Vegan Bday Cake Baked Oatmeal Recipe

June 24, 2021  BY  That Vegan Life Doe - 0 COMMENTS

If you are on the vegan side of Instagram, your explore page is probably FILLED with reels of baked oatmeal. I got so addicted to watching the videos of baked oatmeal, that I literally ordered ramekins off of Amazon just to hop on the trend! 

Baked oatmeal is so yummy because you can customize it AND it literally tastes like cake for breakfast. I found a recipe for birthday cake baked oatmeal on Instagram that I’ve been using (I’ll add it below! Go follow her account for more recipes @speedy.eatz) and it’s so good!!! They have all different kinds of baked oatmeal recipes on Instagram like cheesecake, tiramisu, carrot cake, etc. I made some tweaks to the recipe I found, like adding chocolate chunks (so it gets all melty and gooey after it’s baked), as well as adding vanilla soy creamer and almond butter to the actual batter. I didn’t have almond extract but I imagine that would take these oats to the next level.

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Vegan Cake Batter Oatmeal Recipe

January 14, 2021  BY  That Vegan Life Doe - 2 COMMENTS

Since I’m stuck in my apartment quarantining, I’ve been experimenting a lot in the kitchen. I had just recently bought some vegan sprinkles and decided I wanted to make some sort of “birthday cake” overnight oats. I don’t love overnight oats. In fact, I hate them. But I wanted to give them a second chance. THEN. I came across The Big Mans World website where I found a recipe for “healthy vanilla cake batter oatmeal” and I was so excited because it was actual oatmeal and not overnight oats. However, you still keep them in the fridge, instead of eating them warm, so it’s similar to overnight oats in that way.

This was literally amazing. It tasted like birthday cake rice pudding.  I thought I would be eating it for breakfast but I literally have been eating it for dessert. It’s THAT good. I didn’t have vanilla protein powder so instead of almond milk, I used my Owyn vanilla protein...

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Simple Vegan Vanilla Chia Pudding Recipe

January 13, 2021  BY  That Vegan Life Doe - 44 COMMENTS

Ch-ch-ch-chia! Does anyone else think of the Chia Pets theme song whenever they eat chia pudding? Just me? Cool, cool…

Well, for those of you out there in the universe who are fans of chia pudding (or Chia Pets, no judgment), I found a super simple recipe for you all to follow. All you need are the following ingredients: chia seeds (duh), non-dairy milk, vanilla extract, and sweetener of choice (preferably maple syrup). Once you combine all the ingredients, you have to mix/shake the jar every 5-10 minutes or so a few times so the chia seeds evenly distribute. 

Usually, I eyeball it, but for safe measure, I suggest using The Simple Veganista’s recipe (and just adjusting the measurements for the size of the jar you are using): https://simple-veganista.com/vanilla-chia-pudding/

The results were great. The texture was on point. However,...

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Pumpkin Pie Oatmeal Recipe

September 22, 2018  BY  That Vegan Life Doe - 9 COMMENTS

I love fall. So does everybody else. Does anybody know why that is? Like why does everybody love fall? IT JUST GIVES ME SO MANY FEELS!!!

So naturally, with fall  beginning and winter drawing near (#winteriscoming), we start to eat more warming, heartier foods. I guess this is our cave man (um that’s a sexist term… what about cave women? THEY EXISTED TOO) instinct. I guess when we all ate rocks and shit back in the day, to stay warm, we also needed to eat warm food. Now we just drink PSLs and call it a day!

Here is my recipe for pumpkin pie oatmeal that is perfect for fall and chilly weather! 

Recipe:

  • Combine 1 cup of oats and 2 cups of almond milk in a pot

  • Add some salt

  • Turn up the heat, place a lid on it, and wait until it comes to a boil

  • Take off the...

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Dragonfruit Smoothie Recipe

September 22, 2018  BY  That Vegan Life Doe - 9 COMMENTS

HEY GUYS! Am I the only one who thinks of Khalessi, Mother of Dragons, when I think of dragonfruit? No? Am I just a huge Game of Thrones nerd? Well, guess what? All the cool people are!!

Anyway, I’ve recently gotten into dragonfruit (also known as pitaya) smoothie bowls (mostly because they are pink lol but also delicious). Here is a recipe for one that makes a single serving, but feel free to add whatever you like! 

Ingredients:

  • 1 1/4 cups almond milk (or any nut milk)

  • 1 packet of frozen dragonfruit

  • 1/2 cup frozen chopped mango

  • 1/3 cup frozen cherries

  • 1 tsp chia seeds

  • Optional: add frozen mixed berries

Instructions:

Healthy Vegan Pancake Recipe

July 29, 2018  BY  That Vegan Life Doe - 1 COMMENTS

PANCAKES. YES. ALWAYS A GOOD IDEA. 

Buttttt some people are trying to lower their carb/sugar/fat intake for whatever reason. And I get it, we can’t all eat like we’re in middle school, chomping away on chocolate bars and doritos whenever we want.

Damn, I miss those days. 

SO. I decided to make some healthy chocolate chip pancakes! I used this recipe (but adapted it)

https://simpleveganblog.com/3-ingredient-vegan-gf-pancakes/

In my pancakes I added

  • Dash of vanilla extract

  • Dash of maple syrup

  • Dash of cinnamon

  • Enjoy Life chocolate chips

And to make it even more chocolate-y, I made a chocolate sauce to drizzle on top. I used:

  • Four Sigmatic’s hot chocolate powder

  • Almond milk

  • Dash of vanilla

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Vegan Cinnamon Roll Pancakes

December 19, 2017  BY  That Vegan Life Doe - 9 COMMENTS

YUP. YOU READ THAT RIGHT. CINNAMON. ROLL. PANCAKES. ORGASM.

We found this recipe on Caitlin Shoemaker’s blog (http://frommybowl.com/cinnamon-roll-pancakes/)

They are super healthy and really yummy, especially in the winter! For the icing, we just mixed icing sugar and almond milk together, so I’m not sure how the icing in the recipe would turn out but if you give it a go, let us know!! The pancakes seriously tasted like dessert. YUM!

This recipe is definitely ThatVeganLifeDoe approved 🙂

 

Vegan Unicorn Toast

November 25, 2017  BY  That Vegan Life Doe - 9 COMMENTS

Unicorn toast? S0 2017, right? Well guess what guys? I have a new trend for y’all to start in the shiny year of 2018. Bear toast! (Not like the Bruin bears though because FUCLA—Sorry, I’m a Trojan if you couldn’t tell. 

Anyway, if you have picky kids who don’t like eating their breakfast, here’s a fun and creative way to get them to do it! (Or you could just force feed them, either works) 

So all you need is: 

. Vegan cream cheese (Tofutti for lyfe) 

. Food die (vegan kind, I guess not all are vegan…?) 

. Fruits to make the bear faces

. Vegan bread, duh

Then it’s pretty self-explanatory from there. You just color the tofutti, apply to toasted vegan bread, and add little fruits (I used banana slices, blueberries, and pomegranates) to make a bear...

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Vegan Oreo Bagel Recipe

August 23, 2017  BY  That Vegan Life Doe - 8 COMMENTS

WHAT IS MILK’S FAVORITE COOKIE?

(I swear if you don’t say Oreos, I’m gonna report you to the FBI and tell them aliens exist)

Well, famous Youtuber “Supreme Banana” made a really delicious video where she made an oreo bagel with oreo cream cheese and oreos in it.

I. KNOW.

Did you just foodgasm? Because I DID.

We didn’t use her exact recipe, no idea why lol, but we used this recipe my friend found and just made it vegan.

https://www.popsugar.com/food/Oreo-Bagel-Recipe-Food-Video-41392431

It was super easy to make and super yummy to eat. Literally an Oreo explosion in your mouth. More of a dessert than a breakfast, but hey, we ain’t judging.  SO yummy and making them is such a fun activity when you have...

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Birthday Breakfast Idea

August 23, 2017  BY  That Vegan Life Doe - 1 COMMENTS

Hey guys! I know this isn’t a “Recipe” per se, but it is a breakfast idea! 

It was my Grandpa’s birthday recently and Olie and I wanted to surprise him with something special that morning before we had to catch an early flight to LA. We asked our Grandma what we should make him and she suggested pancakes!

We didn’t want to give him boring pancakes, so we decided to make them fancy and fit for a celebration!

We made very simple, vegan pancakes (with real flour and baking powder, etc. Not those bullshit banana-oat flour pancakes. No offense LOL) and we topped it with some blueberry sauce to make it look fancy. To make the blueberry sauce, just put some frozen blueberries in the microwave and heat them up. They have to be frozen though so the excess water can create a sauce.

Then, to make it even more fancy, we used a bento lunch box and filled it with...

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Rainbow Bagel Recipe

April 10, 2016  BY  That Vegan Life Doe - 12 COMMENTS

What’s the perfect treat to bake on a rainy Cali day? RAINBOW BAGELS. (Or as my grandma calls them “Bagels with makeup” #LOVEHER) 

My vegan friend Amanda and I decided to YOLO it and attempt rainbow bagels and they actually came out amazing! Not gonna lie, the process is very tedious, but the result was yumma-licious and very Instagrammable #ThatBasicBitchLife  (I mean, they’re not NY bagels but…)

I definitely recommend making rainbow bagels as a fun activity with friends if you have time and are feeling creative (but I don’t recommend it if you’re hungry and just want a bagel. Just go buy a bagel lol. Dis shit way too complicated for dat lazy lifestyle)

RECIPE: http://www.momdot.com/rainbow-bagel-recipe/

Anyways, it was super fun! We made like 12 bagels  today and there is only 1 left #NotKidding...

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Vegan Dole Whip Recipe

March 29, 2016  BY  That Vegan Life Doe - 47 COMMENTS

I know guys right? That’s like trying to figure out the recipe to Love Potion Number 9 or Willy Wonka’s Everlasting Gobstoppers. Also sort of like waiting for rain in this drought. Useless and disappointing, am I right? #cinderellastoryreference #getit?

Anyway, so sorry to get your hopes up, I didn’t get the ACTUAL recipe of Dole Whip *crying* but I did come up with a much, much easier (and probs healthier?) alternative that according to my friends “actually tastes like dole whip”.

Ingredients:

  • Frozen bananas

  • Frozen sweet pineapple

  • Pineapple Juice (optional)

  • Dried pineapple and dried coconut for topping (Also optional)

Basically, freeze the fruit overnight, put in vitamix (or magic bullet), and blend until smooth. You can add a bit pineapple juice for...

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Vegan Salted Caramel Brownie French Toast Recipe

March 21, 2016  BY  That Vegan Life Doe - 0 COMMENTS

Do you ever have those things on your to-do list or bucket list that you wanna do but for some reason keep putting it off? Well, that was this French toast.

When I first laid eyes on it on Vegan Richa’s website, it was love at first sight. Brownies, peanut butter, salted caramel, and French toast all in one breakfast!? I’m sooo in!

BUT…I’ve never had any time to make it between midterms and my thriving love life, ya know…

So I had one more day before leaving to Paris and, with many hours of nothing to do, decided to invite our friend Mimi over and whip this recipe up!

Even though it looks complicated, it was actually quite easy to make! And when we were done we drizzled it in more melted chocolate and maple syrup and it was amazinggg!!! Like the fake “brownie batter” actually tastes like brownie batter.

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Cookie Dough Banana Ice Cream Recipe

March 21, 2016  BY  That Vegan Life Doe - 12 COMMENTS

Hey folks! Got a shit ton of bananas from Whole Foods so I’ve sort of been experimenting with banana ice cream lately.

One of my good friends Maxine (aka @planthappy on instagram) recently made three-ingredient raw cookie dough bites to top her nana ice cream with, so my roommate and I thought we’d give a whirl and try it out!

(Lol you should have seen my schedule for the day. I literally carved out time in my schedule to “make chocolate chip banana ice cream” because I’m #aproudvegan / #loser #maybe?)

Anyway…

Ingredients for cookie dough bites:

  • Oats

  • Cinnamon

  • Dates

  • Chocolate chips

Recipe:

  1. Blend oats in vitamix until you form a flour

  2. Add...

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Vegan Banana Chocolate Chip Pancake Recipe

January 12, 2016  BY  That Vegan Life Doe - 2 COMMENTS

Do you ever have a weird craving not only to eat pancakes, but to make them?! Yah, okay, maybe that’s just me but the other day I had the weirdest craving to make banana chocolate chip pancakes with my grandma. 

Here’s a life lesson guys: if you have a family member or friend you don’t see often, make pancakes with them. It’s so fun and delicious and takes team work and I love my grandma so much!!! (<- random point at the end but true af lol) 

Anyway, so my sister, my grandma, and my friend Stephanie made chocolate chip banana pancakes for breakfast before we went back to LA!!! 

Here is the recipe we used: 

http://cookieandkate.com/2015/simple-vegan-pancake-recipe/ 

We just added EnjoyLife chocolate chunks and banana slices to them!

