Keep On Cookin'

Dustin Harder

Keep On Cookin' is the podcast for anyone that loves cookbooks! This podcast celebrates plant powered cookbooks and the authors who write them featuring  interviews with the authors. Each episode empowers home cooks to get in their kitchens and Keep On Cookin’ with a behind the scenes look at how some of the most popular vegan cookbooks have come to life. Keep On Cookin' is hosted by Dustin Harder, the creator of the original vegan travel culinary series, The Vegan Roadie. Dustin is a chef, consultant, and cooking instructor. Aside from his personal obsession with vegan cookbooks, he is the author of the award winning cookbook Epic Vegan Quick and Easy, Epic Vegan, The Simply Vegan Cookbook, and developed recipes for Dr. Neal Barnards The Power Foods Diet. He currently serves as the Culinary Specialist for The Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine.

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102 - PlantYou Scrappy Cooking with Carleigh Bodrug
Apr 2 2024
102 - PlantYou Scrappy Cooking with Carleigh Bodrug
Save money, reduce food waste, and eat healthier than you ever have before with this highly anticipated cookbook from New York Times bestselling author and social media sensation, Carleigh Bodrug. Spinning off of Bodrug's wildly popular Scrappy Cooking social media series, the cookbook is packed with over 150+ whole-food, plant-based recipes that show the reader how to make the most of the food they have in their fridge and pantry with easy and approachable vegan recipes anyone can make.Transform radish tops into pesto, broccoli stems into summer rolls and wilting greens into smoothie cubes... But that's not all. The book will equip readers with not only the tools to make the most of their scraps, but use up just about any vegetable, grain or bean from their fridge and pantry in the flexible Kitchen Raid Recipes, or cross reference commonly wasted foods like stale bread from a "Got This, Make That" index so these items can be used up in the easiest and most delicious way possible. Scrappy Cooking not only puts the focus on eating a diet that's more conscious for our environment (and our wallets) but our health as well. Every recipe in the book is vegan, almost entirely oil free, and focuses on whole, plant-based foods that are good for our bodies and the planet. Get ready for recipes like The Whole Darn Squash (Pasta), Skillet Lasagna, One Pan Orzo Casserole, Vodka Penne With Broccolini, Whole Roasted Cauliflower with Roasted Red Pepper Sauce, Chickpea Pot Pie, Orange Peel Chickn’, Loaded Tortilla Bowls, Sheet Pan Tacos with Carrot Top Chimichurri, Rebel “Ribs”, Veggie Masala Burgers, Palak “Paneer”, Vegan Meaty Hand Pies, We-Got-the-Beet Chips, Pickle-Mania Chips, Cornmeal Biscuits, Bang Bang Broccoli-cious Steaks…and more!’BUY THE BOOK: https://amzn.to/3xsiwKECarleigh Bodrug: plantyou.comIG: @plantyouDustin Harder: dustinharder.comIG: @thedustinharderDavid Rossetti: https://www.davidrossetti.com/IG: @drossetti
101 - Abuela's Plant-Based Kitchen with Karla Salinari
Mar 26 2024
101 - Abuela's Plant-Based Kitchen with Karla Salinari
A celebration of multigenerational Latin cooking for the plant-based home cook—guaranteed to bring both older and younger generations to the table.It can be difficult to have multiple generations in the kitchen, each with their own ideas on food, but Abuela’s Plant-Based Kitchen puts them on the same page. Inspired by her upbringing in two culinary worlds—vegetarian and Puerto Rican—holistic health coach Karla Salinari reintroduces traditional Latin and Caribbean recipes with whole, high-quality, plant-based ingredients.Abuela's Plant-Based Kitchen offers seventy-five plant-based recipes that marry the comfort of nostalgic, cultural dishes with the modern desire for healthy, at-home cooking. Paired with personal stories, tips, and tricks for success, Salinari makes ingredients such as chickpea