Vegan 4th of July
So many options for a satisfying 4th of July feast when you explore all that plants have to offer and leave animals off your plates!
No need to hurt animals to have a fun and delicious BBQ!
Yummy recipes by Minimalist Baker here!
Animal-Friendly 4th of July BBQ
With this weekend’s BBQs leading up to the 4th of July, be sure to enjoy delicious meals that don’t support the abuse and killing of animals.
There are countless vegan burgers and hotdogs, as well as vegan cheeses, available in grocery stores-- convenient, tasty, and animal-friendly!
There are also many nutritious recipes online if you’d prefer homemade burgers, such as these:
Easy to make, totally fresh and cool for summer. Bring these to your next potluck or cookout, be the star of the event.
For just $10, you can meet Bob and his rock! (And our other residents, and their rocks—if they have rocks.) Enjoy a guided tour of Animal Place’s Grass Valley sanctuary on Fridays and Saturdays throughout the summer. Register to meet Bob this Saturday.
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When you don't have sweat glands, you gotta use your smarts to keep cool. Katherine chills out in a mud pond to stave off the heat.
Animal Place’s Rescue Ranch manager, Jan, gets food and fans ready to keep these rescued girls cooled down and happy until they find their forever homes.
102 degrees last weekend? No problem! Ruby has it covered.
It’s summer time...you have no excuse not to enjoy it with some delicious non-dairy ice creams! What are YOUR favorite non-dairy frozen treats?
[Sunflower water color credit to Beth Parker]
Animal Place is hosting the first-ever, one-of-a-kind Farmed Animal Conference!
Come get inspired to put your compassion into action for farmed animals. Join more than a dozen fabulous speakers and explore workshops ranging from hands-on animal handling to vegan cheesemaking to identifying farmed animal emotions and behavior!
For more information about the event:http://www.farmedanimalconference.org/
Summer is the perfect time to introduce delicious vegan food to all your omnivorous friends! At the next potluck, try one of these recipes that are guaranteed to knock their socks off!
BBQ Cauliflower Bites
You no longer have to serve dishes high in cholesterol and cruelty. Instead, you can "WOW" your friends with these BBQ Cauliflower Bites.
- Yield : 25 Cauliflower Bites
- Servings : 4
- Prep Time : 15m
- Cook Time : 20m
- Ready In : 35m
- Estimated Cost Per Serving: $.34
Ingredients
- 1/2 a Head of Cauliflower
- 1 Cup of Flour
- 1 Cup of Non Dairy Milk
- 1 Teaspoon of Garlic Powder
- 1 Teaspoon of Onion Powder
- 1/2 Teaspoon of Paprika
- 1/2 Teaspoon of Brown Sugar
- 1/2 Teaspoon of Liquid Smoke (optional)
- 1 Cup of BBQ Sauce
-Pre heat oven to 450f.
-Cut cauliflower into thin strips about 1/2 inch wide, and 2 -3 inches long.
-Mix flour, non dairy milk, garlic powder, onion powder, paprika, brown sugar, and liquid smoke together in a bowl.
-Dip cauliflower pieces in flour mixture, making sure to coat the entire piece.
-Place cauliflower pieces onto a non stick baking sheer, or sheet coated with cooking spray
-Place in oven for 15 minutes.
-While cauliflower is cooking, heat BBQ sauce in a sauce pan.
-Remove cauliflower pieces from oven and dip in BBQ sauce. Place pieces back on baking sheet and cook for 5 more minutes.
-Remove from oven, and enjoy!
Black Bean & Quinoa Burgers
Ditch the frozen burgers and make this instead. Doesn't it just look amazing?!
Ingredients
- 1 Can of Black Beans, rinsed and drained
- 1 Cup of Quinoa
- 1/3 Cup of BBQ Sauce
- 2 Cloves of Garlic
- 1/2 Cup of Onion, diced
- 1 Tablespoon of Liquid Smoke
- 2 Cups of Water
- 1 Cup of Whole Wheat Bread Crumbs
- Buns
-Place quinoa in a pot with 2 cups of water. Bring to a boil, lower heat, and simmer until Quinoa has absorbed water.
-Place cooked quinoa in the refrigerator to cool.
-While quinoa is cooling, place beans, BBQ sauce, onion, garlic, and liquid smoke into a food processor. Pulse until a paste is formed. If you do not have a food processor, place in a bowl and mash with a fork or potato masher.
-Mix quinoa into the bean mixture.
-Stir in bread crumbs, and place in refrigerator for a half hour.
-Remove mixture from refrigerator and form into 4 - 5inch patties. Make sure they are no more than half an inch thick.
-Cook in a non stick pan or on a grill until both sides are crispy.
-Place in bun, and top with your favorite burger toppings.
Estimated Cost Per Serving: $1.20
Chickpea Salad
This tastes very similar to a "tuna salad", and even moreso when you add a dab of veganaise. Your family wont even think twice when they taste how delicious it is.
Estimated Cost Per Serving: $.50 – .75
Ingredients
- 2 Cans of Chickpeas, rinsed and drained
- 1 Red Bell Pepper, diced
- 1 Tomato, diced
- 2 Celery Stalks, diced
- 1 Dill Pickle, diced
- 1/2 Teaspoon of Garlic Powder
- 1/2 Teaspoon of Onion Powder
- 1/2 Teaspoon of Salt
- 1 Teaspoon of Paprika
- 1/2 Teaspoon of Salt
- 1 Tablespoon of Mustard
-Put chickpeas in a bowl, and mash with a fork or potato masher. Mash until beans are smooth.
-Add all other ingredients and mix in.
-You can spread this on pitas or bread. Enjoy!
Summer enjoys freedom. On dairy farms across the country, animals like Summer are crammed, shoved, forced to fit into small worlds of deprivation and sorrow. They are stolen from grieving mothers and spend days, weeks, months searching for that life-nurturing milk. Sucking on themselves, fence posts, chains, hands of humans, hair, shoelaces...desperate acts of senseless nursing masquerading as adorable displays of connection. Remember this: Summer was not born so you could drink his mother's milk. Humans infiltrated the natural order and destroyed a beautiful, normal bond between cow and calf, mother and child. Summer exists for himself, sometimes for his friends, sometimes for the unknown and unknowable. Summer turns five this year. As animals here age, it is hard not to think of those who don't, whose throats are slashed at young, sensitive ages. On a veal farm, Summer would have been killed at 18-24 weeks. On a feedlot, death would have come at 18-24 months. How bizarre that, compared to farmed bovines, five is ancient. May Summer enjoy another 10-15 years of sanctuary. The bizarre and senseless acts of violence inflicted on farmed animals are extreme...that the decision to be vegan is a natural response to this intense suffering. -Marji Beach, Education Director Photo by Andrea White
Throwback Thursday: Summer
#ThrowbackThursday time! Your votes were counted and cows won out this week! Here's Summer circa 2009 when he met the best cow ever, Sadie (RIP). Summer turned 4 this year.