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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 a veggie stir fry served with lots of nut butter sauce. Kid-easy recipes are great and this cookbook looks like it’s packed with them.
My favorite vegan meal is curried red lentils on quinoa with steamed kale.
We like zucchini noodle lasagna made with cashew ricotta
With it being grilling season, we are really playing on the grill. I had my picky teenagers and a couple of their friends over, along with family last weekend for a big ole’ movie and sleepover with grilling house party!
We had: Two different kinds of homemade veggie burgers, grilled veggie kabobs, and a french fry “bar”. It included three different types of fries (russet, sweet potato, and turnip), along with a toppings bar that included a “cheeze” sauce, tofu sour cream and scallions, veg chili, and coconut bacon. And a fruit salad with coconut cream for dessert.
All was vegan- not a single complaint! And not a single one of them was vegan! I so much hope to win this book- I discovered Dreena and her awesomeness back when she did an interview for Vegan Freak Radio years ago. I remember writing her with a question a short time later (I was a new vegan), and she took the time to write me the most glorious and kind response. LTEV and EDBV have been lifesavers for me. As my kids (and fussy partner) are finally open to more veggies and new foods, I could really use those family approved ideas. Sorry to write a book.
We like lasagna made using zucchini for the noodles and cashew ‘ricotta’ for the filling/
A difficult choice to make! Tacos with red rice, bean cassoulet, or baked mac n cheese are the meals I make most often when feeding multiple people (more than my husband and I, anyway).
Or sloppy joes. Mmmm.
My favourite vegan family meal is chickpea croquettes with mushroom gravy.
Veggie burgers with an assortment of toppings to allow choice!
Tempeh tacos! So good!
I like making potato wedges.