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Vegan Coconut Macaroons

Bet you can’t eat just one of these bite-sized delicacies . . .

Ingredients:

7/8 cup sugar, preferably coconut sugar

½ cup non-dairy milk

5 teaspoons vanilla extract

¾ teaspoon salt

¾ cup all-purpose flour

3 cups unsweetened, shredded coconut

Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.

Mix the sugar, non-dairy milk, vanilla extract, and salt. Blend. Add the coconut and blend well. Then add the flour and mix well. With your hands, form the dough into balls, and place on a lightly oiled cookie tray. These will not change size when heated, so make them to your preference. We prefer about one-inch-all-round balls.

Bake for about twelve to thirteen minutes. Store macaroons in a covered container or freeze in freezer bag or container. Enjoy!

Vegan Chocolate Brandy Cake

Get ready for this cake to rock your world. Adapted from a homemade South African recipe, this cake really does melt in your mouth. It is the perfect cake for birthdays, family gatherings, and gaining popularity among friends.

Chocolate Cake Ingredients:

1 cup organic all-purpose flour

1 cup organic sugar

2 teaspoon baking powder

¼ cup cocoa powder

½ cup hot water

½ cup sunflower (or canola) oil

Ener-G Egg Replacer: Mix 6 teaspoons Ener-G replacer with eight tablespoons water

Non-dairy butter (for cake pan)

Heat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.

Prepare a bundt cake pan using non-dairy butter and flour. We like to use a springform pan.

In a large bowl, sieve together the flour, sugar, and baking powder. Form a hole in the middle of the mixture, and mix in the cocoa powder, hot water, and sunflower (or canola) oil. Mix together until sugar is dissolved.

Beat egg-replacer mixture. Fold the egg replacer into batter.

Bake for about 25 mins. This cake is moist, so be careful not to overbake.

For the Brandy glaze:

½ cup of sugar

½ carton of soy creamer

2 tablespoons of brandy

In a saucepan add the sugar, brandy, and soy creamer, and bring to a boil. Be sure to poke some small holes in the top of the cake so the brandy seeps through. Pour mixture directly over warm cake when removed from oven and still in the pan. Leave to cool.

For the Chocolate Glaze Frosting:

½ bag of non-dairy chocolate chips.

¼ cup of almond (soy, or other plant milk of your choice—although rice milk is far thinner than other plant milks)

Melt the chocolate with the soymilk in a saucepan, stirring frequently. Place the cake onto a plate. Pour the chocolate glaze over the cake, and allow it to set. Serve and enjoy!

Be sure to check out our list of cookbooks and resources to keep your palate sizzling!

Recommended Resources for a Healthy, Happy Life

W
ant to learn more? Need some inspirational recipe ideas to get started? Want to get in shape? Want to know how to disease-proof your life? Don’t worry; we’ve got you covered. These books, movies, and online resources will keep you connected, informed, inspired, and motivated.

A Cookbook for Every Occasion

There is no shortage of delicious recipe books that don’t contain all the crap! From meat substitutes to raw desserts, gorgeous salads, hearty stews, and comfort favorites, these cookbooks can teach you how to make it all.

