Sebben-Krupka - Plant-based cookbook: good for your heart, your health, and your life

When onions are cooked slowly in just a little bit of fat, their sugars caramelize,yielding a sweet, savoury, dark brown mass of super-delicious flavour.

This light and flavourful vegetable stock blends well with all manner of otheringredients, making it the perfect base for any soup or sauce.

This easy pastry comes together quickly in the food processor. It yields a flaky,tender pie crust and works equally well for both sweet and savoury recipes.

Once youve tasted home-made nut milk, youll never go back toshop-bought.

You can easily make your own eggless fresh pasta dough for long shapes, such ashand-cut tagliatelle or fettuccine, or filled pasta, such as ravioli. For addedflavour and a pretty golden colour, try saffron or tomato paste or both.Use a pasta machine to roll the dough if you have one, but a rolling pin also workswell if you dont.

Rich, creamy, nutritious hummus is redolent with the flavours of garlic, lemon, andtahini a paste made from sesame seeds.

The secret to excellent baba ghanoush is getting the aubergine charred on theoutside, with the flesh on the inside collapsed upon itself. After the auberginepulp is drained, it's mixed with tahini, garlic, lemon juice, and herbs forthat signature creamy, smoky flavour no meze platter is complete withoutit.

Cool, creamy yogurt combines with cucumber, garlic, and dill in this classic Greeksauce or dip. Use it alongside raw or grilled vegetables or as a dip for warmpitta.

Spread this nutty cheese on crackers or use it as a filling forravioli or lasagna. Youll love its light, airy texture of ricotta with amild, cheesy flavour thats even better when heated.

Pimento cheese is a cheesy, addictive, piquant spread thats fabulous onsandwiches, with crackers, or stirred into cooked pasta for a fast and flavourfulmacaroni cheese dish.

This silky pt with the umami flavours of mushrooms and truffles is aneasy-to-make, elegant appetizer. Toss leftovers (if you have any) with hot, cookedpasta for a super-easy, creamy pasta dish the day after.

Smooth bchamel is the perfect choice when a creamy sauce is desired. A hintof onion, clove, and nutmeg adds just a bit of spice to this delicious and versatilesauce.

This simple, fresh-tasting tomato sauce comes together in minutes. Use thebest-quality canned tomatoes you can find for this quick and easy saucethats perfect with pasta or as a base for soup.