Welcome To The New RITZ

NOT YOUR USUAL RITZ. Limited Edition for the holidays. Puffy, lighter, thicker, almost tender. Still animal-free. 5 crackers 80 calories. Not bad. Who needs dip or spread with a cracker this fine! Still, it is the holidays, so add your favorite fine dip or spread, OR CHECK IN THE AFC APPETIZER section. AFC APPETIZER

Gordon Plant-Based Patties

Gordon Plant-Based Patties - Made With Pea Protein. Eight PATTIES to a box NET WT 32 oz. (2 pounds). And guess what? There's a Gordon's near where I live in Florida, just like Cleveland, only Cleveland's GORDON store was right across the street. This GORDON's is an UBER ride away. I can order online, stillContinue reading "Gordon Plant-Based Patties"

Fresh Vs Canned Or Frozen

Why frown at canned and frozen foods? If fresh is best and it is, then the freshest your food is at the outset, the better for you, the healthier for you, and it's cheaper too. Health, not only includes vitamins and minerals, but more importantly, means free of harmful bacteria, virus and chemicals. Consider theContinue reading "Fresh Vs Canned Or Frozen"

Saratoga Sparkling Spring Water – Warning!

Saratoga Sparkling Spring Water - Warning! Since 1872. Saratoga Sparkling Carefully Curated Spring Water 28 oz. sold in glass or plastic bottles  Steve bought both unbeknownst to me. Great tasting and feel-to-the-throat. I drank half of it, then recapped it and set it aside in my office. Much to my surprise and dismay when IContinue reading "Saratoga Sparkling Spring Water – Warning!"

Orange Saffron Mozzarella Spread

Orange Saffron Mozzarella Spread Topped with Eggplant Caponata and Capers. Chef Sharon establishing new traditions within the animal-free culinary world of the GOAT experience! Makes 1 cup spread 8 oz. MiYoko's Creamery Classic Plant Milk Cultured Mozzarella 2 T. froz. orange juice concentrate, in frozen form 1 pinch (as large or small as you like)Continue reading "Orange Saffron Mozzarella Spread"

Saucy Tomato Bean Soup

Saucy Tomato Bean Soup It's Steve's birthday today and he wanted to start another weight loss program, so didn't want to go out to eat and didn't want me to cook, but I decided to make him a red and greasy as he calls it, anyway, since he'd probably change his mind - and heContinue reading "Saucy Tomato Bean Soup"

RE: Chicken wings advertised as ‘boneless’ can have bones, Ohio Supreme Court decides

SHARON'S COMMENT: Regardless if it's animal chicken or not, the supreme court shouldn't be hearing cases on what should or shouldn't be acceptable in any food that advertises that some ingredient is NOT contained in it. For instance, for years powdered coffee creamer advertised as dairy-free when in fact by law it was allowed toContinue reading "RE: Chicken wings advertised as ‘boneless’ can have bones, Ohio Supreme Court decides"

Ka’Chava Blueberry Mousse

KA’CHAVA BLUEBERRY MOUSSE RICH'S WHIP TOPPING mixed with Ka'Chava superfood powder, cocoa powder, vanilla, Marsala wine with fresh blueberries. Garnished with a fresh basil leaf. Each serving drizzled with a teaspoon of Marsala!! Serves 5 1 c. RICH’S WHIP TOPPING 2 T. Ka’Chava powder, chocolate flavor 2 T. unsweetened cocoa powder 2 t. imitation vanillaContinue reading "Ka’Chava Blueberry Mousse"

Peach And Green Olive Mayo Sauce

Canned sliced peaches and pimento stuffed green olives blended with Elmhurst Milked Walnuts (walnut milk made with only walnuts and water). A simple milk, simply seasoned with garlic, onion, turmeric and smoked paprika. Simply thickened with guar gum and xanthan gum powders. Use hot or cold - as a spread or dipping sauce for vegContinue reading "Peach And Green Olive Mayo Sauce"

Which Girl Scout Cookies Contain No Animal Products?

WHICH GIRL SCOUT COOKIES ARE Vegan? The official Girl Scout site states the following are vegan: the prices are from amazon.com Thin Mints 13.99 per box Peanut Butter Patties  12.95 per box Lemonades  14.75 per box (14 cookies) Toast-Yay  13.75 per box  (16 cookies) You can purchase these cookies on amazon.com, but be sure they'reContinue reading "Which Girl Scout Cookies Contain No Animal Products?"

