Cook the Pantry: Vegan Pantry-to-Plate Recipes in 20 Minutes (or Less!)
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Make satisfying plant-based meals using ingredients from your pantry. Whether you don't feel like cooking or just don't have the time to cook, you can prepare delicious and nutritious meals in 20 minutes or less. These easy and economical recipes were developed by renowned chef and cookbook author Robin Robertson. In just minutes, you can prepare recipes such as:
- Artichoke Muffaleta Po'Boys
- Giardiniera Mac and Cheese
- Tuscan Chickpea Fritatta
- Cheesburger Pizza
- Jerk Tempeh with Cocount Quinoa
Robin Robertson
Robin Robertson is from the north-east coast of Scotland. He has published six previous books of poetry and received various accolades, including the Petrarca-Preis, the E.M. Forster Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and all three Forward Prizes. His last book, The Long Take – a narrative poem set in post-war America – won the Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction, the Goldsmiths Prize for innovative fiction, and was shortlisted for the Booker Prize.
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Cook the Pantry - Robin Robertson
Many of us are often too busy to prepare complicated recipes with long cooking times. Sometimes it’s tough enough to find the time or energy to even boil water. That’s where Cook the Pantry can help. The recipes in this book are made with ingredients that are most likely already in your pantry. They are the go-to solution for when your mind says, I want a healthy home-cooked meal,
and your body says, Where’s the take-out menu?
With these recipes, you can make amazingly delicious and very quick meals from canned, boxed, and bottled ingredients—from shelf to table in 20 minutes or less.
When you keep a well-stocked pantry, fridge, and freezer, you are only minutes away from a healthy, great-tasting meal, or as I like to call it, pantry magic.
Before we get to my recipes, I want to talk about the ingredients that either are or should be in your pantry, as well as some tips for pantry cooking. Let’s begin with my top ten reasons why you’ll want to cook the pantry.
Ten Reasons to Cook the Pantry
Variety: Ingredient components allow you to build meals with great flavor combinations, making for endless variety.
Nutrition: Incorporating nutritious plant-based ingredients such as beans, grains, and vegetables ensures that you eat well-balanced meals.
Economy: Cooking with on-hand ingredients saves you money. When it’s easy to whip something up, you’re less likely to reach for convenience foods or take-out menus.
Convenience: You can assemble recipes and reheat them later or take them along to eat at work.
Fun: Cooking the pantry can be a creative way to involve your family in eating well. Let them help choose the dinner ingredients.
Flavor: When your pantry is filled with interesting sauces, seasonings, and condiments, you can explore the flavors of the world without leaving your kitchen.
Speed: Because many of the ingredients are ready to eat or already prepared, you can often put together a meal in just minutes.
Peace of mind: With a well-stocked pantry, you will always have the makings of a delicious home-cooked meal.
Simplicity: All you need is a well-stocked pantry and a handful of fresh ingredients to create healthy meals that don’t require spending hours in the kitchen.
Entertaining: Create a great meal at short notice when unexpected guests arrive.
Quick-and-Easy Cooking
A pantry that is well-stocked with ingredients to make quick meals can be a real lifesaver when you’re short on time and need to get dinner on the table. I developed these recipes so you can cook them in 20 minutes or less to create maximum flavor in the minimum amount of time. As an added bonus, many of the recipes can be made in one pot. This will make short work of both the cooking and the clean-up. For example, in making Pasta with White Beans and Olivada, you’ll place the canned beans in a colander to drain, and then dump the cooked pasta over them. Since canned beans are precooked, the hot pasta water will heat the beans and rinse them at the same time. Easy-peasy.
How to Personalize Your Pantry
To make your own pantry magic,
spend a few minutes taking stock of your current larder and fill in with some very handy ingredients you may not have. Your pantry will include nonperishable ingredients (canned, boxed, dried, and bottled), as well as a stash of handy prepared foods that you keep in your freezer. Added to that are long-term items that keep well in the fridge, such as certain condiments, and vegetables that keep for a long time, such as onions, garlic, and potatoes.
The recipes in this book can be made solely from these pantry sources, although, for variety, and because most of us enjoy the flavor and nutrients found in fresh produce, several of the recipes also give you the opportunity to include some.
My pantry list is arranged according to where items are stored (shelf, freezer, refrigerator) and also by the type of ingredient. You don’t have to purchase every ingredient on the list. You most likely already have many of them. But as you look the list over, you can tailor it to your taste, your needs, and the area in which you live. Choose the recipes that you like and buy ingredients accordingly.
