Easy Plant-Based Cooking for Two, with Lei Shishak
in today's episode we will be talking about the delicious plant based recipes in Lei Shishak's newest book: Easy Plant-Based Cooking for Two: Delicious Vegan Recipes to Enjoy Together. Lei is not fully vegan but in her transition to more plant based, mostly for health, she has created a work of culinary art that can help anyone who wants to eat more plants to enjoy the transition in an easy, tasty and fun way!
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Lei recently released her new cookbook Easy Plant-Based Cooking for Two:Delicious Vegan Recipes to Enjoy Together on October 18, 2022. In Easy Plant-Based Cooking for Two, chef LeI shares 80 extraordinarily delicious meat-free recipes for pairs. From morning beverages to baked goods, breakfast to lunch, mid-day snacks to sides, dinner to dessert, this book is a must-have for plant-forward enthusiasts, plant-based dieters, vegans, veg-curious, and anyone in between!
All 80 mouthwatering recipes are perfectly portioned for two but can also work for larger households where varied eating preferences often exist. Small-batch cooking isn’t complicated or restrictive. It cuts down on waste (and waist!) and leads to greater variety in meals. Get ready to start your small-batch, plant-based journey with recipes, including:
- Blackberry Thyme French Toast
- Shaved Brussels Sprouts Salad
- Mushroom PâtéenBaguette
- Sweet Potato Tacos
- Sesame Soba Bowl
- Stuffed Jerk Poblanos
- Chickpea Mulligatawny Soup
- Miso Green Beans
- Rye Raisin Scones
- Chocolate Layer Cake and more...
Easy Plant-Based Cooking for Two will help you make delicious sweet and savoury plant-based recipes in just the right quantities.
So whether you’re newly married, flying solo, BFFs, roommates, empty-nesters, or one in a large crowd, get ready to say goodbye to endless leftovers and hello to a new, delicious plant-based dish every day.
About Lei
Lei trained at the CIA (Culinary Institute of America) in New York and holds a certificate in Plant-Based Nutrition from the T. Colin Campbell Center for Nutrition Studies. She began her career at notable food establishments in New York City and Sun Valley, Idaho and then went on to head pastry kitchens in Los Angeles and Orange County.
Along the way,sheI founded Sugar Blossom Bake Shop in San Clemente, California, and has been featured in People, Riviera, Sunset, Los Angeles Daily News, OC Register, KTLA Morning News, and PBS.
Her greatest passion is writing cookbooks. Her first book, Beach House Baking: An Endless Summer of Delicious Desserts, was named a ‘Top 10 Summer Cookbook’ by USA Today. She also wrote Beach House Brunch: 100 Delicious Ways to Start Your Long Summer Days, Beach House Dinners: Simple, Summer-Inspired Recipes for Entertaining Year-Round, Farm-To-Table Desserts: 80 Seasonal Organic Recipes From Your Local Farmers’ Market, and finally, the book we are discussing today, Easy Plant-Based Cooking for Two: Delicious Vegan Recipes to Enjoy Together.
Lei also works as a food editor at Dotdash Meredith’s Allrecipes.
Check out Lei's website https://leishishak.com
& follow her on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/leishishak/