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This 18-Year-Old Vegan Keeps Making His Followers’ Mouths Water With His Stunning Food Pics
When I was 16 years old, I used to play with my shoelaces. Jose (previously here and here), on the other hand, started spending his time creating colorful food arrangements. Now, two years later, they have earned him over 1.6 million Instagram followers, and the number doesn't seem to stop growing anytime soon. Each of his stunning culinary creations is made using only vegan ingredients, revealing the playful side of the seemingly strict diet.
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With better cooking and food styling skills than most of people twice his age, Jose has developed a very wide range of vegan ideas to cater for all sweet teeth. The best part is that each photo he posts is accompanied by a list of ingredients, challenging his fans to recreate his recipes.
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ZoSanYaoiFanChiisagi 5 years ago
Looks pretty but uncooked, would have liked to see the pastry golden and crisp
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Sarah Storm 5 years ago
I just glanced at this and it reminded me off my sister. She loves dragons (she's 16) and Toothless is her favorite. I don't wanna mention how many times I've seen the movies. That's adorable! You're so talented!
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Biljana Malesevic 5 years ago (edited)
These look like works of art and extremely yummy even if they are totally not edible and made of colored clay. But what really bothers me, I can't find ingredients anywhere, if not recipes, at least main ingredients or something, or possibility to order treats or something, anything about ingredients. How do we know these are edible? I really find them extra tasty looking so I wonder, are they really?
Sreya Ghosh 5 years ago
He's working on a YouTube channel and a few recipes are already up, but if you follow him on Instagram, he also puts up recipes on his story.
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Claudia Machado 5 years ago
It would be great if the OP just said what ingredients he used. Saying that it's vegan is unnecessary. But hey that's what vegans like to say whenever they have a chance.
Alia G. 5 years ago (edited)
I mean, his audience is vegan, it’s part of his social media identity, and he’s showing how vegan meals can be appetizing and not just bowls of salad and beans. The point sort of is that it’s vegan.
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Jenica Thomas 5 years ago
Photoshop is the best vegan ingredient there is. Adorable still. But it's not subtle. Same hands, same sweater, same spoon in many of the photos.
Laura Fernández 5 years ago
He has a Youtube Channel so... https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzk3OHCyhNjXTiNdVshESZQ
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Gerald Jarick 5 years ago
Vegan propaganda dedicated to artifical colors.. .Is it food or chemical waste?
Sreya Ghosh 5 years ago
I follow this talented guy since the beginning, and some of the colours he uses include turmeric, pink pittaya, blue spirulina and matcha. He usually makes smoothies with frozen bananas and other fruit.
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John Louis 5 years ago
How many of these are edible? My personal experience is that vegan dairy substitute (i.e. vegan icr ecream, vegan cheese) does not taste as good as the real thing.
Christina Uhlir 5 years ago
You are so wrong John. Keep trying vegan dairy substitutes, there are tasty ones out there. As for the "real" thing: did you know that no other animal - mammal drinks mother's milk after weaning? Not to mention the milk from another species!!! Only human beings are capable of such a perversity. Cow's (goat's, sheep's and which ever else's) milk, is not natural food for man, woman, or child. Animal milk protein - Casein is very dissimilar from humane protein and causes allergic and inflammatory reactions in human body - arthritis, rheumatism, chronic runny noses, recurrent ear and bronchial infections, asthmatic bronchitis , eczema, colitis. Like all that is not enough, it also contributes (together with meat) to clogged arteries, heart diseases, diabetes, and various cancers. Casein also neutralizes the good effects of calcium and actually contributes to osteoporosis. Vegans eat less calcium but have denser and stronger bones. - So much for "real" thing!
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Gabi X. 5 years ago
A lot of these photo's are altered in Photoshop and the recipes are quite boring.
Gabi X. 5 years ago
I don't mind somebody being vegan but blended banana is just... Boring. There are a lot of other vegan recipes that are esthetically pleasing and taste good.
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NotMe 5 years ago
Huh, my mouth isn't watering... I guess I expected something else. Still pretty to look at though...
Christina Uhlir 5 years ago
What did you expect, NotMe? Perhaps some chronic illness, pollution, an environmental disaster? Eating meat, dairy, eggs is not healthy, and it's not green.