Rotate Your Stock
Despite their name, nonperishables don’t last forever. Many products have expiration dates. Most canned goods, for example, are best used within a year of purchase. As you shop, rotate your pantry goods by placing newer items in the back and moving the older products to the front so you use them first.
The following is a roster of foods and other items to stock up on before you need them. It is meant to augment your regular pantry items such as longer-cooking grains and dried beans. Since everyone’s situation is different, use it as a guide in making your own shopping list for ingredients for specific meals that your family will enjoy. Buy only as much as your storage space and budget will allow.
A Well-Stocked Pantry
Any well-stocked plant-based kitchen should include a variety of vegetables, fruits, and herbs; a selection of dried or canned beans; pasta, rice, and other grains; canned tomato products; basic seasonings; nondairy milk, nuts, seeds, and nut butters; as well flours and other standard baking items.
Beyond the basics, you’ll want to include particular ingredients for various cuisines that you enjoy. To cook with Mediterranean flavors, for example, stock your shelves with artichoke hearts, olives, roasted red peppers, capers, sun-dried tomatoes, and dried porcini mushrooms. For dishes with an Asian flair, keep flavor enhancers on hand such as tamari, toasted sesame oil, chili paste, sriracha sauce, fresh ginger, rice vinegar, and hoisin sauce.
When you stock your pantry with a variety of international ingredients, you’ll always be ready to create meals inspired by your favorite cuisines. Take a tour of your local ethnic markets, where you’ll discover culinary treasures that will open up your world to a new realm of creative cooking possibilities. If you don’t live near ethnic markets, online shopping puts a global pantry within quick reach.
Pantry List
The following list includes ingredients for a well-stocked vegan pantry. The list is divided into three sections: on the shelf (non-perishables), refrigerator (perishables), and freezer (perishables). You probably already have many of these ingredients on hand, so use this more as a checklist and you’ll be able to make any of the recipes in this book—and more. Not included in this list are general pantry items such as dried herbs and spices, flour, cornstarch, and salt.
On the Shelf (Non-Perishables)
Proteins
Beans (canned and dried): chickpeas, lentils, white beans, black beans, kidney beans, pinto beans
Nuts and seeds: cashews, pistachios, sesame seeds, pine nuts, walnuts, slivered almonds, sunflower seeds, pumpkin seeds, pecan pieces, roasted peanuts
Soy Curls and/or TVP (texturized vegetable protein)
Grains
quinoa, barley, cornmeal, bulgur, couscous, oats
rice (brown, basmati, jasmine, arborio)
polenta (instant or quick-cooking)
pasta and rice noodles (a variety)
Vegetables
artichoke hearts, canned and/or marinated
capers
chipotles in adobo sauce
giardiniera (Italian pickled vegetables)
hearts of palm
jackfruit, packed in water or brine
olives
roasted red peppers
tomato products (canned: diced, whole, purée, paste; sun-dried: dehydrated or oil-packed)
Sauces and Seasonings
agave nectar
barbecue sauce
chili pastes and sauces: sambal oelek, sriracha, sweet chili sauce
chutney
cocoa
coconut milk, unsweetened (canned)
curry powder and paste
dairy-free chocolate chips
dried chiles
dried fruit: dates, apricots, cranberries, raisins
dried mushrooms
hoisin sauce
instant potato flakes
kimchi
liquid smoke
maple syrup
miso paste
nori/dulse flakes
nutritional yeast
olive oil
panko crumbs
pretzels
rice vinegar
soy sauce: tamari, mushroom sauce (vegan oyster sauce)
tahini
tamarind paste
tapenade
teriyaki sauce
toasted sesame oil
tomato salsa
Refrigerator (Perishables)
almond milk
seitan
tempeh
tofu
vegan sour cream
vegan yogurt
Fresh Produce
asparagus
broccoli
carrots
cauliflower
garlic
ginger
green beans
leafy greens: kale, chard, spinach
lettuce
mushrooms
onions
potatoes
sweet potatoes
tomatoes
winter squash
zucchini
Freezer (perishables)
bell pepper strips
breads and dough: pizza dough, puff pastry, phyllo dough, tortillas, flatbreads
chopped spinach
cooked butternut squash
cooked, portioned beans
cooked, portioned rice
shelled edamame
green peas
portioned pesto
Plant Proteins
Shelf-stable ingredients such as beans and dehydrated plant-protein products such as texturized soy protein (TVP) and Soy Curls can come in handy for quick meals.
Beans: Protein-rich beans are inexpensive, easy to prepare, low in fat, and versatile. Popular bean varieties include chickpeas, black-eyed peas, lentils and split peas, black beans, pinto beans, kidney beans, limas, and fava beans, and white beans including Great Northern, navy, and cannellini. If you’re