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Vegan Pumpkin Gingerbread Muffin Recipe

January 12, 2016  BY  That Vegan Life Doe - 0 COMMENTS

“My muffin top is all that. Whole-grain, low-fat. I know you wanna piece of that, But I just wanna dance.”

If you get that reference, than we should be friends!!

Anyway, here is a recipe for DELISH pumpkin gingerbread recipe!! Next time, I’m makin em gluten free!!! (<– cool kid alert)

http://ohsheglows.com/2015/10/28/pumpkin-gingerbread-muffins-vegan/

VEGAN BREAKFAST RECIPE (AVOCADO TOAST AND ACAI SMOOTHIE)

November 8, 2015  BY  That Vegan Life Doe - 10 COMMENTS

So folks, welcome to the new segment of my life called “I need to learn how to cook because I’m going to be 20 in a year and I don’t know my left from my right.”

I thought we’d ease into it on our sleepover with Sara by making a simple avacodo toast and acai smoothie. Don’t laugh. IT’S A START, OKAY!!

Anyway, for the naive little youngsters out there in the ether who don’t know how to make avocado toast…

You need: 

. bread (We used ezekiel because it’s heathly and I’m healthy #lol #lies #itry) 

. Avocado (duh) 

. Lemon juice

. Salt, pepper, and some olive oil

So you toast the bread, (duh), then you mash avocado into a bowl and mix with seasoning, oil, and lemon juice and spread evenly and then…YAY. You are officially a master chef. 

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Banana Ice Cream Recipe

November 8, 2015  BY  That Vegan Life Doe - 0 COMMENTS

Freeze sliced bananas for a few hours, put in a food processor, blend till creamy, add original almond milk, vanilla extract, frozen strawberries and mangos, and then take out and put back in freezer to freeze a little longer. Take out of freezer and put unsweetened coconut, coconut sugar, and passion fruit on top! YUM! 

HOMEMADE VEGAN CHOCOLATE CHIP WAFFLES RECIPE

October 31, 2015  BY  That Vegan Life Doe - 9 COMMENTS

The title says it all. YEP. 

My friend Catherine came over who i hadn’t see in four months (And we’ve been besties since we were six years old so that’s a long time) and we decided to be creative and make chocolate chip waffles!!! And they actually came out good!! SO yummy. Just make sure to spray the waffle maker well so the waffles don’t get stuck or burn, and add chocolate chips in the batter! When they’re done, use agave or maple syrup and sprinkle powdered sugar on top #Perfection. So yummy and so fun to make!! 

P.S. the waffles kept getting stuck to the top of the waffle maker lol so if that happens, don’t worry about ittttt.

Recipe: http://artofdessert.blogspot.com/2012/12/best-vegan-waffles-ever.html

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VEGAN CINNAMON TOAST RECIPE

October 31, 2015  BY  That Vegan Life Doe - 7 COMMENTS

So, like the losers we are, Bella, our older sister Sophie, and I were watching the Pioneer Woman on Food Netowrk (Who I recently found out was also a fellow Trojan at USC. #FightOn!) and we love the show, however nothing she makes is vegan because she like lives on a farm or something idk. 

So on the episode we were watching, she made this cinnoman toast (Still not vegan) but in the really interesting way (After showing us all the wrong ways to do it….and to be honest, we all felt a little personally attacked, not gonna lie). So we made a date to make the newly invented cinnaomen toast on Sunday 1:30 with Sophie and our friend Taylor. 

Well, time flew and Sunday rolled around and we were ready. We gathered our ingredients: whole wheat toast, Earth Balence Butter, Sugar, cinnamon, and our adventerous spirits. We were ready. 

Here is the recipe: http://thepioneerwoman.com/cooking/2010/04/the-right-way-and-the-wrong-way-to-make-cinnamon-toast/...

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Vegan Chocolate Chip Pancakes Recipe

October 30, 2015  BY  That Vegan Life Doe - 0 COMMENTS

Okay, so when most people think of stress relievers, they think of deep breathing and yoga. I think of chocolate chip pancakes. Let me explain. We were trying desperately to get an uber back home and there were no fricken cars and I was stressing and the only thing keeping me calm were Sol’s amazing vegan pancakes. Honestly, so good, we took the rest home in a ziplock bag to snack on for later (#lardthinking)

Long story short, I eventually got an uber cab and the ride back was great and if anyone one of you get’s an uber account, promote me by typing in the code: oliec

If you do that, I get a free ride #score #bonita #selfpromotion 

Anyway, here are the pics and some of the ingredients we used to make them! Delicious and soothing in a way you’d never believe. Trust me. Try getting an uber last minute. You’ll know whatta I mean.

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Vegan Brunch

October 27, 2015  BY  That Vegan Life Doe - 9 COMMENTS

SOOOO today was actually Senior Skip Day and me, the sis, and our friends Taylor, and Cristina all celebrated the day with vegan brunch and a Lord of The Rings Marathon. For brunch we had avocado toast, hash browns, fruit salad, toast with vegan cream cheese and brown sugar, french toast with chocolate chips, and fruit salad. AND YES WE ATE EVERYTHING. Am i ashamed? Never. If i could go back in time and take it all back, would i? Nope. It was delicious. 

Everything was delightful. We ate gleefully and then ventured to watch the first two Lord of The Rings movies which are SUCH GOOD movies.  Okay, lets be real for a second, Aragorn is the sexiest man alive. Can we all just acknowledge...

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Healthy Vegan Snack/Breakfast Idea

October 26, 2015  BY  That Vegan Life Doe - 0 COMMENTS

Yes, apples and nut butter. I know half of you guys are like “DUH” but it actually is pretty healthy and easy to make.  (I would go with an organic nut butter and not the sugar filled skippy’s and Jif btw) It also works as breakfast! (“Duh”) 

And you can instagram a pic of it and pretend like you actually are healthy and take care of your body! (Cause God knows that’s probs not true) LOL I’m kidding 

#amIthough? #thatveganlifedoe

IMPROVISING AT AN UN-VEGAN FRIEND’S HOUSE FOR BREAKFAST

October 25, 2015  BY  That Vegan Life Doe - 0 COMMENTS

Sometimes granola,  avocado toast, and fruit salad are not options, but don’t worry, once digging in your friend’s kitchen, you will be sure to find something. Toast and peanut butter is always a safe bet because almost everybody (unless they have a peanut allergy) has bread, peanut butter, and a toaster (Will toasters always look old-fashioned? even in the future? #foodforthought). My friend, luckily, had almond milk because her brother is lactose intolerant, so i also had the opportunity of having corn flakes or frosted flakes (i don’t remember) with almond milk. Not the healthiest of options, but hey, life isn’t always fair. My sister had a sliced banana and a side of original pretzel crisps. My friend is the one with the hot chocolate and the chocolate croissant (that diva). Then we chilled by the pool, happy that our vegan lifestyle didn’t cause anybody any stress that morning looking for something to eat.

See all you non-vegans, it’s...

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Avocado Toast Recipe

October 25, 2015  BY  That Vegan Life Doe - 11 COMMENTS

It’s taking over the breakfast market! Well at least it should.

Avocado toast is a very delicious and nutritious breakfast options for all you vegans (and non-vegans). If you are trying to lose weight, i suggest only eating it twice a week (avocados are high in good fat though), but if you’re not, than go ahead and splurge (until you get sick of avocados, which i think might be near impossible).

It can be prepared a variety of ways, but i usually like to toast some Food For Life brown rice bread (found at Whole Foods in the frozen section and is yeast free, gluten free, wheat free, corn free, and soy free…sounds gross, but it is surprisingly, amazing). When the toast is done doin its thang (toasting i guess? Than wouldn’t it be when the bread is done doin it’s thang? #whatever #mindf**k), then i usually sprinkle some olive oil on it, top it with sliced or mashed up avocado, and sprinkle some salt and pepper...

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Vegan Almond Croissant Recipe

January 2, 2022  BY  That Vegan Life Doe - 1 COMMENTS

Almond croissants are ELITE. Idc what you say. They are a top tier pastry. And if you don’t like them, GROW UP. Anytime I’m at a vegan pastry shop and they have almond croissants, I ALWAYS get them. So, I figured, why not attempt to make them. I used this recipe found HERE. It’s such a super simple and easy recipe. Way more simple than I thought. I accidentally bought almond paste thinking it was an ingredient in the recipe, but then I realized part of the recipe was MAKING the almond paste. Honestly, I just recommend buying it. It’s so much easier that way and it tastes likes straight up marzipan. Delicious.

These croissants were a 10/10. One of my most favorite things I have ever baked in my entire life. Almond croissants reign supreme. Make these for your family and friends and I promise they will love you forever....

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Vegan Mini Matcha Crepe Cake Recipe

January 2, 2022  BY  That Vegan Life Doe - 0 COMMENTS

Okay if you’re hella trendy like me (jokes jokes), then you know of Lady M’s FAMOUS crepe cakes. They are SOOOO aesthetic and elegant. WELL, as most trendy things are…. they aren’t vegan. But that doesn’t mean we have to skip out on the party!!! I found a recipe online linked HERE for vegan matcha crepe cakes. The process takes a bit of time and patience but I’ve always wanted to eat a vegan crepe cake so I was COMMITTED. I didn’t make enough crepes so I decided to make mini ones by using a glass cup as a sort of cookie cutter. That way I could make 3 mini crepe cakes instead of 1 big one.

It was SUPER yummy and delicate, but I don’t love coconut cream a ton. Next time, I would use cool whip or some sort of soy/almond based whipped cream. But LOOK HOW CUTE THEY ARE. If you are ever invited to a vegan tea party, you MUST make...

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Vegan Olive Oil Cake Recipe

January 1, 2022  BY  That Vegan Life Doe - 1 COMMENTS

Okay, I know olive oil cakes have been around forever but I only recently heard about them all thanks to the Kardashians Instastories. Suffice to say, olive oil cakes are the BOMB. They are light, fluffy, not too sweet, and so delicious. Eating an olive oil cake is like a breath of fresh air. It’s hard to find vegan olive oil cake (although The Moody Vegan in LA sells them and so does Chaumont Vegan), but when you’re stuck in CT for winter break, you must resort to making your own! And this recipe I found from My Darling Vegan link HERE is SOOOOO easy. My grandma had every ingredient in her pantry and trust me, she’s not vegan. It’s the perfect dessert to bake when you’re with non-vegan family members because the ingredients are universal and EVERYBODY will love it I promise. SO please go make this lemon olive oil cake. It’s easy, simple, and most importantly a 10/10. It’s...

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Peanut Butter Cookie Dough Pretzel Bites

December 8, 2020  BY  That Vegan Life Doe - 1 COMMENTS

If any of you know me, you know I LOVE baking. Something about it is so therapeutic to me. Well, I found this amazing recipe for peanut butter pretzel cookie dough bites on Serving Up Simplicity (click here for full recipe!) The recipe is incredibly simple and doesn’t require an oven (TBH  waiting for an oven to preheat makes me SO restless).

Let me tell you. These pretzel cookie dough bites are HEAVEN. They are FANTASTIC. I cannot emphasize that enough. You HAVE to try them.  (side note: i recommend storing them in the fridge and not the freezer because they taste better that way in my opinion). They are the perfect mix of salty/sweet * Chef’s kiss*

What are you waiting for!? GO MAKE THEM.

Vegan Twix Bar Recipe

July 2, 2020  BY  That Vegan Life Doe - 0 COMMENTS

This recipe is DEFF in my top 5 favorite recipes to make and eat!!! It’s AMAZING. I’ve literally made it three times in one month. That’s how much I love it. I found this recipe on Rachael’s Good Eats website and it’s the easiest vegan Twix bar recipe I’ve ever seen and doesn’t require you to make any date caramel or sugar caramel (both require so much effort. NO thanks lmao).

All you need is like 10 ingredients. Ok I don’t know if it’s ten on the dot, BUT it’s basically like almond flour, maple syrup, vanilla, almond butter, salt, coconut oil, and like almond milk. I know I’m missing some other simple ingredients but I’ll link the recipe down below for you to see for yourself.

It’s so simple and the bars are AMAZING. If I had a plate of them in front of me right now, they would all be gone in two seconds. WOW. I am craving one so...

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Vegan Chickpea Protein Blondie Recipe

May 16, 2020  BY  That Vegan Life Doe - 1 COMMENTS

A protein-filled snack that doubles as a dessert? Count me in, bitch!!

As I’ve mentioned in previous posts, because of the pandemic, grocery stores have been running low on a lot of products, especially vegan ones. These days, people are trying to fill their time with cooking and baking, but are looking for recipes with fewer ingredients since they don’t have access to normal ones. Yes, I’m literally referring to the all-purpose flour shortage. First, it was toilet paper when everyone was shitting their pants at the thought of a pandemic. Now it’s white flour because people can’t stop making banana bread. 2020 is wild, man.

So, in lieu of all the shortages, I found this recipe from the Instagram account:@charlotttequeen and here is the link to her page for the official recipe and more amazing and easy vegan recipes: https://www.instagram.com/charlotttequeen/?hl=en

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Vegan Lemon Loaf Recipe

April 14, 2020  BY  That Vegan Life Doe - 1 COMMENTS

I guess I’m, like, a baker now??? I mean, isn’t everyone in quarantine officially a baker since they have nothing better to do/be? Well, if you haven’t jumped on that baking bandwagon out of pure boredom yet, please let me know what else you are doing to fill the time because your girl could use some fresh tips. 

