Winter

Three ceramic white bowls filled with creamy vegan tomato soup topped with golden homemade noochy croutons and fresh chopped chives

Cream Of Tomato Soup

A whole glazed vegan orange pound cake sliced open on a wooden cutting board, showing a dense, yellow citrus crumb under a thick white orange glaze.

Orange Pound Cake

Two black bowls of creamy vegan chickpea curry with potatoes and green peas, topped with fresh cilantro and sliced red chiles, with a plate of white rice and whole red chiles on the side.

Chickpea Potato Curry

Freshly baked mini vegan cinnamon sugar donuts arranged on a white marble board dusted with cinnamon sugar.

Baked Cinnamon Sugar Donuts

A bowl of silky vegan cheddary broccoli soup garnished with fresh microgreens, red pepper flakes, and cracked black pepper

Cheddary Broccoli Soup

Overhead view of a ceramic bowl filled with vibrant quinoa tortilla soup loaded with corn, pinto beans, avocado chunks, fresh cilantro, and jalapeño slices

Quinoa Tortilla Soup With Roasted Jackfruit

Overhead view of a bowl of deep ruby red roasted beet borscht topped with a swirl of vegan sour cream, fresh dill, and crushed coriander seeds

Roasted Beet Borscht

Overhead view of two white bowls filled with golden butternut squash bisque, decorated with white coconut milk swirls, red pepper flakes, black pepper, and fresh thyme

Butternut Bisque With a Coconut Swirl

A cozy bowl of homemade vegan minestrone soup filled with ditalini pasta, white beans, green beans, carrots, and potatoes, served alongside fresh focaccia bread.

Everyone's Homemade Minestrone Soup

Two glasses lined with molasses swirls and filled with thick vegan pumpkin spice milkshake.

Pumpkin Spice Milkshake

Vegan autumn everything bowl with roasted butternut squash, lentils, quinoa, kale and tempeh bacon under a bright pink beet yogurt sauce

Autumn Everything Bowl With Beet Yogurt Sauce

Slice of vegan butternut squash lasagna on a pink plate with the baking pan in the background

Butternut Squash Lasagna With Caramelized Onions

Wide overhead view of a freshly baked classic vegan apple pie

Classic Vegan Apple Pie

Mini pumpkin bundt cakes drizzled with a thick white lemon glaze that drips down the ridges

Mini Pumpkin Bundt Cakes with Lemon Glaze

A cozy bowl of Sweet Potato Quinoa Stew with kidney beans, tender sweet potato chunks, and wilted lacinato kale in a savory ginger-rosemary broth

Sweet Potato Quinoa Stew With Kidney Beans

Close-up view of a slice of Cinnamon Apple Coffee Cake dusted with powdered sugar and a golden fork beside it.

Cinnamon Apple Coffee Cake

Vegan spinach artichoke dip served with crackers and carrot sticks on a floral plate.

Stovetop Spinach Artichoke Dip

Braided vegan challah looking gorgeous and golden

Golden Vegan Challah

Overhead close-up of vegan eggplant rollatini in a blue baking dish, breaded eggplant rolls topped with marinara, breadcrumbs, pine nuts, and fresh basil ribbons.

Eggplant Rollatini With Spinach and Toasted Pine Nuts

A close-up cross section of a baked stuffed cabbage roll filled with rice, lentils, and chickpeas, topped with sweet and sour tomato sauce, dollop of vegan sour cream, and fresh dill.

Sweet and Sour Stuffed Cabbage Rolls (Holishkes)

Hey, I'm Isa

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.

I’ve always felt that food is all about comfort, creativity, and cravings. Join me, and let’s cook like nobody’s watching <3

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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.