The Vibrant Table Recipes from My Always Vegetarian, Mostly Vegan, and Sometimes Raw Kitchen

by Kassoff, Anya; Davydova, Masha

• ISBN13: 9781611802771
• ISBN10: 1611802776
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2015-09-29
• Publisher: Roost Books

Summary

Shows how wholesome plant-based meals, new flavor combinations, and surprisingly simple raw-food techniques can become part of a fun family lifestyle.

Walk with Anya Kassoff through farmers' markets, local food shops, and her garden, and you too will start to see fresh fruit and vegetables as the raw materials for artistic expression. Rose petal and honey sundaes, lemongrass and raspberry tiramisu with cardamom cream, amaranth pumpkin porridge: with these recipes in hand, you will never run out of ways to enjoy fresh, whole foods at home.
    
Anya's family-focused food blog, Golubka (Russian for "dove"), has a well-earned reputation for unique recipes that please the palate and senses. Her recipes are healthy by most standards--always vegetarian, mostly vegan, gluten-free, and often raw--and every dessert can serve as an energizing breakfast. Her food is fresh, seasonal, homemade, handcrafted, and 100% delightful, almost whimsical.
    
Over 100 recipes include lighter interpretations of familiar classics and embody a fresh, bright sensibility that will inspire you well beyond the table. Anya's kitchen is part workshop and part art classroom, so many recipes double as food projects that can be done for or with kids. The Vibrant Table is a delicious homage to lightness and elegance at home.

Author Biography

Born and raised in Russia, ANYA KASSOFF is a passionate cook and successful food blogger who uses her multicultural background for inspiration in the kitchen and when entertaining. In her adopted home of Florida, she finds endless ways to experiment with abundant local produce to recreate raw/vegan versions of familiar dishes from her childhood, inventing new family classics along the way.

Table of Contents

Recipes include:

Breakfast and Snacks:
Green Smoothie, Green Juice, Cherry Ricotta Bake, Brazil Nut Oat Yogurt, Cocoa Buckwheat Granola, Apple and Carrot Breakfast Salad, Chestnut and Buckwheat Crepes with Leeks and Mushrooms, Strawberry Oat Milk Smoothie, Amaranth Pumpkin Porridge, Key Lime Breakfast Parfait; Zucchini, Chocolate and Blueberry Pancakes; Matcha Kiwi Smoothie, Carrot Orange Muffins, Turmeric Ginger Tea, Fig Bars, Kale and Mustard Muffins, Chocolate Hemp Bars with Prune Caramel

Savories:
Fava Bean, Quinoa and Mint Salad, Miso and Raspberry Forbidden Rice Salad, Strawberry Soba Salad, Large Autumn Salad, Summer Bounty Salad, Roasted Kala Chana Hummus, Chunky Beet Sauerkraut, Cranberry Chutney, Marinated Stuffed Poblano Peppers, Peach and Avocado Summer Rolls

Soups:
Black Lentil and Butternut Squash Chili, Avocado Cilantro Soup, Roasted Chestnut Soup, Golden Gazpacho, Pappa al Pomodoro, Lazy Sweet Potato Dumplings in Broth, Creamy French Bean Soup, Apple Anise Soup

Mains:
Fingerling Potato and Rosemary Flatbread Pizza, Beet and Buckwheat Gnocchi, Squash Blossom Quiche, Fava Bean Quinoa Cakes, Tarragon Millet and Pear Stuffed Squash, Coconut Black Rice with Grilled Peaches, Colorful Tacos, Citrus Broccolini with Cardamom Tofu, Cauliflower Pie, Broccoli Rabe Focaccia, Tarragon Pistachio Falafel with Grilled Peach Salsa, Black Bean Pasta with Cherries and Dandelion, Chickpea Crepes with Mango Salsa, Asparagus and Kohlrabi Tart, Butternut Squash Fritters, Heirloom Tomato, Olive and Basil Tofu Souffle, Chanterelle Mushroom and Rutabaga Tartlets, Zucchini Spaghetti with Nectarines and Pumpkin Seed Pesto, Caramelized Fennel and Fig Pizza, Celeriac Garbanzo Stew with Slow-Roasted Tomatoes, Mediterranean Dolma

Tea Time:
Mango Lime Tartlets, Roasted Plum Ice Cream, Rum and Raisin Bundt Cakes, Rhubarb and Rosemary Tart, Lemongrass Raspberry Trifle, Berry and Chocolate Crisp, Lemon Bars, Persimmon and Chocolate Loaf, Apple and Blackberry Cobbler, Thumbprint Cookies, Pink Salt Chocolate Mousse Tart, Earl Grey Poached Pears with Hazelnut Panna Cotta, Swirled Acai and White Chocolate Cheesecake, Fall Sorbet Trio, Blood Orange Chocolate Cakes, Apricot and Lavender Tart, Cocoa Nib Cookies, Peach and Raspberry Tartlets, Fig Cupcakes, Black and White Chocolate Cups

Play Time:
Avocado and Strawberry Popsicles, Everything Halva, Vegetable Miso Soup, Thunderstorm Cookies, Spinach and Quinoa Blinchiki, Garbanzo Chocolate Pops, Animal Cookies, Whole Grain Crust Mini Pizzas, Sweet Potato and Apple Doughnuts, Chocolate Milkshake, Flower Vegetable Tartlets, Pink Lemon Coconut Bonbons, Apple and Vegetable Chips, Beet and Chocolate Pudding, Quick Spelt Bread with Concord Grape Jelly