As you all know, this past Sunday was Easter. Usually, Easter consists of getting together with your family, doing Easter egg hunts, eating chocolates, all that good stuff. But this year, we were all stuck alone in our apartments pondering questions of our existence. But it was a holiday and I hate having holidays pass without doing at least one thing to celebrate it, so I thought I’d do something festive and make a spring-y vegan lemon loaf!

I used the recipe from the blog Peanut Butter & Jilly. Here is the link: https://peanutbutterandjilly.com/2020/02/03/super-moist-vegan-lemon-loaf/

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Easy Vegan Banana Bread Recipe

March 27, 2020  BY  That Vegan Life Doe - 2 COMMENTS

Hey, y’all, who else is scared shitless because of this corona madness? Well, same. However, there is no need to fret!! As long as you stay indoors, wash your hands, and keep supporting your immune system, you should be ok. I say should and not will, because, well, shit is getting crazy out there and who knows what’ll happen in the next few weeks. 

Corona-talk aside, for those of you looking to mentally escape the madness, one thing I totes recommend you do is bake. Baking always soothes me and keeps my mind busy (mainly because I’m terrible at it and spend most of my mental energy not trying to burn the kitchen down). 

I know everyone has limited ingredients in quarantine, so I set out to find the most simple vegan banana bread recipes out there. Lo and behold, I found it. Our bae Better Crocker came to the rescue. Here is the link to the recipe: https://www.bettycrocker.com/recipes/vegan-banana-bread/7fae02ab-cce6-43a1-9b89-4bc85d32c6da

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Vegan Easter Party Ideas and Recipes

May 3, 2019  BY  That Vegan Life Doe - 9 COMMENTS

I LOVE EASTER! Not because I’m specifically religious but because it’s a holiday that is centered around Spring and renewal and bunnies and pastel colors and CHOCOLATE. Well, since my sister and I were back home in Connecticut with our family and friends (Well, counting the OGs that showed up to our Easter party #shade #tea), we decided to throw a little Easter get together! Here are some ideas for your next Easter bash (which will hopefully be in a year? Unless you like to celebrate Easter monthly? I don’t judge. As long as you invite me!)

For decorations, we went to Party City and bought a BUNCH of things, like Easter plates, cups, balloons, decorations, bunny ears, confetti, etc. It’s fun to go all our for Holidays because they only come around once a year so you might as well celebrate! When you decorate the space around you, it helps to get into the Easter spirit. So don’t be stingy when it comes to the...

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Vegan Cookie Dough Bites

November 14, 2018  BY  That Vegan Life Doe - 9 COMMENTS

Vegan. Cookie. Dough. Need I say more? 

Well, I’ll say more anyway. I was looking to use up some of my pantry items (which I got on Thrive Market #spons #ad #kiddinglol) and found this AMAZINGLY easy cookie dough recipe from Gal Cohen’s Instagram, @holyhealth! She has an amazing account and you should definitely look her up/follow her. 

Also, I just realized we share the same last name. Wow, Gal, are you my long lost sister? Cousin. Niece. Mom!??!

Anyway, the only ingredients you need to make these puppies are almond flour, cashew butter, maple syrup, chocolate chips, a pinch of sea salt, and vanilla extract. 

For the exact recipe, refer to her Instagram because it’s her content and I’m not about to steal that ish, ya know? 

But I can offer my final review: Amazing little bites...

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Cherry Garcia Nice Cream Recipe

April 17, 2018  BY  That Vegan Life Doe - 1 COMMENTS

I lowkey just found Cherry Garcia isn’t a real flavor. Like it is, but it’s not. It’s a flavor made up by Ben & Jerry’s. How confusing is that? I legit thought it was a traditional ice cream flavor. Another thing I found out: it was named after Jerry Garcia. That makes so much sense now. I always wondered why it was called Cherry GARCIA. Garcia is not a flavor lol. 

Anyway, I decided to veganize it (although I’m pretty sure B & J’s already has a vegan Cherry Garcia by now) and make it healthy! It’s actually really simple to make!

Ingredients: 

  1. Frozen bananas

  2. Frozen cherries

  3. Dairy-free chocolate chips/chunks

  4. Almond milk (or another plant-based milk) 

  5. Optional: cherry powder (I didn’t...

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Vegan Pecan Pie Recipe

November 25, 2017  BY  That Vegan Life Doe - 0 COMMENTS

I made my own vegan pecan pie!!! I feel like an adult now! First pecan pie, next, my own house and kids! (Jk, no kids. Just dogs. Lots of dogs). 

Anyway, my sis and I did not come up with this recipe on our own. We snagged it from the boss lady ~ Namely Marly. You can get the recipe here: https://namelymarly.com/vegan-pecan-pie/

It’s a super, super easy pie recipe. Nothing too intricate or fancy. No special ingrediants. 

My review: Pie tasted great!! My only issue was that the middle was soft/ a bit mushy so maybe, depending on your oven, keep it in for a bit longer? 

Also, I used a premade vegan graham cracker crust from Whole Foods which was amazing, so if you can’t find the pie crust that the recipe recommends, you can also use that! (Unless the graham cracker crust was responsible for the slightly mushy center, then ignore me and listen to the woman who actually...

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Vegan Smores Cup Recipe

April 30, 2016  BY  That Vegan Life Doe - 9 COMMENTS

So guys, what do you do when you’re bored, have a friend over, and have all the ingredients to assemble smores? You get creative and you make smores CUPS!

Lol, honestly looking back, idk why we didn’t actually make normal smores…but yanno what? YOLO. 

So here’s the secret recipe: 

Ingredients: 

. Earth Balance Butter

. Graham Crackers

. Vegan Marshmellows

. Vegan chocolate chips (We used “Enjoy Life”) 

  1.  You grind the crackers so it’s more of a crumble 

  2. Then you mix it together with melted earth balance so it turns more crumbly.

  3. You line cupcake tins with the graham cracker crust

  4. Top with choco chips

  5. Top...

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Vegan Samoas Cookie Recipe

March 21, 2016  BY  That Vegan Life Doe - 1 COMMENTS

I KNOW. The real Girl Scout cookie isn’t vegan #BOOOO so I was like, ya know what? Instead of waiting to be given opportunities imma make my own! #InspirationFromThatVeganLifeDoe 

Long story short, I was like imma make my own vegan samoas!! And they were so yummy 🙂 

Here is the recipe

http://www.popsugar.com/fitness/Vegan-Samoas-Recipe-28446559

P.S. The caramel takes a little long to make so don’t give up 

 

Raw Vegan Oreo Recipe

March 12, 2016  BY  That Vegan Life Doe - 11 COMMENTS

OREOS OREOS OREOS OREOS. I know. They’re amazing. They are a combo of my two fave things in life: cookies and chocolate (Oh and cream? lol forgot about that part).

Anyways, real Oreos are indeed accidentally vegan. So why make raw vegan oreos? FOR FUN, DUH. Anyway, I found this recipe on The Colorful Kitchen and they were SO YUMMY. Legit, so delicious. My roomates and I swallowed them whole. Sometimes, raw stuff is  way too dense and just not tasty (#sorrynotsorry) but these were BOMB and super easy to make. Check em out homiiiiiz

Recipe: http://thecolorfulkitchen.com/2015/03/25/raw-oreos-vegan-gluten-free/

Vegan Twix Bar Recipe

March 5, 2016  BY  That Vegan Life Doe - 0 COMMENTS

Hey guys, so I made vegan Twix bars last week and they were bomb AF. 

Anyway, here is the recipe! #OhSheGlowsIsBae

http://ohsheglows.com/2012/10/25/homemade-crispy-twix-bars/

Raw Cinnamon Bun Recipe

January 12, 2016  BY  That Vegan Life Doe - 1 COMMENTS

I don’t know what’s gotten into me lately. I usually try to stay away from raw food because I’m not a psycho (that was joke, lol, chill) but for some reason I’ve been on a raw kick lately and wanted to experiment with raw baking in the kitchen so the sis, the little sis, and I decided to make raw cinnamon buns.

As I described in a prior post, I’m not a wizard and therefore do not have the ability to come up with these recipes on my own (sue me) so here is the link to the recipe I used from damyhealth.com (thanks damy health! lol) 

Link: 

http://www.damyhealth.com/2012/08/raw-cinnamon-buns/ 

If you like raw dessert (aka a lot of dates, nuts, and coconut) you will LOVE THESE! The cream on top made with cashew nut butter is really delicious!!! I was def a fan!

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Vegan Peppermint Patty recipe

January 12, 2016  BY  That Vegan Life Doe - 6 COMMENTS

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Raw Caramel Slice Recipe

January 12, 2016  BY  That Vegan Life Doe - 31 COMMENTS

So, if you’re vegan, you’ve probably seen “caramel slices” all over instagram. Well if not, you’re probs not a vegan on instagram and #sorrynotsorry but #youcantsitwithus. Anyway, these (excuse my French) fuckers are everywhere on the gram and so many raw vegans are making them all the time, I thought I would try making them and see what the hype was all about!

Because I’m not a wizard and can’t come up with recipes on my own, I used this recipe from donnahay.com. So thank you to this website for guiding me on this journey lol

Link: 

https://www.donnahay.com.au/recipes/raw-caramel-slice 

It was incredibly easy and didn’t require too many ingrediants I didn’t already have. 

And here’s a pic to show the result. They turned out pretty...

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Raw Chocolate Truffle Recipe

January 12, 2016  BY  That Vegan Life Doe - 1 COMMENTS

Hey guys!!! So our vegetarian (and soon to be vegan…hehe) friend Rebecca was nice/awesome enough to bring us some of the raw vegan truffles her and her VEGAN brother made!!! #yassss #veganfamiliesrock #awesome #rawsome #seewhatididthere? 

Anyway, they are completely raw and vegan and yumazingggg!!! Legit wanted to stuff all the balls in my mouth. TRUFFLE BALLS. Jeez, get your minds out of the gutters guys… #smh

Anyway, she sent me snapshots of the recipe/ingrediant list so I’ll post them below! Try making them for yourselves why don’t ya!

 

Vegan Christmas Cookie Recipe

January 5, 2016  BY  That Vegan Life Doe - 10 COMMENTS

So guys, I may not be the best chef but I am quite the baker, I do have to say.

At the resort we were staying at in the Caribbean, Bella, my younger sis, and I decided to go to the kitchen and bake Christmas cookies with the chef! (For Santa of course ’cause Santa totally exists…duh….SPOILER ALERT: he doesn’t #oops) 

Anyway, we made a frosted sugar cookie, a gingerbread cookie, and chocolate chip cookie.  

The chef didn’t really use real recipes ’cause he’s cool like that I guess, but here was his ingrediant list/version of the recipe.

Anyway, we def made like a huge mess in the kitchen and bothered all the chefs hehehehe but it was all smiles, and fun, and powdered sugar.

He even put them on the dinner menu and they were AMAZING (if I do say so myself *smirk face*).

And here’s a pic...

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Vegan Fondue Recipe

November 26, 2015  BY  That Vegan Life Doe - 0 COMMENTS

So, what do you do when you’re at a friends house late at night and it’s a holiday so you have an excuse to eat whateva the fux you want? 

You take an impromptu trip to Whole Foods and buy a shit ton of snacks and chocolate chips to make vegan fondue!! (* Also side note, the hottest guy bags the groceries at this WF so if delicious food isn’t enough incentive to go to Whole Foods, this sexy dude sure is)

We bought: 

  1. Enjoy Life chocolate chips (Seriously, if you want to enjoy your life, get them.) 

  2. Vegan oreos (Newman-O’s)

  3. Vegan marshmellows

  4. Bananas

  5. Strawberries  

  6. Apples

Then we came back and melted the chocolate chips and dipped all our yummy treats into the chocolate....

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Vegan Pumpkin Pie Recipe

November 16, 2015  BY  That Vegan Life Doe - 0 COMMENTS

ITS FALL. Which means chai lattes, sweater weather, beanies, combat boots, and most importantly PUMPKIN PIE. Yes you heard that right (or read that right?)….PUMPKIN PIE.

Our friend Bliss (who we hadn’t seen since we were 3 when we went to preschool together) goes to USC now and is an environmental vegan (she is vegan for the environment #duh). She invited us and a couple other girls (including our fave vegan gal Maxine– @planthappy on insta) over for a fun baking night to make some vegan pie!

Honestly, if there was a list of the best feelings in the world, “Getting invited to do fun stuff by cool people” would deff be at the top. Under “cuddling with puppies” of course. 

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EASY VEGAN BANANA BREAD RECIPE

November 8, 2015  BY  That Vegan Life Doe - 7 COMMENTS

So, as you college kids know, any vegetables/fruit you get and don’t use in a week go bad, so you gotta use ’em while they’re hot! We bought two bundles of bananas planning to be healthy and shit and make banana ice cream for brecky but instead they got too ripe and we opted for the dessert path instead #lolz

We decided to make vegan chocolate-chip banana bread. With limited ingrediants in our college apartment, all of the recipes asked for way too many obscure indrediants we didn’t have except for this recipe right here.

