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Read our team’s reviews of vegan products, vegan books and films, vegan businesses, and even those products which are accidentally vegan. Note: to qualify for our “Accidentally Vegan” section, products must either be vegan but not labeled that way, or they have to be so completely yummy that we just want you to know about them!
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Do you miss your foamy cappuccinos and caffe lattes? I just found a non-dairy creamer to make a fabulous cappuccino with plenty of froth! The new So Delicious brand Barista Style non-dairy creamers are the crème de la crème – coconut crème, that is! I have a home frother and usually just settle [...]
Here at Yummy Plants we have been going nuts. It’s all due to Chef Robin Robertson’s newest cookbook, Nut Butter Universe: Easy Vegan Recipes with Out-of-This -World Flavors. The cookbook begins with Robin’s clear, no-fuss instructions for making various nut butters and creams in food processors or high-speed blenders. From that point on, [...]
The hand made vegan hot fudge sauce by Coop’s Microcreamery is a treat beyond my wildest dreams! When I saw it in the jar, I thought it might be tasty. I had absolutely no idea this dark chocolate, rich and creamy fudge sauce would be Ah-ma-zing. And it’s made without any dairy, corn-syrup, or gluten.
Amy’s Vegan Margherita Pizza is perfecto, tempting the palate and pleasing the senses with a delicate tomato basil sauce and Daiya Mozzarella-style cheese alternative lavished upon a thin, tasty crust. Not only is it delicious, Amy’s Vegan Margherita Pizza contains no GMOs and no bioengineered ingredients. It’s organic! Here’s what our cooked pizza looked like: [...]
This week’s feature is the Raw Chocolate Superfudge Bar by Love Street Living Foods! Raw, vegan, oh so yummy, these organic handmade chocolates are also fair-trade and made with biodegradable packaging. They’re a real treat for us and easy on the environment!
In addition to the super yummy vegan products, I absolutely love what this company stands for: they support their local farmers and charities. Earnest Eats donates $0.10 to IRC, the International Rescue Committee, for each bar sold!
What a read! Healthy Eating, Healthy World by J. Morris Hicks makes the case for a startling revelation: by sustaining ourselves on a plant-based diet we are also sustaining the Earth. “To feed a person the typical Western diet (heavy with animal products) for a year requires 3.25 acres of arable land. To feed one vegan requires about one-sixth of an acre. Thus, with a vegan diet, you can feed about twenty people with the same amount of land that is required to feed one person with the typical Western diet.”
Do you have friends or family members who have serious food allergies to egg, dairy, or tree nuts? These vegan chocolate chip cookies are produced in a dedicated peanut-free, tree nut-free, milk-free and dairy-free facility, and they are fabulously yummy!
So Delicious Dairy Free is launching a complete new line of almond milk products! The new almond milk line has 2 sets of products: Almond PlusTM – Protein fortified almond milk with 5 grams of protein and Almond Milk Frozen Desserts and Novelties – The world’s first dairy and soy free frozen desserts. Yummy Plants got a sneak preview this week… And we’re glad to announce that these products truly are Sooooo Delicious!
PLANEAT: A FIVE-STAR REVIEW. Planeat is a remarkable documentary film: simple, elegant, and stunningly informative. Filmed, edited, and written by Shelley Lee Davies and Or Shlomi, Planeat presents the vegan lifestyle as the solution to the problems of survival as the Earth’s population grows, the climate warms, and chronic illnesses — heart disease, cancer, and diabetes — debilitate increasing numbers of people around the world. The film focuses on the scientists and physicians whose life’s work has revealed the nutritional and health-promoting advantages of a plant-based diet. Tantalizing shots of vegan culinary delights are woven into the narrative along with food prep demonstrations and recipe tips by vegan chefs.
Get ready for organic, micro-nutrient packed, vegan deliciousness: Thrive Foods Direct now brings whole food vegan meals directly to your door! Created by former Ironman triathlete Brendan Brazier, Thrive Foods Direct makes changing to a plant-based diet easier than ever before.
You can go green with environmentally friendly polish in all the colors of the rainbow!
Karma Organic nail care products – nail polish remover and nail polish – can you make your nails beautiful in this life while they repair past neglect and prepare your nails for a healthy future. The polish remover is so outstanding it won Allure Magazine’s Editors’ Choice Award in 2009.
Sweet Ritual is a new vegan ice cream parlor in Austin, Texas that aims to bring vegan treats to the masses. Their soft serve ice cream, sundaes, shakes, and coffee drinks are all vegan!
Meet Christy Morgan, The Blissful Chef and author of Blissful Bites, a cookbook for novice, experimental and skilled vegans. Christy’s mission is to help people find their own sense of connectedness and bliss through food. We love it!
Home of authentic vegan soul food, the southern atmosphere of Souley Vegan is cozy and chic, and all food is soley vegan! The entire restaurant is free of meat and dairy. Tamearra Dyson, owner of Souley Vegan, has a goal to provide southern style dishes in a family atmosphere with a healthy twist.
The path to a vegan lifestyle is not always a straight line! Read about Master Chef Alan Roettinger’s discoveries as he explored the wondrous world of food and the joys of a plant-based lifestyle.
Forks Over Knives is a stunning documentary linking our diets to our increasing levels of disease. It has received great reviews from Kevin Thomas of the LA Times, Mark Bittman from the NY Times and Roger Ebert from the Chicago Sun Times. A must-watch film; it will change the way you think about food forever!