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Imajin_A_Shön 5 years ago
These are all so incredibly creative and cute. I'm curious to know how they taste.
darubyprincess 5 years ago
This is really cool. I'm sticking up for this guy even if it means that I get downvoted, because I'm glad that vegans are sharing their recipe and such. News flash: just because people eat differently than you, doesn't mean that they are different from you. You are not what you eat. I am NOT deleting this comment. Thank you for your time.
Christina Uhlir 5 years ago
darubyprincess, You are what you eat!!! "Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food." - Hippocrates, Greek physician - father of medicine (460? BC/BCE - 377? BC/BCE) - "The food you eat can be either the safest and most powerful form of medicine, or the slowest form of poison." - Ann Wigmore - With billions animals slaughtered for human consumption with tons of dairy and eggs, it is crystal clear which food is medicine and which is poison.
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bianca 5 years ago
why is every vegan comment getting downvotes? just for defending smoothie bowls made of fruits?
Christina Uhlir 5 years ago
Bianca, because vegans are ethical, moral, they live and let live, make their carbon foot prints as small as it gets, do not hurt any sentient being.....and for all that they are hated like anybody who is doing something, anything for the collective good. Why? I do not know. But what I know is that those haters are the cause of humanity's demise.
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Pittsburgh rare 5 years ago
I think he has a future in the food marketing industry. Too sweet and elaborated for me, but perfect for photos or ads
Bored Birgit 5 years ago
Woah. Hilarious. These are all so satisfyingly perfect, a total eye orgasm.
Elizabeth 5 years ago
Is this food, or art made to look like food? What are some of the ingredients used? Is there more than just sugar and food coloring used? It's all gorgeous, but I want to know if there is any nutrition.
Loki’s Lil Butter Knife 5 years ago
I visited Jo’s Instagram account and he has several YouTube videos where he demonstrates his process and shows a lot of the ingredients he uses. The artistic bowls are created using a thick smoothie base (most often puréed bananas, agave nectar or another cruelty free sweetener, non-dairy “milk”). There are natural food colourings you can purchase. Smoothie bowls are absolutely delicious, but I often find that they can have quite a lot of sugar from sweeteners.
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Kathleen Stevens 5 years ago (edited)
Number 3: I love it. These are beautiful works ;D Vegan mindset is not for everything, but the public is really interested. https://www.mirkocuneo.it/
Christina Uhlir 5 years ago
Marius, you get diabetes by just eating meat, dairy, and eggs. Vegans do not have diabetes... arthritis, and cancers, and yes, they are not protein and calcium deficient!!
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Ed Souza 5 years ago
I see a bunch of butthurt vegans and vegetarians down-voting me. LOL. Not sure exactly why.
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Biljana Malesevic 5 years ago (edited)
These look like works of art and extremely yummy even if they are totally not edible and made of colored clay. But what really bothers me, I can't find ingredients anywhere, if not recipes, at least main ingredients or something, or possibility to order treats or something, anything about ingredients. How do we know these are edible? I really find them extra tasty looking so I wonder, are they really?
Sreya Ghosh 5 years ago
He's working on a YouTube channel and a few recipes are already up, but if you follow him on Instagram, he also puts up recipes on his story.
Load More Replies... Claudia Machado 5 years ago
It would be great if the OP just said what ingredients he used. Saying that it's vegan is unnecessary. But hey that's what vegans like to say whenever they have a chance.
Alia G. 5 years ago (edited)
I mean, his audience is vegan, it’s part of his social media identity, and he’s showing how vegan meals can be appetizing and not just bowls of salad and beans. The point sort of is that it’s vegan.
Load More Replies... Jenica Thomas 5 years ago
Photoshop is the best vegan ingredient there is. Adorable still. But it's not subtle. Same hands, same sweater, same spoon in many of the photos.
Laura Fernández 5 years ago
He has a Youtube Channel so... https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzk3OHCyhNjXTiNdVshESZQ
Load More Replies... Gerald Jarick 5 years ago
Vegan propaganda dedicated to artifical colors.. .Is it food or chemical waste?
Sreya Ghosh 5 years ago
I follow this talented guy since the beginning, and some of the colours he uses include turmeric, pink pittaya, blue spirulina and matcha. He usually makes smoothies with frozen bananas and other fruit.
Load More Replies... John Louis 5 years ago
How many of these are edible? My personal experience is that vegan dairy substitute (i.e. vegan icr ecream, vegan cheese) does not taste as good as the real thing.
