Save the oceans as well as its living beings with these easy and tasty vegan fish tacos (or more accurately, fish-less tacos). Using any of the plant-based fish alternatives available or DIY tofu-based fillets, this recipe makes an easy, fun weeknight dinner.
Fish tacos became a thing long after I gave up seafood, so I never got to puzzle out what the appeal might be. But as we all know, they’re hugely popular, so there must be something to it.
Vegan shrimp and grits is a recipe that just a few years ago would have seemed impossible to accomplish. Now, with plant-based seafood alternatives, just about anything is possible! Lemony plant-based shrimp are nestled into vegan cheese grits for a surprising weekend breakfast or brunch treat.
The original recipe is heart-stopping! Poking around to find out more about the actual seafood-based version of this dish, I learned that it delivers a whopping amount of cholesterol and fat (averaging 38 grams of fat per serving). This version has zero cholesterol and a fraction of the fat.
If you’ve ever ordered pad see ew at a Thai eatery, you know that it always comes with a choice of “meat,” so in the case of vegan pad see ew that can be tofu or a variety other plant-based proteins. The recipe also features Chinese broccoli, a type of green that’s not always readily available; broccolini or regular broccoli are fine substitutes.
Oyster sauce is often used in the traditional recipe, but of course, we need to swap another sauce in. Black bean sauce or hoisin sauce are both fine substitutes for giving the rice noodles the brown gloss that makes this dish so appealing.
Here’s a concise guide to leeks and their varieties — baby leeks, ramps, and Chinese leeks. You’ll find tips on buying, storage, and prep as well as general uses and links to recipes.
Mature leeks look like enormous green onions (scallions) with sturdy, deep green stalks forming a chevron-patterned crown atop a thick cylindrical bulb with brush-like rootlets. The bulb is pearly-white at the bottom, but as it reaches toward the stalks, the color turns from white to celery green to deep green.