1. Artisan Vegan Cheese
   by Miyoko Schinner
   
2. Betty Goes Vegan
   by Annie and Dan Shannon
   
3. Chloe’s Kitchen
   and
   Chloe’s Vegan Desserts
   by Chloe Coscarelli
   
4. Crazy Sexy Diet
   by Kris Carr
   
5. Eat Vegan on $4 a Day
   by Ellen Jaffe Jones
   
6. Skinny Bitch: Ultimate Everyday Cookbook
   by Kim Barnouin
   
7. The Candle Café Cookbook
   by Joy Pierson, Bart Potenza, and Barbara Scott-Goodman
   
8. The Cheesy Vegan
   by John Schlimm
   
9. Isa Does It
   by Isa Chandra Moskowitz
   
10. Mayim’s Vegan Table
    by Mayim Bialik with Jay Gordon
    
11. Skinny Bitch Bakery
    by Kim Barnouin
    
12. Skinny Bitch in the Kitch
    by Rory Freedman and Kim Barnouin
    
13. The Conscious Cook
    by Tal Ronnen
    
14. The Happy Herbivore Cookbook
    by Lindsay S. Nixon
    
15. The Joy of Vegan Baking
    and
    The Vegan Table
    by Colleen Patrick-Goudreau
    
16. The Kind Diet
    by Alicia Silverstone
    
17. The Sublime Restaurant Cookbook
    by Nanci Alexander
    
18. Unprocessed
    by Chef AJ and Glen Merzer
    
19. Veganomicon
    by Isa Chandra Moskowitz and Terry Hope Romero
    
20. Vegan A La Mode
    by Hannah Kaminsky
    
21. Vegan Chocolate
    by Fran Costigan
    
22. Vegan Cooking for Carnivores
    by Roberto Martin
    
23. Vegan Cupcakes Take Over the World
    and
    Vegan Cookies Invade Your Cookie Jar
    by Isa Chandra Moskowitz and Terry Hope Romero
    