Racconto Cauliflower Gnocchi

What's wrong with this label? At first glance I think it's gluten-free, since many companies now make gluten-free pastas using cauliflower but they also use egg in the formula, this gnocchi had no egg. Thinking further I think it's made of all cauliflower. I just got done ricing cauliflower to use in recipes where normallyContinue reading "Racconto Cauliflower Gnocchi"

Diet Coke Gipping You

Take a little off the top. It’s called skimming. Skim the product, then simultaneously raise the price. That’s called scamming the customer. Are you being scammed by COKE? If everyone does it, then it’s called Business. RECYCLE ME. That’s what it says on the bottle. I’ll recycle it by not buying it, howdya like thatContinue reading "Diet Coke Gipping You"

Coffee And Pepsi Make Magic

These drinks were made at home. ZERO CALORIES Another creamy cola drink. This time no cream. We create a cream within the glass instead. Only two ingredients. What's nice about this particular drink is you can carry the instant coffee in your purse or pant pocket in a little container - don't make it obvious.Continue reading "Coffee And Pepsi Make Magic"

Creamy Diet Coke And Saffron

I never saw anything like it. I don't know what made me think of combining the three, but it worked. In fact I'm drinking one right now. Feels so good on the stomach and satisfies like fat and sugar, though there's very little sweet or fat. RICH'S WHIP 2 t. liquid equals 2 T. whipped.Continue reading "Creamy Diet Coke And Saffron"

South Korea Unveils Plant-Based Food Industry

SEOUL, Oct. 24 (Korea Bizwire) – The government of South Korea has made the strategic decision to foster the development of a plant-based food industry within the country. Plant-based substitutes, consisting of ingredients like soybeans, are being promoted as alternatives to animal protein. On Monday, the Ministry of Agriculture, Food, and Rural Affairs unveiled its comprehensiveContinue reading "South Korea Unveils Plant-Based Food Industry"

Mitchell’s Vegan Ice-Cream

I don't know the first thing about buckeyes, except that I've lived in the Buckeye State of Ohio since 1994 and it is now 2023. Steve brought this home, since we tried Mitchell's Vegan ice-Cream in the past and liked it. I'm not sure what a buckeye is but in doing a quick research it'sContinue reading "Mitchell’s Vegan Ice-Cream"

New Red Velvet Oreo Cookies

New to me. Maybe at this time in the animal-free food evolution the term accidentally vegan no longer aptly applies, since any company that originally was animal-free had to choose to stay that way to still contain no animal products, which is intentional and not accidental. That being said, I've noted before that as aContinue reading "New Red Velvet Oreo Cookies"

Looks Like JUST EGG got the boot, or did they?

this is in their own words: "On the hunt for a bottle of JUST Egg?   Fear not, your shelves should be restocked any day now. Our distribution has never been higher and we’ve been working hard to keep up with demand. Don’t forget to hop over to the frozen section and try JUST Egg Folded too."Continue reading "Looks Like JUST EGG got the boot, or did they?"

What Will the NotCo X Mars Wrigley Collab Look Like?

TAFC ClipBoard: Hopefully the union will result in Wrigley and Mars turning their own tables and getting on the ANIMAL-FREE plant-based bandwagon. It sounds exciting, animal-free plant-based milk, burgers, chicken and snacks, even dog food. Hooray for Saturday. Had it been a day off I might still be sleeping, but the keyboard drew me andContinue reading "What Will the NotCo X Mars Wrigley Collab Look Like?"

Creamy Marinara Dip

Creamy Marinara Dip Voila! French Italiano Kicks Hellman's Up A Notch using Animal-Free Mayo direct from the heart of Ireland - mine! I used this simple combo as a dip for air-fry tater tots with excellent results. Simply use your favorite jarred marinara sauce and add Hellman's Vegan mayo to it, as desired, doesn't takeContinue reading "Creamy Marinara Dip"

Pretzel Pizza From A Box

Pretzel Pizza From A Box Steve brought this home. It was on sale. I figured I could make  pizza out of it, so here goes. 1.99 lb. box Ben's soft Pretzel baking kit makes 10 pretzels or in our case today 2 pizzas. Contents of box includes a sugar & cinnamon packet, which we won'tContinue reading "Pretzel Pizza From A Box"

Majority vs Minority and Tipping Points

Majority vs Minority and Tipping Points Spanish are the majority in Mexico, Central America and South America, plus Spain and several island communities. So why immigrate to a country where they'll be a minority? Minorities lose; they're the forgotten people because there are so few of them, okay? You know that, no one has toContinue reading "Majority vs Minority and Tipping Points"

Madison Avenue Blocks The Animal-Free Chef For Mature Content, Then Approves F**k Ads On Her Site

A picture is worth a thousand words. There are no more words to describe the hypocrisy of Word Press in this matter. However, Word Press thew me into the pornography bin where there's lots of slavery going on, where no one would ever see my work, nor click onto it, essentially destroying The Animal-Free ChefContinue reading "Madison Avenue Blocks The Animal-Free Chef For Mature Content, Then Approves F**k Ads On Her Site"