LINK: http://low-cholesterol.food.com/recipe/simple-vegan-banana-bread-368209

Instead of sugar, we used coconut sugar and we also used spelt flour as a substitute. IT WAS SO GOOOD!!!!! (and so is this recipeeee!!) 

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VEGAN PUMPKIN CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIE RECIPE

November 8, 2015  BY  That Vegan Life Doe - 0 COMMENTS

Sorry no measurements because i’m cool like that, but here are the ingredients I mixed together to make these pumpkin chocolate chip cookies (low cal/natural/healthy).

  • Brown rice flour

  • Pumpkin Puree

  • Apple Sauce

  • Baking powder

  • Cinnamon

  • Almond milk 

  • Apple honey 

  • Stevia sweetened carob chips

  • Vanilla extract

I legit just mixed it all together and baked it for 15-20 mins at 350 degrees. The end product was a cake-y pumpkin-y cookie-y type thing that was quite confusing to eat but also very delicious and addicting at the same time. Every time I ate a cookie I was confused. Like my brain couldn’t categorize it. Was it a cookie? A muffin?...

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VEGAN SLUTTY BROWNIES RECIPE

November 8, 2015  BY  That Vegan Life Doe - 9 COMMENTS

Hehehe omg slutty brownies! How inappropriate?!  (<—  Every popular girl in high school who brought slutty brownies in for class parties #YouKnowWhoYouAre) 

Anyway, my friend/future roomie invited us over to her house for a sleepover and what else do girls do on a sleepover except gossip, eat food, bake, and watch movies? Legit, that’s all we did and it was SO fun. I haven’t had an old fashioned sleepover in forever!! Thanks Sophia! Not to mention she has the cutest dogs ever <3

To bake, we decided to make a Whole Foods run and make slutty brownies. So we used an online recipe for the cookie dough, bought some Newman-Os, bought some dairy free brownie mix from whole foods, and some vegan marshmallows and experimented and made delicious slutty brownies (I mean, slutty brownies are quite fitting for how much of sluts...

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VEGAN CHALLAH RECIPE

October 31, 2015  BY  That Vegan Life Doe - 9 COMMENTS

Yep you heard that right: vegan challah (unless you heard it like Cha-la. Because it’s actually pronounced Ha-la. No not like holllaaaa, but kind of like that). For all my Jewish fans out there, this does indeed exist and boy it is delicious. A girl on my hall named Nicole invited me to make challah with her as part of Hillel, a Jewish community at USC, and every Thursday they make challah! How yummy! Anyways, without the egg wash, challah can be vegan #huzzah! Does anybody else not like the word “egg wash”? I just picture myself using a loofa to bathe myself in egg yolks. Ok. OK. Sorry for the visuals everyone.   So My friend Kristen and I trekked to Hillel (not much of a trek but we’re college kids so anything that’s not remotely two minutes away is definitely a trek) to support the Jewish community and make challah. There were all different types of...

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VEGAN SMORES

October 31, 2015  BY  That Vegan Life Doe - 0 COMMENTS

Soooo before we start college (Eeek! No more pretending to be a kid anymore. We actually have to grow up for real this time…. #wahh ), Olie and I decided to take a trip to East Hampton with our two besties, Catherine ‘Chatty Cathy’ and Je’lyn ‘Chayla’, for one last get together (before we all go our separate ways and stop being friends #JK #Besties4Life ). We’ve literally been friends with those gremlins since we were little nugget first graders when we thought sticker trading was cool (actually i always stole people’s stickers instead of trading them because i was a very devious child…..but that’s another story #um #StillThatChild?) 

Other than talking about our fears of not getting a boyfriend at college (#40YearOldVirgin) or our fears of having to make intensely awkward small talk the first week of college, we made SMORES! YES! VEGAN SMORES! Perfect for summer nights! We got vegan marshmallows  graham crackers,...

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VEGAN CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES RECIPE

October 31, 2015  BY  That Vegan Life Doe - 1 COMMENTS

So my friend Allie came over and it’s a tradition to make monkey bread and watch a movie, but she had to leave soon, so we improvised and made vegan chocolate chip cookies instead! I always use this recipe and i kinda love it! Enjoy the recipe (quick and simple) and the picture of not only the cookies, but also a picture of us outside tonight with the moon! Apparently, tonight it’s special  because it’s really close to the earth! If you read this tonight (which no one will because no one reads this blog), check it out! #SpeakingToAWall #IWishIHadFriends #TheseCookiesAreMyFriends 

http://vegweb.com/recipes/easy-heck-vegan-chocolate-chip-cookies

Vegan Ice Cream Sundae Recipe

October 30, 2015  BY  That Vegan Life Doe - 8 COMMENTS

OKay, so yes. Although we went out to lunch, snacked all day, then had a huge picnic for the fireworks, I was still down for some vegan sundaes. My stomach is like a black hole. It just keeps consuming and I don’t know where all this food is going! #mindblown JK, it’s going straight to my thighs. 

So Sol, the vegan masterchef, whipped up some delicious chocolate (coconut based) ice cream sundaes for our Orange is the New Black marathon. She cut up strawberries and sprinkled the ice cream with leftover vegan cookie crumbles and cappuccino sprinkles which are actually BOMB, and topped with chocolate chunks.

I literally snuggled up on the couch with a blanket and a sundae and was like, yeah this is the shit. This is the stuff that dreams are made of.

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VEGAN FUDGSICLE (SOL’S RECIPE)

October 30, 2015  BY  That Vegan Life Doe - 9 COMMENTS

Okay, so our vegan friend Sol (Who I call my Solmate) invited us to stay at her house for the fourth of July and the second best thing about hanging out with her (First being that’s she’s awesome) is that most of her family is vegan so she pretty much only has vegan stuff in her kitchen! A vegan’s dream and a vegan on a diet’s nightmare!
(Lol, what is diet?) 

Anyway, so she made delicious vegan chocolate popsicles with chocolate chunks to eat by the pool, because that’s what cali girl’s do. DUH

Anyway, they were made of: cocoa powder, bananas, avocado and agave. And before all you people are like ewwww, avocado?? Shut up. No one cares what you have to say anyway. And the people who act like they do? They’re just pretending. Trust me. (#tooharsh? #sorrynotsorry?)

So try making them! Healthy and delicious

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Vegan Monkey Bread Recipe

October 30, 2015  BY  That Vegan Life Doe - 28 COMMENTS

So whenever my friend Allie comes over we always make monkey bread because its the perfect movie snack. It’s tasty and you can eat it in little bites. I love little bites! BTW: it isn’t bread, its more of a cinnamon bun type thing, and it has nothing to do with monkeys (geez this is a vegan blog!)

Anyways, check it out! It takes like 2 hours to make (waiting for yeast to rise and baking time and such) but it’s SO delicious and worth it. 

Here’s the recipe we used (the pictures look nasty but it is delicious!!!)

http://yesiwantcake.com/2011/10/24/vegan-monkey-bread/

 

Vegan Cake in a Jar Recipe

October 28, 2015  BY  That Vegan Life Doe - 1 COMMENTS

Hey guys, i follow this cool food instagram called NewForkCity (it’s not vegan, i know I’m such a traitor, but the food they post looks so good). They posted a photo of cake in a jar, so i decided to invite my friends Allie and Cristina over (they’re both vegetarians woo!) and we decided to make homemade vegan cake in a jar and watch Frozen! (It was my first time watching Frozen and making cake in a jar! YAY! Also, I kinda love Olaf the snowman ) 

Anyways, we just looked up a recipe for vegan chocolate cake and frosting and put it in a jar with frosting. My friend put sprinkles on hers (idk if they’re vegan so i would double check). Also, i put too much frosting in my jar so my cake kinda got soggy so make sure you ration out the cake and the frosting well, alright my-future-cake-in-a-jar masters?!

My friends LOVED their cake in a jars. So have fun, ration well, and be creative! This jar is your canvas to express yourself

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Vegan Dessert Recipes (Cookies, Chai Lattes, pretzel bites)

October 26, 2015  BY  That Vegan Life Doe - 1 COMMENTS

Hey everybody, did you know that upon turning vegan, you go through a baking phase? Sounds weird, but it’s true. My sister and I went through an obsessive baking phase in 10th grade where all we did was bake vegan stuff at like  2 in the morning and watch Lord of The Rings…i know, we’re so cool. (But i mean, have you seen Aaragorn? He’s literally the most handsome man alive). We baked so much that there are signs around our kitchen saying “No baking after 8″…..So awkward. And my friend who just turned vegan was telling me how obsessed she is with baking now. I’m telling you, it’s a thing.

Well, yesterday my friend Mimi came over and we spent the whole day baking!

So if you’re going through that baking phase right now, it is normal, you have our support, you get over it after like a month, and here are some recipes to help you get through it.

We made pretzel bites, chocolate chip cookies...

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VEGAN CHOCOLATE/BANANA CUPCAKE RECIPE

October 25, 2015  BY  That Vegan Life Doe - 1 COMMENTS

Soooooo, almost everyone in our grade is hearing back from colleges today/tomorrow, so to ease the anxiety of it all, people are baking yummy,delicious desserts for our senior college counseling room. We call it celebrating/comfort eating depending on whether we get accepted or rejected! (Mostly comfort eating if ya know what I mean) 

So my fellow vegan friend Mailah brought in some homemade banana chocolate cupcakes. If you are a big fan of banana flavored things, you must try them. Or if you just got rejected from a first choice school,well…. this is prime comfort-eating material. Ivy’s hear back today #eek

So brace yourselves seniors. It’s POISON IVY DAY!!!! 

Recipe:  http://www.veganbaking.net/recipes/cakes/cupcakes/monkey-island-cupcakes

Vegan Chicken Katsu Recipe

January 2, 2022  BY  That Vegan Life Doe - 1 COMMENTS

Chicken katsu is so underrated but delicious? Like nobody talks about it but it’s fire??? Anyway, finding vegan chicken katsu is NEAR impossible, so I decided that I would just make it myself BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO WORK FOR YOUR DREAMS NOT JUST WISH FOR THEM #inspiration. I used the recipe linked HERE. And let me tell you, it was 10/10. Sooooo delicious and flavorful. Not only was the tofu incredibly crispy, but also the sauce was a CHEFS KISS. All the flavors were so dang good mixed together. I have some leftovers in the fridge so BRB while I go stuff my face again 

Vegan Bang Bang Tofu Recipe Review

July 25, 2021  BY  That Vegan Life Doe - 0 COMMENTS

OK. Idk if you’ve ever had bang bang sauce at a restaurant before but it is NEXT level. It’s creamy, slightly spicy, and a little tangy. The perfect sauce for an Asian dish. I saw a recipe for bang bang tofu and I immediately wanted to make it because it reminded me of a creamy rock shrimp dish I used to eat at Nobu before I went vegan. I found this amazing Bang Bang Tofu recipe from a blog called This Savory Vegan. You can find the recipe HERE. I also made a side of jasmine rice which I cooked with a little salt and butter (soOoooooOooooo fricken bomb), and then I topped the dish with green onions. 

The recipe is SOOO incredibly simple to make and it tastes so FREAKING delicious. I would eat a bucket of that tofu right now if I could. It really did live up to the hype and my sister loved it too. It pairs amazingly with the jasmine rice and green...

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Vegan Cacio E Pepe Recipe

January 14, 2021  BY  That Vegan Life Doe - 1 COMMENTS

My friend Ali is obsessed with cacio e pepe. And when I say obsessed, I mean OBSESSED. Like it might be one of the only things she’s enthusiastic about. And if you know her, she’s extremely chill and mellow most of the time. So when she’s enthusiastic, it stands out.

Of course, cacio e pepe isn’t vegan as it literally translates to “cheese and pepper”, so I wanted to see if there was a vegan version online that I could recreate to see what all the hype was about!!

I found this amazing recipe from Simply Quinoa: https://www.simplyquinoa.com/vegan-cacio-e-pepe-pasta/

 I was a little nervous because it uses cashews and nutritional yeast to make the cheese and I wasn’t sure if it was going to taste too healthy or something but let me tell you guys, this recipe is incredible!

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Vegan Peanut Butter Ramen Recipe

November 19, 2020  BY  That Vegan Life Doe - 149 COMMENTS

Yes. I said what I said. Vegan. Peanut Butter. Ramen. Brb gotta wipe the drool off my chin. 

No, but in all seriousness, how good does that freaking sound!?!? Well, the good news is: it tastes as delicious as it sounds. So how did we stumble upon this ridiculously amazing recipe? Great question you ask. Well, I’m a hoe for YouTube (as you all should know by now) and was watching one of my favorite travel channels Kara and Nate, when I stumbled upon one of their videos where they make a peanut butter ramen dish in a coverted school bus. The school bus detail is completely irrelevant. I just thought I’d mention it to spice up your read. Regardless, the second I saw this ooey, gooey peanut-buttery goodness, I knew I had to make it. 

