The 7 Best Vegetarian Meal Delivery Services for Easy At-Home Dining - PureWow |
- The 7 Best Vegetarian Meal Delivery Services for Easy At-Home Dining - PureWow
- 19 Easy Recipes for Valentine’s Day - The New York Times
- Vegan Lunar New Year Dishes You Need to Make in 2021 - LIVEKINDLY
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The 7 Best Vegetarian Meal Delivery Services for Easy At-Home Dining - PureWow Posted: 10 Feb 2021 06:18 AM PST  2. Sun BasketBest for Special Diets Sun Basket serves up a whole host of different menu options, making it an excellent option for vegetarians who want to customize their meal plan even further. Pescatarian, dairy-free, gluten-free, carb-conscious, diabetes-friendly and Paleo are just a few of the tasty options available for subscribers—though it's worth noting that those with Celiac disease or serious food allergies should look elsewhere since Sun Basket meals come from shared facilities. That said, all the menus share a focus on minimizing food waste and elevating flavor with only fresh, organic produce (and fish from sustainable sources if you so choose). Indeed, the Sun Basket philosophy places a high premium on quality ingredients, so you can count on a delicious dining experience, whether you opt for the quick and easy pre-prepared meals or the classic cook-your-own meal kit option. Price: This weekly delivery service requires that you pick at least two recipes per week, at a cost that begins at $5 per serving. Some recipes are pricier than others, but you can tailor your delivery (and the expense) to your needs by adjusting the serving size for any recipes you select, depending on how big a meal you want or how many mouths you're hoping to feed. Availability: Sun Basket currently ships to most zip codes in the United States—but if you live in Alaska, Hawaii, Montana, North Dakota, and some parts of New Mexico, you're out of luck. Also, keep in mind that not all delivery days are available in all areas, so depending where you live, this one might work best if you have a more flexible schedule.  |
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19 Easy Recipes for Valentine’s Day - The New York Times Posted: 10 Feb 2021 06:36 AM PST  Whether you're celebrating Valentine's Day with your partner, with your pod or by yourself, these recipes will help make the day special without a full day spent in the kitchen. These dishes don't require tons of ingredients and most of them come together in under an hour. Nothing says "I love you" like a grilled cheese sandwich stuffed with melty Gruyère and caramelized onions. This recipe from Ali Slagle has more than 2,000 five-star reviews, so it's a guaranteed home run. (Tip: Have breath mints handy.) This easy no-mixer cake from Jerrelle Guy can be made with fresh or frozen strawberries (or any berry, really). Just be sure to defrost frozen berries in the microwave first. Serve it with whipped cream or the best vanilla ice cream you can get your hands on — or both. Recipe: Strawberry Spoon Cake This vibrant vegetarian sheet-pan dinner from Yasmin Fahr is just as beautiful as a bouquet of flowers, but infinitely more satisfying. If you like, use broccoli instead of broccolini, and serve the whole mess over a pile of chewy farro. Recipe: Sheet-Pan Baked Feta With Broccolini, Tomatoes and Lemon Make kiddos of all ages happy by serving hot chocolate with breakfast. If you're feeling ambitious, top it with homemade marshmallows, whipped cream, and red and pink sprinkles. Perfect for celebrating with your Galentine pod or your family, this velvety fondue from Melissa Clark is a welcome excuse to pull out that 1970s fondue set you inherited from your Aunt Charlene. It's endlessly adaptable, too: Sub in Cheddar, raclette or Monterey Jack for the Gruyère and Emmenthaler. Recipe: Classic Cheese Fondue Thanks be to Genevieve Ko for coming up with this five-ingredient salty-sweet salmon. For a full-on feast, serve it with roasted potatoes, green beans or a salad. Recipe: Maple-Baked Salmon Readers adore Sue Li's 30-minute lemony white bean and shrimp stew for its simplicity and adaptability. If you like, add another can of beans, serve it over pasta or use shallots in place of leeks to speed up the prep. Recipe: Lemony Shrimp and Bean Stew A delicious meal that cooks up in one pot feels like a magic trick. This brightly flavored chicken dish from Yewande Komolafe is just that. Readers had success substituting feta for the halloumi and standard couscous or rice for the pearl couscous. Mark Bittman's steak Diane — essentially seared fillets with Dijon cream sauce — is delightfully retro and undeniably delicious. Baked potatoes, crisp green salad and yacht rock make excellent accompaniments. Recipe: Steak Diane for Two Skip the socially distanced shopping experience at the fancy chocolate store, and make your own box-worthy treats instead. David Tanis's recipe is easy to follow and fun to customize. A perfectly seared scallop is a fine thing, indeed, and Colu Henry's pasta with burst tomatoes