Fresh From The Vegan Slow Cooker

Discover the amazing versatility of the slow cooker! If you're a vegetarian who thought slow cookers were just for meat-eaters, Fresh from the Vegetarian Slow Cooker will introduce you to the wonders of slow cooking. And if you're already a slow cooker enthusiast, here's a whole new array of healthy, delicious recipes for a favorite appliance. Slow cookers can be used for a lot more than just tough, inexpensive cuts of meat. They're perfect for vegetarian and healthy cooking because slow cooking is a foolproof way to make beans, grains, numerous vegetables, and much, much more. ''Until now most slow cooker cookbooks have been heavily meat oriented, leaning mightily on processed, preservative-heavy ingredients. Fresh from the Vegetarian Slow Cooker changes that. What a good idea! Here, every ingredient is fresh and real, and there's not a single pot roast with dehydrated onion soup to be found! Hooray for this cookbook's ease, innovation, delicious-sounding variety, bright ingredients, and fine results. Not just vegetarians, but anyone who needs cooking ease but doesn't want to sacrifice full flavor or health, will rejoice in this inviting book.'' - Crescent Dragonwagon, James Beard Award-winning author of Passionate Vegetarian

Expand your vegan repertoire and get the maximum value from your slow cooker with these 200 delicious vegan slower-cooker recipes. In Fresh from the Vegan Slow Cooker, best-selling vegan and vegetarian cookbook author Robin Robertson unites her expertise on the creative use of slow cookers, her ingenuity in the kitchen, and talent for working with enticing ingredients and flavors. She 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 you 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 vegan slow-cooking.Fresh from the Vegan Slow-Cooker includes eleven recipe chapters, four of which focus on main courses. Including many soy-free and gluten-free recipes, you will find: ·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 ·East Asian, South and Southeast Asian, and Mexican/Latin dishes ·Appealing bean dishes such as a Crockery Cassoulet and a Greek-Style Beans with Tomatoes and Spinach ·Eighteen robust chilis and stews, including a warming Chipotle Black Bean Chili with Winter Squash and a surprising but yummy Seitan Stroganoff ·Snacks and appetizers, desserts, breads and breakfasts, and even drinks Combining the convenience of the slow cooker with the health and environmental benefits of vegan eating, Fresh from the Vegan Slow Cooker is a must-have resource, whether you live a completely vegan lifestyle or are looking to incorporate more meatless meals into your busy life.

Author and slow cooker expert Kathy Hester, founder of the blog Healthy Slow Cooking (www.healthyslowcooking.com), will show you how simple it is to 1.) Prep your ingredients the night before, in just a few minutes' time, and 2.) Assemble everything in the slow cooker in the morning, right before you head to work. --Publisher.

Discover recipes for more than 100 delicious, one-pot vegan meals, from dips and desserts to dinners and more.

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.

300 recipes featuring fresh, natural ingredients Think slow cookers are just for stews and roasts? Not anymore! Millions of home cooks know that a slow cooker makes it easy to create delicious, satisfying, and diverse meals with a minimal amount of preparation and hands-on cooking time. Now, with The Everything Vegan Slow Cooker Cookbook, vegan cooks can take advantage of this time-saver as well. In this versatile cookbook, you'll find recipes for hundreds of meals without meat, dairy, eggs, and other animal byproducts, including favorites like: Creamy Broccoli Soup Fajita Chili Spanish Paella Ginger-Lime Tofu Mixed Berry Cobbler In addition, this cookbook features all-natural, wholesome ingredients, with few processed and packaged foods. Vegans and nonvegans alike will find everything they need to create healthy dishes for any special occasion or family meal—in no time at all!

Vegan books have risen to a dominant sales position in the vegetarian category. One-dish meals are perennially popular on American tables, and books devoted to one-dish cooking perform well. Robin Robertson's One-Dish Vegan is the first book at the intersection of these two powerful cookbook categories. Robin Robertson has built a publishing record of very successful titles in the vegetarian category. She is known for her creativity in the kitchen, for the breadth of enticing ingredients and flavors with which she works, and for her expertise in vegetarian nutrition - with a special focus lately on how vegans still can get enough protein in their diets. Typically, it takes two or three courses or dishes to make a well-rounded vegan meal. To meet this criterion in one dish takes the kind of ingenuity and expert knowledge that Robertson possesses. One-Dish Vegan contains more than 150 recipes. They range from the most popular categories of one-dish dining like stews, chilis, and casseroles (and other baked dishes) to a host of stovetop sautés and stir-fries as well as substantial salads and dishes that feature pasta as well as other noodles, such as Asian noodles. The recipes are at once homey and adventuresome, comforting and surprising. Above all, they demonstrate that it really is possible to get a complete vegan meal into one dish, full of good-for-you nutrients and bright, satisfying flavors.

Now you can whip up quick, filling vegan meals straight from your slow cooker. Vegan Slow Cooker for Beginners will take the time and frustration out of cooking vegan at home. Vegan Slow Cooker for Beginners offers healthy, simple vegan slow cooker recipes designed perfectly for the busy vegan. Vegan Slow Cooker shows you how to use your slow cooker to make hearty vegan meals and save hours of time every day. With 150 easy and delicious vegan slow cooker recipes, Vegan Slow Cooker for Beginners is a comprehensive guide to creating nutritious and flavorful plant-based meals-with enough for leftovers. Vegan Slow Cooker for Beginners will show you how to create easy vegan slow cooker meals with: 150 delicious and simple vegan slow cooker recipes Vegan slow cooker crowd-pleasers, such as Black Bean Breakfast Burritos, Vegan Eggplant Parmesan, and Chocolate-Peanut Butter Cake Tips for buying the slow cooker that's right for your lifestyle Advice on stocking your pantry and equipping your kitchen from the editors of Vegan Slow Cooker for Beginners Vegan Slow Cooker for Beginners is your no-hassle guide to enjoying the healthful benefits of a vegan lifestyle.