FatFree Vegan Kitchen

Cranberry-Carrot Cake from Vegan Holiday Kitchen

November 15, 2017 By Susan Voisin 191 Comments

Six years ago, I was honored to work with Nava Atlas, taking the photos for her book Vegan Holiday Kitchen. It was a gorgeous hard-backed book, and I’m happy to announce it’s just come out in an equally beautiful paperback version, with full-color photographs on heavy, high-quality paper.

To celebrate, I asked Nava if I could post one of her recipes from the book, and she said yes. I’ve also begun giving away some of the copies that the publisher sent me, and I’ll tell you more about that in a moment. For now, let me tell you about this delicious cranberry-carrot cake….

Simple Black Bean Burger

October 29, 2017 By Susan Voisin 386 Comments

Let’s face it: When you follow a plant-based whole foods diet, there are some things you miss. I’m not talking about rich desserts and fried snacks. What I sometimes miss is convenience of packaged foods, especially the ease of pulling a veggie burger out of the freezer and cooking it in the microwave in under two minutes. That’s why I decided to create a faster, easier black bean burger….

Green Tomato Pepper Butter

October 27, 2017 By Susan Voisin 10 Comments

Fall comes late here in the Deep South. It’s the end of October, and the leaves that change color have only just begun to whisper to each other their plans to sometime, in the future, perhaps transition from green to yellow or red. Or, in this evergreen land, they may just hold on to their…

Fat-Free Vegan Biscuits

September 30, 2017 By Susan Voisin 21 Comments

I owe the inspiration for these delicious fat-free vegan biscuits to my Facebook followers. Last Sunday, I asked them what recipes they’d like to see “on this beautiful Sunday morning,” and one of the many great responses that came back was “biscuits and gravy.” It sounded good to me, too!

Vegan Gluten-Free Peach Cobbler

August 24, 2017 By Susan Voisin 28 Comments

I grew up with peach trees in the garden, and it pains me a little to have to pay money to buy peaches imported from Alabama every summer. But truth be told, our homegrown peaches were always on the small side, compared to the juicy globes of sweetness I now get from our farm stand….

Mega Veggie Vegan Chili

July 31, 2017 By Susan Voisin 35 Comments

My husband’s birthday was last Friday, and I thought I’d be sharing his birthday cake (a carrot cake) with you rather than veggie chili, but in cooking (as in all things) it doesn’t pay to take things for granted. The cake was not a success. It sank in the middle and was only edible because…

Hawaiian Baked Beans in the Instant Pot

June 30, 2017 By Susan Voisin 47 Comments

With the 4th of July coming up, I felt it was my duty to take one of my old favorite ridiculously easy recipes and make it much more complicated. Well, that wasn’t exactly my thinking. I was pondering an update of this Hawaiian Baked Beans recipe to go with the Red Bean-Chipotle Burgers I made…

Portobello Mushroom Pizzas with Hummus

May 17, 2017 By Susan Voisin 15 Comments

I’ve been enjoying my (sort of) new air fryer, but I haven’t been getting as creative with it as other people in my Facebook group have. I’ve done potatoes in fancy ways but mostly plain French fries and hash browns, tempeh bacon, asparagus, and, most successfully, tofu. After weeks of just “winging it,” I decided to…