Below is our (mine, my sister, and my friend Rebecca’s) modified recipe. Disclaimer, we are not chefs, so if you have a better way to do this, by all means, the world is your (vegan)...

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Super Simple BBQ Tofu Recipe

May 16, 2020  BY  That Vegan Life Doe - 2 COMMENTS

Late night. Come home. Quarantine sucks. I know. 

Did anyone get that Blink 182 reference or am I just a cringy 90’s kid? Regardless, quarantine does suck for a lot of us and one of the reasons why it sucks is because grocery stores are literally running low on our favorite foods. Especially because vegan products are generally in lower stock, it’s been hard to get our hands on some of the essentials. 

Well, my vegan bunnies, have no fear because I found the easiest BBQ tofu recipe of all time from the amazing vegan YouTuber (vegan Thor perhaps??) Brian Turner. The link to the YouTube video recipe will be linked below. 

All you need is tofu and BBQ sauce. That’s literally it. In the video, he teaches you some neat tricks (like microwaving or freezing your tofu) to get the tofu to a perfect consistency. Just a few simple steps later and I was able to create the yummiest, crispy, BBQ...

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Vegan Sushi Sandwiches

December 1, 2017  BY  That Vegan Life Doe - 10 COMMENTS

Did you just orgasm reading that subject head? Cuz… SAME. 

Sushi IN ANY FORM is amazing. Sushi roll, sushi burrito, sushi sandwich. JUST GIVE ME SUSHI!!!! Vegan sushi of course. I mean let’s be real, the two best foods are sushi and sandwiches, so to combine them is like *explosion sound* mindblowing. 

We found the recipe on Pinterest from Lazy Cat Kitchen (click on it for recipe). And they were so fun to make with my crazy ass sisters and they tasted INCREDIBLE. Like whatever you are picturing it tasting like, picture that, but with the addition of it having been sprinkled with fairy dust and kissed by angels. PURE SUSHI HEAVEN. If you like sushi, MAKE THESE. Legit, I only got to eat two and I’m still regretting not having eaten all fourteen that we made. 

P.S. For the bread...

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Vegan Thanksgiving

November 29, 2016  BY  That Vegan Life Doe - 42 COMMENTS

Guys. Thanksgiving is easily one of the worst and best holidays of the year. Worst because who wants to spend time with their families? But best, because it’s an entire holiday dedicated to stuffing your face and ending in a food coma!

Here are some of the YUM-azing things that we ate.

Pumpkin Scones from Hot For Food.

These were incredible. I ate every single scone on that plate and you think I’m joking.

Recipe:http://www.hotforfoodblog.com/recipes/2015/10/15/vegan-pumpkin-scones-maple-glaze

Pumpkin Ravioli also from Hot For Food (Because Hot For Food is #bae). THIS WAS TO DIE FOR. SO GOOD my sisters and I ate every single ravioli in that dish. (Is the plural of ravioli “raviolis”? or is it already plural)

Recipe: http://www.hotforfoodblog.com/recipes/2016/9/24/vegan-pumpkin-ravioli

Pecan...

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Vegan Double Down

October 11, 2016  BY  That Vegan Life Doe - 35 COMMENTS

Ok before you judge a book by its cover (or a post by it’s photo), lemme start by saying this was FREAKIN BOMB AF. I know the photo makes it seem like a pile of Thanksgiving leftovers, but oh, it was so much more than that. 

So it’s midterm season at my school and you know what that means? A shit ton  of procrastinating from studying. You know what that also means? Binge watching Hot For Food on youtube.

For those of you who don’t know what Hot For Food is (*smh*), it’s an addicting vegan cooking show on youtube. Like I watch mutiple episodes a day to distract myself from studying (and all my life problems lol) 

Anyway, in one of the segments, Lauren (the host of the show) made a vegan double down and it was amazing!!

A double down is traditionally when the buns are not bread but rather fried chicken, but in the version it’s tofu crusted in BBQ chips....

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Vegan Cauliflower Crust Pizza Recipe

May 18, 2016  BY  That Vegan Life Doe - 8 COMMENTS

Hey guys, so I love coming back home because I get to catch up with all of my awesome East Coast friends #MeAndMyGirls #PreachSelena

Yesterday, the sis and I went to our friend Mimi’s house and decided to cook something that we have never cooked before because #YOLO. So we decided on Cauliflower pizza.

Recipe:

http://simpleveganblog.com/cauliflower-pizza-crust-vegan-gluten-free/

It was super yummy and healthy! (It’s supposed to be a healthy alternative to regular crust). However, I do have to warn you that it’s a bit of a process, so I would recommend it as a fun cooking activity to do with friends, but if you’re just in the mood for pizza, don’t waist your time lol. Like I said tho, if you’ve got the time and are feeling adventurous, deff check it out!

For the hummus one, we put garlic hummus, cherry tomatoes, and black olives. For...

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Sweet and Sour Chickpea Stirfry Recipe

March 21, 2016  BY  That Vegan Life Doe - 7 COMMENTS

Ok, I don’t know about you, but I’m feeling 22. Kidding, I was gonna say, I don’t know about you, but I’m obsessed with anything and everything sweet and sour…which is why I HAD to make this sweet and sour chickpea veggie stir-fry over rice from Vegan Richa’s website! (Reading that back, that joke was uber lame and I apologize if I wasted your time lol)

Anyway, I made it for dinner for the sis and my friend Mimi and it was so so good! Like I legit could not stop thinking about it on my 8-hour flight to Paris (since I was low-key so hungry on the plane lol).

Here is the actual recipe: http://www.veganricha.com/2015/12/sweet-and-sour-chickpeas-peppers-broccoli.html 

So good, so simple, so filling, ya gotta try it!

Easy Vegan Dinner Ideas (ala the Cooking club at USC)

February 5, 2016  BY  That Vegan Life Doe - 22 COMMENTS

So guys…apparently there’s a cooking club at USC (who knew??)! The other day, they decided to hold a vegan cooking class on campus because they are glorious angels sent from heaven and Bella and I went! Can’t say no to free vegan food. Sorry, not how I was raised…

Anyway, as a large team effort we (the cooking club team members, Bella, and additional vegans) made: 

  1. Sweet potato black bean patties (With vegan buns topped w/ lettuce, tomato, onions, sauteed mushrooms, ketchup, mustard, and BBQ sauce)  

  2. Fried & baked french fries (Including rosemary seasoned fries and nacho fries topped with corn, beans, and taco seasoning) 

  3. Raw desserts incuding raw almond butter cups and raw chocolate walnut fudge

I’m so sorry I don’t have the recipes. The club was going...

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Vegan Smashed Potatoes Recipe

January 12, 2016  BY  That Vegan Life Doe - 10 COMMENTS

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Simple Vegan Salad Recipe

January 12, 2016  BY  That Vegan Life Doe - 5 COMMENTS

Um, I know I sound like one of those annoying girls but sometimes you’re just really craving salad. Good thing I’m friends with Sara who happens to be from an all-vegetarian family (who’s also incredibly vegan-friendly) and a master at making delicious salads!!! 

Anyway, the twinsie and I were coming in late from NYC and hungry AF on our way to Sara’s for a sleepover… and by the time we got to her house, she had graciously set up an ENTIRE SALAD BAR FOR US!!! (My favorite type of bar!!! #lolz #not21yet ) ISN’T SHE THE BEST!?

She cut up peppers, celery, snap peas, cucumbers, cherry tomatoes, and carrots. She also roasted sweet potato chunks and had canned chickpeas, seasoned BBQ chickpeas, and homemade Asian baked tofu (recipe below-sorry for a grainy photo!!!). 

It was legit so amazing! Best salad I ever made! So simple and such a good variety of toppings and good with...

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Vegan Thanksgiving Recipes

November 29, 2015  BY  That Vegan Life Doe - 9 COMMENTS

HEY FOLKS! Happy ThanksLiving #Getit? #Living!? Hope you had a fantastic Thanksgiving (Unless you’re not American….then whatchu be doing celebratin Thanksgiving, gurllllll? )

Anyways, THANKS SO MUCH AGAIN to the Vrionis family for adopting us for Thanksgiving!! We had a blast!

Kristen and her mom are bosses at cooking and helped us cook a legit vegan FEAST on Thanksgiving. Even some of Kristen’s family friends brought vegan dishes for us!! How sweet <3 Now, sit back, relax, and enjoy this long ass post filled with Thanksgiving recipes and photos!

First things first, VEGAN BUTTERNUT SQUASH MAC AND CHEESE. I KNOW BRO. I KNOW. 

We used this recipe http://thechalkboardmag.com/food52-vegan-mac-and-cheese

Enjoy da photos of this delicious masterpiece, bebes

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OIL-FREE POTATO WEDGES RECIPE

November 8, 2015  BY  That Vegan Life Doe - 1 COMMENTS

So guys… what do four hungry college sophomores do with 5 potatoes and a slightly embarrassingly (and desperate) desire to not become fat lards? They look up recipes for oil-free potato wedges!!!

On our noble internet quest, we stumbled upon this fantastic recipe: 

http://healthyeating.sfgate.com/make-healthy-potato-wedges-6295.html

So if you are a) hungry b) have potatoes c) have a craving for these so-called potatoes and d)trying to not become a fat-ass, I would def recommend the recipe!!! They were so yummy and I will def try this recipe again!!!! Oil-free and delicious. Crispy on the outside, soft on the inside (just like me *creepy face emoji*) 

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VEGAN TACO BOWL RECIPE

November 8, 2015  BY  That Vegan Life Doe - 9 COMMENTS

So so so the little sis (little as in Leila) and I were bored at the house while Bella was getting a massage #diva so we decided to gather up all of the taco-like ingredients in our household and whip up vegan taco bowls. 

Here is our fabulous vegan recipe for taco bowls: 

  1. Rice made special by Chef Leila (We used white rice, but you can use brown. Doesn’t matter. It all tastes the same. We don’t discriminate here) 

  2. Washed & chopped romaine lettuce (chopped by yours truly)

  3. Washed and warmed up pinto & black beans 

  4. Vegan sour cream

  5. Guacamole (We had kale-mole which is just a fancy way of saying that they put kale in da guac)

  6. Salsa

  7. Nutritional yeast if you so desire (we wanted to use daiya cheese but we ran...

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VEGAN SPRING ROLL RECIPE

November 8, 2015  BY  That Vegan Life Doe - 2 COMMENTS

Hey there fellas. So yesterday being such a rainy day, Olie thought it would be a great idea to bring some spring and sunshine into our lives by suggesting to make spring rolls (lol jk she was just craving them.) 

BTW they are super easy to make. Also BTW Trader Joes is ten gazillion times cheaper than Whole Foods so….I may be switching my allegiance (jk I can’t quit Whole Foods. But Trader Joes is a close runner up) At Trader Joes, we bought rice noodles, romaine lettuce, mangos, tofu, and carrots. They didn’t have rice paper so we had to go to handy dandy Whole Foods for that one.

All you have to do is boil water and cook rice noodles. Drain them and then run them under cold water. Set aside. Chop up carrots, mangos, lettuce, and tofu, and then set aside. Wet a piece rice paper under the faucet and then lie it on cutting board. Put toppings and noodles on rice paper and fold like...

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VEGAN EMPANADA RECIPE

November 8, 2015  BY  That Vegan Life Doe - 9 COMMENTS

CHEF LEO FOR PRESIDENT. Lol jk. He’s just a chef, but I promise you, his food is so delicious that it could probably run the world. To clarify, Leo is my mom’s friend who’s a chef and he is a BOSS at cooking vegan food. Every time he comes over for dinner, he is gracious enough to whip up something delicious for us little vegan munchkins! As quoted in Zombieland, “It’s the little things”. (Fun Fact: Woody Harrelson who plays Tallahassee in Zombieland is vegan so the twinkie that he ate in the movie was actually vegan #whoknew)

This time, Leo made made us kale, sweet potato, black bean empanadas (recipe below), barbeque sweet potato black bean burger, this really yummy pasta and some artichoke hearts. If you want any of the recipes for those, comment below, and I can use this nifty little new invention called email and email the ONE AND ONLY Chef Leo (follow him on insta @chefleogoodloe)

Recipe for empanadas...

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VEGAN DINNER RECIPE (BROWN RICE PASTA AND SAUCE)

November 8, 2015  BY  That Vegan Life Doe - 0 COMMENTS

HEY GUYZ. I’M BACK. (Lol, didn’t go anywhere, just wanted to say that)

Tonight, THATVEGANLIFEDOE was a proud sponsor and endorser of Olie and Bella’s kitchen as they whipped up their first home cooked meal in their new apartment: Brown Rice Pasta topped with tomato sauce with sautéed kale and chick-peas! #HELLYEAH 

Anyway here’s what you need to live/have a meaningful life/cook this meal:

1. Kale (We bought ours chopped already because aint nobody got time for that) 

2. Chickpeas (In a can… do they come any other way???) 

3.  Tomato sauce (Not homemade, sorry folk. In a fancy little jar) 

4. Brown Rice Penne Pasta (Because we’re healthy and stuff, ya know) 

5. Grapeseed oil and seasoning (Salt, pepper, onion salt) 

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VEGAN SWEET POTATO WEDGES RECIPE

November 8, 2015  BY  That Vegan Life Doe - 9 COMMENTS

So, when you’re living on your own as an adult, you gotta, you know, take care of yourself and cook and clean and be a human on your own. Well, I thought the first logical step towards integrating myself into the scary world of adulthood was to cook. (Call me Rachel Ray from now on, k bitchez?) 

