Comments on: Vegan Desserts Make The Grade

By: Lane

Lane — Thu, 07 May 2009 05:32:26 +0000

Hi Jennie,
Thanks for the link. Jane has tried to make marshmallows once or twice with no success. This sounds promising.

By: Jennie

Jennie — Sun, 03 May 2009 04:56:05 +0000

There is no need to buy marshmallows when you can make your own fabulous vegan marshmallows at home.
The breakthough ingredient to making vegan marshmallows is you need a fluffy mixture into which you beat the jell mixture. Soy protein isolate is what the commercial vegan marshmallow makers use for the fluffy stuff.
See my recipe at;

http://www.meatandeggfree.com/agar-marshmallows.html

By: Lane

Lane — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 05:36:30 +0000

Hi Gary, That would be a great transition, but it'll more likely be a simple "wow, this is good." Jane has a few desserts under her belt now that are really amazing. She makes truffles that no one believes are vegan, and her brownies (actually they're from The Joy of Vegan Baking) are killer!

By: Gary

Gary — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 04:53:48 +0000

Except for the weird comparison at the end, great article from the mainstream press. Hopefully society is gradually transitioning from “Wow, this is good; no way it’s vegan” to “Wow, this is good; I bet it’s vegan.”

By: Lane

Lane — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 06:10:46 +0000

Hi Maija,
Thanks for the link.
As for the meringues, sounds delicious.

By: Maija Haavisto

Maija Haavisto — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 10:38:31 +0000

I probably won’t be developing any recipes with them (unless I get a really good idea for the meringue), but I posted the review of the marshmallows on Suite101 today: http://kids-vegetarian-food.suite101.com/article.cfm/vegan_marshmallow_kit_by_angel_food_in_review (will add some photos to it later today). Actually I made just half of the pack, because I plan to use the rest for a marshmallow chocolate cake from My Sweet Vegan (marshmallow fluff isn’t available in Finland).

Will probably post a review of the meringues next week. Bryanna Clark Grogan also has a recipe for vegan meringues that you can find with Google, but I couldn’t find much commentary about it. Maybe I’ll try it after playing with the kit and see how they compare.

By: Lane

Lane — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 04:46:02 +0000

Hi Maija,
Looking forward to seeing a recipe incorporating the kits on your site soon.

By: Maija Haavisto

Maija Haavisto — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 08:09:56 +0000

I find that it’s actually easier to get good results by baking vegan. I realized ten years ago that eggs are actually detrimental when baking cookies and since that I’ve been baking without them (even though I’m not fully vegan).

I get to try my vegan marshmallow and meringue kits soon, yay!