Veganize It!: Easy DIY Recipes For A Plant-Based Kitchen

Vegan pantry staples plus enticing recipes in which to use them This is the ultimate DIY pantry book, doing double duty with recipes for vegan staples, plus ideas on how to use them as building blocks in both new and classic recipes. Many cooks prefer to make their own basics rather than buy expensive store versions, which are often loaded with additives and preservatives. These easy recipes make it easy to stock a home pantry. Enjoy milks, cheeses, bacon, burgers, sausages, butter, and vegan Worcestershire sauce in your favourite dishes, and then try delicious recipes using the staples. Sample Bahn Mi, Sausage Biscuits, Meaty-Cheesy Pizza, Milk Shakes, Jambalaya--even Jerky and Lemon Meringue Pie. With more than150 recipes and 50 colour photos, this will become an indispensable cookbook for vegans--and everyone else who enjoys animal-free food. AUTHOR: Robin Robertson is a 30-year veteran food writer, cooking teacher, and chef specializing in vegan and vegetarian cooking. She is the author of 20 vegetarian or vegan cookbooks, including Vegan Planet and 1,000 Vegan Recipes, and is a regular columnist for VegNews magazine and VegCooking.com. She operates a vegan-focused website and blog at RobinRobertson.com. SELLING POINTS: ? On Trend:Vegan butcher shops and stores are on the rise, from the Herbivorous Butcher in Minneapolis to YamChops in Toronto. The European all-vegan supermarket chain Veganz will open stores in the U.S. this year. Mainstream food companies are going vegan--Guinness, for instance, plans to discontinue the use of isinglass, a fish-based product, in its Extra Stout. ? Vegan Eating is on the Rise: Currently 36 percent of Americans prefer milk alternatives, like soy, rice, coconut and almond milk. Some 41 percent of Americans have eaten less meat over the last 12 months, choosing alternative protein sources such as tofu instead. (Hope Natural Media, 2016) ? Perfect for the Lactose Intolerant as well as people interested in healthy eating. ? Authoritative Author: Robin Robertson is well-known and highly respected in the vegan field. Her most recent book, Vegan Without Borders (2014), was dubbed by NPR ?this year's Convert-A-Carnivore Choice." 50 Full-Colour Photos