Vegan Cookies Invade Your Cookie Jar: 100 Dairy-Free Recipes For Everyone's Favorite Treats (2009) - Plot & Excerpts
I started my autistic son on a GFCF diet four years ago in the hopes that it would help to reduce his eczema and hyper-tantrums. It worked. The problem remained how do I make baked goods without animal product. This book is awesome. It has recipes for all tastes AND the ingredients are easy to find. Mind you, vegan ingredients are a bit more expensive. BUT...1. My son has had three ear infections and only the occasional cold during his eight years on the planet. He goes to school and I am a teacher, so he is exposed to pathogens all the time. He is also 4'4" and healthier than anyone I know.2. The eczema subsided within one month. No more steroid cream.3. He has never had a cavity as I use unrefined sugar (white sugar use bone char) and always reduce the sugar by half (which does not affect these recipes).4. Many of these companies use minimal packaging and emphasize environmental responsibility. How honest they are is another story? 5. He is a child who actually eats fruits and vegetables, because they are the main sugar component in the food. Buckwheat flour, in particular, can hide most vegetable flavors if you add finely shredded carrots, zucchini, beets, sweet potato, or squash. He doesn't like processed flavors.People wonder why autism, ADHD, psych disorders, and obesity in children are on the rise. It's because we feed our kids chemicals and not food. Many parents sigh and say "I would provide a healthier diet but the kids would complain." Who the hell is in charge here?! My son does not have the option of "no" because I never gave it to him. Sometimes you have to sell a healthy diet. He doesn't know every baked good I make for him has a vegetable and a fruit in it. All he know is it has chocolate chips (a small amount goes a long way and, yes, they are vegan.) Reciprocity is a helpful tool with kids. Kid wants chocolate, I want him to eat a vegetable. The combo of the two in a muffin or cookie solves the problem and not battle ensued. If you teach your kids that chemicals are the enemy, not produce, from the start, then there will be not a complaining battle of wills. More recipes than not appeal to me. Lots of creative recipes with new flavours I haven't seen in vegan baking, and I love that gluten-free and healthier recipes are included as well. The introduction and portion containing lots of info about vegan baking (and specifically the recipes in this book) is actually useful and I learned something, as I do from any of Isa Chandra Moskowitz and/or Terry Hope Romero.
What do You think about Vegan Cookies Invade Your Cookie Jar: 100 Dairy-Free Recipes For Everyone's Favorite Treats (2009)?
I still have a lot of recipes to try but so far everything has been amazing!
—crunchyglitter
City Girl Snickerdoodles are now a weekly staple.
—tippymn
