Winter

Vegan banana french toast with more bananas, blueberries and syrup

Banana French Toast

vegan baked cilantro lime rice in a cast iron skillet

Baked Cilantro Lime Rice

Brooklyn diner home fries with green bell peppers and onions with hot sauce

Brooklyn Diner Style Home Fries

Vegan potato tacos with black beans and guacamole

Tater Tacos with Corn, Black Beans, and Guac

vegan margarita cupcakes with a sugar rim

Margarita Cupcakes

Vegan chocolate chip cookies made with olive oil

Olive Oil Chocolate Chip Cookies (Simple Pantry Ingredients)

Vegan lentil bolognese with walnut smothered over lasagna moodles

Lentil Bolognese With Walnuts

Vegan bacon cheeseburger

Meaty Seitan Burgers

Vegan sour cream recipe that is so easy

Creamy Easy Vegan Sour Cream

Vegan shrimp and grits! It's shrooms and grits.

Shrooms & Grits

Vegan tikka masala recipe with cauliflower

Cauliflower Tikka Masala

Vegan cinnamon raisin bread

Cinnamon Raisin Swirl Bread

Vegan cacio e pepe with tempeh sausage. Creamy vegan pasta with sausage.

Cacio e Pepe e Salsiccia

Epic vegan lasagna recipe with eggplant

Epic Eggplant Lasagna

easy homemade marinara sauce recipe in a pot

Mom's Homemade Marinara Sauce

Easy crispy smoky tempeh bacon recipe

Super Easy Tempeh Bacon

Easy vegan baked beans recipe

Cheater Baked Beans

The best creamy vegan macaroni salad inspired by the Brooklyn deli case

Creamy Vegan Macaroni Salad (Brooklyn Deli Style)

Spicy Peanut Noodle Salad

Dragon Noodle Salad with Spicy Peanut Dressing

Vegan baked apples filled with sweet potatoes. For dessert or alongside the mains! Great for jewish holidays.

Baked Apples with Sweet Potato Filling & Candied Pecans

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.