Sauteed Vegetables with Farro; Braised Red Cabbage with apples and walnuts; Kale & Chickpeas with Bok Choy; Stuffed Peppers with rice and cheese; Hummus; Red bell Pepper and potato Soup; making the most with REAL beer. Photos of prep for tomorrow's Labor Day Deliveries all Vegan-Vegetarian

Kale and white Mexican Squash soaking in clean water

Cooked Pinto beans..high protein and magnesium great earthy flavor

Cooked chickpeas for the hommus, tender and sweet "beans"

Blanched Kale

Red Pepper and Potato soup base

Fantastic slow braised in beer & cinnamon, Red Cabbage with apples, walnuts and raisins, will be served over cooked flat noodles, no need to tell anyone this is a delicious and nutritionally dense, dish.

The completed Red Bell Pepper soup..all Vegan

The kale, bok choy and chickpea dish that will be served with the cooked farro (wheat berries), hints of ginger and cardamon

Vegetable packed "saute" actually sauteed then also braised in beer and thyme, will be served with turmeric scented brown rice

Hommus

Rice and vegetable stuffed peppers topped with cheese to be baked at Client's home

The cooked/steamed wheat berries for the kale and chickpea dish

When cooking for Vegan-Vegetarians, I use a lot of different flavor "tricks" one is flaked nutritional yeast and the other is that I prefer to use real beer (usually a lager type, for heartier stews I will use a dark stout) instead of wine in most dishes.
Beer adds "depth" to any dish, without adding any acidity. It also compliments the nutritional yeast.
Just adding 1/4-1/2 cup to the beginning any soup or stew and boiling (destroys the alcohol) and it makes a lot of difference..honestly. This is also a great tool to use when you have no vegetable stock, cut it 50:50 with hot water.
I prefer to use flat beer, open the bottle or can and pour out and leave fro an hour or 2 then use.

Now we in Los Angeles are enjoying some great cooler temps. just low 80f's and nice sea breezes, this menu is perfect for the time of year, not quite Fall yet not as blazing hot as Summer.
I have also made/making some whole wheat bread ( the recipe is in my book "BAKING A NAME FOR YOURSELF" all bread recipes and recipes to USE bread, on amazon kindle and is a no fuss and 100% guarantee, fresh bread in almost 2 hours from scratch); some double chocolate oatmeal cookies and  right now I have a whole wheat, banana bread in the oven, so will post those photos later today.