Upscale Balsamic Peanut Butter Preserves

Upscale Balsamic Peanut Butter Preserves https://theanimalfreechefprimecontent.wordpress.com/2023/05/08/upscale-balsamic-peanut-butter-preserves/

Food Wars Are On The Horizon

Labeling Food Destined For Restaurants The Legislative branch of the USA government thinks they're helping small businesses by not requiring ingredient labeling on packaged foods destined for restaurants, claiming that labeling will increase the cost of the foods, thus hurt small businesses, when actually they're helping the large corporations who manufacture those products.  Small businessesContinue reading "Food Wars Are On The Horizon"

KIDS AND GUNS

GETTING AWAY WITH MURDER Don't think because I took a short vacation from my computer that all is well. I'm back and angry as hell. STOP BLAMING THE GUN. Who pulled the trigger? Again, NOT THE GUN. The almighty gun doesn't shoot itself. GUNS DON'T HAVE HANDS OR FEET OR BRAINS All of a suddenContinue reading "KIDS AND GUNS"

CUT & RUN by Sharon

SWEAT SHIRT CONVERTS or SCISSORED SWEATS! Tired of looking DOWDY in your Sweats? You know, the ones you don't wear any more? Tired of saving decades-long old sweats thinking you might need them someday during the pandemic due to some strange phenomena that made all your clothes disappear, except for those DOWDY SWEATS! Don't haveContinue reading "CUT & RUN by Sharon"

Dalmatia Fig And Cheese Crackers

Ritz crackers Animal-free cheese single slices, any flavor or brand you like, at room temperature, cut into squares that fit the cracker Dalmatia Fig Spread That's all you need to create old, familiar and new. Make a platter full. Sometimes you just want easy! 1- Top each cracker with a cheese cut. 2- Top theContinue reading "Dalmatia Fig And Cheese Crackers"

Why Put The Animal In A Product If Not Needed?

Financially Advantageous Using animal products not needed in a recipe is financially advantageous, otherwise they wouldn't do it. If Trident gum can be made without animal products, and some of it is, then why keep any animal products in their other gums? It's financially advantageous, otherwise they wouldn't do it. Business is business. Somebody's payingContinue reading "Why Put The Animal In A Product If Not Needed?"

GOYA PLANTAIN CHIPS

GOYA PLANTAIN CHIPS served with a homemade BANANA HOT SAUCE. Ketchup with bananas in the same sauce?? You betcha'! Why always go with the old, when the new is just waiting to be discovered? Banana is old - ketchup is old - together is new! And you have a very high IQ - busting atContinue reading "GOYA PLANTAIN CHIPS"

My Belated Happy Birthday Vegan Cake!

Okay, doughnuts - even better from: The Vegan Doughnut Company Steve, on his way home from the doctor, walking to the bus stop saw standing right in front of him, none other than you guessed it - a vegan doughnut shop. Donuts have always been my favorite - from when a kid. I don't haveContinue reading "My Belated Happy Birthday Vegan Cake!"

Morning Star Meat Lovers Bad Batch

You can see on the package that these were not outdated. The photo of the burgers in the skillet proves that just because something looks good doesn't mean it is. MorningStar Farms The Meat Lovers Burger Plant-Based - bad batch is all I can figure Steve and I brag to each other that out ofContinue reading "Morning Star Meat Lovers Bad Batch"

Promises Made For Keeping

PROMISES MADE FOR KEEPING God grant me the strength to fight through argument those who terrorize me and others, no matter who they be. God grant me discipline in my everyday life, so that every day I may accomplish a new task that requires that discipline. God grant me courage to fight oppression, bombs andContinue reading "Promises Made For Keeping"

Tofurky Ham Roast

Tofurky Ham Roast As a kid, yes a baby goat, my favorite animal meat was ham, hands down, all the way around, no matter what the occasion I picked ham over all else, even veggies, not dessert though. This animal-free ham did not conjure up those memories, instead it created new ones. It needs aContinue reading "Tofurky Ham Roast"

“How’s Your Ham Hanging” is the saying – update

OSCAR MEYER Good Night HAM A woman appearing to luxuriate, or could be drugged, as a piece of meat, ham specifically on a slice of bed ops bread, one woman, one blanket slice, then she's piled on by a bunch more pig slices (a gang of them), aka pork. Then topped with let us, opsContinue reading "“How’s Your Ham Hanging” is the saying – update"

The Madison Avenue Lock and Locks

The Madison Avenue Locks bombed according to this observer. Most copycat behaviors are not consciously or conspicuously copycatted. Someone sees something they like and next thing they know they have it or are doing the same thing, whatever that thing was that they liked. They may not even remember that they saw it a whileContinue reading "The Madison Avenue Lock and Locks"

