A collection of vegan recipes so simple to make that even a stoner could prepare them, this highly illustrated cookbook from the creators of The Vegan Stoner food blog proves that going vegan can be fun, cheap, and easy.
The Vegan Stoners, Sarah Conrique and Graham Haynes, write, cook, and illustrate in a world filled with eccentric–and slightly uncouth–vegetable characters. Now they invite home cooks into this universe of indie veganism, presenting foolproof recipes that will be a hit with every slacker, penny-pincher, and hipster on the block. With easy recipes for breakfast, lunch, dinner, and munchies, this is a gateway cookbook for anyone who wants to eat fewer animal products and more veggies.
This is a good beginner vegan cookbook and great for even skill cooks who want fast to prepare recipes.
Most of the recipes are easy, such as the Orange French Toast but I wouldn’t say that all the recipes are as easy as the description leads the reader to believe. For instance, the sushi recipe. It says to simply “roll it like a sleeping mat.” Um, if you have ever tried making sushi, you know it is difficult to roll. I have made it many times with varying rolling outcomes. It’s rarely perfect, actually never for me and I’m not a stoner. I am also considered a really good cook, if you ask my friends, family , and husband, Bill. My dog, DJ thinks so too but he also likes really disgusting things, so he doesn’t count. LOL!
I made the Peachy Crepes for desert, rather than breakfast, however used extra soy
milk and some maple syrup instead of the peach syrup from a can. I don’t eat canned peaches, I think they are disgusting. The batter would have been perfect for pancakes but came out way too thick for crepes. I just added a lot more soy milk to the batter for the right consistency. (Something that first time crepe makers may not know to do). They turned out great! I stuffed them with fresh blue berries, fresh peaches, and homemade vegan coconut whip cream. (The whip cream recipe is not in the book.)
I made the Bahnwich for an easy dinner one night and Bill and I really enjoyed it. I have a different recipe for it however, we enjoyed this one even more.
I LOVE peanut butter and chocolate, so I had to try the peanut butter squares. That was the easiest recipe I tried, it only has three ingredients, peanut butter, chocolate, and powdered sugar. They were as rich as you would expect, so I cut them into about 1″x1″ squares. We still have some in the freezer.
I recommend the Vegan Stoner Cookbook.
I received a review e-copy of this book from the publisher via Net Galley for my honest review.
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