Legend has it that this renowned salad was created in 1924 by Italian chef Caesar Cardini who owned a restaurant in Tijuana, Mexico. Classically, the salad is tossed with a garlic vinaigrette dressing made with Worcestershire sauce, lemon juice, grated Parmesan cheese, croutons, a raw or coddled egg, and anchovies. This more healthful version tastes incredibly like the original-but contains no eggs, dairy products, or anchovies, and it’s simple to make using basic pantry staples.
Preheat the oven to 350°F. Spread the bread cubes in a single layer on a baking sheet and bake them until they are dry and lightly toasted, about 15 minutes. (The croutons will not reach their full crispness until they have cooled.) Set the croutons aside.
To make the dressing, place the nutritional yeast flakes, tahini, mustard, and garlic in a medium mixing bowl, and stir them together to make a paste. Gradually add the lemon juice, soy sauce, and water, stirring vigorously with a wire whisk until the dressing is very smooth.
To assemble the salad, place the lettuce leaves in a large mixing bowl. (The larger the better to facilitate tossing.) Pour the dressing over the lettuce and toss the salad until all the leaves are well coated. Add the croutons and toss the salad again, making sure that the dressing and croutons are well distributed.
Scoop the salad equally onto four salad plates. Garnish each portion with ground black pepper, toasted nori flakes, and lemon wedges, if desired. Serve immediately.
Nori is a mild sea vegetable available in natural food stores. Toasting brings out nori’s sweet, delicate flavor. If you cannot find nori that is pre-toasted, you can easily toast it yourself over an open gas flame or in a dry skillet until it turns bright green.
CROUTONS:
1½ cups French bread, sourdough bread, or whole grain bread, cubed (remove crusts, if desired)
CAESAR DRESSING:
Preheat the oven to 350 °F. Coat a 12 cup muffin tin (or two 6 cup muffin tins) with nonstick cooking spray, and set it aside.
Place the tofu, juice concentrate, water, and oil in a blender or food processor fitted with a metal blade, and process into a smooth, creamy emulsion. Set aside.
Place the remaining ingredients except the corn in a large mixing bowl, and stir them together until they are well combined. Pour the blended mixture into the dry ingredients , and mix until the dry ingredients are evenly moistened. The batter will be very stiff. Stir in the corn kernels, and mix well.
Immediately spoon the batter equally into the prepared muffin cups. Use up all of the batter. The cups will be quite full. Bake for 20 to 25 minutes.
Gently loosen the muffins, and turn them on their sides in the muffin tin. Cover the muffins with a clean tea towel, and let them rest for 5 minutes. This will keep them fro,m developing a hard crust.
Transfer the muffins to a cooling rack, and serve them warm or at room temperature.
Preheat oven to 300°. (Turn fan off if convection)
Mix the olive oil, nutritional yeast, and salt until blended.
Wash and dry the kale. Remove stems and break the leaves into pieces.
Toss the kale into the seasoning mix until well coated.
Bake at 300ᵒ for 7 minutes. Flip the kale over and bake for another 7 minutes, or until crispy.
Olive Oil, 5 Tbs
Red Star Nutritional Yeast, Flakes 1/3 Cup
Salt ¾ Tbs
Kale, Fresh Baby, 1 Lbs.
Bring salted water to a boil, add your pasta, and cook until al dente. Drain and hold hot.
While the pasta is cooking, combine all pesto ingredients in a blender or food processor and blend until creamy smooth (add additional oil if needed).
Note: (Taste pesto, some salt may be needed, depending on Vegan Cheese)
For service, add finished pesto with pasta and mix well to combine.
Serve with a sprinkle of fresh parsley or basil if desired.
6 portions
Brown Rice Pasta (Fusilli) 2/3 Lbs.