water, tempeh, and tofu approachable for those new to plant-based cooking, while empowering readers to take charge of their health through plant-based nutrition. Delicious plant-based dishes include:Garbanzo stew with plantain balls (garbazos guisados)Papaya and tomato saladCuban-style picadilloFlan de cocoAnd so much more!Abuela’s Plant-Based Kitchen honors the richness of Latin and Caribbean cooking and proves that you don’t need to miss out on easy, flavorful meals to eat well.BUY THE BOOK: https://amzn.to/3TtAbJwKarla Salinari: https://msha.ke/karlasalinari/IG: @thelatinhealthcoachDustin Harder: dustinharder.comIG: @thedustinharderDavid Rossetti: https://www.davidrossetti.com/IG: @drossetti
100 - L'Artisane Bakery and Bistro with Carolina Molea
Mar 19 2024
100 - L'Artisane Bakery and Bistro with Carolina Molea
On the 100th episode of the Keep On Cookin' podcast we do a little programming shake up. Welcome to L'Artisane Bakery, where Chef Carolina Molea brings a delicious twist to classic French pastries while prioritizing animal welfare and respect. As the first French Vegan Bakery in the United States,  L'Artisine stands as proof that you don't have to compromise on taste to make ethical choices. Indulge in delectable creations that are not only cruelty-free, but also tantalizing to your taste buds. Come to L'Artisane Bakery and discover the art of vegan baking at its finest.Discover the talent and passion behind L'Artisane Creative Bakery, founded by chef Carolina. With training from Le Cordon Bleu and certification from the American Culinary Federation, Carolina perfected her skills in prestigious Miami hotels like The Ritz-Carlton and Michelin-star restaurants such as El Cielo. She received mentorship from vegan pastry queen Fran Costigan and further developed her craft under renowned chefs like Patrice Demeres and Gianluca Fusto at L'Ecole Valrhona in New York.Growing up in Caracas, Venezuela, Carolina learned from her grandmother Ana the magic of using herbs and spices to create flavorful, loving dishes and desserts. She also understood the importance of nourishing both the body and soul through food.​At L'Artisane, Carolina brings her French culinary influences and her commitment to a cruelty-free world to life with each delicious, beautifully crafted treat.From the highly acclaimed VTE croissant sandwich to the seasonal-changing selection of croissants, macarons, and gourmet cookies, there's something for everyone at L'Artisane including an array of mouth-watering vegan donuts. So give the episode a listen and start planning your visit to Miami.SHOP AT L'ARTISANE: bit.ly/4ajnhEvChef Carolina IG: @carolinamoleaL'Artisane Bakery and Bistro IG: @lartisanebakeryDustin Harder: dustinharder.comIG: @thedustinharderDavid Rossetti: https://www.davidrossetti.com/IG: @drossettiBeyond Cinnamon Roll Sheet Pan Pancakes  CLICK HERE FOR FULL RECIPE
99 - Seed to Plate, Soil to Sky with Lois Ellen Frank
Mar 12 2024
99 - Seed to Plate, Soil to Sky with Lois Ellen Frank
This enriching cookbook celebrates eight important plants Native Americans introduced to the rest of the world: corn, beans, squash, chile, tomato, potato, vanilla, and cacao—with more than 100 recipes.When these eight Native American plants crossed the ocean after 1492, the world’s cuisines were changed forever. In Seed to Plate, Soil to Sky, James Beard Award-winning author and chef Lois Ellen Frank introduces the splendor and importance of this Native culinary history and pairs it with delicious, modern, plant-based recipes using Native American ingredients. Along with Native American culinary advisor Walter Whitewater, Seed to Plate, Soil to Sky shares more than 100 nutritious, plant‑based recipes organized by each of the foundational ingredients in Native American cuisine as well as a necessary discussion of food sovereignty and sustainability. A delicious, enlightening celebration of Indigenous foods and Southwestern