Quick and Easy Vegan Slow Cooking: More Than 150 Tasty, Nourishing Recipes That Practically Make Themselves

419 Pages·2012·2.17 MB·English

by  Carla Kelly

Praise for Quick and Easy Vegan Slow Cooking
“The slow cooker is often regarded as a large pantry paperweight that is pulled
out for the occasional potluck, but in Quick and Easy Vegan Slow Cooking, Carla
truly reinvents the slow cooker for a new generation. The variety of delicious
and nutritious recipes is incredible and Carla provides allergen information to
make sure everyone can enjoy dinner. In addition, there are recipes to help round
out these tasty one-pot creations into a full dinnertime spread. Combined with
the convenience factor, this book will make your slow cooker a permanent
fixture in your kitchen.”
—Kris Holechek, author of 100 Best Vegan Baking Recipes, Have Your Cake
and Vegan Too, and nomnomnomblog.com
“Quick slow cooking is not an oxymoron, thanks to Carla Kelly’s wonderful new
book, which proves that everyone has time to create healthful, compassionate
meals every day!”
—Colleen Patrick-Goudreau, bestselling author and expert on compassionate
living
“Who doesn’t love a deliciously inspired meal after a long day of work? Carla
Kelly will have you pulling your slow cooker out of retirement and whipping up
her tantalizing recipes, from delectable soups, stews, curries, chilies, BBQs,
casseroles and roasts to quiches, sauces, stews and sides. You’ll have a hard time
deciding what to make first!”
—Julie Hasson, author of Vegan Diner
“In Quick and Easy Vegan Slow Cooking, Carla Kelly delivers an impressive
collection of recipes from soups and stews, to curries and casseroles, that will
keep your slow cooker humming and your tummy well satisfied.”
—Robin Robertson, author of Quick-Fix Vegan, Vegan on the Cheap, and Fresh
from the Vegan Slow Cooker
“Who doesn’t love coming home to an incredible smelling home and the hot
dinner that made it so? Thanks to the more than 150 recipes in Carla Kelly’s
book, Quick and Easy Vegan Slow Cooking, now we all can. Carla draws on her
family favorites, and also spans the planet with a wide range of culturally-
inspired dishes. From curries to casseroles, and everywhere in between, Carla’s
recipes are sure to please your palate.”
—Tamasin Noyes, author of American Vegan Kitchen, Grills Gone Vegan!, and
coauthor of Vegan Sandwiches Save the Day
“If your idea of luxury is having dinner simmering away for you after a long day,
then this book is for you! Vegan slow cooking made easy and delicious.”
—Isa Chandra Moskowitz, bestselling author of Veganomicon
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QUICK AND EASY
Vegan Slow Cooking
More Than 150 Tasty, Nourishing Recipes That Practically Make
Themselves
Carla Kelly
QUICK AND EASY VEGAN SLOW COOKING: More Than 150 Tasty,
Nourishing Recipes That Practically Make Themselves
Copyright © 2012 Carla Kelly
Photographs copyright © 2012 Carla Kelly
Drawings on page 14 © 2012 by Karen Giangreco
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Kelly, Carla, 1971–
Quick and easy vegan slow cooking: more than 150 tasty, nourishing recipes
that practically make themselves / Carla Kelly.
p. cm.
Includes index.
ISBN 978-1-61519-043-0 (trade pbk.) — ISBN 978-1-61519145-1 (ebook) 1.
Vegan cooking. 2. Vegetarian cooking. 3. Electric cooking, Slow. 4. Quick and
easy cooking. 5. Cookbooks. I. Title. II. Title: More than 150 tasty, nourishing
slow cooker recipes that practically make themselves.
TX837.K37 2011
641.5’636—dc23
2011032919
ISBN 978-1-61519-043-0
Ebook ISBN 978-1-61519145-1
Cover design by Susi Oberhelman
Cover photograph of vegan soup © Stockfood | Ellert
Author photograph by Karen Jackson
Text design by Pauline Neuwirth, Neuwirth & Associates, Inc.
Manufactured in the United States of America
Distributed by Workman Publishing Company, Inc.
Distributed simultaneously in Canada by Thomas Allen and Son Ltd.
First published April 2012
10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
For sticking by me,
Supporting me,
Loving me,
Giving me hugs,
Even when I was the crabby, stressed-out, still-in-my-pajamas-on-the-computer-
at-noon me.
For my family, as always: “more than the world.”
Contents
Welcome
QUICK AND EASY SLOW COOKING?
WHY USE A SLOW COOKER?
GETTING STARTED WITH YOUR SLOW COOKER
EQUIPMENT
INGREDIENTS
TECHNIQUES
SLOW COOKING THROUGHOUT THE YEAR
ALLERGEN AWARENESS SYMBOLS
Basic Recipes
BEANS
VEGETABLE STOCK
BASIC SLOW COOKER SEITAN, DARKER AND LIGHTER
CHIPOTLE LENTIL SAUSAGES
CHIPOTLE LENTIL PÂTÉ
DRY CHEES-Y MIX
FAUX POULTRY SEASONING MIX
TANDOORI SPICE MIX
POACHED GARLIC AND GARLIC INFUSED OIL
SIMPLE TOMATO SAUCE
HOMEMADE SOY CREAMER
Soups
ROAST TOMATO AND PEPPER GAZPACHO
CHILLED CORN SOUP
SPINACH AND PARSLEY SOUP
BLACK BEAN, RED PEPPER, AND ARUGULA SOUP
TRIPLE TOMATO SOUP
CRÈME OF BROCCOLI SOUP
BUTTERNUT SQUASH AND PEAR SOUP
SPICY CARROT SOUP
SWEET POTATO WITH LIME SOUP
LEEK AND POTATO WITH FENNEL SOUP
SOUR AND SPICED SWEET POTATO SOUP
SORT-OF BORSCHT BEET SOUP
MAGNIFICENT MUSHROOM SOUP
POACHED GARLIC AND ROAST CAULIFLOWER SOUP
ROASTED CARROT AND SWEET POTATO SOUP
GREEN CURRY LENTIL SOUP
LENTIL, CAULIFLOWER, AND POTATO SOUP
ROASTED CARROT AND LENTIL SOUP
“HAM” AND PEA SOUP
PARSNIP AND CHICKPEA SOUP
MINESTRONE-INSPIRED CHUNKY FENNEL AND WHITE BEAN SOUP
MOCK-A-LEEKIE (“CHICKEN” AND LEEK) SOUP
SAUSAGE, RICE, AND SALSA SOUP
Stews
FRENCH WHITE BEAN ASPARAGUS STEW
LIMA BEAN AND SHIITAKE STEW
ETHIOPIAN FUSION SQUASH STEW
RATATOUILLE
MOROCCAN SPICED VEGETABLE STEW WITH COUSCOUS
TOMATO, BARLEY, AND LENTIL STEW
MEDITERRANEAN VEGETABLE AND BEAN STEW
SMOKY MUSHROOM AND TOFU STROGANOFF
PEASANT VEGETABLE AND SAUSAGE STEW
SEITAN IN ONION GRAVY
ST. PATRICK’S DAY IRISH STEW
BEER STEW WITH SWEET POTATO AND CELERY
WHITE STEW