Community Plant Based Recipe Swap

Does your home have a beet "lover" and another who thinks "all beets taste like dirt"?  This dish should delight everyone with the hint of sweetness that emerges from the slowly cooked but still firm vegetables.  The crockpot makes it an easy prep and clean up. For the Fall 2025 CUCC auction, Angelika offered a "vegan feast" which was also gluten-free.  See the menu below the recipe.

 Jane and Gary's friends Kristen and Michael made this hearty and flavorful soup on a cool spring day, much to the Smiths' delight.  Unlike many tomato soups, this one is chunky and complex and is quite beautiful.  Try pairing it with a tossed salad and bread with an olive oil herb dipping bowl.  The recipe is veganized from this  New York Times recipe .

Here is another "main" from Angelika's auction Vegan Feast (see menu below).  Angelika says the next time she makes it she would reduce the amount of rice to better feature the vegetables and she would double the olive oil, soy sauce, and toasted sesame oil.  The "revised ingredients list" below incorporates her suggestions so you don't have to do the math.