flavors, Seed to Plate, Soil to Sky shares recipes for dishes such as Blue Corn Hotcakes with Prickly Pear Syrup, Three Sisters Stew, and Green Chile Enchilada Lasagna, as well as essential basics like Corn Masa, Red and Green Chile Sauces, and Cacao Spice Rub. The “Magic 8” ingredients share the page—and plate—to create recipes that will transform your world.BUY THE BOOK: https://amzn.to/49HTAgALois Ellen Frank: https://bio.site/redmesacuisineIG: https://www.instagram.com/lois_ellen_frank/Dustin Harder: dustinharder.comIG: @thedustinharderDavid Rossetti: https://www.davidrossetti.com/IG: @drossetti
96 - The Art of Raw Desserts with Crystal Bonnet
Feb 20 2024
96 - The Art of Raw Desserts with Crystal Bonnet
Get ready to take your raw dessert game to the next level with this collection of insanely delicious and nutrient-packed vegan recipes. Professional raw chef and culinary instructor Crystal Bonnet shows you how to make plant-based treats with fresh, creative flavors―from earthy lavender truffles to refreshing mint cream tarts. Her straightforward directions make it easy to create fluffy cakes, gooey brownies and perfectly creamy chocolates using your dehydrator, freezer and other conventions of the raw kitchen. From beloved classics to desserts you never thought could be enjoyed raw,  you’ll enjoy your favorite desserts without ever having to compromise on your health again.Crystal Bonnet is a raw food chef, instructor, and cookbook author. As a plant-based and raw food nutrition program graduate at Matthew Kenney Culinary Academy and Pure Joy Academy, she’s learned the importance of the culinary aspect and nutritionalelements of living foods. She shares this information with her students at Crystal Dawn Culinary so that they will have as much knowledge as necessary to understand raw foods and their health benefits. Bonnet’s work within the plant-based culinary industry led her on many adventures, including the development of plant-based menus for new restaurants. BUY THE BOOK: https://amzn.to/49boNZcCrystal Bonnet: https://crystaldawnculinary.com/IG:https: @Crystal_Dawn_Culinary Dustin Harder: dustinharder.comIG: @thedustinharderDavid Rossetti: https://www.davidrossetti.com/IG: @drossetti
89 - The Jazzy Vegetarian with Laura Theodore
Jan 2 2024
89 - The Jazzy Vegetarian with Laura Theodore
Laura Theodore is a nationally recognized television personality, PBS celebrityvegan chef, award-winning cookbook author, podcast radio host, and renowned jazzsinger.Laura is co-creator of the highly successful Jazzy Vegetarian vegan cooking series onnational public television, now in Season Ten, airing nationwide. She is author of sixcookbooks, including: Vegan for Everyone, Jazzy Vegetarian Lively Vegan Cuisine,Laura Theodore’s Vegan-Ease, Deliciously Vegan, and Easy Vegan Home Cooking.Laura is recipient of the Taste Award for Best Health and Fitness Television Program,and has been featured on the cover of several magazines including American Veganand Jazzin’. She has been featured in the New York Times, Mother Earth Living,VegNews, Family Circle, Readers Digest, and PBS Food, among other highly respectednews, food, music, and lifestyle-related journals.As a globally recognized award-winning jazz singer and songwriter, Laura has recordedsix solo CDs. Her CD release with the late master guitarist Joe Beck entitled GoldenEarrings, (on the Whaling City Sound label) was included on the GRAMMY® list in thecategory of “Best Jazz Vocal Album.”With her love for delicious vegan food, compassion for animals and enthusiasm forgreat music, Laura Theodore truly is the Jazzy Vegetarian!BUY THE BOOK: https://amzn.to/47i5egbJazzyVegetarian.com:  https://jazzyvegetarian.com/IG: @TheJazzyVegetarianDustin Harder: dustinharder.com IG: @thedustinharderDavid Rossetti: https://www.davidrossetti.com/IG: @drossetti
88 - The Christmas Special with Dustin and David
Nov 28 2023
88 - The Christmas Special with Dustin and David