Anyway, enough of my banter. Here’s the damn recipe. 

1. 1 LARGE sweet potato (The bigger, the better…#thatswhatshesaid) 

2. Garlic salt

3. Rosemary 

4. Grapeseed oil 

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1. Preheat oven to 450

2. Get a baking tray and cover in tin foil

3. Cut sweet potato into wedges (Which my friends, is harder than it looks. That’s why my aunt Frances helped me because I was probs gonna cut a few fingers off #lolz) 

4. Toss...

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VEGAN PIZZA RECIPE

November 8, 2015  BY  That Vegan Life Doe - 0 COMMENTS

SO SO SO guys, I’m about to move into my apartment in the city to be an adult for the first time (#eeek!) so I decided the night before to be an ultimate child with the sis and our amazing friend Sara who set up the best sleepover ever! We  ate snacks, made homemade pizza, watched Captain America Winter Solider (aka drooled over Chris Evans, the hottie/human dorito), and then chatted about creative writing all night. Twas a dream friends. 

Anyway, putting my fabulous life aside, here is how you da the pizza!

Ingredients: 

1) Pizza Dough (We used Terranova Dough) 

2) Tomato Sauce 

3) Vegan cheese (All hail Daiya) 

4) Toppings! (Thanks to Sara’s mom Mrs. Lev for the carmelized onions and mushrooms!) 

5) Also, a pizza oven. Which is not edible, but also quite necessary. 

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Vegan sushi bowl

November 8, 2015  BY  That Vegan Life Doe - 8 COMMENTS

Sushi bowl: Sticky rice, avocado, nori, and teriyaki glaze. (ACTUALLY AMAZING)

Vegan Homemade Pizza Recipe

October 31, 2015  BY  That Vegan Life Doe - 9 COMMENTS

Sooooo Leila and I were cravin some pizzzzzaaaa and we were crusin in Whole Foods (ya know, as we do) and we found some vegan pizza dough (hollllaaaa) and so we were like UM YEA.

We made the pizza dough and used vegan cheese and tomato sauce and it was maddddd gooood. Also, the dough was pretty quick and simple to make. Usually yeast has to rise for like 3 hours but this one was just 40 mins. Wahooo. Also, it came with yeast (HALLELUJAH). Like the day before i was on a no carb diet. No carbs? More like FUCK NO.  Enjoy these delicious pictures of carbs.

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Vegan Thanksgiving Dinner Ideas

October 31, 2015  BY  That Vegan Life Doe - 10 COMMENTS

HAPPY TOFURKY DAY!!!!! Not that I really support the reason for this holiday (Like #no columus, you aint a boss) or the idea of slaughtering millions of turkeys solely because of a stupid tradition, there is a way to enjoy your meal and stay true to your vegan lifestyle!

So, for din din we had Tofurky (Which is basically fake turkey) and it comes with gravy and a chocolate brownie and it was sooooo yummy!! Then we had mashed sweet potato, corn & peas, green beans and mushrooms, vegan stuffing (Regular stuffing without meat) and vegan cornbread! It was so delicious!!! (Even though I def was preggo with like quadruple food babies afterwards) 

And for dessert we had 4 pies! A chocolate almond peanut butter pie, apple pie, pumpkin pie, and a raw strawberry chocolate pie. Both chocolate pies were homemade but the apple and pumpkin were bought at whole foods I think!

Anyway, yes, vegans can still enjoy turkey...

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VEGAN PICNIC (FOURTH OF JULY EDITION)

October 30, 2015  BY  That Vegan Life Doe - 0 COMMENTS

Okay, so I wouldn’t really call myself the most patriotic American but I do enjoy a good burger and some fireworks on the fourth. I really wanted to make a cheesy joke and be like “May the fourth be with you” but it’s not May 4th so uh, that would be awkward. 

Anyway, it was Sol’s brilliant idea to make a vegan picnic and eat it on the golf course of Pepperdine University (Beautiful campus in Malibu right on the beach) and watch fireworks! So if you are ever in the LA area on the fourth, it’s def a place to check out. But it gets freezing as ballz, so bring a sweater or a blankie and cuddle with a stranger. The world is a vulnerable place. Embrace it.

So anyway, we made delicious veggie burgers with Amy’s veggie patties (Which she cooked with coconut oil spray, much healthier) whole grain toast, fresh avocado (Which Sol cuts like a pro) cherry tomatoes, spinach, dijon mustard, ketchup, and relish. (It was my first...

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Vegan Cooking Class Recipes

October 30, 2015  BY  That Vegan Life Doe - 8 COMMENTS

Okay, so remember that post a few months ago of that vegan cooking class we did? Of course not, no one reads our blog! Well anyway, we decided to take another one with the wonderful and talented chef Laurie! She specializes in vegetarian, vegan, raw, gluten-free and all those different-types-of-diet cooking! You can contact her at http://healthyculinarycreations.com/services/  if you want to have a super fun  time and eat delicious food!

So today, our theme was, oui, French. Last time we did Asian, so we thought we’d try French. So for today’s menu we made french onion soup, mushroom risotto, tempeh picatta, sautéed greens, and strawberry dessert crepes!

We had the best time and all the food smelled so delicious, we kept sneaking bites throughout the entire class! (Shhhhhhh, it’s my dirty little secret. Don’t tell anyone or you’ll be just another regret #TysonRitter)

We cooked with our good...

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Simple Vegan Salad Recipe

October 28, 2015  BY  That Vegan Life Doe - 0 COMMENTS

My friend Taylor  created an amazing salad combo that I eat every time I go to her house (partly because she has nothing else vegan, and partly because it’s so good), so I thought I would share it with you guys! I know what it’s like to be sick and tired of the same salad over and over again (#firstworldproblems), but thanks to Tay Tay, we have a new salad recipe! Taylor to the rescueeeeee. WAHOOO. Here are the ingredients: Classic greens, Newman’s Own lite raspberry and walnut dressing, dried cranberries, walnuts, almonds, and avocado. Voila! Enjoy, my little vegan minions

Vegan Dinner Option

October 26, 2015  BY  That Vegan Life Doe - 0 COMMENTS

So, I know all ‘yall vegans out in there in the ether are quite familiar with the popular breakfast food, avocado toast! For those of you who seem unaware of the delicious and nation wide craze (Over-exaggeration? Idk) , it is basically mashed avocado mixed with salt, pepper, and lemon on top of a toasted baguette with drizzled with olive oil and sometimes balsamic vinegar. 

It is supppperrr yummy and filling and good for you! (Okay, maybe not the bread part, but I mean, we could all use a few carbs every now and then, right??? #whoamikidding)

BUT, ladies and gentlemen, behold….we broke the stereotype and ventured a little outside of the box by having avocado toast….for DINNER!!! I know, we are such rebels!! 

Anyway, it makes for a great dinner, especially if it goes along with a healthy salad and…sweet potato fries? Okay, I had to splurge. I just finished my last AP test and was celebrating! Sue...

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Avocado-mango Tartar Recipe

October 26, 2015  BY  That Vegan Life Doe - 3 COMMENTS

Hey guys! So we all know that we struggle to find healthy vegan dinner recipes online (admit it, you’re sick of seeing recipes for quinoa, tofu, pasta, etc. Gosh where is the creativity in this art we call food!?) Well, we finally found something different, creative, and well YUMMMY. It’s an avocado mango tar tar. SO amazeballs. You gotta try it.

http://blogs.miaminewtimes.com/shortorder/2011/04/canyon_ranchs_avocado-mango_ta.php

Vegan Zoodles Recipe

October 26, 2015  BY  That Vegan Life Doe - 0 COMMENTS

Hey guys! So tonight, the sis and i were craving some pasta, but as we all know, pasta isn’t the healthiest of options (You do know that, right?). Sooooo we opted for zucchini spaghetti with tomato sauce. DELICIOUS!!! Just as good as regular spaghetti but healthier and more colorful. (We always knew that adult when we were kids that claimed that the more colors on your plate, the healthier your meal was. I should have dumped a bag of skittles on my plate and been like, “i can taste the rainbow!”….okay that was a terrible joke) Anyways, check it out yall

this is the recipe- P.S. we cooked/sautéed the zucchini instead of keeping it raw cause we hot like that! Get it? Because raw food can’t be hot? lolz

http://www.damyhealth.com/2013/03/raw-zucchini-pasta-with-sweet-tomato-sauce/

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Vegan Cooking Class and Recipes

October 25, 2015  BY  That Vegan Life Doe - 9 COMMENTS

Because my extent of cooking knowledge reaches as far as toast, cereal, and maybe if I’m being brave, frying prepackaged veggie burgers….mi madre thought it was a good idea to get me and the twinsy a cooking lesson so we invited our friend Rebecca and my adorable Grandma and ventured off to a cooking class. The chef Laurie was so awesome and patient and kind and made sure none of us cut our fingers off during the chopping portion of the class! She, too, is vegan and organic and mindful of the food she prepares so she had loads of great advice to give. Here are some pictures of the food preparation and us having fun in the kitchen! (Will post recipes at end)

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VEGAN THANKSGIVING

October 25, 2015  BY  That Vegan Life Doe - 0 COMMENTS

Thank you Lord for Tofurkey. Amen. 

Bottom line, everyone says being vegan must be tough on Thanksgiving. I beg to differ. Seriously, I beg on my hands and knees. Our shopping cart literally looked like this: 

Spending Thanksgiving with our aunt in Texas was easy peasy. We just put the Tofurkey in the oven with a baste, gravy (Came in package), and some veggies like carrots and sweet potato (We had at home) and it came out AMAZING!!! The box even came with its own Amy’s vegan chocolate cake for dessert!

Who says Thanksgiving is hard for vegans? NOT ME!!! 

Vegan Whipped Coffee Recipe

April 14, 2020  BY  That Vegan Life Doe - 2 COMMENTS

How trendy am I? I’m doing Tik Tok challenges like every middle schooler in America! Jokes aside, yes, it’s true. My twin and I have been grinding on that Tik Tok trend and just got a Tik Tok @cohen_twins (shameless plug). Give us a follow! 

Anyway, if you are on Tik Tok, you have definitely heard of dalgona coffee or more popularly known as whipped coffee. If you haven’t heard of it, it’s basically a trend where people are electrically or hand-whipping their coffee to create this thick coffee mouse that you can put over milk to drink. 

To most people’s surprise, it’s actually quite simple to make and completely vegan. You only need three ingredients: instant coffee, boiling water, and sugar. 

To make the foam, you just add two tablespoons of each ingredient into a bowl and hand whisk (or electric whisk if you’re boujee) until you form a meringue-like...

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Vegan Pumpkin Spice Latte Recipe

September 21, 2018  BY  That Vegan Life Doe - 8 COMMENTS

GUYS dsmkhfdsjgfhkdjsgfk

IT’S FALL!!!! Which means cozy sweaters, David Pumpkins, and, most importantly, PUMPKIN SPICE LATTES!!!

WELL, HAVE NO FEAR VEGANS! (and those that hate caffeine like I do #jitters)

I have come up with a vegan pumpkin spice latte recipe sans dairy (duh) and caffeine. (But if you do want that good java, just add some shots of expresso and go crazy!) Here it is!

Ingredients: 

  • Two cups of almond milk

  • Two tbsp of maple syrup

  • Two tbsp of pumpkin puree

  • 1/2 tsp of pumpkin pie spice

  • 1/4 tsp of vanilla extract

  • Vegan whipped cream (optional)

Recipe:

  1. Combine almond milk, maple syrup, pumpkin puree, pumpkin pie spice, and vanilla extract in a blender or magic bullet.

  2. Pour into...

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Vegan Hot Chocolate Recipe

January 24, 2016  BY  That Vegan Life Doe - 2 COMMENTS

Hey guys, whether you are snowed in by Storm Jonas (obvi named after the most famous Jonas Brother, Frankie Jonas) or you are just freezing your ass off in Cali because it’s 65 degrees and cloudy (#SpoiledAF), hot chocolate is the perfect drink to warm your body, heart, and soul (if you have one…)

Anyways, I love love love this recipe for hot chocolate so I thought I should share it. Best stovetop hot coco ever, bitches

http://minimalistbaker.com/5-minute-vegan-hot-cocoa/

 

While everybody else was out partying last night, the sis and my roomate and I stayed in, put on sweatpants, sang the entire Hamilton soundtrack, ate an entire jar of Cookie Butter, made hot chocolate, and then caught up on Downton Abbey. If that doesn’t sound like  a perfect Saturday night, I don’t know what does.

