The Frugal Vegan’s Harvest & Holiday Survival Guide may well be the ultimate vegan cookzine. Firstly, it’s huge, with 88 pages filled with over 80 winter-themed recipes, gift ideas, dog treats and ways to keep warm. Secondly, its cute commentary and mini-articles are highly entertaining. Finally, the recipes totally rock.

Divided into sections, there’s definitely something for everyone in this zine – cookies, soup, drinks to warm your body, desserts, breakfasts, main entrees, side dishes – even ‘hurricane recipes’ to cook if your power goes out. Never baked a cake or casserole on the bbq? This zine tells you how. Seriously.

The recipes are mostly simple and practical, utilising stuff found in most pantries. They include: spicy sweet potato-bean burritos, tofurky, basic muffins, french toast, tomato and lentil soup, peanut butter banana and molasses sandwiches. There’s enough ideas and know-how to get all of your friends coming back for more… and more, and more. Be sure to keep an eye out for the hidden bonus recipes as well!

The author, Lisa, has created a sequel to this zine, as well as other cookzines that adhere to the principal that you can still have fun and eat well when you’re broke.

The Frugal Vegan’s Holiday Harvest Survival Guide
USD $4

WORDS: Lisa Dempster