Vegetarian Star

Woodstock Farm Animal Sanctuary is hosting its seventh annual July Jamboree on Saturday, July 6 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

This year’s event offers a lineup of amazing performers and other artists, as well as an impressive menu for food.

Listen to music from rockers Tracy Bonham, Uncle Rock and Seth Davis and say hello to the authors of Betty Goes Vegan, a book that veganized several hundred classic Betty Crocker recipes.

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“Dan and I spent a lot of years talking to people who were either vegan or they stopped being vegan at some point and they were struggling with it. We kept hearing the same things over and over again, that ‘it’s too hard,’ ‘the food’s weird,’ or ‘I really don’t know how to use things like mock meat or fake cheeses.’ And so we really wanted to address those issues.”

–Annie Shannon, co-author of the book that turns takes the meat, egg and dairy out of classic Betty Crocker Recipes, Betty Goes Vegan.

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The art of creating a great vegan dish isn’t just something you wake up and do.

There may be dozens of failed tofu egg scramblers, a burn roux with vegan butter and several patties of seitan that look as if the devil had a hand in messing them up.

Dan and Annie Shannon, authors of a cookbook that removes all the animal products from classic Betty Crocker recipes, had similar experiences when recreating dishes for Betty Goes Vegan.

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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.

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The authors of Betty Goes Vegan, a cookbook created by Dan and Annie Shannon that veganizes many traditional recipes from the classic Betty Crocker cookbook, were guests on Today.

The Shannons discussed several reasons for eating meat and dairy-free versions of Betty Crocker’s chicken recipes.

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Dan and Annie Shannon were guests on the Today show where they demonstrated three of their recipes from a cookbook project that turned hundreds of classic Betty Crocker recipes vegan.

Pesto Chicken Sandwich is one of 500 recipes from Betty Goes Vegan.

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