Looking for your next vegan dish for an upcoming BBQ or picnic? Look no further!
For our 2021 Virtual New England VegFest, five chefs joined us to showcase vegan dishes for hot summer days, from cooling drinks to protein-backed veggie entrees and raw desserts. While the festival has ended, you can still watch all the demos below.
Thank you so much to our featured chefs!
3 Vegan BBQ Marinades & Veggie Grilling Tips
Sara Tercero, Better Food Guru
Learn how to make 3 easy vegan marinades for a summer BBQ with Sara Tercero, the Better Food Guru. Sara also shows us how to make delicious tofu-veggie skewers and provides tips on grill cleaning and care.
About Sara
Sara Tercero is the Chef behind the popular blog and Instagram BetterFoodGuru and the Author of 30 Days to a Plant-based Diet: A Cookbook and Meal Plan for Beginners. She shares easy, healthy, and tasty recipes inspired by global flavors that will make you want to eat your vegetables. Her specialties are vegan Indian inspired dishes, Rainbow Salads and Mediterranean and Mexican Inspired cuisines. It is Sara’s mission to prove that plants are delicious and help others cook and eat their way to health and happiness.
Refreshing Superfood Summer Elixirs
Jessica Jean Weston, Superfresh Cafe
Join Superfresh! Organic Café owner Jessica Jean Weston in her home kitchen as she whips up 3 go-to refreshing superfood summer drinks: Maple Lemonade, Watermelon Mint Fresca, and Peppermint Choco-Chia Cooler.
About Jessica
Jessica Jean Weston is chef owner of Superfresh! Organic Café in Brattleboro, VT, author of Healing Tonics, Juices, and Smoothies: 100+ Elixirs to Nurture Body and Soul, and a certified holistic health coach. Jessica was named one of the Institute for Integrative Nutrition’s 30 Under 30 Health and Wellness Leaders of 2017. With a BA in Medical Anthropology from Ithaca College and as a graduate of the Institute for Integrative Nutrition (IIN), Jessica has spent her career exploring the broad subject of food as medicine with Mayan healers in Belize, on organic farms, and with herbalists, shamanic practitioners, and more.
Organic Vegan Summer Bowl
Minh Tsai , Hodo Foods
Create a delicious summer vegan bowl with Minh Tsai, founder of Hodo Foods. The protein-packed bowl features Hodo’s Moroccan Tofu Cubes & Thai Curry Nuggets along with organic summer veggies and fruit, brown rice, and a tangy dressing.
About Minh
Today, Hodo is a well-loved plant-based brand but Vietnamese refugee, Minh Tsai, never expected he’d be running such a company. Minh simply wanted to make the delicious artisan soy-based foods he grew up eating but found elusive in the US. He first started selling Hodo with one farmers market stand in the Bay Area in California. Through innovating his own take on wholesome, traditional methods, Hodo products quickly became must-have ingredients for renowned chefs and top restaurants including Chipotle. Hodo Foods is available at Wegmans, Stop & Stop, Hannaford and Whole Foods in New England.Bourbon & Peach BBQ Jackfruit Taco with Zesty Lemon Cabbage Slaw
Tyler Wehr, PlantLife Vegan Consultants
Tyler Wehr of PlantLife Vegan Consultants shows us how to make mouthwatering Bourbon & Peach BBQ Jackfruit Tacos with all the fixings, including pickled red onion, roasted summer corn & basil, and zesty lemon cabbage slaw.
About Tyler
As the founder of PlantLife Vegan Consultants, Tyler helps restaurants learn how to design and serve up creative and tasteful plant-based meals. Tyler grew up on a farm in Indiana and got a degree in culinary arts before becoming vegan for both health and animal rights motivations. As a fitness aficionado, he seeks to show people that you don’t need animal products to be strong. On the weekends, you’ll find him volunteering at Unity Farm Sanctuary in Sherbon, MA. Follow Tyler on Instagram and Facebook
Raw Chocolate Apricot Tart & Berry Smoothie Bowl
Angela Hofmann, Nüssli118°
Learn how to make two mouthwatering raw desserts that are perfect for a summer get-together. Angela Hofmann, owner of Nüssli118°, shows us how to make raw chocolate apricot tart & strawberry raspberry smoothie bowl!
