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How to Make Aquafaba from Home-Cooked Chickpeas

Posted on March 21, 2024March 21, 2024by Anne-Marie Bonneau
The wire whip attachment of a stand mixer has a stiff white peak of whipped aquafaba on the tip. In the background is a painting of yellow flowers.

Transform chickpea broth from cooked-cooked beans into aquafaba. Use it for delicious meringues, macaroons, mayonnaise and more.

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Quick and Easy 5-Ingredient Vegan Irish-ish Soda Bread

Posted on January 11, 2024January 11, 2024by Anne-Marie Bonneau
A hot loaf of freshly baked vegan soda bread baked with soy buttermilk cools in a cast iron pan sitting on a metal rack.

Want to bake bread but find the process intimidating? Start with soda bread. This version contains soy milk and four other basic ingredients.

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Quick Homemade Vegan Buttermilk Made With Soy Milk

Posted on January 4, 2024January 4, 2024by Anne-Marie Bonneau
Looking down into a full jar of homemade soy milk curdling into vegan buttermilk. The jar is sitting on a dark wood table.

Can’t eat dairy? Going vegan? Make buttermilk from soy milk with two ingredients and less than five minutes.

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Why We Resist Cooking, Guest Post by Brigitte Gemme

Posted on December 8, 2022December 7, 2022by Anne-Marie Bonneau
Image of a woman in her kitchen showing off a pot of roasted beets.

In this excerpt from her new book, Brigitte Gemme explains why we resist cooking and how to change our mindset to embrace this act of love.

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Golveda Ko Achaar (Tomato Sauce) from Vegan Nepal’s New Cookbook

Posted on September 1, 2022August 29, 2022by Anne-Marie Bonneau
A white bowl of golveda ko achaar (tomato pickle) sits on a dark wooden table and is surrounded by green chilis

This addictive Nepali tomato pickle recipe cooks in a mere 15 minutes. Serve it with curry, pasta, tacos, pizza and more.

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How to Make Cultured Cashew Cheese

Posted on November 16, 2020April 12, 2023by Anne-Marie Bonneau

This tangy cultured cashew cheese contains a handful of ingredients and like my sourdough crackers, tastes cheesy but contains no cheese.

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Sourdough Discard Vegan Carrot Cake

Posted on May 6, 2020June 17, 2020by Anne-Marie Bonneau
frosting a sourdough carrot cake in the pan with coconut buttercream frosting

If you’ve adopted a pet sourdough, you’ll need to find recipes for the discard you accumulate from feedings. This carrot cake makes your discard disappear.

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Quick 5-Ingredient Coconut Buttercream Frosting

Posted on May 4, 2020May 4, 2020by Anne-Marie Bonneau

Frost cakes or cupcakes with this quick, 5-ingredient frosting made with a coconut butter base.

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Quick Vegan Chocolate Cake with Sourdough Discard

Posted on April 27, 2020November 11, 2023by Anne-Marie Bonneau
sourdough discard vegan chocolate cake

Whether you’re new to sourdough or you’ve baked it for years, you can likely use another recipe for your discard, especially one for an easy chocolate cake.

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