Beans & Lentils

Humble, hearty, and always good, from a pot of smoky chili to a tuna sandwich filling, beans and lentils are the protein that always satisfies. Cozy, inexpensive and the backbone of so much delicious cooking.

Vegan gigantes baked beans in tomato herb sauce

Gigantes Beans in Tomato Herb Sauce

Best Vegan Bean Salad - dense protein bean salad

Best Bean Salad With Seared Asparagus

Cheater Baked Beans

Vegetarian chopped liver you can make at home that tastes like it's right out of a Brooklyn deli

Vegetarian Chopped Liver (Brooklyn-Deli Style)

Pinwheel Lasagna with Lentil Walnut Meat

Mushroom Lentil Noodle Soup

Butternut Squash Tacos with Refried Adzuki Beans

Lasagna Soup with Lentil Bolognese

Vegan meatloaf made with TVP and lentils with a sweet, smoky glaze

Members Only Vegan Meatloaf

Sauteed Lentils and Greens

Garlicky White Bean & Asparagus Soup

Black Eyed Pea Curry With Collards & Potatoes

Vegan enchilada casserole with layers of corn tortillas, potatoes, pinto beans, and cashew crema topping

Nirvana Enchilada Casserole - VIDEO

Vegan Halloween shepherd’s pie in white ramekins, with green mashed potato monsters on top of lentil mushroom filling, green olive eyes, radish fangs and thyme sprig arms, on an orange table with beer glasses and black bunting.

Monster Mash Shepherd's Pie

A textured bowl of stonefruit lentil salad with French green lentils, diced peaches, mixed greens, and quick pickled red onions.

Stonefruit & Lentil Salad With Creamy Mustard Vinaigrette

Black Bean Quinoa Soup

Quick and easy vegan lentil soup with olives and lentils

Smoky Tomato Lentil Soup With Spinach & Olives

Vegan Italian sausage grilled in cast iron

Simple Seitan & Bean Italian Sausages

Eggplant & Black Eyed Pea Curry

Bowl of spicy vegan black-eyed peas and greens served with ginger mashed sweet potatoes and apples

Hottie Black-Eyed Peas and Greens

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If you love vegan cooking from scratch, you’re in the right place. I’m a Brooklyn-born chef and cookbook author who’s been cooking vegan since the late ’80s.

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Real-Life Cooking in 29 Minutes

These are the meals I actually make when time is tight: budget-friendly, big on flavor, stacked with veggies and protein, and still pure comfort food. No fussy steps or unnecessary ingredients. Just mostly-from-scratch cooking that fits into real life.