Jackie Sobon - Vegan Yack Attack on the Go!: Plant-Based Recipes for Your Fast-Paced Vegan Lifestyle [burst] - Quick & Easy - Portable - Make-Ahead - And More!

When I first went vegan, nearly seven years ago, I worked full-time as a design engineer in a boring office with a boring lunch room. I wasnt really into cooking at the time, and I was buying freezer meals for lunch and snacking on chips and cookies. But, freezer food was pretty pricey for what I was getting out of it, and that ultimately started me on my path to home-cooking. For the first month or so, I was looking up recipes and packing them for breakfast and lunch, on the go. Then, looking up recipes led me to researching about quality ingredients and where my food was actually coming from. Bless the internet for being the rabbit hole that it is because it was not long before I decided to go vegetarian.

And, a couple months later, I went vegan. I just could not deny the facts about the effects of animal agriculture on climate change, the effects of animal products on health, and the treatment of workers and animals in factory farms. After that, I was in a pinch. Back then, vegan freezer meals were not a thing, so living on frozen food was definitely out. So, I ate mostly raw food at work because it was super easy to chop up fruits and nuts for breakfast and to make massive salads for lunch. For dinner, I would be exhausted from the hour-long drive home, and I would make quick stir-fries and sauts.

My switch to eating a lot more colorful fruits and veggies inspired me to create and experiment more. So, here we are a few years later, with my blog Vegan Yack Attack, my first cookbook, Vegan Bowl Attack!, and now this. My mission with this book is to give you a wide variety of meals that are fun, tasty, and quick to put together. On the flip side, I have some chapters that will help you literally eat on the go! The recipes are portable and can be prepped ahead, or you can keep them on hand while youre traveling to make your life easier. It is fun getting back to my cooking roots and continuing to make eating vegan more funand incredibly deliciousfor everyone.

More often than not, the idea of switching around your food life can be daunting.

The pantry, methods, and tools you are familiar with may not be the same as those you use with vegan cooking. Have no fear, I will cover the basics for you to make this as painless as possible. While some ingredients may be a little peculiar, 95 percent of them are usually quite easy to find.