Europeans More Receptive To Plant Fast Food Than Americans

the animal-free chef TAFC ClipBoard: Sharon's commentary: When sales suddenly plummet, fast food giants will be bewildered. We gave the people what they wanted, now they cut and run. No, no, you didn't give them what they wanted, you gave them what the Slaughter Industry wanted, that then used Madison Avenue to trick them intoContinue reading "Europeans More Receptive To Plant Fast Food Than Americans"

Trader Joe’s Italian Sausage

Although the feel of the sausage raw was heavy and thick, which might lead one to cook them longer than necessary, upon eating they were tender not mushy and a bit juicy. I had mine with a dipping sauce of Thai Peanut Sauce by Two Brothers - a Heinen's store brand mixed with a littleContinue reading "Trader Joe’s Italian Sausage"

Plant Based Can Be A Contradiction

Plant based designations give a lot of leeway in categorizing products based on ingredients. It can mean a product contains all plants or foundationally plant with some animal. If I make an animal based marinara sauce, it also has tomatoes in it, so it can be called plant-based or animal-based. I can make a brothContinue reading "Plant Based Can Be A Contradiction"

Hey, I’m just a nobody afraid of hitch hiking.

It goes way back. Something about not getting into cars with strangers. It generalized to any type of vehicle or agenda. That's probably why I prefer to work alone. I trust myself with myself. Everybody has opinions and views. I don't need to hitch a ride onto anybody else's. I don't seek that type ofContinue reading "Hey, I’m just a nobody afraid of hitch hiking."

NASOYA tofu Vegetable DUMPLINGS

One year apart I cooked and served these dumplings on separate occasions. Use any sauce you like for the dippers. The second round I added a few pine nuts to the skillet. Basically follow package instructions except for one addition: In order to soften the dumplings enough for my tastes, after I pan-fry them IContinue reading "NASOYA tofu Vegetable DUMPLINGS"

Animal-Eaters Want The Impossible Taste In Their Animal Meat

Impossible Burger Meat tastes like everybody wishes animal meat tasted. My guess is that in future, animal meat companies will be adding the veg blood made from the contents of the soy root nodule (cups of nitrogen-fixed bacteria) to enhance the blood taste of their animal meats. Hot dogs too, anything that has a recipe.Continue reading "Animal-Eaters Want The Impossible Taste In Their Animal Meat"

Insect Goo On Your Fruits, Vegetables, Candy

Is Insect Goo An Allergen? The insect laden wax that candy, produce and other food companies use to coat thus preserve their product may be what's making you sick, not the sugar as so many claimed in the past, specifically scientists. Why did it take so long to expose? Because India, the so-called vegetarian peopleContinue reading "Insect Goo On Your Fruits, Vegetables, Candy"

Venice Maid Vegetarian Vegetable Soup – what’s wrong with it?

Venice Maid Vegetarian Vegetable Soup Note the egg in the ingredient label. Who would think that a vegetatian vegetable soup would have egg in it? Eggs are not vegetables. Eggs are currently sky-high I'm told. Companies making up for pandemic loses. I'm thinking there must be cheaper ways to thicken a soup than using eggs,Continue reading "Venice Maid Vegetarian Vegetable Soup – what’s wrong with it?"

CI Bartenders, Servers, Cooks, et al

- a different kind of review - Would you wonder why a tavern would habitually over pour customers, let them get so drunk they can hardly stand? That's where all the Confidential Informants and government assets hang out. How does an owner sustain the losses? They don't. How do they stay in business? Somebody's payingContinue reading "CI Bartenders, Servers, Cooks, et al"

Review of Junior Mints

Accidentally Vegan - a discovery Shellac or lac resin is a product that is imported from India and is used in waxes for citrus fruits, apples and pears. It is a product that is derived from the secretions of the tiny lac insect. The lac insect secretes “lac-resin” from its glands onto a host tree. ManyContinue reading "Review of Junior Mints"

Flavonoids And Animals

Sharon's Opinion: After searching the internet for charts showing the multitude of foods containing flavonoids one thing that stood out startlingly clear is that animals were not on the flavonoid menu. The charts either were too small to read or they were not downloadable to Word Press. All I did find was this: "Flavonoids demonstrateContinue reading "Flavonoids And Animals"

I Love You Dad

They had more than enough time to reverse their decisions, regarding the ban of your animal-free sites. They banned your animal-free brand that took you fifty-one years to develop - not because of controversy, but because your words carry too much weight and power and they want it all their way. Well guess what? You'veContinue reading "I Love You Dad"