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cooked dried beans actively being drained from a pot to a colander in a sink

How-To: Cook Dried Beans, 2 Ways

I could boil sugar before I could boil beans. Though boiling sugar still gives me anxiety, boiling beans used to…
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Posted on: October 8, 2025 Last updated on: October 8, 2025 Written by: Does It Vegan?
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How-To: Caramelize Onions

There’s no rule saying a recipe needs 2 or more ingredients. With only onions, however, this post for slow cooker…
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Posted on: October 3, 2025 Last updated on: October 3, 2025 Written by: Does It Vegan?
4 triangular seitan vegan steaks on a griddle plate

Recipe Review: Vegan Steak

I loathe tchotchkes. Rather, my favorite souvenir is inspiration – especially from restaurants. Thus, after dining at Monster Vegan in…
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Posted on: October 3, 2025 Last updated on: October 22, 2025 Written by: Does It Vegan?
completely full frame of 24 test batches of vegan boxed brownies each next to their box

How-To: Veganize Boxed Brownies

Boxed brownies shouldn’t be the next hardest thing after macarons, but in the world of vegan baking, they are. Why…
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Posted on: September 12, 2025 Last updated on: September 26, 2025 Written by: Does It Vegan?
two columns, each with a whole vegan macaron shell, a broken one, and a filled macaron with the right column showing better structural integrity than the left

DIV Test Kitchen: Vegan Macarons

Trace my four-part journey through more than 20 select batches of vegan macarons changing one variable at a time to…
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Posted on: June 25, 2025 Last updated on: July 30, 2025 Written by: Does It Vegan?
spoon suspended vertically with dollop of strained yogurt that's clearly not about to fall

How-To: Strain Yogurt

To me, the most difficult aspect of straining yogurt is having the foresight to do so. It’s a largely inactive…
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Posted on: March 23, 2025 Last updated on: March 23, 2025 Written by: Does It Vegan?
steamer basket loaded with whole, unpeeled garlic cloves

How-To: Steam and Store Fresh Garlic

Is Anthony Bourdain in your head? I refuse to reprint scathing quotes from his memoir Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the…
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Posted on: April 1, 2024 Last updated on: September 26, 2025 Written by: Does It Vegan?
pile of roasted red pepper slices with topmost one shaped into a heart

How-To: Make Roasted Bell Peppers

Gustatorily, home-roasted bell peppers are more flavorful than jarred. But making your own takes time and barely saves you any…
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Posted on: March 30, 2024 Last updated on: March 30, 2024 Written by: Does It Vegan?
glass dish of vegan creamy vinaigrette with a utensil (not shown) lifting and allowing some to drip to show viscosity

How-To: Emulsify a Vinaigrette

Salad dressings that needn’t be shaken and re-shaken are emulsified. To emulsify is to force two or more liquids that…
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Posted on: March 14, 2024 Last updated on: July 30, 2025 Written by: Does It Vegan?
seasoned and roasted head of cauliflower inside a glass baking dish

How-To: Whole-Roast Cauliflower

Whole-roasting cauliflower may be the key to adding this crumbly superfood to your weekly agenda – Or not, but in…
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Posted on: March 12, 2024 Last updated on: March 12, 2024 Written by: Does It Vegan?
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