Plant Based Cooking for Two with Chef Lei Shishak

Plant-Based Cooking for Two with Chef Lei Shishak. I'm excited to introduce you to Lei Shishak, author of Easy Plant-Based Cooking for Two: Delicious Vegan Recipes to Enjoy Together (affiliate)  https://amzn.to/3GsA7F9 which is a beautiful cookbook full of easy to use approachable tasty meatless recipes. Lei and I had a wonderful chat! Lei described the different levels of plant-based eating and she shared her own journey to eating a plant-based diet. She explained why eating more plants is healthier and better for your health. She started her trek down this plant food journey during the pandemic. She wanted an easier and more flexible diet rather than a strictly vegan diet, so a plant-based diet was her destination. She shared important information on the topic of what types of supplements may be needed for those who chose an exclusively plant-based diet as well.

She gave tips for the best foods to keep in your pantry for a more plant-based diet as well as advice for how to start down the path to a plant-based diet. She pointed out that her recipes can easily be eaten by meat-eaters too because it's very easy to simply add meat to the dish in the end by topping it with a piece of cooked meat or by having a meat portion on the side. She talked about portion size for eating a more plant-based diet, but still incorporating meat into your diet for those who desire that type of meal.

She shared her experience as a pastry chef in California, her background and training as a chef, and her experience as a bakery owner near the ocean. Beachhouse-type cooking is the topic of some of her other cookbooks as well. How fun!

Check out her other cookbooks here (affiliate):
Beach House Brunch https://amzn.to/3EqKR57
Beach House Dinners https://amzn.to/3NZ3vED
Beach House Baking https://amzn.to/3X1sKKG
Farm-to-Table Desserts  https://amzn.to/3DXh5DM

Visit Lei's website here: https://leishishak.com/
Find her on Instagram @leishishak

A big thank you to Lei for being the first guest on the podcast!

To connect with the podcast host Julie Hoag visit her website: https://www.juliehoagwriter.com/

Julie's new cookbook American Midwest Cooking Quiches: Split Table Recipes for Vegetarians & Meat-Lovers has just been released! Check it out here: https://storyoriginapp.com/universalbooklinks/07baee4a-61dc-11ed-ba27-277909561aeb

For more split table hybrid recipes, please check out Julie's first cookbook One Dish Two Diets: Recipes for the Hybrid Vegetarian and Meat-Eating Family https://storyoriginapp.com/universalbooklinks/36b9ce90-6b57-11ec-837f-8f2460b6a963

Thank you for listening to this podcast episode about how to instructional tips for cooking for a more plant-based lifestyle. 

Cookbook recipes for two for small-batch home cooking.