Pillar Nº 01 · 8 essays
Plant-based cooking written like it is Sunday afternoon. Bowls that keep you full, sandwiches that feel like home, simmering pots, and small celebrations.
Most vegan recipe collections behave like a directory, twelve smoothies, eighteen salads, no sense of how a real week of cooking fits together. Leuchi is built the other way around.
Start with the pillar essay on protein. That is the spine of how I cook. Then pick the cluster that matches what you actually need this week, a fast breakfast, a sandwich that travels, a comfort dinner. The links between essays are real; they pick up where each other ends.
§ 01 · The pillar
The anchor essay for everything else.
Recipes · Pillar essay · Pillar
Beans, tofu, lentils, tempeh, a good sauce. How I build plates that keep me full past 3pm, without performing health.
Read the pillar →§ 02 · Breakfast & drinks
Mornings that do not ask too much.
Recipes · Breakfast · Drinks
A smoothie should not leave you hungry in an hour. Mine has protein, fiber, fat, and one flavour I'm actually excited about.
Recipes · Breakfast
Breakfast is where vegan days either begin gently or fall apart. I like options that are filling, fast, and forgiving.
Recipes · Baking
Easy vegan banana bread made in one bowl, no eggs or dairy. The moist, lightly sweet loaf I bake with overripe bananas, plus the swaps that never fail me.
Recipes · Sweet
This chickpea brownie recipe makes fudgy, flourless brownies in a blender: tinned chickpeas, cocoa, nut butter and maple, baked until glossy and rich.
Recipes · High-protein
High-protein vegan breakfast recipes that keep you full: tofu scramble, protein overnight oats, pancakes and a meal-sized smoothie, each with the grams counted.
§ 03 · Lunch & snacks
Lunches that travel and survive Tuesday.
Recipes · Lunch
Mashed with lemon, celery, a kiss of dijon, the deli comfort I missed for years without realising it.
Recipes · Planning
Meal prep should make the week softer, not stricter. Flexible plant-based components that rescue lunch.
Recipes · Bowls
A calm, practical formula for building a vegan buddha bowl in any season: base, protein, roasted veg, raw crunch, and a tahini lemon dressing.
Recipes · Sheet-pan
A tofu and sweet potato recipe done on one sheet pan: crisp roasted tofu, caramelised sweet potato, and a quick tahini drizzle for an easy weeknight dinner.
Recipes · Smoky
Smoked tofu recipes for grain bowls, BLTs, pasta, stew, and pizza, plus how to make smoked tofu at home with a smoker or liquid smoke.
Recipes · High-protein
High-protein vegan snack recipes for the gap between meals: no-bake protein balls, roasted chickpeas, high-protein vegan wraps, dips and protein-rich desserts.
Recipes · Sweet
Vegan sweet treats for small cravings: no-bake energy balls, chocolate-stuffed dates, mug cake and dark chocolate bark, all fast, tiny and made without an oven.
§ 04 · Dinner & comfort
Cozy weeknight dinners, big-pot Sundays.
Recipes · Dinner
Dinner has to work when people are tired. These are the dishes I keep coming back to on the days nothing else fits.
Recipes · Comfort
Comfort food is memory with a spoon in it. These plant-based versions keep the softness, warmth, and Sunday-table feeling intact.
Recipes · Sweet
Dessert should still feel like a small celebration. Tender crumb, fruit, dark chocolate, no eggs, no dairy, no fuss.
Recipes · Dinner
Vegan pulled jackfruit that tastes smoky and savoury, ready in under an hour. My one-pan method for tacos, sandwiches and bowls, plus the sauce that makes it.
Recipes · Technique
Learn how to cook tofu so it is crisp, golden, and full of flavour: pressing, the cornstarch trick, pan-frying, baking, and air-frying.
Recipes · Low-carb
Keto tofu recipes that stay genuinely low carb: crispy sesame tofu, scramble, stir-fry, baked nuggets and fries, with honest macros for every dish.
Recipes · Comfort
High-protein vegan mac and cheese: a creamy silken tofu and cashew sauce tossed through red lentil pasta for 25g of protein in a comforting bowl.
Recipes · Soup
Vegan soup recipes for slow evenings: golden red lentil, roasted squash, minestrone and quick miso, plus how to build a base, blend and freeze a pot.
Recipes · Protein
Tempeh recipes for beginners: how to fix bitter tempeh, marinate it properly, and make maple soy tempeh, smoky tempeh bacon, stir-fry and more.
§ 05 · Full index
All 8 pieces in this pillar, in the order I would hand them to a friend.
“A good recipe is mostly a list of things you did not have to think about.”
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The Sunday note
One small recipe, one ritual worth trying, one place I'm thinking about. Sent slowly, by me, with no autoresponders.
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