9 vegan YouTube cooking shows you can’t miss

These shows serve up plant-based cooking know-how and entertainment too.

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Vegans on YouTube tend to be passionate and march to the beat of their own drum, and that’s certainly the case with the best vegan cooking shows. These creators and hosts conceived their shows mostly as passion projects. Some have turned their channels into full-time careers, but all strive to offer vegans delicious food of all kinds. Whether you prefer to get your recipes along with a heavy dose of entertainment or just want to keep it simple, there’s a vegan cooking show out there for you — whether you yourself follow a plant-based diet or not.

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1. What’s Cooking in Esther’s Kitchen

Esther the Wonder Pig is an internet personality like no other. As her moniker suggests, she’s a pig with a presence as big as the hearts of the dads who take care of her. She was once adopted as a mini pig (talk about false advertising) but she kept growing, inspiring her dads to ultimately leave the big city life behind to start an animal sanctuary for her and other rescued animals.

What’s Cooking in Esther’s Kitchen is a YouTube series hosted by Steve Jenkins and Derek Walter, the dads of Esther the Wonder Pig, who also post each day to Facebook and other social media accounts in Esther’s voice. They happen to be critically acclaimed authors of a book about Esther as well (called — you guessed it — Esther The Wonder Pig). Their casual cooking channel includes easy recipes like vegan cheese balls and faux fried chicken. In the Tacos and Tequila episode, learn how to make fresh lime margaritas and chili tacos with homemade mozzarella (which, of course, Esther gets to try).

2. Brown Vegan

Brown Vegan is a YouTube channel that aims to show people a practical approach to the vegan lifestyle. Monique Koch is the charismatic creator, director, producer and star (she also has a Brown Vegan website and podcast) and she offers fun recipes you won’t find elsewhere, including veganized Popeye’s biscuits.

In addition to straight recipe videos for such delicious fare as fire-roasted chickpeas with rice, you’ll find helpful video guides such as How to Camp as a Vegan and Tips for Eating Out as a Vegan. Monique preaches progress over perfection and her down-to-earth approach enhances the fun of trying her recipes and enjoying her videos for repeated viewings.

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