Join Dustin and David for a holiday romp down cookbook lane! In this episode Dustin and David offer up a list of cookbooks that can serve as your guide to holiday cooking this year and all year long. Additionally, they offer a list of some of their favorites that they feel will make fantastic gifts this season. In a hurry but need some gifting ideas now? Check out the list below for direct links to all of the books mentioned in the episode and get in the gift giving spirit. BOOKS FOR HOLIDAY COOKING: 12 Treats of Christmas by Dustin Harder (proceeds to benefit The Trevor Project)https://dustinharder.com/product/12-treats-of-christmas/  Party by Diana Licalzi and Kerry Benson: https://amzn.to/49xHK9aQuick & Easy Vegan Celebrations by Alicia Simpson: https://amzn.to/49LCizREasy As Vegan Pie by Hannah Kaminksy: https://amzn.to/3SzbdJXVegan Holiday Kitchen by Nava Atlas: https://amzn.to/49zTyaOVegan Christmas by Gaz Oakley: https://amzn.to/46atfoWThe Superfun Times Vegan Holiday Cookbook by Isa Chandra Moskowitz: https://amzn.to/3u5U7sKBOOKS FOR HOLIDAY GIFTING:Isa Does It by Isa Chandra Moskowitz: https://amzn.to/49uYSfNVegan Fast Food by Brian Watson: https://amzn.to/49J7Y8WBReD by Ed and Natasha Tatton: https://amzn.to/40CmA5VThe Homemade Vegan Pantry by Miyoko Schinner: https://amzn.to/3SKqgjMPlant-Based India by Dr. Sheil Shukla: https://amzn.to/3QxAdyxThe Korean Vegan Cookbook by Joanne Lee Molinaro: https://amzn.to/3QWZIukSweet + Salty by Lagusta Yearwood: https://amzn.to/3G2vIa9Bake and Destroy by Natalie Slater: https://amzn.to/3QT6663The Plant-Based Cookbook by Ashley Madden: https://amzn.to/3sx5rhgChloe's Vegan Italian Kitchen by Chloe Coscarelli: https://amzn.to/46aumF8The Simply Vegan Cookbook by Dustin Harder: https://amzn.to/47roKawEpic Vegan by Dustin Harder: https://amzn.to/49uprBHEpic Vegan Quick and Easy by Dustin Harder: https://amzn.to/47ceNhuDustin Harderhttps://dustinharder.comIG: @thedustinharderDavid Rossettihttps://www.davidrossetti.comIG: @davidrossetti
87 - The Vegan Baker with Zacchary Bird
Nov 21 2023
87 - The Vegan Baker with Zacchary Bird
The ultimate science-meets-magic guide to plant-based baked goods for vegans who want to have their cake and eat it.For any vegans struggling to veganize their favorite savory treats, sweets, or desserts, Zacchary Bird is here to take you on a cooking experience like no other.More than just a cookbook, The Vegan Baker is packed with over 100 recipes for all our baked favorites, made vegan. Whip up cherry pies, chocolate chip cookies, or chocolate cakes without butter, eggs, milk, cheese, and honey.Learn how to make croissants—yes croissants!—from scratch, with step-by-step photos that show you how to laminate your own pastry. Bake fresh brioche, Japanese shokupan, and other usually dairy-laden breads, or make your own sourdough starter that you’ll love so much you’ll want to keep it by your side (or at least in your fridge) forever.If you’re feeling adventurous, learn how to make profiteroles, millefeuille, cannoli, and even a croquembouche. Or if savory snacks are more your jam, Zac has recipes for sausage rolls, cornbread, meat-filled pies, scones, and more.Each recipe is explained with Bird’s signature humor and easy-to-follow instructions. Veganism isn’t about missing out—it’s about getting creative, and with Bird’s ingenuity, baked goods are no longer forbidden.BUY THE BOOK: https://amzn.to/476gKvOZacchary Bird:https://www.zaccharybird.comIG: @zaccharybird Dustin Harderhttps://dustinharder.comIG: @thedustinharderDavid Rossettihttps://www.davidrossetti.comIG: @davidrossetti
86 - BreD with Ed and Natasha Tatton
Nov 14 2023
86 - BreD with Ed and Natasha Tatton