Homemade Almond Milk Recipe

October 25, 2015  BY  That Vegan Life Doe - 0 COMMENTS

Hey guys!  I made my own almond milk ! I know i sound like one of those people, but my family friend Justine told me how she made almond milk and so i thought, why not!? And it actually (surprisingly) came out tasting quite delish! (the spell check on this blog keeps making the word “delish” turn into “relish” #no )

That’s not to say i will make ‘milking almonds’ a habit of mine, but it was nice to try it out. And hey, maybe one day you’ll be in a really hipster conversation with fellow vegan Jared Leto and he’ll bring up homeade almond milk, and you’ll be all cool and be like “yeah done it. You’ve got nothin on me Leto”

Enjoy the pictures 

P.S. The almond milk tasted kinda off after i strained it and all, but with some vanilla and agave, the world started spinning again 😉

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Vegan Japanese Cooking Class (recipes included!)

September 11, 2018  BY  That Vegan Life Doe - 0 COMMENTS

Guess what?? I learned to make sushi by ACTUAL Japanese chefs!!! How cool? 

So imma give y’all a lil lesson on Japanese veganism, cool? Cool. 

So in Japan, veganism isn’t really a thing. They have a few vegan restaurants and the word “vegan” is understood, but they don’t view veganism as an actual “diet”  in the terms of “animal rights.” Japanese people view it in two ways. One of the ways is a trendy health thing. Most Japanese people will solely go out of their way to eat vegan food because it is simply healthier (similar to you ordering the gluten-free option on the menu, even if you aren’t celiac). It has very little to do with animal rights. 

The second way is the Buddhist monk diet called Shojin Ryori. The chef who ~trained~ us explained that monks actually believe that all living beings have spirits and it is actually wrong to kill and...

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Vegan Cornmeal Baked Avocado Tacos Recipe

July 11, 2018  BY  That Vegan Life Doe - 3 COMMENTS

**** Disclaimer, the recipe for these tacos is not mine. I found them on createmindfully.com !! I’m just posting this to show you if our tacos were a success. If you want actual recipes from actual chefs, please go check out that website lol. I didn’t plagiarize!!! I swear Principal Wynman! (I’m literally laughing to myself rn because I can’t remember my high school principal’s name for the life of me.) 

Anyway, my mans, Josh, and I decided to make lunch for fun and picked this recipe to adapt with what we had in our kitchen: https://createmindfully.com/cornmeal-baked-avocado-tacos/

Even though we either had most of our ingredients at home or bought from Trader Joes, the avocados in the tacos (the main star of the dish #lesbihonest) were bought from a farmer’s market that morning. In addition, so was the cilantro...

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YOUR ZEN LIFE VEGAN RECIPE COLLAB!

April 25, 2017  BY  That Vegan Life Doe - 0 COMMENTS

YOOOO everybody go check out Your Zen Life to see our recipe for a VEGAN sushi bowl (YUP, das right). I swear, it’s probably the best thing you will ever make in your entire life. 

Here is the link: http://yourzenlife.com/vegan-sushi-bowl/

Recipes from Ellen Fisher’s Ebook

August 5, 2016  BY  That Vegan Life Doe - 32 COMMENTS

HEY GUYS. So if you don’t know who Ellen Fisher is, go check out her instagram (@ellenfisher) or youtube channel (MangoIslandMama)! She is a mostly raw vegan who has the CUTEST all vegan family and lives in Hawaii!!!

Anyway, all of the food she makes looks SO GOOD. I was like… I wanna have a  carefree island life too! So I decided to get some friends together and cook some of the recipes from her Ebook.

We decided to make the corn/mango lettuce cups first!

TBH we didn’t add the cherry tomato/sun dried tomatoes mixture at the end because it tasted really good without out it (and the mixture kinda sketched us out #sorrynotsorry). But anyway, it was SO delicious! I legit ate all of it.

We also made the crispy corn salad that…no offense, was not my fave. It also looked kinda nasty so we didn’t take a photo lol

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Vegan Picnic Idea

April 1, 2016  BY  That Vegan Life Doe - 0 COMMENTS

High qual clique, high qual pic(nic) #hehehe

So guys, as I’ve probably already stated a million times, the food in Paris (yes even the vegan food) is just sooooo much better than in the United States . I just can’t even explain why! It’s just is! Maybe it’s something in the water, idk man.

Anyway, on the last day of our super fun trip to Paris, our friend Monica suggested we use all of the leftover things we bought during the span of the trip and make an indoor picnic! We were gonna go out to this greenhouse thing to have the picnic originally, (but we were #lazy) but it was too cold outside.

Anyway, the picnic was SO fun and SO yummy!!! Such a great idea! If you and your friends are ever stuck inside on a cold or rainy day, I highly recommend this. (that is, of course, if… you have friends #awks)

Anyway, these were few things in our spread:

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Simple Vegan Salad (And Dressing!) Recipe

March 25, 2016  BY  That Vegan Life Doe - 0 COMMENTS

Hey fellas, I am straight stalling from doing a geology project #noshame to come to you here live with a recipe for a simple, yet delicious salad and a homemade healthy peanut butter dressing.

 Remember y’all, simple is sometimes better. Except when it comes to guys. Always aim for 10’s (Aint nobody got time for mediocre boys).

Anyways, I had just been to Whole Foods recently so I had a buncha random shit in my fridge and decided to toss up a salad.

Ingredients for salad:

  • Mixed greens

  • Cherry tomatoes

  • Peppers (green, yellow, and red. Red is da best yo)

  • Avocado

  • Baked teriyaki tofu (they sell it at Whole Foods. The brand is called Wildwood. It’s legit so good, I just eat it plain as a snack sometimes #ThatVeganLifeDoe)

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Vegan Sushi Recipe

March 5, 2016  BY  That Vegan Life Doe - 12 COMMENTS

Guys, I CROSSED SOMETHING OFF OF MY BUCKET LIST TODAY. Ok I don’t actually have a bucket list (and let’s be real, if I did, “making out with Chris Hemsworth” would be the only thing on it) BUT I finally did something I’ve been wanting to do for a long time which is….drum roll please…. MAKE SUSHI!

I saw the vegan homemade sushi all over Instagram and never had time to make it but today I finally did!!! It was so much easier than I thought it would be and was SO SO SO yummy. My sister and I devoured it all. Deff recommend!! Also it’s fun to come up with all the combos. As James Franco in This Is The End would say, making sushi is art.

I used sweet potato (just baked it at 400 degrees for 45 mins), avocado, mango, baked tofu (Whole Foods sells an awesome gluten free baked tofu), red bell pepper, and cucumber. Also, I think I may have used too much rice. But still so f’n...

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Easy and Quick Vegan Taco Recipe

January 27, 2016  BY  That Vegan Life Doe - 0 COMMENTS

So ladies and gents, what do you do when your life is falling to shits? You stuff yourself with delicious food and call it day!

So that’s precisely what I did today. After a boring ass geology class (no matter how many scientists tell you rocks are cool, they aren’t) our friend Sara was nice enough to invite us over to her apartment and make lunch! 

Just so you know, Sara is a master grocery shopper (and chef and friend and person. Basically she’s a master jedi) and was the brains behind this “easy and quick vegan taco recipe”. 

Ingrediants: 

  • Tofu

  • Sauce for tofu (We used this really good Trader Joes honey mustard . It has honey in it, but you can probs find one w/out honey if you don’t eat honey of course) 

  • Greens (We used fresh Trader Joes spinach) 

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Vegan lunch ideas for a boat trip

November 8, 2015  BY  That Vegan Life Doe - 6 COMMENTS

So these aren’t recipes, but still here are some ideas for easy vegan meals if you are on a boat trip (or even a picnic yo!) 

So our bestie since we were 3 and her family invited us onto their boat for the day and were nice enough to bring vegan food especially for us! Thanks guys! You da homies! 

Mrs. Chartouni was nice enough to make us delicious spaghetti with tomato sauce, asparagus with lemon, and AMAZING bruschetta! Everything was so delicious!

After lunch, we stalked crazy vegans on instagram, obsessed over the hot guy who worked on the boat (he was like a mix of Tom Hiddleston and Armie Hammer), took naps in the sun, and played with this...

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Vegan Picnic Ideas

October 31, 2015  BY  That Vegan Life Doe - 9 COMMENTS

So yes, when you get tired of always going out to eat with friends, sometimes you just wanna eat in and sometimes you wanna do it on the floor with a bunch of friends with a bunch of high carb foods. Sometimes ya just wanna picnic indoors, ya feel? 

So our friends are all going to college soon *crying emoji* and we thought it would be cute to just hang at one of our houses and be spontaneous with a picnic. It seems cheesy but it’s really fun! Just set up a blanket, play somes tunes, and chillax! It adds some spontaneity to your everyday life and makes for cute instas if you’re into that documenting-every-second-of-your-life life (U fame whore #jk #kinda?) 

Anyway, we had a huge bowl of bagels and a bunch of different spreads like tofutti, hummus, avocado, and even sauce and cheese to make mini pizzas! Fun fact: I know it sounds weird, but if you sprinkle brown sugar on top of the tofutti spread it is delicious!!! (Try it...

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Vegan BLT recipe

October 28, 2015  BY  That Vegan Life Doe - 1 COMMENTS

Ok. Yes. You are right. This would be my second dinner of the day…..butttt, before I start, I would like to share some personal medical facts with you (That’s legal, right?). I had my annual doctor checkup this morning and my doctor said I had a tremendously healthy heart rate/blood pressure (He was like “Do you work out a lot?” and I was like #yes) and he said I was at the healthiest weight I’ve ever been so HA! Even though I eat like twelve meals a day, the vegan diet still wins in the end! #pointsforgriffindor 

So anyway, I made a vegan BLT today with gluten-free brown rice bread, fresh tomatoes, lettuce, and tempeh bacon strips. I also used this new brand of vegan mayonnaise called Just Mayo which is this new brand of vegan products and the mayo is incredible. better than veganaise and probably better than the real thing. And…the same company plans on releasing a line of vegan cookie dough that can be eaten out of little cups with little...

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Lunch Option

October 26, 2015  BY  That Vegan Life Doe - 8 COMMENTS

So today for lunch we had veggie burgers and sweet potato nuggets. Check them out if you guys want some lunch ideas! Everything was delicious, especially the burgers because for some weird reason, they always taste like onion rings to me. YUMM

Vegan Lunch Ideas

October 26, 2015  BY  That Vegan Life Doe - 1 COMMENTS

Today for lunch we had polenta fries with tomato sauce (which are YUMMAY) and sweet potato falafel with hummus (YUMMM-AY). I only have the recipe for the fries but I’m sure you can find the recipe for the falafel online. (#toolazy)

http://www.pinterest.com/pin/46021227415087173/

And guess what? You can play jenga with the polenta fries! Who doesn’t love to play with their food?!

KK that’s it. I wish i had more to write considering Im currently stalling from writing an english essay about  moral ambiguity in the book The Third Man . Uh no thanks.

But I do genuinly hope you have a nice holiday! Christ has risen!!! Now go eat all your chocolate eggs and try to stay away from the real ones! Lol, bye. 

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Vegan Puppy Chow Recipe Review

July 25, 2021  BY  That Vegan Life Doe - 0 COMMENTS

As a vegan, you spend a lot of your time fantasizing about what delicious non-vegan foods you see on Instagram would taste like if they were vegan. Puppy Chow was one of them. I had never eaten vegan puppy chow (or non-vegan puppy chow before I became vegan, for that matter) but I had heard such amazing things about it and every time I saw a photo of it, I wanted to drool. I know it sounds silly that I wanted to try puppy chow SO bad, but when you’re vegan, the simplest things seem really exciting to picture being vegan!

I couldn’t find any pre-made vegan puppy chow anywhere SO I decided to make my own to finally see what all the hype was about. HERE is the recipe I found from PurelyKaylie.com.

This shit was ADDICTING. It’s sooooooooooooooo GOOD. It’s like little crunchy pockets of peanut butter and chocolate but bite sized and covered...

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Vegan Korean Corndog Recipe Review

July 25, 2021  BY  That Vegan Life Doe - 0 COMMENTS

GUYS. If you know anything about trendy foods or are a mukbang/ASMR fiend like I am, then you KNOW the hype surrounding Korean corndogs. They are essentially these giant mozzarella stick/corndog hybrids rolled in sugar. They taste like donuts/corndogs/heaven?????? And they have the most amazing crunch.

They aren’t traditionally vegan. In fact, it’s extremely hard to find a place that sells a vegan version of them. The only time I tried one before was at a vegan place called Beleaf Burger, like an hour and a half away. SO I decided to do some digging and find a recipe so I could make them on my own. Taking my destiny into my own hands!

My sister found a recipe from a  TikToker @chefsummerstorm, who is always inventing delicious (but also really easy!) vegan recipes. Here is...

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Vegan Nachos Recipe

July 11, 2018  BY  That Vegan Life Doe - 9 COMMENTS

Who else feels like a chubby frat boy on the inside sometimes? Just me? K… cool. Yeah, I was just kidding btw. 

