These vegan blooming onion petals are such a fun appetizer! Learn how to quickly prepare your vegan friendly snack with this recipe.
Recipes
7 Vegan Brazilian Recipes (A Tasty Cookbook)
By Samuel Warde
Brazilians like their food sweet, spicy, and bursting with flavor; which is right up our alley! So, of course, we had to do a Vegan Brazilian Recipes roundup. Another thing we really like about Brazilian dishes is that they make liberal use of fruits, vegetables, legumes, and grains; so they’re perfect for veganizing. For example,…
11 Vegan Frosting Recipes That Are Just What Your Cake Is Missing
What cake is complete without frosting? Only a cake that could be 1 million times better if it had frosting, that’s what kind! You won’t find many cans of vegan frosting on the shelf at the supermarket, but it’s easy enough to whip up a creamy batch on your own since you are not sure…
Mock Fish and Chips – WWII Recipe Vegan-ized
You might think faux meat is a modern creation but it was actually pretty common during WWII. For the longest time I’ve been wanting to make a vegan fish and chips, but I’ve been undecided over the best way to go about it. When I was a kid, I lived in Buffalo, NY, and “fish fries,”…
6 Vegan Belgian Recipes
By Samuel Warde
Traditional Belgian cuisine, like many other traditional cuisines, is not exactly vegan-friendly. Meat, cheese, and mayonnaise are prominently featured in most savory dishes; while cream, butter, and eggs are incorporated into most sweets and pastries. This is likely due to the German and French influence on Belgian cuisine. Of course, it’s not difficult these days to…
Caramelized Roasted Potatoes Recipe
I have a feeling that once you try these caramelized roasted potatoes, you won’t want them any other way ever again. These were hands down the best-roasted potatoes I have ever made. Maybe even the best potatoes I have ever made, period. As you can probably tell, I’m very proud of the way this dish…
Copycat Checkers & Rally’s Champ Burger and Fries
By Samuel Warde
This post is going to be both a recipe and a review. We’ve been dying to get our hands on The Beyond Burger, and it finally happened over the weekend. This is what we came up with and what we thought of it… Here are our Champ burger and fries! When I was a kid,…
8 Vegan Indonesian Recipes (Explore Indonesian Food)
By Samuel Warde
Indonesia has approximately 5,350 traditional recipes – apparently, somebody actually counted – but only 30 or so are considered staples. Rice, noodle, and soup dishes comprise the bulk of standard Indonesian cuisine; however, with over 300 ethnicities occupying the 6,000+ islands that make up the nation, there are no hard and fast rules. Among those…
The 11 Best Vegan Jamaican Recipes (Authentic and Delicious)
By Samuel Warde
Jamaican food is a hard cuisine to define. That’s because it’s a fusion of so many different techniques from all over the world combined with the methods of native Jamaicans. It’s mostly known for its bold and spicy flavors, courtesy of its Indian spiced recipe and vegan Vietnamese recipe influences, among others. But above all, Jamaican food…
Dead Simple Split Pea Soup (Rice Cooker Method)
My experience with split peas soup is that it’s a lot like chili: if you’re seeking perfection, you’re gonna need to let it cook all day, frequently checking on it to give it a stir and a taste, balancing out flavors until it is just right. That being said, there are a million and one…
13 Vegan Cajun Recipes
By Samuel Warde
Cajun cuisine is a style of cooking that was brought to Louisiana by the French-speaking Arcadian settlers who migrated there around 1755. These days, it is mostly associated with New Orleans and the uniquely flavorful foods you’ll find there, often fried or stewed and loaded with spices. Unfortunately, traditional cajun dishes make heavy use of seafood…
News
New “Yum” Button Lets You Save Our Recipes to Your Yummly Recipe Box
Hello, fellow vegan food lovers! We just wanted to let you know that we’ve added the Yum button to all of our posts. What this means is you can now easily save any of our recipes to your personal “recipe box” on Yummly for easy reference. The button works just like the “Pin It” button…
The number of Vegan Millennials is Growing Rapidly
According to an article published recently by The Guardian, the number of vegans in the UK has increased by 350 percent in just the last decade, and most of those new vegans are millennials. Out of 542,000 vegans in the UK, 42 percent of them are between the ages of 15 to 32. While many…
Processed Meats: As Dangerous as Cigarettes, WHO Accounts
The World Health Organization – WHO – announced today that processed meats, such as bacon, sausage, hot dogs, and hamburgers are now listed as known carcinogens, right alongside cigarettes and asbestos. The WHO’s findings are based on numerous scientific studies that have linked processed meats and red meat to various forms of cancer, including colon cancer…
Why Mr. Universe Went Vegan (Full Interview)
Barny Du Plessis, winner of the 2014 Mr. Universe championship recently decided to go vegan. Du Plessis was raised in a vegetarian household but began eating meat around age 18 because he believed it would help his bodybuilding career. Now, the new Mr. Universe has decided he was wrong all along, and it’s time for…
Health & Nutrition
5 Ways to Add More Protein to Your Vegan Diet
If you’re a highly active or athletic individual, you may need to eat a little more protein than the average person. Despite popular belief, this is not difficult to do on a vegan diet, it just might require a little extra know-how. Here are five tips you can use to add extra protein to your…
Sorry, But “Detoxes” Don’t Work
Detoxes Have Been Debunked Many Times Yet the Trend Continues In the past few months alone, I have seen a slew of “detox” recipes and diet plans coming from prominent vegan websites and food bloggers. It’s upsetting to me because the whole detox fad is pseudo-scientific junk, and members of the vegan community, especially well-known…
Processed Meats: As Dangerous as Cigarettes, WHO Accounts
The World Health Organization – WHO – announced today that processed meats, such as bacon, sausage, hot dogs, and hamburgers are now listed as known carcinogens, right alongside cigarettes and asbestos. The WHO’s findings are based on numerous scientific studies that have linked processed meats and red meat to various forms of cancer, including colon cancer…
Best Vegan Protein Sources
Getting enough protein as a vegan might seem hard, but it’s really not. These are the best sources of vegan protein that are accessible to any vegan — they are affordable and common. Note: I did not include green veggies in the list, but most green vegetables are actually a great source of protein —…
Why Mr. Universe Went Vegan (Full Interview)
Barny Du Plessis, winner of the 2014 Mr. Universe championship recently decided to go vegan. Du Plessis was raised in a vegetarian household but began eating meat around age 18 because he believed it would help his bodybuilding career. Now, the new Mr. Universe has decided he was wrong all along, and it’s time for…
TVP vs. Tofu vs. Tempeh: Which is the Best Protein?
Textured vegetable protein (TVP ), tofu, and tempeh are three different soy products that are commonly used as meat-substitutes in vegan and vegetarian dishes. With the right preparation and seasonings, all of them can be turned into a convincing faux beef or chicken, and all of them are high in protein. However, out of the…