Ziggy Marley’s Vegetarian Cookbook

It can be difficult to find vegan recipes that offer the unique flavors of black cultures, but now there is a list of the top vegan cookbooks by black authors that highlight the need for diversity in these recipes and show that vegan cuisine can appeal to everyone.

High on the list is the “Ziggy Marley and Family Cookbook,” with the subtitle “Delicious Meals Made With Whole, Organic Ingredients from the Marley Kitchen: There is no one better to teach home cooks how to make delicious Jamaican plant-based foods than Ziggy Marley, the eldest son of reggae icon Bob Marley.  READ MORE

Vegan Gravy Recipe

Use this vegan gravy recipe as a substitute in your bisquits-‘n’-gravy meal, or for any other dish that calls for a gravy – hanksgiving stuffing, Salisbury “Steak”, Vegan meatloaf or even with veggie burgers. It can also be used as a supplement or even substitute for meat gravies.

Ingredients:

• 8 Tbs vegetable oil
• 3 cloves garlic — squashed and minced
• 2 slices yellow onion — chopped
• 8 Tbs all-purpose white flour
• 4 tsp nutritional yeast
• 4 Tbs tamari (soy sauce)
• 2 cups water
• 1/2 tsp sage
• 1/4 tsp ground black pepper
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 5 white mushrooms — sliced (optional)
• extra flour or cornstarch (optional)

Directions:

Pour vegetable oil into saucepan. Cook the garlic and onion in oil for about two minutes on medium or medium-low heat, until the onion is tender and translucent.

Add the flour, yeast, and tamari to make a paste.

Add the water gradually, stirring constantly.

Bring the gravy to a boil on medium to medium-high heat, stirring constantly — the gravy has to boil for it to thicken.

Add pepper. Stir in the sliced mushrooms, if desired. Add salt, if desired.