PETA's Vegan College Cookbook: 275 Easy, Cheap, and Delicious Recipes to Keep You Vegan at School [Paperback]

PETA (Author)

Book Description

Release date: May 1, 2009

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 from PETA's nearly 2 million members, we've got all the best insider info:

• Vegan alternatives to meaty, eggy, and milky stuff
• How to stock your kitchen/mini-fridge
• How to made meat-free sandwiches, salads, soups and stews
• Breakfast, lunch and dinner recipes
• The best drinks, dips, sauces, and dressings
• Unbelievable vegan dessert recipes
• Spotlight sections on the staples we love: peanut butter, potatoes and Ramen

Featuring a forward from PETA president Ingrid E. Newkirk, this is the essential college cookbook for every vegetarian or vegan on a budget.

PRAISE FOR PETA'S VEGAN COLLEGE COOKBOOK:

"PETA's Vegan College Cookbook makes me want to go back to school and earn a degree in yum."
Hunter Burgan, AFI and Hunter Revenge

"I live on a tour bus so if it can't be made in the microwave or eaten right from the refrigerator or pantry, then I don't eat it. PETA's Vegan College Cookbook is perfect for me and my lifestyle."
Kellie Pickler, country music star and former American Idol contestant

A lifelong vegetarian saves around:
760 chickens
5 cows
20 pigs
29 sheep
46 turkeys
15 ducks
7 rabbits and half a ton of fish.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"...it is encouraging cooking and sticking true to oneself and beliefs – especially as the ultimate visitor in a processed food, meat lovers world." - Vegan Visitor

"this book is great for the college vegan and beyond. it's informative, and written in a fun and inviting way. there is nothing intimidating - i thumbed through the book and felt totally comfortable with tackling any of the recipes." - Miss V''s Vegan Cookbook

"I realized that this cookbook was actually completely perfect for this time of my life. No, I'm not living in a dorm with limited space and cooking utensils, but I am definitely short on time." - Vegan Strong

"This book will give you some insight and motivation to keeping your diet vegan while staying up late, being around party people, and by being under the gun of deadlines." - Hello Veggie

"I think this would be great for college students who are looking for healthy alternatives to crap college food. Lets face it, most college students have trouble making Ramen (no offense to some of you out there who CAN cook). I think this book has some great meal ideas that are quick, healthy, and VEGAN." - Run, Live and Enjoy

"College just became a little bit easier with PETA's Vegan College Cookbook" - VegNews blog

"will give any real-world, on-the-go student or young professional great recipe ideas to stay vegan and well-fed even when they don't have time to think." - DC Vegan

" I'm pretty anti-cookbook because I feel most recipes are way too complicated and expensive, but this cookbook certainly debunks that theory. In fact, most of the recipes have about 5 or less ingredients and every recipe looks super quick, super easy, and super cheap!" - Eating Consciously

"I think the "spotlights" are great. They give a bunch of fun ideas to jazz up cheap ingredients. I know a lot of people that lived on ramen when we were in school! I bet they would have loved some healthier and tastier options." - Say Yes To Salad

"If you are in college and vegan, this is the cookbook to buy! If you're not in college and not vegan, but just looking for an easier way to eat healthy and perhaps don't know how, this cookbook gives you a ton of simple, fast, and healthy recipes." - Carrots n Cake

About the Author

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals is the largest animal rights organization in the world.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 352 pages
• Publisher: Sourcebooks (May 1, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1402218850
• ISBN-13: 978-1402218859
• Product Dimensions: 6 x 0.9 x 9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (59 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #88,059 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

52 of 57 people found the following review helpful

2.0 out of 5 stars do you need a cookbook to tell you how to make grilled cheese? June 15, 2009

By saibondy

Format:Paperback

If so then this is for you. I looked over this in the bookstore and the things that stood out to me were several pages on how to make a peanut butter and banana sandwich, how to make a vegan grilled cheese, and how to make "poor folks" cinnamon rolls (answer: white bread with margarine sugar and cinnamon). No thanks. other things in the cookbook may be more complicated (and...tastier?) but as a college student with no kitchen and only a blender to my name, I can be more creative and healthy than this on my own. also, faux meats and cheese are *expensive* for a college budget. (And get quickly lost in the dorm fridge)... better to spend on nutritional yeast which will perk up popcorn, pasta, and soups. Then again for a first-time vegan this is possibly adequate and I could be a food snob. In short, vegan food snobs, this is not the book for you. :)

26 of 27 people found the following review helpful

2.0 out of 5 stars Not worth buying July 23, 2009

By Claire

Format:Paperback

This book may be worth checking out from the library or borrowing from a friend, but don't waste your money. Far too many of the recipes are anything but, e.g. microwave a Boca burger and put it on bread with condiments, put jelly and vegan cream cheese on a bagel and smoosh it together, etc. etc. Any college student is smart enough to figure most of these recipes out on his/her own without shelling out the cash. The authors claim all the ingredients are cheap but often rely on fake meats/cheeses/etc which simply aren't in a college student's everyday budget. In addition, almost all of the little blurbs before each recipe rely on very tired stereotypes about college life that try so hard to be funny and unique but fall flat and get old quick. E.g. in the breakfast section, nearly all of the recipe blurbs assume you're hungover, and in others many assume that you want to avoid studying at all costs, etc. There are a rare few recipes worth noting, but I would recommend the Student's Go Vegan Cookbook or even [...] before this.

24 of 26 people found the following review helpful

4.0 out of 5 stars Well worth owning! April 26, 2009

By Bondservant

Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase

This is another PETA hit. Well worth owning. I am lonnng past college age, but got this for some quick ideas for weekends or nights there wasn't much time to cook. It is great for this.

It does use a lot of faux meats and cheeses as you might expect. There are recipes without these though.

The recipes I've tried so far were hits - not just with myself but the family and I'm going to try to upload a photo of the peanut butter cup pie from p.87. OH MAN. You can sell this stuff by the slice an make a fortune. It's UBER GOOD!!!

If you are in college and vegan or if you just want some really, really quick and easy TASTY meals - this is the book to get. Honestly, I wish I could afford to by several hundred to hand out on our local college campus. Great food - fast and all you need is a microwave and a blender. There is no reason you can't be vegan! :)