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Product Review: Schwartz Brothers Bakery Organic Everything Bagel Chips

Product Review: Schwartz Brothers Bakery Organic Everything Bagel Chips

Right now you are reading this, and you are thinking about what you are going to do next. And I am concerned the thing you are thinking about is something other than going to Costco and getting these bagel chips immediately, and that would be the wrong decision. I cannot emphasize enough how good these are: crispy, exceptionally flavorful, oily, salty, outrageous, crazy-making, and completely, utterly vegan. They do leave you with the teeniest bit of garlic breath, but, hey,…

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Cookbook Review: The High Protein Vegan Cookbook: 125+ Hearty Plant-Based Recipes by Ginny Kay McMeans

Cookbook Review: The High Protein Vegan Cookbook: 125+ Hearty Plant-Based Recipes by Ginny Kay McMeans

New York: Countryman Press, 2019. 304pp.  Welcome to another cookbook review, Booksmarters! My primary motivation in bringing this book to your attention is the chapter on Portable Snacks. My go-to protein snack is a handful of peanuts or pistachios, which can get a little boring. It is a nice change to make up a batch of one of the many little protein ball recipes included in High Protein Vegan. They rely on various combinations of oats, nut butter, seeds, dried fruit,…

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Ingredient Tip: Tofu

Ingredient Tip: Tofu

A few words on tofu. It’s not meat. It doesn’t taste like meat. Nothing you do will make it taste like meat. It’s tofu. 🙂 Now that we’ve gotten that out of the way, let’s move on. To enjoy it, you must do two things: alter its texture – either by freezing it or pressing it – and marinate it. Freezing tofu makes it quite dense and a little chewy. Try it. Either you’ll like it or you won’t, and…

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Beginner tools tip: Chopping

Beginner tools tip: Chopping

I often hear people say that they resist making vegan or vegetarian meals because of the amount of chopping. But hear me out: chopping itself is not the problem. You are. 🤣 Okay, kidding. But, really, how you are doing it is. If you want to eat more plant-based meals, the single best thing you can do is invest in a good knife and a large cutting board. I have actually witnessed a person trying to cut up a red…

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Cookbook Review: Salad Samurai by Terry Hope Romero

Cookbook Review: Salad Samurai by Terry Hope Romero

Published by Da Capo Press (2014). 180pp. Welcome, Booksmarters! Today we are taking a look at one of my ol’ standbys, Salad Samurai by Terry Hope Romero. This slim volume has a lot going for it. First, I love a cookbook that is arranged seasonally. That way, I can just turn to the section that will include the ingredients I am likeliest to have, rather than having to pick through the index or start salivating over a recipe that includes…

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