Vegan Recipes Worth Repeating
Vegan cooking is the case where the ingredient list needs reading rather than skimming, because a single line decides whether the recipe works for you at all.
Which is exactly what a searchable saved copy is good at and a scrolling blog post is not.
8 recipes to start from
Each one opens as a recipe page here, with the ingredients and timings, and credits the creator who published it.
01
Healthy Vegan Cookie Dough
eatwithclarity.com · 25 min · makes 4
Made with maple syrup and chocolate chips. 25 min, makes 4, 7 ingredients.
02
Vegan Vanilla Funfetti Cake
eatwithclarity.com · 55 min · makes 14
Made with potato starch, full fat coconut milk from a and vanilla bean paste. 55 min, makes 14, 13 ingredients.
03
Vegan and healthy chocolate hazelnut bites
lifestyleofafoodie.com · 50 min · makes 32
Made with hazelnuts, maple syrup and coconut cream. 50 min, makes 32, 8 ingredients.
04
Vegan Thin Mints
lovelydelites.com · 1h · makes 18
Made with maple syrup and vegan dark chocolate chips. 1h, makes 18, 7 ingredients.
05
Vegan Berry Crisp
lovelydelites.com · 40 min · makes 10
Made with frozen mixed berries, raspberry jam and old fashioned oats. 40 min, makes 10, 8 ingredients.
06
Vegan Caramel Slice
nourishedbynic.com · 5h · makes 8
Made with unsweetened shredded coconut, milk of choice and medjool dates. 5h, makes 8, 11 ingredients.
07
Vegan Protein Snack Cookies
nourishedbynic.com · 15 min · makes 10
Made with ripe bananas and chocolate chips. 15 min, makes 10, 9 ingredients.
08
vegan cranberry brown sugar cookies
thepalatablelife.com · 25 min · makes 24
Made with cinnamon, ground nutmeg and unsweetened apple sauce. 25 min, makes 24, 15 ingredients.
What makes vegan cooking different to organise
- The whole ingredient list matters, not just the headline. One line can rule a recipe out, and it is often near the bottom.
- Substitutions are the main variable. Which milk, which butter and which egg replacer all change the result, and recipes rarely commit to one.
- Many recipes are vegan by accident, and those are worth tagging as such rather than hunting for them again.
- Texture is where most of these succeed or fail, so your notes on what you changed are more useful than usual.
How to build it
- Record which substitutions you used. They are the variable that decides the result.
- Tag the accidentally vegan recipes when you find them.
- Search by ingredient rather than by dish, since that is how the constraint actually works.
- Note the texture on the first attempt. It is what you will want to change.
Frequently asked questions
Why do vegan recipes turn out differently for different people?
Substitutions. Plant milks, vegan butters and egg replacers all behave differently, and most recipes do not commit to one. Recording what you used is the difference between a repeatable recipe and a lucky one.
Can I search my saved recipes by ingredient?
Yes. Full-text search covers the ingredients as well as the title and steps, which is the useful way to work when a single ingredient decides whether a recipe is an option.