Sundried Tomato Pesto:
Oil Packed Sun-Dried Tomatoes, Drained 1/2 Lbs. (drained weight)
Olive Oil 2 Cups (more if needed)
Basil Leaves, Fresh 3/4 Cups
Hemp Seed, Shelled 1/2 Cups
Red Star Nutritional Yeast, Flakes 1/2 Cups
Onion Powder 1/2 Tbs
Vegan Parmesan Cheese, Grated 1 + 1/2 oz
Garlic, Minced 1/2 Tbs
Black Pepper 1/3 tsp
For 1 Cake:
Crust:
Add the macadamias, cashews and pitted dates to a food processor and process until a sticky dough has formed.
Scoop out into a greased 8-inch springform pan and pat down until smooth.
Place into the freezer to set.
Maple Date Vegan Cheesecake with Strawberries cont.:
Filling:
In a food processor add the 2 cups of pre-soaked cashews along with the lemon juice, vanilla and maple syrup and blend until smooth.
Pour this over the crust, smooth out with a spatula and return to the freezer.
Allow this to set firmly (overnight) before you prepare your topping.
Topping:
Add the soaked cashews, fresh strawberries, lemon juice and 2 Tablespoons maple syrup to the blender and blend until smooth. Taste to check sweetness (the sweetness will depend on the sweetness of the strawberries), if needed add more maple syrup and blend again.
Pour this over the cheesecake layer and return to the freezer to set solidly.
When completely set, let it thaw for 30 minutes then decorate top with fresh sliced strawberries and serve.
1 cake 5 portions
Crust:
Raw Cashews 1/2 Cup
Raw Macadamia Nuts 1/2 Cup
Pitted Dates 1/2 Cup
Filling:
Raw Cashews, soaked 4 Hours and Drained 1 Cups
Lemon Juice, Fresh 2 tbs
Vanilla Extract 1 tsp
Maple Syrup 1 tsp
Red Star Nutritional Yeast, Flakes 1 tsp
Topping:
Raw Cashews, soaked 4 Hours and Drained 1/2 Cup
Fresh Strawberries 3/4 Cup
Lemon Juice, Fresh 1/2 Tbs
Maple Syrup 1 1/2 Tbs
Decoration:
Sliced strawberries as needed
Preheat oven to 400°F.
Pour cauliflower into a large bowl. Toss with melted butter shaking to make sure cauliflower is coated on all sides.
Add hot sauce. Toss and stir until all the cauliflower is coated.
Add Nutritional Yeast and mix well.
Transfer cauliflower to parchment lined sheet trays and bake for 10-15 minutes, until browned and crispy. Turn once halfway thru.
Serve Immediately.
Cauliflower Florets, Fresh or Thawed Frozen 0.8 Lbs.
Butter, Unsalted, Melted ¾ cup
Franks Regular Hot Sauce (not buffalo) 1 ½ Cup
Red Star Nutritional Yeast, Flakes 0.3 Lbs.
Directions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray pie pans with oil.
For every pan: Cut 2 tortillas in half (making 4 pieces) and arrange them so that the bottom and sides are covered. Bake for about 10-15 minutes checking to make sure the tortillas have not moved and not bubbling (break any bubbles if they form). Remove when just crisp.
During baking, heat oil over med heat. Add onion and cook till translucent. Add garlic and cook until aromatic but not brown. Add spinach and cook until wilted. Remove from heat.
In a food processor, add tofu, nutritional yeast, lemon juice, and spices. Process until smooth.
Add artichokes and onion mixture to food processor and plus until mixed. Fold in diced peppers
Put mixture into pie pan. Bake for about 45 mins at 350.
Large Tortillas 3
Olive Oil 1/6 Cup
White Onion, Small Dice ½ Lbs.
Garlic, Minced 1/6 Cup
Spinach, Fresh, Clean 3.25 oz
Silken Tofu, Drained 1.3 Lbs.
Red Star Nutritional Yeast, Flakes ¾ Cups
Dijon Mustard ½ Tbs
Lemon Juice, Fresh ½ Cup
Basil, Dried ½ Tbs
Turmeric ¼ Tbs
Salt ¼ Tbs
Pepper 1/3 tsp
Canned Artichoke, Drained, Chopped ¾ Lbs.
Roasted Red Peppers, Drained, Diced 1/3 Cup