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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 Parmesan Pasta Bake (1-pan, nut-free, with soy-free and gluten-free options)

Cozy, hearty spinach cheese stuffed Mushroom Parmesan, is a one-pan dinner that your family is going to love! Even the orzo pasta bakes up in the pan with the cheesy mushrooms and marinara sauce! 1 pan, 1 baking Step!

close-up of a fork taking a bite of mushroom parmigiana

I wanted to make a simple mushroom parmesan pasta bake, because I had plenty of mushrooms on hand. And I wanted to reduce the pans and time in the kitchen. Enter this cozy 1 Pan Orzo bake!

The mushrooms are stuffed with this delicious spinach-tofu-cheese mixture that I often use to make stuffed shells, then I top it with a cruncy breadcrumb topping and pair it with a pasta, I use orzo, but other shapes will work too! The pasta and the sauce at the bottom, topped with cheesy stuffed mushrooms, and a crisp breadcrumb topping. Everything cooks in just one pan and one baking step!

close-up of mushroom parmesan in the pan after baking

The prep is very simple. Just make your spinach-tofu-cheese mixture by adding everything to a bowl and mixing it. Prep your mushrooms by removing the stems, and that’s it!

It’s an easy recipe that’s pretty flexible, too. You can add some veggie grounds or vegan ground meat substitute in with the pasta sauce to add extra protein to the meal. The recipe is already nut-free, and it’s easy to make soy-free and gluten-free, too.

You want to use about two- to three-inch mushrooms. Larger mushrooms take longer to cook, and pasta will overcook in that much time, so medium-sized works best here. I also use the mushroom stems in the recipe, so don’t discard them. Just trim away the tough end of the stem and discard that, but save the rest of the stem to chop up into the pasta sauce.

close up of mushroom parmesan on a plate

I paired this mushroom parmesan with orzo pasta, because it cooks up really easily in the baking dish and it works out just amazing. You can add a different pasta of choice, as well, just bake a few minutes longer until the pasta is cooked to preference.