No, but in all seriousness, when it comes to nachos, my inner frat boi comes out like “GIMME THOSE LOADED CHIPS, MAN!”

I do have to but out a disclaimer though. I have made “homemade” nachos before, which just included me loading chips with raw chickpeas, Daiya cheese, and BBQ sauce. However, this time, I wanted to try an actual recipe and make all the toppings (queso included) from scratch! The recipe we used was from one of my favorite blogs www.veganricha.com and here is the link to the recipe for the nachos: https://www.veganricha.com/2014/11/vegan-nachos-nut-free-nacho-cheese.html

So the nachos turned out INCREDIBLE!!!!! My...

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Vegan Onion Ring Recipe

February 22, 2018  BY  That Vegan Life Doe - 1 COMMENTS

ONION RINGSSSSS. sjdhfjsdbflshgbjdgbdsfbgdfj.

That is the excitement I feel when I think about onion rings. Seriously. I love them. And as a vegan, they are SUPER hard to find. BUT, all thanks to Caitlin from @frommybowl who posted a vegan onion ring recipe video, I MADE VEGAN ONION RINGS!!!!!!

I made them in my Avalon Bay air fryer and they were TO DIE FOR. Seriously. MAKE THESE if you have an air fryer.

Here is her youtube video which contained the recipe: 

Easy Vegan Dog Treat Recipe

August 31, 2017  BY  That Vegan Life Doe - 17 COMMENTS

Ok, if you’re a veteran of this blog (hi my friend Je’lyn’s mom!!), you know that my sister and I rarely post our own recipes. 

Instead, we basically post recipes that we have found online and show whether or not they work/are worth attempting. 

Well, I found this SUPER DUPER easy vegan dog treat recipe online that only requires 3 simple ingredients and if you have puppers at home, I highly recommend that you try it! 

The recipe is from a website called theplantstrongvegan.com and this is the recipe of the dog treats: 

http://theplantstrongvegan.com/diy-3-ingredient-vegan-dog-treats/

Although ours did not look nearly as cute as the one from that blog (we tried, ok!?), our dogs absolutely loved them and couldn’t get enough!

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Coconut Brownie Date Ball Recipe

April 13, 2016  BY  That Vegan Life Doe - 0 COMMENTS

HEY GUYS. So my life is really random and sometimes really boring so I randomly decided to make cocoa date balls when I was bored today because I was seriously craving them. So I made them! And they were delicious. I’ve already eaten 4. So easy to make and SO YUMMY. Legit just dates, cocoa powder, coconut, vanilla, and LOVE #YourLoveIsMyDrug #DateBallsAreAddictive

Recipe: http://cancersupportcommunityatlanta.org/page.php?36

(I know. The recipe link IS SO RANDOM. I legit looked up “Chocolate date ball recipe” and this was the easiest recipe. Don’t ask.)

Vegan Mac and Cheese Cup Recipe

March 8, 2016  BY  That Vegan Life Doe - 9 COMMENTS

So what do you get when you put mac and cheese into cupcake tins and bake them…that’s right ladies and gents, you get vegan mac and cheese cups!!!

I recently met a vegan at my school named Jenny and thought it would be a fun idea to invite her over and get creative in the kitchen! Being an avid cheese lover, I thought mac and cheese cups were the way to go! You know I could have done something lame and basic like cupcakes, but I decided to take the road less traveled…and that made all the difference #deep? #orlame? #whatever #overit

The recipe/ingredient list is super, super simple. The pic below is literally all you need to make them (and obvs like a kitchen and stove and stuff, but ya know)

You literally just cook the pasta (I modified the recipe to make it gluten free using gluten free pasta), add in the milk, nutritional yeast, “butter”, salt, and cheese of your choice (I used Daiya Pepper...

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Vegan Cheese Bread Recipe

March 8, 2016  BY  That Vegan Life Doe - 0 COMMENTS

What’s better than cheese? Bread. What’s better than bread? CHEESE BREAD!

Honestly, whoever thought of putting the most delicious and fattening food groups together into one is literally God sent. I think I owe him/her my first-born child or my life #yourchoice.

Anyway, my new friend Jenny and I decided to attempt making gluten free cheese bread as a lazy Sunday morning snack .

Here is the actual recipe (by Chocolate Covered Katie): http://chocolatecoveredkatie.com/2015/05/20/flourless-cheese-bread/

It’s super simple and quick to make. For some reason, our’s came out lookin kinda weird colored, like mustard yellow instead of bright chedder-yellow but it might have been because we used pepper jack cheese instead of bright yellow chedder but you know what? I don’t judge cheese bread by it’s...

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Chocolate Covered Orange Slice Recipe

November 8, 2015  BY  That Vegan Life Doe - 17 COMMENTS

So Olie and I have this really intense desire to be domestic so that we can properly learn how to serve men (<—————- I WAS BEING SARCASTIC) butttt Olie and I are actually learning how to cook healthy things because as a vegan, it’s probably a good idea. SO we’ve been getting some inspa from insta (lol that rhymed) and here are some of the recipes we’ve tried out

(inspired by @fitgirlsfoodz)

Orange slices half dipped in chocolate and sprinkled with sea salt (and put in fridge instead of freezer so oranges don’t freeze). Great snack idea!

Easy Cinnamon Apples (in college)

October 31, 2015  BY  That Vegan Life Doe - 1 COMMENTS

So like what happens when you’re in college and your craving apple pie but don’t really have access to it? YOU IMPROVISE. I feel like that’s the most important thing i have and will learn from college. How to improvise and bullshit your way to success. Let’s hope it works 🙂

So tonight Olie and Ali had the brilliant idea of using their sliced apples to make warm cinnamon apples. They were nifty enough to devise a plan too. They put their pre sliced apples into a microwavable bowl and sprinkled cinnamon and stevia on top. They put it in the microwave and then voilá! It legit smelled like an apple pie and was a very fun and pretty healthy snack to eat #DormLivin #CollegeLife #ThatVeganLifeDoe

K PEACE BYE

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VEGAN LATE NIGHT SNACK RECIPES

October 31, 2015  BY  That Vegan Life Doe - 0 COMMENTS

So our bff Taylor came over for our last night at home and her first night back from camp, so aside from watching Star Wars, we decided to have a baking/cooking extravaganza! Training for our future as perfect housewives #Never #Nope 

Anyways, we decided to make cheesy garlic bread and spaghetti with peanut sauce. It was 11:00 at night. YUP. #ThatsHowWeRoll 

We used this recipe for the peanut sauce: http://allrecipes.com/recipe/best-peanut-sauce/

and this recipe for the garlic bread: http://www.vegetariantimes.com/recipe/garlic-bread/

We used weird bread for the garlic bread and ended up adding garlic powder and cheese and stuff so idk if this recipe is good not or if we just...

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VEGGIE BURGER SLIDERS RECIPE

October 31, 2015  BY  That Vegan Life Doe - 1 COMMENTS

So our friend Rebecca came over and we’re all foodies/creative so we decided to be inventive with our night snack. We were all craving something salty/savory so Olie came up with the idea of making mini veggie burgers! We had a gazillion Hilary’s veggie burgers so we made one of those, toasted some brown rice bead, and used a tiny cup as a cookie-cutter and made vegan burgers! We put lettuce, tomato, barbecue sauce, ketchup, and mustard! YUM! Such a delicious mini snack. You must try it 🙂

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Vegan Nachos recipe

October 28, 2015  BY  That Vegan Life Doe - 1 COMMENTS

So last night, my friends Cristina and Taylor (yes i have friends. Are they imaginary? Hmm, you can be the judge of that) came over to watch the last Lord of The Rings to complete our LOTR marathon and, we all know, movie snacks are a MUST. 

So we scavenged in our pantries and fridge and found daiya cheese. BINGO. So we decided to make vegan nachos. We put tortilla chips on a pan and then put daiya cheese, barbecue sauce, beans, and chickpeas on top and then threw it in a toaster oven and it was AMAZING. So, yummy. Not very healthy, but like, so what who cares. Okay i care. But like, once and a while, it’s nice to splurge (more like every day #truth)

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Quick healthy vegan snacks

October 28, 2015  BY  That Vegan Life Doe - 3 COMMENTS

Here are two vegan snack ideas.

1. Skinny Pop popcorn and and hot chocolate (almond) milk. Look at me, I’m so scholarly with my American classics. Low cal and a healthy substitute for real, buttery gross popcorn and sugary, corn syrupy hot chocolate.

 

2. Guacamole and pretzels. Thanks to my grandma, i discovered this delicious snack combo. My favorite thing about going to my grandma’s house is that she likes when i eat a lot! Why can’t the world be like that!?!?

Vegan Snack Idea- Apple Sauce Bites Recipe

October 26, 2015  BY  That Vegan Life Doe - 2 COMMENTS

Hey guys! If you are ever craving something apple-cinnamony/ a cold healthy treat that you can just grab and eat whenever you get that cravin, try making apple sauce bites! Put little blobs (blob is a gross word. I regret using it) of applesauce on a pan with parchment paper and freeze! Easy! Keep in the freezer and they can last a while (till the end of time…. Jk i would probably only keep them up to a week max just in case) k byeee enjoyyy

Healthy vegan snack recipes

October 26, 2015  BY  That Vegan Life Doe - 0 COMMENTS

Hey everybody! Here are some healthy snack ideas you can try when you’re cravin the D. And by D i meant doughnut….gosh what did you think i meant?

Anywho, if you have a juicer, try making an orange, apple, carrot juice! It is so delicious and refreshing. Just make sure that when you drink it, you wipe your mouth after. Because you may end up with an orange ‘stache and look like an Oompa Loompa (although let’s face it. Im 4’11…i already look like an oomph loompa)

And if you wanna something to munch on, try my Aunt’s cannelloni bean dip (recipe under photo). She used a hummus recipe on the back of a jar of tahini (I actually didn’t know that people used the recipes on the backs of products, i thought they were there for fun) and replaced the chickpeas for cannelloni beans. Innovative right?! And instead of lemon...

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HOMEMADE KALE CHIPS

October 25, 2015  BY  That Vegan Life Doe - 1 COMMENTS

So I think every vegan has to have this experience at least once in their lives. I mean, kale is like the hottest leafy green on market right now, it’s super easy to make, and is a much healthier alternative to other snacks such as potato chips, ice cream, nutella crepes, etc.. . Cause we all know that person with the crepe maker…(I actually don’t. Do you?)

I used this recipe:

http://www.kitchentreaty.com/how-to-make-kale-chips/

But basically all you do is wash kale, cut off stems, put on baking sheet, drizzle with olive oil/salt, then put in oven. Our’s were not as crispy as we wanted them to be (I’m a little kale-chip spoiled, not gonna lie) so we just put them in for longer and kept checking on them.

Super yummy snack to eat as you wa†ch (Idk why the T came out like that. Maybe it’s a...

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HOMEMADE FRUIT LEATHERS

October 25, 2015  BY  That Vegan Life Doe - 0 COMMENTS

What else do people have to do on Spring Break but make fruit leathers for 8 hours? I mean, come on it’s not like we’re binge watching tv shows or anything… Well today, Olie, my friend Catherine, and I decided to make fruit leathers. It was fun to make with a friend, but it took forever (baking in the oven). So if you have eight hours to spare and no life, check out this recipe!

http://www.simplyrecipes.com/recipes/how_to_make_fruit_leather/

They came out tasting like real fruit leathers! Cool, right?!  Although it took long, it gave us something to hope for, and in life, that’s the best thing you can have #Philosophical #VeganLifeDoe 

And even though it took 8 hours to prepare and like 2 minutes to eat, as Hannah Montana sang, “Ain’t about how fast i get there. Ain’t about what’s waiting on the...

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Vegan Pretzel Bites Recipe

October 25, 2015  BY  That Vegan Life Doe - 0 COMMENTS

Perfect for a movie night , my sister, my friend, and I whipped up a batch of these golden, fluffy nuggets and munched on them all through Iron Man 3. Perfect snack  to cover up our drooling over Robert Downey Jr.s tight fitted t-shirt *sigh*. 

Here’s a recipe if you are interested.

http://dairyfreecooking.about.com/od/breadsbakery/r/Recipe_SoftPretzelBites.htm

Here’s is also a pic if you are interested. Or not. I don’t care. I’m posting it anyway. Bite me. No pun intended.

 

Vegan Chocolate Chip Banana Muffin Recipe

October 25, 2015  BY  That Vegan Life Doe - 1 COMMENTS

So as you all know, this year’s winter in NY was a bad one but as a student that means sooooo many snow days!!!

So what’s better than sitting by the fire and watching some old films??? Some vegan banana chocolate chip muffins! Below I will post my friend Mailah’s recipe with a few of her own adjustments if you want to tinker with that!

Mr.Deville, I am ready for my close up…

Just some notes of  Mailah’s: 

– it’s really hard to mash 6-8 bananas so you might want to use a masher (it’s okay to leave some small chunks in the batter)

– you’ll probably need to add some type of non-dairy milk (I used vanilla flavored-rice milk),...

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