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PETA's Vegan College Cookbook: 275 Easy, Cheap, and Delicious Recipes to Keep You Vegan at School
by
Peta
Who needs the cafeteria? Make your own easy, delicious, animal-free meals! Let PETA turn your dorm room or apartment into the campus destination for amazing vegan food! Inside are the 250 simplest, most scrumptious recipes for college vegans on a budget - and the best part is, the most complicated kitchenware you'll ever need is a microwave. With vegan recipes collected fr...more
Paperback, 336 pages
Published
May 1st 2009
by Sourcebooks
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I adore super-easy, fast recipes. Especially when they're vegan, because when I try recipes in some of my favorite vegan cookbooks (the Veganomicon, for example), they take forever. And sometimes it's a bit hard to find the super-specialty ingredients. Or, if I find them, they are so ridiculously expensive that I figure I'm going to wind up eating my own grass the rest of the week, because I can't afford anything else.
Not really. But still...
I'm not vegan, I'm slowly transitioning to being veget...more
Not really. But still...
I'm not vegan, I'm slowly transitioning to being veget...more
This cookbook's audience is college student vegans who are working with a limited budget and limited kitchen resources. Though the recipes are all targeted to this audience, the book is definitely less than stellar. Many of the recipes are tasteless or bad-tasting, in my opinion. This only furthers the favorite stereotype that vegan food tastes disgusting. Being vegan does not mean eating tasteless food. Just because you're cooking on a budget and with limited kitchen resources doesn't mean you...more
I don't understand what some of the previous commentators want. Boo hoo, this book is not geared toward "34-year-old vegans who live in actual houses with actual stoves," well I'd say this is a perfect time to judge a book by it's cover... you know, the whole part about college students. Yes of course some have stoves, great point, and those who do I'm sure would do well to buy any and every sort of standard vegan cookbook with stove-top recipes. But for those of us who are actual students with...more
The people who have given this 5 stars must not have actually tried any recipes out first.
I admit, when I got this cookbook I was so excited. I go off to college next fall and I'm going vegan for my New Year Resolution, so I thought this would really help.
I got this free from the peta2 Street Team. Thank God, because it would've been a waste of my money otherwise.
The concept is awesome. Cheap, vegan, and delicious food made in a microwave? That's everything a college student needs in life!
But th...more
I admit, when I got this cookbook I was so excited. I go off to college next fall and I'm going vegan for my New Year Resolution, so I thought this would really help.
I got this free from the peta2 Street Team. Thank God, because it would've been a waste of my money otherwise.
The concept is awesome. Cheap, vegan, and delicious food made in a microwave? That's everything a college student needs in life!
But th...more
I’m not a fan of PETA, but this book is a hoot. It aims to help college students stay vegan, despite limited cooking skills, kitchen facilities, time and money.
The recipes are so basic that it’s a stretch to call them recipes at all. They are really just ideas for something to eat and can all be made in the microwave. Few of them have more than 4 ingredients and some of them, like “Sunday Morning Sausage in a Blanket” have two (vegan sausages and a can of refrigerated crescent rolls). Each reci...more
The recipes are so basic that it’s a stretch to call them recipes at all. They are really just ideas for something to eat and can all be made in the microwave. Few of them have more than 4 ingredients and some of them, like “Sunday Morning Sausage in a Blanket” have two (vegan sausages and a can of refrigerated crescent rolls). Each reci...more
Well, you'll be able to stay vegan with only a microwave for cooking using this book. However, I don't recommend wasting your money. Anyone who has been vegan for more than a minute will already have come up with most of the ideas that have any flavor. Further, many are NOT good for you (I eat a vegan diet for health reasons. People who made this decision simply to avoid eating friendly furry animals might not care). Seriously, there's a section on Ramen. Most of the main courses require store-b...more
all recipes were based on using the microwave to cook!!! outrageous!!! very unhealthy despite being vegan... also, lots of cans & faux meats as well as 'vegan' cheese, butter, etc & in some cases processed food.. you can cook every recipe in the book without ever having to cut a tomato yourself!! NO THANKS!!!
... dessert ideas were better with fresh fruit options (ahh, duh) but also lots of canned fruits.. its definitely a cookbook for the very lazy, unconscious vegan.. even if its design...more
... dessert ideas were better with fresh fruit options (ahh, duh) but also lots of canned fruits.. its definitely a cookbook for the very lazy, unconscious vegan.. even if its design...more
I am fully ready to admit that I bought this book because the girl on the cover is really, really pretty. So, seriously, kudos on great cover design PETA because I love love LOVE meat and dairy but I also want a cute short hair cut and more tattoos and this cover convinced me that if maybe I stopped eating animals THIS COULD BE ME.
