The Vegan Eggz Cookbook is a culinary guide to creating a wide variety of plant-based egg alternatives which closely approximate the aesthetic qualities of real cooked eggs and egg-based foods. These recipes are the result of my quest to create home-prepared egg alternatives that have the appearance, flavor and texture of real eggs but which can also be cooked like real eggs.

Please note that two mail order specialty ingredients are required for the functionality of the eggz recipes: Methylcellulose HV and Kappa Carrageenan.

Methylcellulose, marketed as Methylcellulose HV (high-viscosity) by Modernist Pantry, or Methylcellulose e-461 outside the United States, is a non-toxic and non-allergenic dietary fiber (an organic complex carbohydrate and primary structural component of the cell wall of plants and many forms of algae). There are many forms of methylcellulose available through the internet, but only the specific forms mentioned will work.

Kappa Carrageenan is a seaweed derivative commonly used in modernist cooking as a thickening, stabilizing and gelling agent. In this cookbook, kappa carrageenan is used specifically as a firming agent in the eggz recipes. It works synergistically with methylcellulose to give the eggz their egg-like texture. Kappa carrageenan is also used in the block cheese recipes in my Non-Dairy Evolution Cookbook, so you may already be familiar with this ingredient. 

Ingredient Resources:

ModernistPantry.com sells special cookbook ingredients by mail order such as methylcellulose HV (methylcellulose e461 outside the United States), kappa carrageenan, sodium alginate, calcium chloride, agar powder, nutritional yeast flakes, purified/refined coconut oil, tapioca starch/flour, guar gum and xanthan gum. Modernist Pantry ships worldwide. Amazon.com also carries most of the same ingredients.

Other more common ingredients used in this cookbook can be found in major supermarkets, specialty and gourmet food stores, health food stores and online through food retail websites such as Amazon.com

SpecialIngredientsEurope.com sells methylcellulose e461 and kappa carrageenan by mail order, as well as other modernist cooking ingredients.

Table of Contents

Scrambled Eggz

Classic Tofu Scramble   

Tofu Scramble Seasoning Blend    

Broken Yolx    

Firm-Set Yolx    

Bacun Grease    

Whole Yolx    

Eggz Whites    

Skillet Eggz with Broken Yolx    

Skillet Eggz Basted “Sunnyside-Up”    

Skillet Eggz “Over-Hard”     

Baked Eggz    

Tofu Skillet Eggz    

Shirred Eggz    

Silken “Soft-Boiled” Eggz    

Huevoz Rancheroz    

Poached Eggz     

Eggz Benedict    

Eggz Florentine    

Eggz Omelets    

French Eggless Omelets    

Spanish Omelet    

Eggz Frittata and Quiche    

Brunch “Quittata” Casserole    

Shakshuka    

Eggz Foo Yung    

Eggz Flower Soup     

Pain Perdu    

Silken French Toast    

“Hard-Boiled” Eggz    

Bedeviled Eggz    

Eggz Salad    

Seasoned Basic Breading    

Classic Eggz Custard    

Classic ‘Nog    

Lemon Meringue Pie    

Extras and Incidentals:

Better Butter    

No-Eggy Mayo    

Golden Broth from Scratch    

Golden Broth Instant Powder    

Hollandaise Sauce    

Golden Cheese Sauce    

Fromage Blanc Sauce   

Pepper Jack Cheese Sauce   

Soymilk Yogurt    

“Lean” Bacun    

Breakfast Ham    

Savory Herb Sausage Patties    

Corned Beaf Hash    

Easy Corned Beaf    

English Muffins    

Bagels    

Mexican Soy Chorizo    

French Crepes