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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
we love a big pot of potato, chickpea and spinach curry with rice.
We love one pot meals! And burgers. Oh, and dessert. Food, we love food! Lol.
Scrambled tofu with veggies and spinach is my favorite go-to food. It is super easy to make and I think it works for breakfast, lunch or dinner just like eggs!! I would love to try out more kid friendly vegan foods.
Pretty much anything with peanut sauce and veggies – soba noodles, brussels slaw, brown rice, quinoa. Also big nourish bowls are a favorite – usually with some kind of tahini based sauce. Thanks for the recipes – I really enjoy this blog!
Our favorite dinner is vegan shepherds pie. I love mixing in whatever root veggies I have such as beets, and pumpkin or butternut squash also happen to be a favorite addition. Baked with cauliflower mash on top or cornbread, both are fantastic.
I like all vegan food but love tofu with spices the most and when I eat vegetarian like I did yesterday at dragon buffet I miss the vegan protein.
I love a home made Veggie curry with lemon Rice or simply a salad with lots of veg and a simple dressing lemony fat free dressing
My go to vegan meals are usually casseroles – I’m a big fan of one dish cooking, it makes a big batch, freezes easily, and many casseroles taste better the next day!
My favorite vegan family meal is definitely Thanksgiving. Celebration roast, mashed potatoes, mushroom gravy, garlicky kale, cranberry sauce, pumpkin pie, apple pie … not to mention all the tasty little appetizers we nosh on before the main meal! It’s a day of wonderful, plant-based food made even better by great company.
My favorite family vegan meal would have to be cauliflower steak. My parents, sisters, and even nephews not only love to eat them but would often request for me to make them. And if I do, the kids get involved in helping to cook. And if it’s vegan Filipino, we like to enjoy a veganized soup called “Nilaga”, full of veggies like napa cabbage, potatoes, green beans, carrots, cabbage, with seasoning like onions, peppercorns, and vegetable broth. Very comforting!