I mainly want to recommend this book because nearly every recipe in here is crazy crazy cheap and so so easy to cook. They can all be made with a microwave or at most...more
I mainly want to recommend this book because nearly every recipe in here is crazy crazy cheap and so so easy to cook. They can all be made with a microwave or at most...more
This cookbook made me gag. It suggests buying ingredients such as olive oil and spices at the dollar store, and nearly every recipe calls for microwaving. There is an entire chapter on ramen, including such helpful recipes as "mix ramen and nutritional yeast, eat." (I paraphrase but you probably get the point.)
OK, I get that most dorms don't have ovens or stoves, but some do, and many college aged students live off campus in apartments that have working appliances. There are plenty of easy to ma...more
OK, I get that most dorms don't have ovens or stoves, but some do, and many college aged students live off campus in apartments that have working appliances. There are plenty of easy to ma...more
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Before I review this book, I did understand that this is geared at college kids and I'm still a college bound girl. At the same time, everything was either microwaved or processed. I firmly believe that college kids don't have to microwave everything or eat processed vegan items to eat "easy, cheap, and delicious." What every happened to the basic rice and beans and spicing it up a bit by adding some spices and veggies? I was extremely disappointed in this cookbook.
This is a great cookbook for the lazy vegan, the vegan who knows little about cooking and wants to learn the basics, or just someone who is busy and has little time for serious cooking outside the microwave. The only thing is, I wouldn't recommend it to people living out of the US. Many of the recipes require meat or dairy alternatives that may not be available outside the country.
I tried to read this, could not finish. I'm sure as many other readers have commented, this book is good for college students or someone who has no stove and loves convenience foods. This is just not me. Plus I like to limit my intake of "faux" meats and cheeses. No pictures to entice my visual taste buds either.
I'm still not entirely sure how I feel about the recipes in this book. Obviously, I bought it because it has relatively lazy/cheap recipes but some of these are slightly frightening, and sometimes overly lazy even by my standards. If you need some decent quick and simple ideas there are some good things in here.
Apr 13, 2013
Janie
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It's great for college students or young teenagers becoming Vegan or Vegetarian and getting the basics down and starting to learn how to cook for themselves and with what. So if you're a beginner and you need to know what to cook because of your transitioned this is definitely a good book to pick up!
I'm not a college student - I'm a high school student. I love this book because I don't have a lot of time, or a lot of money (and half the time I don't even have a working stove). It's not meant to be high-class food. It's meant to be a healthier alternative to the typical cheap, quick foods.
I found the little comments before the recipes a bit condescending, but that may be due to the fact that I left college 18 years ago. Some of the recipes sounded quite good, and I probably copied about 20 out of the book that are healthy, don't use exotic ingredients, and make only 2-4 servings.
Apr 07, 2011
Michelle
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3 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
vegans who dont know how to cook well, lazy teens, college students
Shelves:
vegan
This book may not be super fancy with lots of difficult recipes, but it's not trying to be, of course, since it's for college students. It's filled with quick, simple ideas to use what's in your cupboard, which is helpful when you don't know what to make and want to make something fast.
It's kind of cool, I guess, but most of the recipes are pretty commonsense things to do with pre-prepared expensive vegan convenience foods.
Not actually useful if you're in college unless you're living off of your parents money.
Not actually useful if you're in college unless you're living off of your parents money.
This has saved me countless times... These recipes are way too simple. It's a meatless cookbook for the microwave--no joke! These recipes seriously take absolutely no longer than 5 minutes.
TERRIBLE. You are not going to recruit any new vegans with this one, PETA! Awful, awful suggestions that sound horrendous. I can only imagine why there are no pictures.
This is a good reference for when I don't feel like doing real cooking. Lots of cheap, quick ideas. I especially liked the section about dressing up ramen noodles.
Great cookbook for new vegans or vegans at college. The book is easy to read and the ingredients are inexpensive and easy to find.
This book has very quick and easy recipes. Since it is written for college students who could possibly be living in a dorm, all recipes are made in a microwave. Some are so easy you would not need a recipe book to figure them out, but there are some that I am willing to try.
This is perfect for the college aged vegan but not for the 34 year old vegan who lives in an actual house with an oven.
Also, not for the type of vegan who wishes to avoid scurvy.
Also, not for the type of vegan who wishes to avoid scurvy.
This was a gift from my best friend, but I am sad to say I don't have that much use for this. A lot of the recipes ask for ready-made sauces or products that aren't that easy to get here, and I prefer to use as many non-processed foods as possible when cooking. Also, while I couldn't live without my microwave, I prefer my stove when cooking. Overall I'm probably just not the target audience.
The recipes are very easy, cheap, and require few ingredients. However, some of them just didn't turn out so great.
I didn't know Smucker's made vegan marshmallow topping. Bought some tonight and can't wait to try it!
Jul 12, 2009
Scott
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OK, I'm not a college student, but I'm as lazy as one.
If only I had this book when I was in college. Budget friendly and creative. Only grip - the microwave is not the answer to every cooking question. It is ok to use the stove or grill.
May 17, 2013
Bernadette
marked it as to-read
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