We love talking about vegan food! We love it so much that we teach cooking classes, offer food demos after our weekend tours, publish recipes on our website, and we even wrote a whole book with 125 vegan recipes! We’re thrilled to announce that we will be talking about vegan food on WAMC’s Food Friday, … Read more
By Chef Sara Mother’s Day is just around the corner, and there are loads of ways to show your love and appreciation for the special mom (or moms!) in your life. Flowers, jewelry, and cards are well and good and make thoughtful gifts, but if you love to be in the kitchen and live within … Read more
By Chef Sara Eating well can be a challenge on an average day–but throw a cold or the flu into the mix, and the idea of even boiling water can feel utterly overwhelming. Our bodies need extra support and kindness when sickness strikes, so even if our instincts might be to retreat under the … Read more
By Chef Sara If you thought quinoa was tiny and cute, wait until you meet amaranth! This pseudo-grain (a seed that’s used the same way as a grain) is even smaller than quinoa – but what it lacks in size, it makes up for in great nutrition and a pleasant, nutty flavor. Unlike quinoa, … Read more
Best Vegan Chefs: Compassionate Cuisine Wins in Hudson Valley Linda Soper-Kolton and Sara Boan, the best vegan chefs in the Hudson Valley, are being celebrated by Hudson Valley Magazine! For the latest updates on their wonderful classes, sign up for our Compassionate Cuisine newsletter! Gobble & Groove 2018 Was a Hit! Through broken clouds with … Read more
5 Reasons “Isa Does It” Belongs in your Cookbook Library When I decided to go vegan in January 2014, my large and well-loved collection of cookbooks suddenly felt foreign and unusable. What a strange sensation! Though I’d been working as a chef for years (and had briefly been vegetarian in college), exclusively vegan cooking and … Read more
Dear Jay Z and Beyonce, Did you expect that around the world, vegans would be tweeting and chatting, writing and talking about your bold decision to go vegan for 22 days? I’ll bet you did—maybe your friends Marco and Gwyneth clued you into the fact that for vegans, the prospect of two of the world’s … Read more
CAS’s vegan chef, Linda Soper-Kolton, talked to Radio Woodstock listeners about the health and environmental benefits of a vegan diet, and just how delicious vegan food really is! Check out her interview in the video below. [youtube]http://youtu.be/fge5dwil0Kg[/youtube] Many thanks to Greg Gattine and WDST Radio Woodstock. Register online for Compassionate Cuisine cooking classes at CASanctuary.org.
Last week, powered by a generator up at the Homestead’s Judgement-Free Kitchen after the storms took down trees and power lines, I taught “Vegan 101,” an introductory class to help familiarize people with the wide variety of foods available in vegan cooking. After the first few minutes of facilitating the acquaintance of strangers in a … Read more
These petite loaves are moist and flavorful from mashed bananas and gluten-free oat flour, which can be easily (and inexpensively) made at home by blending rolled oats in your blender until they resemble a fine flour.
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