Vegan delights : 88 delicious recipes for the complete three-course meal

331 Pages·2015·12.03 MB·English

by  Rodriguez

Copyright © 2015 by Skyhorse Publishing
Original title: Delicias Veganas
© Toni Rodríguez
© Becky Lawton, for the photography
© Editorial Océano, S.L.
(Barcelona, Spain)
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data is available on file.
Cover design by Erin Seaward-Hiatt
Cover photo credit Becky Lawton
Print ISBN: 978-1-63450-457-7
Ebook ISBN: 978-1-63450-475-1
Printed in China
Because the main ingredient of every recipe is love,
this is for all the people who love animals and
enjoy good cooking.
Contents
Eat, drink, enjoy
Cooking is love
Vegan temptations
What are we talking about?
Good reasons to be vegan
Where do I start?
Let’s eat well
A well-equipped kitchen
Culinary techniques
Myths be gone!
First courses
Second courses
Desserts
Recipe index
Also available

Eat, drink, enjoy
M
ore than ten years ago, I stopped eating animals. It took me a long time to realize that
eating muscle, membranes, and other products was just something I enjoyed … but that it
was costing the lives of those animals that were arriving at my plate. Now that I think
about it, how could I feel pleasure while eating the organs of animals instead of tomatoes,
tofu, hummus, or pesto? I must have been crazy then, or maybe the craze actually came to
me ten years ago. Surely, being different and feeling intense empathy for animals must be a
beautiful kind of insanity.
I haven’t given up on pleasure. In fact, I think that deep down I am a hedonist. I am always
searching for new flavors, I prefer to have a bit of sun on my face, traveling rather than
staying put, eating, drinking, enjoying … perhaps that’s why I start salivating when I open
the book that you are now holding in your hands.
I’ve known Toni since he was 17 years old, when he dreamed of becoming a rock star. We
both stopped eating animals because we believe that they have the same right as we do to
not be devoured and to enjoy their lives peacefully and freely. We believe this in our heads
and hearts, and these recipes lead us to believe with our palates that there is no reason to
continue sending animals to the slaughterhouse.
This book contains more than just recipes. Its pages are filled with loving encounters,
picnic outings, formal dinners, games, and gifts. They contain an infinite number of
enjoyable scenarios, without even a shadow of suffering.
Francisco Vásquez Neira
Co-founder of AnimaNaturalis Internacional
Cooking is love
M
y father taught me a guiding principle: “You must work hard to obtain what you
want.” Work and … lots of love. Because the main ingredient of every recipe is love, there
is an affection that you impart while making it. In fact, I began cooking because of love.
My partner, also vegan, couldn’t do it because of work, and from there I found a new
passion: wholesome cooking.
I am vegan for ethical reasons. I refuse to eat anything that involves the mistreatment of
animals. My recipes do not use any ingredients that come from animals (meat, milk, eggs,
honey). If cooking is love, there can be no suffering involved.
As a vegan chef, I am always excited to try new things in the kitchen. This book is a good
example. In these pages you will find a great number of original, fun, and easy to prepare
recipes. You’ll discover new textures, new flavors, new ways of preparing one hundred
percent healthy and natural ingredients.
I hope you enjoy and that your dinner guests also enjoy the offerings of Vegan Delights.
And if you would like to try out some more recipes, don’t forget to visit
www.lujuriavegana.com. I’ll be waiting for you there with new ideas! To finish up, I’d like
to give my most sincere thanks to the whole team at Editorial Océano. Without them, this
book would not have been possible. A million heartfelt thanks.
Toni Rodríguez