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36+ Easy Vegan Recipes – Sylvie's vegane Rezepte
by: Gerhild Fulson / Oma Gerhild shares German recipes rooted in family tradition.
Easy vegan recipes on my German recipes website? You bet! It’s true, I am not vegan. I’m German and I love German food. And German food and vegan food seem to be mutually exclusive. But, I have family and friends who are both German and vegan!
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Much of my regular traditional German recipes have meat, butter, cream, LOTS OF CREAM, and meat. Did I already say meat? Yes, lots of meat and gravy and cream and butter. I think I’m repeating myself, but you get the picture.
But what about my vegan dinner guests? I want to give them something delicious, yet German, that won’t go against their conscience and won't take a long time to make. That means not using any animal products such as eggs, milk, cheese, butter, cream, or meat. Even honey! These are, of course, the major items in German cuisine.
I could just make simple vegetarian recipes, but that doesn’t always work. I could try for meatless meals, but again, that doesn’t always mean vegan. I also needed to find a good vegan cake recipe that everyone can enjoy. And I don’t want to have to go shopping for strange stuff that I won’t use again.
The Challenge
So this was my challenge: to imagine, and experiment, and create a vegan version of some of my favorite authentic German recipes! I set down my basic guidelines:
- I want vegan dishes that taste German, or at the very least, complement our German taste buds
- These recipes must be delicious and nourishing with simple ingredients
- And, of course, they should be quick and easy to make
Fortunately, there are a few German recipes that are “accidentally” vegan, such as Homemade Sauerkraut, Sauerkraut Salad, Tomato Salad, and Cucumber Salad. Other recipes can easily be made vegan by substituting oil for butter, such as Crispy Roast Potatoes or Red Cabbage, or by simply omitting the meat from a recipe like Lentil Soup, or replacing the bacon in this warm German potato salad with tofu bacon.
But what about other traditional dishes besides salads, and veggies, and soups? Is there a way to reinvent recipes that include meat, and cheese, and eggs, and cream using only plant-based ingredients? A challenge indeed!
Thankfully, my vegan daughter-in-law, Sylvie, loves to create recipes. I was thrilled when she accepted the challenge and agreed to help me create German-inspired easy vegan recipes for my website.
Below, she shares basic pantry staples and equipment that are helpful in preparing delicious plant-based meals.
by: Sylvie Fulson / Oma Gerhild's daughter-in-law and plant-based cook
Pantry Staples for Whole-Food Vegan Recipes
Here’s a list of basic pantry items for making quick and easy vegan recipes. As you can see, most of the items listed are very common and can be found in most pantries.
- Legumes: chickpeas, black beans, red kidney beans, navy beans, red lentils, green lentils, yellow split peas, green split peas, edamame, tofu
- Whole Grains: oats, brown rice, barley, quinoa (technically a seed), brown rice pasta
- Nuts and Seeds (all raw): cashews, almonds, pecans, walnuts, sunflower seeds, pumpkin seeds, hemp seeds, chia seeds, flax seeds (ground & whole)
- Flours: whole-wheat pastry flour, spelt flour, oat flour, almond meal or almond flour, chickpea flour, all-purpose flour, vital wheat gluten
- Vinegars: apple cider vinegar, balsamic vinegar, red wine vinegar, rice vinegar, white vinegar
- Sweeteners: pure maple syrup, Medjool dates, coconut sugar, raw agave syrup, molasses
- Odds & Ends: canned tomatoes, vegetable broth, tamari (or soy sauce), nutritional yeast, peanut butter, almond butter, coconut butter, tahini, unsweetened apple sauce, raisins, dried cranberries, dairy-free chocolate chips, cocoa powder
Equipment
Thankfully, all you really need for making easy vegan German recipes is a food processor and a good blender—preferably high-powered. Investing in these two pieces of equipment, if you haven’t already, is definitely worthwhile.
Nuts and seeds, especially cashews, are often blended with other ingredients to make creamy sauces, dressings, spreads, desserts, and soups. Having a good quality machine is the best way to get the smoothest results.
I have a Vitamix blender and we use it at least once everyday. And (perhaps most importantly!) it is super easy to clean. From making smoothies to delicious sauces and dressings and soups, I could not imagine my life without it. Sounds dramatic, but it’s true!
However, if a high-powered blender is not in the budget, soaking the nuts overnight and letting your blender run a little longer should also yield smooth results.
An electric citrus juicer is another handy tool, and super convenient. I use a lot of lemon juice in my recipes, and so to save time I like to buy a whole bunch of lemons and juice them all at once. And then I pour the juice into ice cube trays and freeze it. One lemon cube is approximately 1 tablespoon. I have this one and love it!
Easy Vegan Recipes
Check out the many easy vegan recipes below. If German-style plant-based cooking is of interest to you, be sure to check back as we add more and more yummy recipes.
Vegan German Bread Recipes
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Vegan German Veggie Recipes
Vegan German Main Dishes
Vegan German Soup Recipes
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