Introducing The Beet’s new column: Guest Chefs on The Beet. We enlisted celebrity chefs to share their favorite plant-based recipes and helpful culinary tips and techniques. There’s never been a better time to eat plant-based.
Guest Chefs
Watch: How to Make Hoisin BBQ Pulled “Duck” Mushroom Sandwiches
Here’s a little twist on our usual mushroom shredding technique. This recipe creates bigger pieces instead of fine shreds, which gives this sandwich an incredible texture. Some key flavors come from our Wicked Kitchen Sticky Teriyaki Sauce, one of my favorite sauces. A fr...
Love Crab? Try This Vegan Crab Boil Pasta from Chefs Derek & Chad Sarno
This super satisfying dish is reminiscent of a good old crab boil but made animal-free! Boiling the potatoes and corn in with the pasta creates starchy pasta water that helps thicken and flavor the sauce. Some crumbled plant-based sausages add savory flavor as well...
Vegan Ricotta and Tomato Phyllo Pizza from Chefs Derek and Chad Sarno
Try this oh-so-flaky pastry pizza crust on those lighter days when you don’t want to be weighed down by a regular pizza. Ripe heirloom tomatoes give it a burst of summer flavor! Of course, you can switch up the toppings however you like. Eith...
All-Day Vegan Breakfast Tart from Chefs Derek & Chad Sarno
If you don’t keep a box of puff pastry in the freezer, you’re missing out. It’s easy to use, most brands are vegan, it makes everything you make look fancy, and you can use it for main dishes, appetizers, sweet, savory … you name it. The stuff is amazing!
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Chef AJ Lost 100 Pounds. Here’s Her Diet-Friendly 5-Ingredient Dessert
Choosing healthier sweeteners is an easy way to ensure your dessert is diet-friendly. Dates are a whole food containing vitamins, minerals, phytochemicals, antioxidants, micronutrients, fiber, and water, unlike refined sweeteners, which boast none of these beneficial qualities and have been linked to the development of numerous diseases.
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Korean-Style Fried Rice With Radish Kimchi & Cabbage by Wicked Kitchen
Make this easy Korean-style fried rice that's simple but bursting with bold flavor in less than 20 minutes. Look for cubed radish kimchi, or Kkadugi, in any Korean market or Whole Foods Market. Like standard Napa cabbage kimchi, Kkadugi is crunchy with a slight sweetness to it. Pai...
Lauren Toyota Shows You How to Make Her Baked Vegan PB&J Oat Bars
I don’t want to knock oatmeal— it’s filling and healthy— but I’m not the biggest fan of mushy porridge for breakfast. I make it ’cause it’s quick, but with a little planning you can bake that oatmeal with peanut butter into a bar dolloped with your fave jam . . . now we’re talking. These bars are ju...
Vegan Egg Salad from Derek and Chad Sarno in The Wicked Kitchen
Diced tofu mixed with creamy mayo and spiced with turmeric is as delicious and versatile as traditional egg salad. Here, we load it into pita halves with some crunchy veggies, but you can also serve it over a bed of greens, use it to stuff hollowed-out tomatoes, or spoon it onto crackers for a quick snack...
Mark Bittman’s Everything-But-the-Chicken Salad
When I grew up, way back in the twentieth century, there was always a huge jar of mayo – Hellmann’s of course, and only Hellmann’s, for whatever reason – and mayo was important. (Olive oil, for all intents and purposes, only existed for people of Mediterranean origin; you couldn’t even buy it in a supermarket.)
My mom, who was the prim...
In the Wicked Kitchen’s Smokey Street Style BBQ Tofu
Worried about getting enough protein? Fuhgeddaboudit. Nutritionists agree it’s not difficult to get enough protein on a plant-based diet as most foods contain some protein, and we don’t need much: Most adult women need about 46 grams of protein a day, on average, and men need about 56 grams. Still, people are al...