What I Cooked: 1/5/16

Like everyone else in the free world, I am on a self-imposed detox to recover from the excesses of the holiday season.  This means back to VB 6 (or Vegan before 6 for the uninitiated). I am not a natural vegan.  I can go without meat or fish, but taking away my cheese and eggs is criminal.  And yet, I do feel lighter and brighter when I follow this plan, conceived by Mark Bittman.

For me, the key to a successful VB 6 engagement is food that is so tasty you forget what's missing.  For me, that is this Superfood Black Bean and Quinoa Salad from Elizabeth Rider.  It is one of the few vegan recipes that for me is yummy right out of the gate.  I do add a few shakes of Cholula for an extra kick, but the salad is terrific without it.

So there's no need to doom yourself to boring lunches of hummus and cheeseless salads.  Give this salad a try.