Vegetarian Star

Just picked up your copy of Betty Goes Vegan and still deciding on which of the 500 recipes to try first?

PETA has compiled its top 10 list of favorite recipes from the book by Dan and Annie Shannon that veganizes traditional family-style Betty Crocker recipes.

From breakfast foods like toast to snacks like nachos to desserts like cheesecakes, here are a few dishes to get you started.

In no particular order:

–French Toast
–Pearberry Crumble Breakfast Cups
–Hawaiian Waffles with Tropical Rum and Maple Syrup
–Vegan Chicken Fingers and Oven Baked Potato Wedges
–Nacho Knots
–Pocket Calzones
–Siesta Taco Soup
–Sloppy Joes
–Vegan New York Cheesecake
–Vegan Coconut Cream Pie

If the titles of these dishes aren’t enticing enough, there are beautiful color photos at PETA that will send you straight to the kitchen upon viewing.

Several things inspired co-author Annie Shannon to take on the Betty Crocker project, including a scene in Julie & Julia that featured the cookbook author who blogged about Julia Child recipes boiling lobster alive. Shannon wanted to do a similar project, but with less killing.

“The truth is that you don’t need to hurt anyone to make good food and boiling anyone alive is not OK. With today’s technology – anything can be vegan and I want to prove it,” Shannon told The Vegan Police.

“Betty Crocker has a well-deserved reputation for teaching cooks how to make almost anything and how to get products to reach their full potential. I just want to do that with vegan products, and if we happened to debunk any prejudices people may have towards vegan foods… well that would kinda be the best thing ever.”

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