush the cut sides with 1 tablespoon of the oil and place it cut side down on the baking sheet. Roast for 45 minutes, or until fork-tender.
While the squash is roasting, mince the garlic and jalapeño. Coarsely chop the parsley.
Combine the garlic and chile with the couscous in a large bowl. Cover with the boiling water and then cover with a plate or dish towel for 10 minutes.
Remove the squash from the oven. When it’s cool enough to handle, scoop the flesh from the skin with a large spoon. Cut into bite-sized pieces.
Fluff the couscous with a fork. Mix in the squash and chickpeas.
Whisk together the remaining 3 tablespoons olive oil, the lemon juice, parsley, and dukkah. Toss with the couscous mixture. Serve.

Recipe Notes

Tip: In this recipe we don’t use the skin of the squash, but in other dishes, like a stir-fry, you can leave the skin on.

Recipe from Vegan Everything: 100 Easy Recipes for Any Craving © Nadine Horn and Jörg Mayer, 2019. Photographs © Nadine Horn and Jörg Mayer, 2019. Translation © Luisa Weiss, 2019. Reprinted by permission of the publisher, The Experiment. Available wherever books are sold. theexperimentpublishing.com

Dukkah

Author:
Nadine Horn and Jörg Mayer

Ingredients

½
cup
(75 g) mixed raw nuts
2
tablespoons
sesame seeds
2
tablespoons
coriander seed
1
tablespoon
cumin seeds
½
teaspoon
salt
½
teaspoon
freshly ground black pepper

Instructions

Toast the nuts and the sesame, coriander, and cumin seeds in a dry pan over medium-high heat for 4 minutes, stirring constantly, until golden. Let cool, then transfer to a food processor.
Add the salt and pepper and pulse to combine. Store in an airtight container for up to 2 weeks.

Vegan

Mushroom Matar Masala (gluten-free, soy-free)

Mushroom matar masala starring mushrooms and peas in an easy, creamy tomato curry sauce that you make in the blender! It’s a versatile Indian curry that’s ready in about half an hour. This post was originally published on aug 19,2016.

close-up of mushroom matar masala in the pan after cooking and adding garnish

This mushroom and pea curry is easy and delicious and perfect for weeknights. Masala means many things in Indian cuisine. It can be a dry spice blend, a wet spice blend or a masala sauce which can be used to make a dish. This masala sauce is paired with browned mushroom and green peas to make a delicious mushroom pea curry. I add some spinach or greens as well as chickpeas for protein.

Make the sauce creamier with more cashews, add vegan butter to make makhani or butter sauce. You can also control the heat, making it spicier or milder, to taste. The matar masala sauce with mushrooms and peas is a satisfying, flavorful meal.

close-up of a bowl of mushroom matar masala with flatbread

Serve this dish over rice or cooked grains, with flatbread, or over toast for snack or breakfast. It’s an easy recipe with just 20 minutes active cooking time, then let everything simmer so the flavors can meld.

This recipe was originally written with a blended sauce. I used to make blended sauces a lot more before as they reduces all the chopping time. But you can finely chop the aromatics and use that instead as well.

Matar mean peas, and you can use less or more peas, to preference. This simple masala sauce also works well with any veggies, or baked tofu, soy curls, chickpeas or lentils.

hand scooping up mushroom matar masala onto a piece of flatbread

To make the sauce without nuts, use pumpkin seeds, silken tofu, plain unsweetened non-dairy yogurt, full fat coconut milk, or coconut cream in place of the cashews.

Mushroom Matar Masala. Mushrooms and Peas in creamy tomato sauce. Easy Mushroom Masala Recipe. Vegan Gluten-free Soy-free. | VeganRicha.com

Why You’ll Love Mushroom Matar Masala

hearty, creamy, tomatoey curry sauce with toothsome mushrooms and sweet peas
chickpeas for protein, or use your plant based protein of choice
tons of flavor from garlic, ginger, green chili, and garam masala
versatile! Creaminess, spiciness, texture, and proteins are all adjustable to your taste.
naturally gluten-free and soy-free with easy nut-free option