Natural Flava
Quick & Easy Plant-Based Caribbean Recipes
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5.0 • 2 Ratings
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- $20.99
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- $20.99
Publisher Description
This delicious, vibrant Caribbean-influenced cookbook from the bestselling duo behind Original Flava includes over 100 easy recipes.
Craig and Shaun McAnuff are all about maximum flava, and these are recipes that are filling and flava-ful, and just happen to be vegan too. Think Potato and chickpea curry with roti, Jerk cauliflower wings, Coconut, black-eyed pea and sweet potato stew, and Plantain cookies.
Caribbean food makes for brilliant vegan dishes because it relies on fresh and vibrant fruit and veg from plantain to pineapple. Jamaican food also has an authentic vegan history with the Rastifarian Ital diet. Ital is a natural, unprocessed, plant-based diet used to promote wellness.
Natural Flava brings together Ital inspiration, punchy Caribbean flava and quick and easy recipes in this feel-good cookbook..
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The London-raised McAnuff brothers, after exploring their Jamaican roots in Original Flava, bring their vibrant Caribbean flair to the world of vegan cooking. Though framed as an ode to Rastafarian Ital food, the book ranges much wider, with sweet and sour tofu "fakeaway" (their spin on Chinese takeout); a "wellington" of vegan puff pastry encasing butternut squash; and a faux roast made with wheat gluten, maple syrup, and hot sauce. The dishes inspired by their heritage (such as buss up shut, a popular roti said to resemble a "torn t-shirt") prove decidedly delicious, underscoring the brothers' knack for breezy instructions and clever substitutions: canned banana blossom stands in for poultry in their spicy fried "chicken," while twice-fried tofu coated in seaweed convincingly poses as escovitch "fish." A standout chapter on curries draws inspiration from Trinidad and Tobago and Guyana, while another on barbecue features a grilled fruit platter with jerk spices. The logic behind packaged vs. fresh (pastry patties use canned callaloo, but pepper pot soup requires fresh) gets fuzzy, but the book's minor bumps are smoothed out by a notable array of desserts and drinks—such as their apple crumble with plantains and "fortifying" Irish moss with Guinness. Those looking to cut down on meat and up their spice intake should pick this up.
