The best vegan recipes this summer

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Just because your non-vegan friends have the grill fired up and weenies cooking

over bonfires doesn't mean you can't enjoy some delicious and easy vegan

recipes. Examiners from all over the country have been busy touting their

favorite feasts and foods for summer, so here's just a sample:

Easy vegan pasta with red sauce

 

Atlanta Vegan Examiner Alyse Smith published this sweet and simple recipe as her

personal favorite. Vegans, how many times have you been turned down from a bowl

of spaghetti or pasta because the noodles are egg, coated with butter or

slathered with alfredo sauce? Instead, Smith uses simple, healthy alternatives

like olive oil, wheat noodles, and red sauce.

 

 

Erica Meier

 

D.C. Vegan Examiner

 

Unscrambling National Egg Month

 

According to D.C. Vegan Examiner Erica Meier, the post Easter season (now,) is

the time when the egg industry has to keep up with its abrupt decrease of

demand. This means heavier marketing to purchase eggs stolen from chickens who

are routinely exploited no matter how big or small the farm. Meier combats with

a couple of her favorite eggless recipes such as her Chewy Chocolate Chip

Cookies.

 

 

Sara Jelley

 

Denver Vegan Examiner

 

It's not a party without vegan waffles!

 

Denver Vegan Examiner Sara Jelley will make your mouth water over her recipes

and resources for making vegan waffles. Like pancakes, making waffles vegan

requires a simple substitution of one emulsifier (egg) for another (baking

soda/ground flax/banana/Ener-G, etc.) Jelley also reviews an entire website

devoted to making vegan pancakes. Grab your iron, a mixing bowl, and read this

guide.

 

 

Alice McCart

 

Kansas City Vegan Examiner

 

Basil zucchini tofu over steamed rice

 

Kansas City Vegan Examiner Alice McCart is already prepared for zucchini to come

into season with this hot recipe. This is also a very flexible one in that it's

forgiving of almost any way its spiced. As McCart explains, it's also a great

make-before-work meal because it's so easy to make yet so filling.

Rice cookers are your friends

 

N.Y. Vegan Examiner Seth Joseph has a secret. In striking similarity to myself,

he likes cheap and healthy but doesn't like the cleanup. His weapon of choice

for such a lifestyle is his rice cooker, a oft forgotten vestige of food

technology. In Joseph's review, he'll show you how a simple rice cooker is as

good as any Ron Pompeil gizmo.

 

 

Ed Coffin

 

Philadelphia Vegan Examiner

 

Vegan crab cakes recipe

 

I can't say I've ever had crab cakes but Philadelphia Vegan Examiner Ed Coffin's

photos look pretty darn good. These scrumptious patties require a little bit of

mixing, spicing, and baking and can be served with Coffin's vegan hollandaise

sauce as well. Coffin also runs the Eating Consciously blog where he interviews

vegan writers and events. You'll also find some of his recipes and resoureces

there.

 

 

Catherine Capozzi

 

Phoenix Vegan Examiner

 

Raw cacao: exploiring the latest chocolate craze

 

Phoenix Vegan Examiner Catherine Capozzi takes a look at the new fad for raw

foods, cacao--a chocolate-like raw food rich in antioxidants. But as Capozzi

explains, even though the chemicals in cacao " make us ridiculously happy, " don't

confuse it for a Hershey's bar. Cacao requires specific preparation and

complementation. All this is explained in detail in the above article.

 

 

Becca Bartleton

 

Portland Vegan Examiner

 

Rockin' hummus

 

Hummus is one of those dishes that you will love the first time you try it, even

if you're a hardy meat-eater. Portland Vegan Examiner Becca Bartleton cuts to

the chase with her own personal recipe " you'll salivate over. " This is an

especially good recipe for starting with dried beans which makes for an

unmistakable difference in taste. If you like recipes like this, you may also

want to look into investing in a pressure cooker.

Dairy alternatives for a more humane world

 

It's disheartening to think animal industries will go so far as to declare

months for themselves. As Seattle Vegan Examiner Virginia Messina reports, June

is just such a month for the dairy industry. It's made even more futile to

celebrate this consumer holiday when so many non-violent options are widely

available. Check out Messina's post for an in-depth look at vegan cheeses,

yogurts, and beverages reviewed from her experience as a dietitian and as a

vegan who's tried it all.

 

 

Mary Vincent

 

S.F. Vegan Examiner

 

R.W. Knudsen's Sparkling Beverages

 

Cooling down from the summer heat shouldn't call for a milkshake but a

refreshing and sweet beverage. San Francisco Vegan Examiner Mary Vincent

reports R.W. Knudsen's Sparkling Beverages are not only vegan but apparently can

be won! Check out her article for details.

 

 

Elizabeth Holli Wood

 

Tampa Bay Vegan Examiner

 

Vegan french toast

 

While there's an obviously non-vegan ingredient in conventional French Toast,

the taste is really in the bread, sugar and spices. That's why, as Tampa Vegan

Examiner Elizabeth Holli Wood has discovered, French Toast can be made

satisfactorily using only vegan ingredients. Here's a dish to make for your

non-vegan friends, but don't tell them it's vegan!

 

*N.B.* FOR LINKS TO THESE RECIPES GO TO :

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