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Plant-Powered Families: Over 100 Kid-Tested, Whole-Foods Vegan Recipes
Dreena’s fifth cookbook Plant Powered Families is a great addition to the collection after the fabulous Let them Eat vegan, Eat drink and be vegan books.
Chapters include Breakfast which has cereals, pancakes, French toast and omelets, to smoothies and milks, muffins, healthy snacks. Lunches have salads, sandwiches, savory bites, dips and spreads. Salad dressings, sauces and toppers. Dinnertime has soups, stews, pizza, pasta , burgers, casseroles and one dish wonders and a big chapter on Sweet treats with puddings, cookies, bars, frozen treats, cakes and frostings. And finally plant powered challenges and support chapter with tips and plans. There is also a guide to parties both hosting and attending.
Dreena is giving away a copy of her book on this post. To enter the giveaway, leave a comment on the post about your favorite vegan family meal, by July 25. (Open to US and Canada)
The book has 100 amazing recipes including Motsa Dip which tastes like mozzarella!, Cinnamon French Toast, Sneaky chickpea burgers, Sunflower artichoke burgers, Home-Style Gravy, Pumpkin Pie Smoothie, Vanilla Bean Chocolate Chip Cookies (yum!), nicer Krispy squares, Creamy Fettucine, Apple Pie Chia Pudding, No-Bake Granola Bars, White Bean Guacamole, Chickpea nibbles, Red Lentil Hummus! , teriyaki stir fry, Lentil Sniffle soup, Best Banana bread and more.
I whipped up the Sneaky chickpea burgers within minutes. Burgers from the book below with a healthy helping of basil. Hubbs has been devouring these as snacks with his evening tea, while he preps for his weekend hike.
The cashew ginger sauce was obviously going to be a hit because you know, anything nutty and ginger sauce! I added some bean sprouts and carrots and healthy garnish of pepper flakes to round it off as a meal.
This book is for healthy vegan comfort food for families with kids. Hence, you will find a lot of simple and easy everyday recipes that are kid approved. There are also tips for meal planning, batch cooking, packing school lunches. The book does not have adventurous or exotic food or complex recipes. Its a great guide for vegan families that are starting out or a great addition for tips, easy meals, tackling situations for the experienced. Thank you for writing this wonderful book Dreena. Some of those tips and suggestions for parties, travel, packed lunched are universally helpful with or without kids :).
Some recipes from the book..
- Sunflower Artichoke Burgers
- Saucy BBQ Chickpeas and green beans
- Ultimate Teriyaki stir fry
- Polenta Pizza Crust
Gorgeous and filling Sneaky chickpea burger patties below.
The publishers and Dreena are giving away a copy of the book to a blog reader. Leave a comment on the post about your favorite vegan family meal, by July 25. (Open to US and Canada)! Or get your copy of Plant-Powered Families here
I love all of Dreena’s recipes but the family meal that comes to mind is Oh She Glows sundried tomato-spinach-mushroom pie (from the website). It’s kind of like a quiche with tofu. Made it for my in laws who are less than health nuts and they loved it! Dreena’s red Thai curry from LTEV is one of my husband’s and my staples!
BBQ Chickpeas and green beans is one of the easiest last minute recipes I can think of. That being said, I haven’t tried all of the recipes yet, so my favourite might change!
I love it all, but my kids are probably most fond of veggie chili.
I love a good casserole for a family meal…as of late my favoite one has ben the tex-mex casserole from the Oh She Glows cookbook! 🙂
Any kind of stirfry – just last night was a simple tofu stir fry with whatever veg was left in the fridge, garlic, ginger, sesame oil, tamari and chili paste.
I know I can I always find the recipe for a great meal from Dreena. A favourite go to dinner for me is Nofu Loaf. Delicious and hardy
Thanks for this wonderful giveaway. We really enjoy everything from Dreena’s cookbook. We are a big fan here of her recipes. Lately, we’ve been really enjoying salad full of good stuff. One of our best one is the kale salad recipe with the awesome dressing in Let Them Eat Vegan.
Veggie burgers are always sure to please my two picky eaters… my parents 🙂
My favorite family meal is one that is on the table the quickest! I always have a sauteed green, hummus, sweet potatoes and some kid of veggie burger in the fridge so most meals consist of that.
I love Dreena Burton and her wonderful recipes! I use her first book all the time and I’d love to get my hands on this one! Our favorite vegan meal is lentil meatloaf cupcakes with mashed potato “frosting” and pea “sprinkles.”