Christina Uhlir 5 years ago
You are so wrong John. Keep trying vegan dairy substitutes, there are tasty ones out there. As for the "real" thing: did you know that no other animal - mammal drinks mother's milk after weaning? Not to mention the milk from another species!!! Only human beings are capable of such a perversity. Cow's (goat's, sheep's and which ever else's) milk, is not natural food for man, woman, or child. Animal milk protein - Casein is very dissimilar from humane protein and causes allergic and inflammatory reactions in human body - arthritis, rheumatism, chronic runny noses, recurrent ear and bronchial infections, asthmatic bronchitis , eczema, colitis. Like all that is not enough, it also contributes (together with meat) to clogged arteries, heart diseases, diabetes, and various cancers. Casein also neutralizes the good effects of calcium and actually contributes to osteoporosis. Vegans eat less calcium but have denser and stronger bones. - So much for "real" thing!
Load More Replies... Gabi X. 5 years ago
A lot of these photo's are altered in Photoshop and the recipes are quite boring.
Gabi X. 5 years ago
I don't mind somebody being vegan but blended banana is just... Boring. There are a lot of other vegan recipes that are esthetically pleasing and taste good.
Load More Replies... NotMe 5 years ago
Huh, my mouth isn't watering... I guess I expected something else. Still pretty to look at though...
Christina Uhlir 5 years ago
What did you expect, NotMe? Perhaps some chronic illness, pollution, an environmental disaster? Eating meat, dairy, eggs is not healthy, and it's not green.
Load More Replies... Imajin_A_Shön 5 years ago
These are all so incredibly creative and cute. I'm curious to know how they taste.
darubyprincess 5 years ago
This is really cool. I'm sticking up for this guy even if it means that I get downvoted, because I'm glad that vegans are sharing their recipe and such. News flash: just because people eat differently than you, doesn't mean that they are different from you. You are not what you eat. I am NOT deleting this comment. Thank you for your time.
Christina Uhlir 5 years ago
darubyprincess, You are what you eat!!! "Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food." - Hippocrates, Greek physician - father of medicine (460? BC/BCE - 377? BC/BCE) - "The food you eat can be either the safest and most powerful form of medicine, or the slowest form of poison." - Ann Wigmore - With billions animals slaughtered for human consumption with tons of dairy and eggs, it is crystal clear which food is medicine and which is poison.
Load More Replies... bianca 5 years ago
why is every vegan comment getting downvotes? just for defending smoothie bowls made of fruits?
Christina Uhlir 5 years ago
Bianca, because vegans are ethical, moral, they live and let live, make their carbon foot prints as small as it gets, do not hurt any sentient being.....and for all that they are hated like anybody who is doing something, anything for the collective good. Why? I do not know. But what I know is that those haters are the cause of humanity's demise.
Load More Replies... Pittsburgh rare 5 years ago
I think he has a future in the food marketing industry. Too sweet and elaborated for me, but perfect for photos or ads
Bored Birgit 5 years ago
Woah. Hilarious. These are all so satisfyingly perfect, a total eye orgasm.
Elizabeth 5 years ago
Is this food, or art made to look like food? What are some of the ingredients used? Is there more than just sugar and food coloring used? It's all gorgeous, but I want to know if there is any nutrition.
Loki’s Lil Butter Knife 5 years ago
I visited Jo’s Instagram account and he has several YouTube videos where he demonstrates his process and shows a lot of the ingredients he uses. The artistic bowls are created using a thick smoothie base (most often puréed bananas, agave nectar or another cruelty free sweetener, non-dairy “milk”). There are natural food colourings you can purchase. Smoothie bowls are absolutely delicious, but I often find that they can have quite a lot of sugar from sweeteners.
Load More Replies... Kathleen Stevens 5 years ago (edited)
Number 3: I love it. These are beautiful works ;D Vegan mindset is not for everything, but the public is really interested. https://www.mirkocuneo.it/
Christina Uhlir 5 years ago
Marius, you get diabetes by just eating meat, dairy, and eggs. Vegans do not have diabetes... arthritis, and cancers, and yes, they are not protein and calcium deficient!!
Load More Replies... Ed Souza 5 years ago
I see a bunch of butthurt vegans and vegetarians down-voting me. LOL. Not sure exactly why.
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