The short answer is yes, you can get food poisoning from tofu. But the real question is it likely? And is there a way to prevent it? A Quick Summary of Food Poisoning Food poisoning comes from eating either spoiled or contaminated food. It can be caused by bacteria, viruses, or parasites. The consequences, of course, are vomiting, nausea, and a host of other...
Lettuce wraps are a savior if you still want to eat burgers and wraps while watching your calories. They don’t work as well as bread does, but some types of lettuce are better than others. After eating dozens of wraps over the years, and trying many types of lettuce, here are my top 4 from best to worst. 1. Butter Lettuce It’s not always easy to find, but if you have access to butter lettuce...
Butter is one of the easiest things to substitute for when cooking a vegan dish. In my experience, coconut is one of the best vegan butter substitutes. Here’s what you’ll need to know: You should add the same amount of coconut oil as the butter in the recipe (a 1:1 substitution). Unrefined coconut oil has a stronger coconut taste, and is also thicker. You should use refined or...
Beyond Burgers are typically fried, but if that’s not an option for some reason, you can certainly cook them in the oven. I bought a bunch of them recently and experimented with this in order to find the ideal cooking temperature and time. Steps to Cook Beyond Meat in the Oven The general procedure is simple: Preheat your oven to 400F Put thawed Beyond Burgers on a cooking tray (no oil needed)...
It can happen with any type of potato, Yukon gold, red, white, and so on. You cook them for longer than the recipe said too, and yet they just won’t soften. In general, there are a few reasons this happens. I’ll go over them and how to prevent this in the future, as well as how to try and salvage potatoes if you find yourself with undercooked potatoes. 2 Reasons Your Potatoes Won’t Soften...
Buying and cooking dried beans is about as cheap as food gets (particularly for vegans). Unfortunately, most recipes don’t give measurements in terms of dried beans. Instead, they list the amount of canned (and cooked) beans you’ll need. To make things more complicated, different legumes expand to different sizes when cooked. So, I did some experimenting to figure out how to convert an amount of...
Whether you’re vegan or just lactose intolerant, heavy cream might not be an option for your diet when cooking. However, like most ingredients, there are some close vegan heavy cream alternatives, and you won’t taste the difference in most recipes. Vegan Heavy Cream Substitute Options Summary Here’s a quick table of the dairy free heavy cream substitutes I’ve gone over in...
Vegan cheese, also referred to as “Gary”, can be a strange thing if you’re not used to it. The taste isn’t quite as good as “real” cheese still, but it’s come a long way in recent years. Similarly, while vegan cheese even a few years ago melted really poorly, it’s improved. To give a look at what to expect, I made a few vegan grilled cheese...
Like all legumes, nuts, and other seeds, flax does contain antinutrients, which reduce the bioavailability of its nutrients. That’s why some people recommend soaking whole flax seeds for 8 hours (or overnight). We’re going to quickly go over research on this topic to determine: How big of a concern are antinutrients in flax? Will soaking produce a benefit? Should you eat whole vs ground flax...
Yes, some white sugar still has bone char, even though there are cruelty-free ion exchange alternatives. Many large sugar companies have made the switch, but a few are lagging behind. So while it’s not too hard to find bone char-free sugar, it’s good to know which brands to look for. How to Know if Sugar Was Processed With Bone Char As a quick reminder, bone char is only a worry for non...