Natalie Slater's Blog, page 17
July 2, 2015
Vegan Nacho Cheese on the Cheap
From BakeandDestroy.net:
I love nachos. So much. Here is a picture of me being insanely happy about a plate of nachos:
Everyone who isn’t crazy knows that the best part about nachos is the nacho cheese – you know, the melted orange crayon-looking stuff that gets pumped out of a metal box? Mmm…orange. My go-to vegan nacho cheese recipe is great, but it calls for cashews, which I am almost always out of because I make so much vegan nacho cheese. So today I nacho’d up a “potato cheese” recipe t...
June 26, 2015
10 Vegan Cheeses to Shove in Your Face Right Now
From BakeandDestroy.net:
Whether you’re vegan, allergic to dairy, lactose intolerant, or just looking for a healthier alternative to dairy cheese you’re living in a magical time for tasty alternatives. (Also, if you’re thinking to yourself “why would anyone NOT eat dairy cheese? This is why.) I decided to put this post together on the heels of the sad news that Chicago Vegan Foods is discontinuing their retail line of Teese Vegan Cheese.
While Teese Nacho Cheese will be missed, there are stil...
June 7, 2015
Watch Me On Get Baked Live with Isa Chandra Moskowitz
From BakeandDestroy.net:
This afternoon, I’m joining one of my punk rock vegan heroes,Isa Chandra Moskowitz , as a guest on Get Baked – a live Google Hangout baking chat hosted by BakeSpace and Cupcakes Take the Cake! You can watch the show live below – or later tonight after Game of Thrones ruins your week.
This week’s guestsGuests:
Isa Chandra Moskowitzis the bestselling author and coauthor of many books, includingIsa Does It,Veganomicon,Appetite for Reduction,andVegan Cupcakes Take Over th...
May 12, 2015
Daiya #SayCheezecake Review + Giveaway
From BakeandDestroy.net:
Starting with a quesadilla because I am an adult.
Daiya (pronounced “day-ah”) is well-known in the vegan world for their dairy-free cheese shreds. If you’ve had vegan pizza in any restaurant or Whole Foods store there’s a good chance you’ve tried it. More recently, their block cheeses, cheese slices and cream cheese spreads have been wowing vegans and maybe even converting some omnivores who used “I could never give up cheese” as their excuse for not joining the dark...
May 6, 2015
A Date with Cookie Dough Bites
From BakeandDestroy.net:
The other night at the Daiya Cheezecake launch party, Marla Rose from Vegan Street went on a rant about raw vegan desserts that made me pee my pants laughing. It’s not that they can’t taste really good – they do, for the most part. It’s just that they tend to be the same couple ingredients over and over again presented in different shapes:
One thing we can all agree on: dates are weird looking.
dates coconut oil nuts of some sort – probably cashews or walnuts shredde...A Date with Cookie Dough Bites + Date Lady Giveaway
From BakeandDestroy.net:
The other night at the Daiya Cheezecake launch party, Marla Rose from Vegan Street went on a rant about raw vegan desserts that made me pee my pants laughing. It’s not that they can’t taste really good – they do, for the most part. It’s just that they tend to be the same couple ingredients over and over again presented in different shapes:
One thing we can all agree on: dates are weird looking.
dates coconut oil nuts of some sort – probably cashews or walnuts shredde...May 4, 2015
How to Take Better Food Photos
From BakeandDestroy.net:
*Update* Dang, you guys had a LOT to say about this on social media. Apparently you prefer the photo on the left, and that’s your opinion, no worries! This post was never about these two photographs, it was meant to be easy advice from professionals that any of us can use, so my apologies if it came off as something other that. It was not.
I learned a lot of lessons while writing my book. 1) Cookbook editors do not approve of phrases such as “F cookbooks” and “cock b...
April 14, 2015
The Plantpower Way: Strawberry Mint Cacao Cheesecake
From BakeandDestroy.net:
Here’s a photo of me with the book because I don’t know how to not make everything about me.
Rich Roll and Julie Piatt are pretty cool. He’s an entertainment attorney-turned vegan endurance athlete, motivational speaker and plant-based nutrition advocate, and she’s a plant-based chef, healer, musician and yogi. Together, they are two people who remind me that I am generally a lazy turd – but that’s OK, because if Rich can change his life at 40 years old, there’s still...
April 12, 2015
#VeganVortex Spring Charity Raffle
From BakeandDestroy.net:
There are about a zillion good reasons to come to the #VeganVortex Spring Market, most of which I wrote about here. But if you can’t make it, there are still a lot of good reasons why you should buy a raffle ticket! First of all, if you buy them online, they’re only $1.50 each. Second, if you live near Chicago, visit often, or were planning on visiting soon – this pretty much covers you for things to do and places to eat!
Our non-profit partner this time around it the...
April 6, 2015
Crave Eat Heal Blog Tour: Butternut Squash Queso
From BakeandDestroy.net:
I am a very big fan of Annie Oliverioand what she does at An Unrefined Vegan. She makes the kind of food – healthy, delicious, satisfying and nutrient-rich – that I actually eat day to day that enables me to dream up things likeDoritos-Crusted Tofu and Green Bean Casserole Pizza without catching the diabeetus. So of course I jumped at the chance to take part in her blog tour and to share a recipe from her soon-to-be-released book Crave, Eat, Heal: Plant-based, Whole-f...
