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Vegan Yum Yum has completely become one of my new favorite cookbooks. It is a very beautiful cookbook. I cannot think of another cookbook at this price point that has full color photographs of each recipe. As I have mentioned in the past, I eat a heavily plant-based, completely dairy-free diet – therefore I find a lot of great inspiration in vegan cookbooks and blogs. I initially discovered the blog Vegan Yum Yum and when I saw Lola, the author, was releasing a cookbook last fall, I had to see it. Sure enough, it was full of the same gorgeous photograph as the blog (Lola took all the pictures in the book herself), and I purchased it as soon as I saw it in person.
One thing I really like about the Vegan Yum Yum recipes is that savory dishes are heavy on whole foods, light on tofu and other meat substitutes (which is good, as I generally do not/cannot eat them). In fact, many of the recipes that have tofu or other meat substitutes are easily adaptable – for example, when I made the Tahini Lemon Rice and Beans, I just left out the seitan and enjoyed the dish as rice and beans, which was delicious. I have also loved the Spicy Tomato Chickpea Soup and the Hurry Up Alfredo (which you can view here on the Vegan Yum Yum blog, where it was posted as a preview of the cookbook). Some of the recipes use Earth Balance, but I find that I have been able to skip it and still get great results. And I finally tried roasted kale, using Vegan Yum Yum’s recipe, and all I can say is, why did it take me so long. I am now on a total roasted kale kick.
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I'll have to check out the roasted kale recipe–I've been wanting to eat more of it but I generally don't like it in anything but soaps. Thank you for convincing me to buy this one! It's gorgeous and, while I haven't tried it out yet, looks yummy!
Thank you for the review. I keep seeing this book and wondering whether it's worth buying, so now I'm convinced! I recently made a rather dramatic change in my eating habits, so I'm finding a lot of inspiration in vegan recipes as well (and just blogged about some healthy cookbooks yesterday!)
I've tried the roasted kale thing, but it's just never done it for me. Maybe I'm not doing it right?? Everyone seems to love it!
I have never tried roasted kale before. It sounds delicious. I think I might give it a try this weekend. Have you ever tried making kale chips?
Would you mind posting a recipe for the roasted kale? I like mine sautéed with a splash of balsamic or raspberry balsamic, but since everyone is raving about the roasting I have to try it!