If you are curious about vegan cooking, this club is for you! Each month, participants make three recipes from popular cookbooks then share their reflections with the group. Novice to expert cooks are welcome, as are interested non-cooks. Registration for the online meeting is not required—get log-in information below.
Download the recipes here
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This month’s featured recipes
Soupelina’s Soup Cleanse cover, © Da Capo Lifelong Books.
In the recipe club this month we will discuss these recipes:
Easy Peas-y — pg 99
The Fennel Hurrah — pg 103
Lentil Me Entertain You — pg 152
I’ll Be Bok, Choy! — pg 163
Gone With the Watercress — pg 171
A Lotta Avocado — pg 171Vegan Recipe Club General Details
The Vegan Recipe Club is for everyone—those curious about vegan cooking and those more experienced with it. The club explores plant-based recipes created by cooks of varying cultures and nationalities and cookbooks are suitable for the novice to experienced cook.
This club aims to feature recipes that are great tasting and support the health of participants. It’s a great way to explore great new recipes, work out issues in different recipes, and to build community with others interested in vegan cooking. Best of all, these meals also help the animals and the environment!
How does it work?
In the month prior to the Vegan Recipe Club meeting, you can download the recipes for free from the top of this page. Try making one or more of the recipes then come to share and discuss what you thought about them with the group.
The group is facilitated by volunteer Henry Patterson of Compassionate Action for Animals (CAA). If you have questions about the recipes or the Vegan Recipe Club between meetings, email info@exploreveg.org.
Join us online!
The club meets monthly on the third Tuesday of each month at 6:30 pm. Meetings are held via Zoom — see details below. In July and October of 2026, we will host an in-person potluck in conjunction with the meeting. It will be in our new CAA office space which is in Ste. 108 at 34 13th Ave. NE, Minneapolis, 55113.
Join Zoom Meeting, with passcode 467109
Or use the dial-in information: Meeting ID: 815 7424 7392 Passcode: 467109 Dial by your location: +1 301 715 8592 US (Washington DC) +1 929 205 6099 US (New York) +1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago) +1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma) +1 346 248 7799 US (Houston) +1 669 900 6833 US (San Jose)
