Goodbaker’s Blog

I was excited to hear that So Delicious (parent company Turtle Mountain) was introducing soy yogurt, because their soy ice cream is fantastic. I bought my first 6-oz container last night. Review follows:

This super-rich yet low-fat brownie recipe is one I’ve been working on since I read about the idea in 101cookbooks.com. (the original recipe uses 4 eggs) It uses black beans kind of like you’d use tofu. I’ve modified the recipe liberally to make it vegan.
Here is the black bean brownie recipe so far. It’s really […]

The USDA and the Dairy Industry have been forced to halt misleading weight-loss ads after the  Physicians Group for Responsible Medicine lobbied the Federal Trade Commission. They have been forced to stop claiming that dairy products help with weight loss because such claims are not supported by existing scientific research, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) […]

Our ganache frosting makes super-easy vegan truffles and fudge. To make your own hand-made truffles with our frosting mix, simply prepare according to package directions (add boiling water, stir and allow to cool). Then, scoop out rounded teaspoon-sized balls, roll and place on wax paper dusted with cocoa powder. Sprinkle with more cocoa powder and […]

My aunt recently told me about an acquaintance who had been placed on a restricted diet. So she thought Goodbaker mixes might be good for him. Now, I adore my Aunt, but this annoyed me profoundly, because it represents a common but erroneous way of thinking about food choices. I believe it is not necessary […]

I’m frustrated with the overly-sweetened soy yogurts I find in my local grocery stores. The extreme amounts of sugar in them cancel out any health benefits, in my humble opinion. So after seeing Martha Stewart make homemade dairy yogurt on TV, I decided to make homemade soy yogurt. It’s surprisingly satisfying.

A friend, who eats eggs, gave me a crepe pan recently. I couldn’t find a good vegan crepe recipe, so I invented my own. It’s surprisingly simple:

Mahatma Gandhi once said, “First they ignore you. Then they laugh at you. Then they fight you. Then you win.” The agrichemical industry is now in attack mode.

A study published in the November 2004 issue of the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, shows that women who consume two or more glasses of milk a day have twice the risk of a certain form of ovarian cancer than those who rarely or never consume milk.

There’s a good, but much too brief, interview with Neal Barnard, the Founder of Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine here:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A28550-2004Dec2.html
PCRM is a tremendous force for good. He is the child of cattle ranchers, now a vegetarian
Originally posted 2006-12-22