My New Vegan Cookbook.

For those of you who don’t know, I am a proud vegan, and have been so for years. My Aunt Sue has been vegan for even longer. We both appreciate good food, which was why, a few weeks ago, when Sue recommended a vegan YouTuber’s videos to me, I got excited. I quickly went on the channel, Rainbow Plant Life, and saw that the owner, a gal named Nisha Vora, was getting ready to publish a vegan cookbook, complete with exactly one hundred and fifty original recipes. I was so persuaded, and I decided to pre-order a copy immediately.

 The very first recipe of hers, from the book, I decided to cook was called Sesame Tofu. My parents and I split it. It was delectable. I was so enticed that I then went on to make spicy brown rice, masala tofu, pasta with red sauce, pancakes, cashew cheese, ginger snaps, and something called “adult grilled cheese.” I have yet to encounter a recipe of hers that I don’t like. I now have my eye on a confection known as a “celebration cake,” which is a yellow cake covered with “buttercream” frosting.

 My parents and I have a new routine: every other week, I go to Vons to stock up on essential ingredients—enough to make one Nisha Vora recipe a week. We decide together which recipes we want to cook. I feel as though I am running a mini vegan restaurant in my home kitchen. The recipes are so premium, so delicious, and simply so flavorful—which makes sense, because the book is after all titled Big Vegan Flavor.

I very much admire the time and effort Nisha has put into developing her recipes. I believe she made pancakes over two dozen times, just to find the right balance of vegan sour cream, and other ingredients, to use. She works hard at this so we don’t have to.

 During this time, I have learned a valuable lesson: the more time and effort you put into cooking, the more you will be rewarded. Hard work always pays off; and with cooking, you get something tangible for your troubles, which is a tasty meal. The more elaborate you become, the more delicious your reward is. On top of it all, cooking has allowed me to share the fruits of my labor with my parents, who are always along for the ride.

To conclude, I would highly recommend looking into purchasing Big Vegan Flavor. Acquiring it would be a decision you would most definitely not regret. I personally believe that even non-vegans would enjoy the recipes in this book. They are very indulgent, no matter what your dietary preferences are. My Aunt Sue recently bought herself a copy, and we are enjoying swapping stories about how certain recipes have worked for us. I love food and cooking, just as I have loved exploring the intricacies of this very special book.