and herbs is packed with them. It takes time and patience to get that golden crust, so let the pan get very hot before adding the scallops, then leave them alone for a couple of minutes before checking for doneness. Molly O'Neill brought this recipe to the Times back in 1997, and it still holds up. It's as simple as can be: Slather both sides of some salted chops with Dijon mustard, crushed cumin seeds (or ground cumin if that's what you've got) and black pepper; sear in a hot pan; then finish in the oven. If you think of it, brine the chops a day in advance. (Sam Sifton's star anise brine is perfect for this.) Recipes: Cumin-Baked Pork Chops | Star Anise Brine These genius bars from Genevieve Ko strike the balance between salty and sweet, and they're ripe for improvisation. Use a mixture of bittersweet, semisweet, milk or white chocolate. Decorate with sprinkles or colorful candies. One NYT Cooking editor pressed broken Oreos into the melted chocolate and was pretty happy about it. Champagne, bitters, lemon juice and maple syrup — that's all it takes to make this sparkly beverage from Mark Bittman. (Top with a ripe raspberry, if you like.) Recipe: Champagne Cocktail "BIG WIN" wrote one reader about Alexa Weibel's vegan version of the classic Italian dish. Pasta cooking water, store-bought cashew butter, nutritional yeast, white miso paste and toasted crushed peppercorns come together to make a creamy, dairy-free sauce that doesn't feel like a compromise. Recipe: Vegan Cacio e Pepe A Dutch baby, which is also known as a German oven pancake, is like a giant popover. This one, from Florence Fabricant, is wonderful served with maple syrup or confectioners' sugar, or topped with fresh fruit. Recipe: Dutch Baby Mousse has a reputation for being fussy, but this one is not. It originated in a 1980s Junior League cookbook and came to The Times through the cook Monica Stolbach, via the pastry chef Natasha Pickowicz. You don't have to separate the egg yolks and whites; instead, you pour hot sugar syrup into a blender with chocolate and whole eggs. Blend for a bit, then fold the mixture into softly whipped cream. Fried eggs are good. Melissa Clark's fried eggs with frico edges are next level. Don't use preground Parmesan here. Grate the cheese on the largest holes of your grater, and use a nonstick skillet or well-seasoned cast-iron pan to achieve crispy perfection. Serve the eggs over a pile of fresh arugula with well-buttered toast. Recipe: Crispy Parmesan Eggs  |
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Vegan Lunar New Year Dishes You Need to Make in 2021 - LIVEKINDLY Posted: 10 Feb 2021 03:08 AM PST Let vegan dishes be the star of your Lunar New Year gathering! This year's festivities begin on Friday, February 12, which is when people around the world will start celebrating the Year of the Ox. The holiday is also often referred to as the Chinese New Year, though the two occasions are not exactly the same. The Chinese New Year is based on the Chinese lunar calendar, and is predominantly celebrated in China, while the Lunar New Year is also observed in other Asian countries (often under different names) such as South Korea and Singapore. In Vietnam, Lunar New Year is known as Tết, and in Tibet it's called Losar. Basically, Lunar New Year is the more inclusive and accurate term as it applies to the holiday worldwide. Additionally, the Lunar New Year is typically celebrated among Asian immigrant communities living abroad. For example, the city of San Francisco holds its own Chinese New Year Festival and parade each year that is the oldest and largest event of its kind outside of Asia, and the largest Asian cultural event in North America. Similarly, London hosts an annual Chinese New Year event, though it is expected to be a remote celebration this year due to COVID-19. 
Traditionally Vegan Lunar New Year DishesWhile meat and animal products are often part of Lunar New Year celebrations (2021 is the year of the ox, after all) the holiday also features an array of plant-based foods. Families typically gather on Lunar New Year's Eve for a large, celebratory dinner that is considered the most important meal of the entire multi-day holiday. Several foods hold symbolic meanings, including many vegan-friendly options. For example, tofu signifies happiness and fortune for the entire family while seaweed symbolizes wealth and fortune, and noodles (the longer the better!) are equated with longevity. In some cases, such as with a sweet rice cake known as nian gao, the recipes are vegan to start with, but in other instances, like with a vegan version of sweet and sour "pork," people have adapted recipes to fit with their plant-based eating regimens. LIVEKINDLY reached out to several popular food bloggers of Asian heritage for some of their favorite Lunar New Year dishes. Each blogger also included some personal details about what the dish means to them, their family, and how it relates to the Lunar New Year. Check out a handful of popular vegan Lunar New Year dishes below. 
