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9 days ago
Many of us are thankful for animals every day and choose not to include them on our plates each day of the year. Around the holidays, however, we are given the extra opportunity to let our compassion shine through via tasty vegan recipes that inspire our loved ones to extend their circle of compassion too. Green Bean Casserole One of the nicest (and sneakiest) ways that you can show others how fantastic vegan food is, is to offer to prepare the Thanksgiving meal—or at least some of it. The following are the top five recipe cheats that help to veganize many a traditional holiday dish: 1) Vegetable broth. If your family tends to use chicken stock for everything, vegetable broth is a simple substitution that costs about the same and comes in boxes or cubes and can act just like chicken broth. 2) Vegan margarine is the perfect substitute for cholesterol-laden butter. Just use it exactly the same as you would butter in all your cooking. 3) Plain ...10 days ago
The season of eating is rapidly approaching, and if you have a lot of cooking and baking planned this year, make plans now to do something better for animals and your body: Dump the dairy. Thinking of baking up a batch of cookies for your sweet Aunt Sue? Instead of traditional butter-laden bites, give her the gift of no cholesterol instead! Replacing the dairy in your favorite recipes is easy. There is no fumbling around with complicated concoctions, and you don't need to throw out all your favorite recipes or anything. You just need to clean up their act with a little vegan inspiration: •Try substituting plain soy milk for recipes that call for milk. You can just use the exact same amount of soymilk to replace the milk that it calls for. •If it's buttermilk that you need, simply add one tablespoon of lemon juice or white vinegar to one cup plain soymilk. The result will be a thicker, sour type soymilk. •To replace butter, try a healthy nonhydrogenated style spread. Just ...
23 days ago
Watching Chef Tal cook a vegan celery root soup on a recent episode of Oprah reminded me that you don't need heavy cream or milk to give soup a luxurious creamy texture. Cooking vegetables or beans in a broth or water and then blending at a high speed will actually do the trick. With a hefty bunch of asparagus sitting in my refrigerator over the weekend, I decided to make a cream of asparagus soup. Cream of Asparagus Soup You start by sautéing onions and asparagus in vegan margarine, and then you add broth and bring it to a simmer. The next step—blending all the ingredients—is what creates the smooth texture, but I also like to add just a little unsweetened soy milk to make it extra creamy. A touch of lemon and cayenne in the soup add tartness and spice that help balance out the strong asparagus flavor. And because of that full flavor, I must warn you that this recipe is strictly for asparagus lovers. Enjoy! Cream of Asparagus Soup 2 ...23 days ago
Vegan meats have been popping up on menus around the country, even at restaurants that are known for serving dishes with animal ingredients. With so many options out there, we decided to find out which are the best. Today we're bringing you the best vegan meatballs—made from ingredients like tofu or veggies, not the flesh of dead animals—served at restaurants across the U.S. So who has the best? The winner is … Ike's Place, San Francisco, California: The runners-up come from all corners of the country, but Ike's has the best vegan meatballs in America. For a sandwich shop that isn't even all vegetarian, Ike's has a huge vegan menu, including two vegan meatball favorites: the Vegan Meatless Mike and the Not So Sloppy Ike. And the runners-up and their winning dishes are: •The Greenery Raw Food Café, Encinitas, California: Veggie-walnut meatballs served on zucchini noodles with marinara sauce •Gianna's Grille, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: ...
30 days ago
To thank PETA's hardworking interns, we often fill them up with free vegan food—lots of free food. With Halloween right around the corner, we decided to thank our current team with a haunting Halloween cupcake party, hosted by Mylie. Everyone had a chance to decorate their own masterpieces, as you can see here: Haunting Halloween Cupcakes To help you host your own cupcake party, I've compiled a few of my favorite recipes for the cake and icing. You can mix and match the cupcakes with different types of icing using these recipes or go the easy route and use store-bought icing. Cupcakes •Chocolate Stout •Basic Vanilla •Horchata Icing •Easy Chocolate •Creepy 'Cream Cheese' •Fluffy 'Buttercream' And if you're in need of decoration inspiration, check out these ghosts, spiders, mummies, and skeletons. Happy Halloween! #print {display:none;visibility:hidden;}
