Essential Plant Proteins

Christina Pirello shares healthy, fresh Italian and Mediterranean recipes as well as her brassy, insightful approach to liver, kidney and heart health and diabetes prevention. Diagnosed with terminal cancer in 1983, Christina turned to a macrobiotic diet of whole grains and vegetables to aid in her recovery, launching the 20-plus year run of her Emmy Award-winning series Christina Cooks.

Season 2 Episode 211 | 26m 46s | CC

We are obsessed with protein. The question is, do we need as much as we think we need and do we need to eat animals to get it? We’ll talk plant proteins and how to cook them deliciously. Recipes include soba noodles with crispy seitan, fried tofu with black bean sauce on scallion pancakes and orange-balsamic tempeh over greens.

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