Vegan chef and artisan bread-maker Ed Tatton shares techniques and 100 recipes for making naturally leavened sourdough loaves, small breads, and earth-friendly small baked goods.Sourdough bread is naturally vegan—flour, water, and salt transformed into extraordinary, delicious bread. Ed Tatton, vegan chef, artisan bread-maker, and co-owner of the popular vegan café and bakery BReD with Natasha Tatton, has been baking and refining his recipes and techniques for naturally leavened sourdough for many years—including a wide array of boules, baguettes, loaves, flatbreads, buns, and pizza. As required, he uses plant-based alternatives in some savoury and sweet sourdoughs that would traditionally include dairy (butter, milk, or buttermilk) including panettone buns, hot cross buns, sticky buns, cinnamon buns, English muffins, brioche, and babka. Inside BReD, you’ll find these perfected recipes to start your journey in bread-making; along with a detailed sourdough starter guide with step-by-step visuals on making and maintaining a sourdough starter, levain, mixing, shaping, and baking methods.BReD is a complete plant-based book for bakers that goes beyond just making bread. Experienced bakers and novices alike can take their baking to the next level with gorgeous vegan baked goods from cakes, muffins, and scones to biscuits, cookies, and tarts. Passionate about a vegan lifestyle for the benefit of all people and the planet, the book also includes gluten-free recipes (bread and other baked goods), discard starter recipes to further zero-waste efforts, and an offering of dips, spreads, and accompaniments to complement the breads.BUY THE BOOK: https://amzn.to/3MDGRlHBReD: https://edsbred.comIG: @eds_bredDustin Harderhttps://dustinharder.comIG: @thedustinharderDavid Rossettihttps://www.davidrossetti.comIG: @davidrossetti
83 - Epic Vegan with Guest Co-Host Natalie Slater
Oct 24 2023
83 - Epic Vegan with Guest Co-Host Natalie Slater
In this extra special episode of Keep On Cookin' Dustin is joined by Natalie Slater of Bake and Destroy. Natalie takes a deep dive into Dustin's second cookbook, Epic Vegan: Wild and Over the Top Plant-Based Recipes.Not Your Granny's Home Cookin'!Epic Vegan offers a step-by-step guide to creating timeless comfort foods that are over-the-top delicious, and always plant based. Think classic and nostalgic, yet messy, juicy, and Instagram-worthy at the same time.Are you into playing with your food? Epic Vegan does just that, encouraging home cooks to think outside of the box. Author Dustin Harder, host and creator of the original vegan travel culinary series, The Vegan Roadie, is your culinary coordinator for the adventure ahead, sharing recipes that everyone from beginner cooks to experienced chefs can create at home.How does it work? Recipes are built from the ground up, so you can stop at just the biscuit, or go beyond to the Deep Dish Brunch Pizza with Garlicky Cheddar Biscuit Crust—the choice is yours! Also included are recreations of fast-food classics, like Norito’s Los Tacos and Cray Cray Bread (you know you can’t resist). Every creation is a flavor sensation guaranteed to wow your friends and your taste buds. The level of indulgence is up to you to decide!What does an Epic Vegan recipe sound like? Here are just a few examples:Festive Cheesy Spinach BreadSavory Cheddar Fondu Waffle BowlMonte Cristo RollsCrab Rangoon PizzaDouble Stacked Cookie Dough CakeBacon Macaroni and Cheese Blue BurgerHushpuppy Phish Filet SandwichPumpkin Cream Cheese Latte ShakeCheesesteak Baked Potato BowlFried Chicken n Waffle Benedict SandwichStuffed Crust Meatball Parm PizzaAlmost Famous Buffalo Chicken LasagnaChurro Cup SundaesEpic Vegan offers a choose-your-own-adventure approach for you to become a kitchen warrior in your own home, your own way. Playing with your food has never been more fun, or more epic!BUY THE BOOK: https://amzn.to/3tIwgPJNatlaie Slaterhttps://bakeanddestroy.comIG: @bakeanddestroy BUY BAKE AND DESTROY CANCER: https://bakeanddestroycancerzine.bigcartel.com/product/bake-and-destroy-cancer-zineDustin Harderhttps://dustinharder.comIG: @thedustinharderDavid Rossettihttps://www.davidrossetti.comIG: @davidrossetti