Caroline Caron-Phelps is a Japanese and French Canadian recipe creator and the founder of Pickled Plum. She spent eight years in Asia, splitting her time between Japan, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore, Thailand and Malaysia. "I love making these vegan Dan Dan noodles to celebrate the Lunar New Year as noodles symbolize longevity," she says. "Everyone loves the spicy, sweet, and tangy flavors of this dish and the chopped mushrooms make a great substitute for ground meat." "I personally prefer the vegan version over the traditional one because it's lighter and so refreshing," she adds. 
"Growing up Filipino-Chinese, Sweet and Sour Pork was always one of those dishes present at the table whenever we'd have family gatherings or when celebrating a special occasion such as the Lunar New Year," Jeeca Uy explains. "This dish was always a massive hit among us kids and I remember always sharing a large plate and enjoyed it with Yeung Chow fried rice with my cousins at the children's table." Jeeca continues: "For this vegan version, the pieces of 'pork' made from vegan soy chunks are coated in a generous amount of starch before being fried to a golden brown crisp. It's coated in a sauce that's a perfect balance of sweet and sour with a little tanginess from the vinegar and hints of fruitiness from the pineapple." 
"New Year sweet rice cake (红糖年糕), or nian gao, is a regular sight in our kitchen every Chinese New Year, and we like to give it as gifts to friends and family," says Judy Leung, who runs The Woks of Life food blog with her husband Bill and daughters Sarah, and Kaitlin. "Nián (年) means 'year,' and 'gāo' (糕) is a homonym for 'gāo' (高), which means, 'tall,' 'high,' or 'expensive,' which is why this food represents hopes for prosperity and advancement." Judy adds: "Our version adds orange zest and vanilla, to give the rice cake an extra kick of flavor." 
"Sujeonggwa (Korean cinnamon punch) is a popular dessert drink. It is often served on festive holidays like Lunar New Year's day in Korea," notes Sue Pressey, who was born and raised in South Korea. "I love this drink because it gives a nice aroma and refreshing taste, which is perfect after having heavy main food on New Year's' Day." "Sujeonggwa is made with ginger, cinnamon and some sugar, so it has sweet and a mild gingery bitter taste. It is also known to help with digestion," Sue continues. 
"We typically gather together during the eve of the Lunar New Year for a reunion dinner and the round shape of the cherry symbolizes the reunion of family members. Cherries are very popular during the Lunar New Year as they are red, and for the Chinese, the color red symbolizes prosperity and fortune," says Raw Chef Yin. For this recipe, the culinary pro wanted to use as many local ingredients as possible. "The crust has freshly grated Malaysian coconuts and has a slight hint of pandan, which is used frequently in our Malaysian desserts for that lovely pandan fragrance. The dessert is naturally sweetened with a coconut nectar made from the Malaysian coconut palm, which is sustainably harvested from the rainforests of Borneo," she explains. "The filling uses cocoa butter from cocoa trees that are planted in Sungai Ruan, in Malaysia. They are ethically sourced. These cherry hazelnut slices are made from wholesome ingredients with no eggs nor dairy, so they are cruelty-free and super yummy." Raw Chef Yin, who is the author of Malaysia's self-billed first raw vegan cookbook, adds: "I usually celebrate with a small reunion dinner on the eve of the Lunar New Year with my family. On the first day of the Lunar New Year, we visit our relatives and catch up with our relatives. It's always very festive. However, this year 2021 will be very different due to the pandemic. We're still in strict lockdown so there won't be the usual festivities." 
"Pineapple-filled pastries are a common sight during Lunar New Year in Singapore and Malaysia, as pineapples symbolize prosperity," says Joy Yuan. "However, they are traditionally very calorie dense, so for those who're looking for a healthy and vegan version, check out this version!" Yuan also notes that pineapple, the star of this dessert, boasts a name that sounds similar to "fortune, come" when said in Hokkien. In Singapore, after moving into a new house, Chinese people often roll whole pineapples on the floor as it symbolises "rolling good luck" into the new house.  |
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