What you do:
Into a medium saucepan over medium heat, add diced pears, plums, cinnamon, ginger, cloves, and maple syrup. Cook, stirring occasionally, until fruit breaks down and mixture thickens to a jam-like consistency, around 15 minutes. Remove from heat and set aside to cool.
Into a medium mixing bowl, add couscous and salt. Heat apple juice until boiling and pour over couscous. Cover bowl with a plate to trap heat and steam. Let couscous absorb juice, around 3 minutes.
Line a silicone muffin tray with plastic wrap. Place a heaping tablespoon of fruit mixture in bottom of each, then top with prepared couscous. Fold over plastic wrap to cover.
¼ cup apple cider vinegar
3 tablespoons brown sugar
What you do:
Preheat oven to 400 degrees and line a rimmed baking sheet with parchment paper. In a small bowl, whisk flaxseed with water. Set aside for a few minutes to thicken.
In bowl of a food processor, add onion, garlic, lentils, parsley, nutritional yeast, and rolled oats. Pulse until a mostly smooth dough forms, with a few larger pieces for texture. Add in flax mixture and pulse to incorporate.
Into a large bowl, transfer mixture and add salt, pepper, and paprika. Using an ice cream scoop, make 18 to 20 meatballs and drop onto prepared baking sheet. Roll into balls using wet hands and bake until golden brown and crispy, about 20 to 25 minutes. Turn once halfway through baking time.
Brisket and matzo ball soup seem unlikely candidates for vegan makeovers
But Kenden Alfond ably tackles the job in her latest cookbook, Beyond Chopped Liver.
By Avery Yale Kamila
Vegan Fudgy Flourless Chocolate Cake from Beyond Chopped Liver. Photo courtesy of Turner
Published in time for Passover, Maine native Kenden Alfond’s third cookbook, “Beyond Chopped Liver: 59 Jewish Recipes Get a Vegan Health Makeover” ($27.99) is illustrated with beautiful full-color images and delivers plant-based recipes for all the major Passover staples, including matzo ball soup, jackfruit brisket, twice baked sweet potato tzimmes, spinach-leek mashed potato matzah mina pie and fudgy flourless chocolate cake.