24. Vegan Diner
    by Julie Hasson
    
25. Vegan for Life
    by Jack Norris and Virginia Messina
    
26. Vegan Holiday Kitchen
    by Nava Atlas and Susan Voisin
    
27. Vegan Soul Kitchen
    by Bryant Terry
    

Stay Classy, Stay Informed

1. Animal Factory
   by David Kirby
   
2. Comfortably Unaware
   and
   Food Choice and Sustainability
   by Dr. Richard Oppenlander
   
3. Diet for a Small Planet
   by Francis Moore Lappe
   
4. Dominion
   by Matthew Scully
   
5. Eating Animals
   by Jonathon Safran Foer
   
6. Farm Sanctuary
   by Gene Baur
   
7. Fast Food Nation
   by Eric Schlosser
   
8. Food Politics
   by Marion Nestle
   
9. Gristle
   by Moby with Miyun Park
   
10. High Steaks
    by Eleanor Boyle
    
11. In Defense of Food
    and
    The Omnivore’s Dilemma
    by Michael Pollan
    
12. Mad Cowboy
    and
    No More Bull
    by Howard F. Lyman, Glen Merzer, and Joanna Samorow-Merzer
    
13. Making a Killing
    by Bob Torres
    
14. Making Kind Choices
    by Ingrid Newkirk
    
15. Meat Market
    by Erik Marcus
    
16. Meatonomics
    by David Robinson Simon
    
17. Milk: The Deadly Poison
    by Robert Cohen
    
18. On Being Vegan
    by Colleen Patrick-Goudreaux
    
19. Pandora’s Lunchbox
    by Melanie Warner
    
20. Righteous Porkchop
    by Nicolette Hahn Niman
    
21. Skinny Bitch
    and
    Skinny Bastard
    by Rory Freedman and Kim Barnouin
    
22. Silent Spring
    by Rachel Carson
    
23. Slaughterhouse
    by Gail A. Eisnitz
    
24. The CAFO Reader
    edited by Daniel Imhoff
    
25. The End of Food
    by Paul Roberts
    
26. The Engine 2 Diet
    and
    My Beef with Meat
    by Rip Esselstyn
    
27. The Food Revolution
    ,
    Diet for a New America,
    and
    Voices of the Food Revolution
    by John Robbins
    
28. The Unhealthy Truth
    by Robyn O’Brien and Rachel Kranz
    
29. The Vegucation of Robin
    by Robin Quivers
    
30. The Way We Eat
    by Peter Singer and Jim Mason
    
31. The World Peace Diet
    by Will Tuttle
    
32. Veganist
    by Kathy Freston
    
33. Whole
    by Dr. T. Colin Campbell and Howard Jacobson
    
34. Why We Love Dogs, Eat Pigs, and Wear Cows
    by Melanie Joy, PhD
    

Get Healthy, Get Fit

1. Rethink Food: 100+ Doctors Can’t Be Wrong
   by Shushana Castle and Amy-Lee Goodman
   
2. Animals and Public Health
   by Aysha Akhtar
   
3. Eat and Run
   by Scott Jurek
   
4. Eat to Live
   and
   Disease-Proof Your Child
   by Dr. Joel Fuhrman
   
5. Finding Ultra
   by Rich Roll
   
6. The Food Prescription for Better Health
   by Dr. Baxter D. Montgomery
   
7. Healthy Eating for Life for Children
   by Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine and Dr. Amy Lanou
   
8. Health Power
   by Dr. Hans Diehl and Aileen Ludington
   
9. The Whole Heart Solution
   by Dr. Joel K. Kahn
   
10. Just be Well
    by Dr. Thomas A. Sult
    
11. Pet Goats and Pap Smears
    by Dr. Pamela Wible
    
12. The Pillars of Health
    by John Pierre
    
13. Power Foods for the Brain
    and
    21-Day Weight Loss Kickstart
    by Dr. Neal Barnard
    
14. Prevent and Reverse Heart Disease
    by Dr. Caldwell B. Esselstyn, Jr.
    
15. The China Study
    by Dr. T. Colin Campbell with Thomas M. Campbell II
    
16. The Expert’s Guide to Weight-Loss Surgery
    by Dr. Garth Davis and Laura Tucker
    
17. The No-Dairy Breast Cancer Prevention Program
    and
    Your Life in Your Hands
    by Prof. Jane Plant
    
18. The Starch Solution
    by John and Mary McDougall
    
19. The Thrive Diet
    by Brendan Brazier
    
20. Vegan for Her
    by Virginia Messina and JL Fields
    
21. Vegan for Life
    by Jack Norris and Virginia Messina
    
22. Waist Away
    by Drs. Mary Clifton and Chelsea Clinton
    
23. Whitewash
    by Joseph Keon
    

Google These Websites:

1. www.rethinkfoodbook.com
   
2. www.forksoverknives.com
   
3. www.engine2diet.com
   
4. www.ewg.org
   
5. www.foodsafetynews.com
   
6. www.foodandwaterwatch.org
   
7. www.humanesociety.org
   
8. www.nutritionfacts.org
   
9. www.pcrm.org
   
10. www.peta.org
    
11. www.realfoodchallenge.org
    
12. www.ucsusa.org
    
13. www.vegnews.com
    

Make It a Movie Night

1. An Inconvenient Truth
   
2. Blackfish
   
3. Earthlings
   
4. Eating
   
5. Fat, Sick, & Nearly Dead
   
6. Food, Inc.
   
7. Food Matters
   
8. Forks Over Knives
   
9. King Corn
   
10. Planeat
    
11. Super Size Me
    
12. Tapped
    
13. The Eleventh Hour
    
14. The Cove
    
15. Vegucated
    

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1
Food and Water Watch,
Factory Farm Nation: How America Turned Its Livestock Farms into Factories
(Washington DC: Food and Water Watch, 2010), 1.

2
Daniel Imhoff,
The CAFO Reader: Tragedy of Industrial Animal Production
(California: Foundation for Deep Ecology, 2010).

3
Pew Commission on Industrial Farm Animal Production,
Putting Meat on the Table: Industrial Farm
Animal Production in America
(Maryland: John Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health: 2009).

4
James Pearce, “Brave New Jungle: Factory Farming and Advocacy in the Twenty-First Century,”
Duke Environmental Law & Policy Forum
21(2011), 434.

5
Barry Shlachter, “Contract growers hoping the chicken industry offers a steady nest egg may instead be trapped by debt,”
Rodale Institute,
6 March 2005,
http://www.newfarm.org/news/2005/0405/040505/contracts.shtml
.

6
Eric Schlosser,
Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal
(New York: First Mariner Books, 2001): 138.

7
Eric Schlosser,
Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal:
138.

8
Eric Schlosser,
Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal:
138.

9
Renee Johnson,
Recent Acquisitions in Livestock Industry
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10
Food and Water Watch,
Economic Cost of Food Monopolies
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https://www.foodandwaterwatch.org/reports/the-economic-cost-of-food-monopolies/
.

11
Dan Flynn, “Monopoly Practices Divide Rural America,” Food Safety News, 30 August 2010,
http://www.foodsafetynews.com/2010/08/monopoly-practices-divide-rural-america/#.U2pu-1d1App
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Christopher Leonard, “USDA Proposes Tougher Meat Industry Anti-Trust Rules,”
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13
Christopher Leonard, “USDA Proposes Tougher Meat Industry Anti-Trust Rules,”
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15
Nicolette Hahn Niman,
Righteous Porkchop: Finding a Life and Good Food Beyond Factory Farming
(New York: Harper, 2010).

16
Daniel Imhoff,
The CAFO Reader: Tragedy of Industrial Animal Production
(California: Foundation for Deep Ecology, 2010).

17
Pew Commission on Industrial Farm Animal Production,
Putting Meat on the Table: Industrial Farm Animal Production in America
(Maryland: John Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health: 2009).

18
Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson,
The Face on Your Plate: The Truth About Food
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19
Pew Commission on Industrial Farm Animal Production,
Putting Meat on the Table: Industrial Farm Animal Production in America
(Maryland: John Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health: 2009).