Del Sroufe is a Culinary Specialist with the T. Colin Campbell Center for Nutrition Studies (CNS) and the host of CNS Kitchen, a supportive group for those looking to adopt a whole food, plant-based lifestyle. Del has owned and operated several plant-based businesses, worked as a plant-based personal chef, and written four cookbooks, including the New York Times bestseller Forks Over Knives—The Cookbook.

All-Purpose Vinaigrette
All-Purpose Vinaigrette

Make this easy oil-free dressing in large batches to have on hand for a number of uses. It is a perfect salad dressing for mixed greens or romaine lettuce.


Late Summer Potato Green Bean Salad
Late Summer Potato Green Bean Salad

With its delicious vinaigrette base, you won’t miss the mayo in this potato salad. This salad is nice and light compared to most potato salads, and it makes great use of veggies that are in season in the late summer.


Chef Del’s Essential Plant-Based Kitchen Equipment
Chef Del’s Essential Plant-Based Kitchen Equipment

Want to start cooking more for yourself but feel stumped by how to outfit your kitchen with all the right tools? Chef Del gives his down-to-earth, practical list of essential kitchen equipment to set you up for success.


Quinoa & Carrot Top Tabouli
Quinoa & Carrot Top Tabouli

Tabouli made with carrot tops and quinoa is not traditional, but it sure is tasty. Quinoa is a quick-cooking grain, so this make-ahead dish comes together quickly and easily.


Beet Greens with Chickpeas & Olives
Beet Greens with Chickpeas & Olives

This flavorful dish comes together quickly in spite of the long list of ingredients and is perfect over cooked brown rice, quinoa, or whole grain couscous.


Garlic Scape Pesto
Garlic Scape Pesto

Garlic scapes are the stalks that grow from the bulbs of hardneck garlic plants. Pesto made from garlic scapes has a milder flavor than pesto made with the garlic bulb, and the scapes make a beautiful green pesto.


Chef, I’m Going Plant-Based. What Can I Eat?
Chef, I’m Going Plant-Based. What Can I Eat?

Many people considering a plant-based diet initially focus on what they can’t eat. Here we explore the huge range of what you can eat, including several substitutes to use to make your old favorites.


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