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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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Caroline 6 years ago
What is the cream/pudding-thing exactly? ^^ It's in a lot of her pictures.
Daritania Tejin 6 years ago
They're smoothies. (I originally thought it said that in the instagram, but its not there. I found out on youtube instead https://youtu.be/ukiiH-s8z0Q )
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Loki’s Lil Butter Knife 6 years ago
This one is really beautiful. My personal favourite out of all his creations.
Peggy Bereza 6 years ago
No doubt about it, this has got to be my favourite, though #23 is a close 2nd.
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The Frog 6 years ago
These are cool, I saw someone making something similar, I'm also going to attempt it tomorrow night 🙂
Ani 6 years ago
I'd imagine it would turn out pretty dry! The planets get cooked separately in sphere molds, and then get dropped into the black batter to get baked again. This would result in pretty dry and overbaked parts of the cake. Otherwise, beautiful!
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Faith Nicole 6 years ago (edited)
How did she do this? Each slice you get the plants.. and i love the outer part of this
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Hi! 6 years ago
Maybe am entirely wrong I mean I know little about photoshop so please correct me but this does look photoshopped which is fine I guess it's not hurting anyone but like.. is it?
Demi Zwaan 6 years ago
Yes. I think most of these are heavily photoshopped. The spoon in particular looks fake. Also the colors are made more vibrant.
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Shelli Johannpeter 6 years ago
before you make any judgments, check out "dessert Circus" from Jaques Torres
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Aish Ess 6 years ago
All his foods are vegan and all the bowls are smoothie bowls and variations of a classic "açai bowl".
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Tor Rolf Strøm 6 years ago
It's all fun and games until you remember vegan chocolate is horrible. (and yes, I have tried a lot of them)
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ZoSanYaoiFanChiisagi 6 years ago
Looks pretty but uncooked, would have liked to see the pastry golden and crisp
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mntryjoseph 6 years ago
My guess it's 'Nice cream' (vegan 'ice cream' made with frozen bananas). Some of these are hot cereals, too.
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Sarah Storm 6 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!
Olivia Yearous 6 years ago
Is it funny that all of these are animals but he is a vegan? And he’s going to eat his animals? Huh?
Csaba Hegedűs 6 years ago
No, he has completely different anatomy. Look at the tip of his tail the lack of 'ears' or 'fins' or whatever on his head. He apparently also lacks front limbs.
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Marlene Ricker 6 years ago
I think it's pudding, not frosting. Either way you're right, it looks delicious!
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Bluebell Rizzi 6 years ago
My favourite fruit mixed with two I'm allergic to - NOOOO!!! Skills though :)
Pretty Pangolin 6 years ago
I planted a few kiwi seeds and ended up with a big plant that tried to take over the living room!
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Aish Ess 6 years ago
Dude is super talented but all the tails and shells are made with moulds you can buy and fill in advance
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Laura Johnston 6 years ago
I love how throughout all these photos Jose's sweater matches his works of art!
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Sreya Ghosh 6 years ago
It's frozen bananas blended smooth (usually). He also often adds other fruits for taste/colour and natural colours such as pink pittaya, blue spirulina, matcha and turmeric.
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Annie Badgley 6 years ago
a good amount of these photos look like pixar-type illustrations... did he actually bake these items or are they just adorable illustrations??
Aish Ess 6 years ago
If you go to his Instagram or look his name up on google, there are videos of him creating the smoothie bowls and baked goods!
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Teresa Gurley 6 years ago
The tea pot is probably just a pot, and a wire stand is holding it up. The cake is painted to match. There are how to videos online to do this. Great job
Faith Nicole 6 years ago
This all looks real, not phitishopped it looks like caramel maybe? Ahd they couldve used something tonsysoend the tea pot, or used some type of greenscreen to black out the hand of someone holding it.. an "invisible" wire being held by someone... socmany different things couldve made this possible, but photoshopped, i dont think so. Ive seen a lot of baking shows
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FosterThePeople 6 years ago
Exactly. LOOKS like it is. Doesn't mean it is actually though.
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Tia Hansen 6 years ago
Is lilo up there... I can see stitch but where lilo ;0; I still love Dem *-*
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mntryjoseph 6 years ago
It is most likely frozen 'Nice cream', made with frozen bananas!
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D r e a m l a n d s 6 years ago
Either that is a very big cake or a very small kitty. Either way, absolutely delightful :D
Pretty Pangolin 6 years ago
Love that kitten! He's at that age when they've got 'carrot tail.'
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Annabell 6 years ago
Freeze dried looks different, these raspberries are just frozen
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Kaiserfranzgirl 6 years ago
Why does pacman have a dot behind him? How did he get there without eating the dot?
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Non-New-Toni-An 6 years ago
Heh heh, when I was 14 visiting Germany they had sweets called sperm, they were made of liquorice
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Pretty Pangolin 6 years ago
I picked fresh blueberries this year but they're all still hanging out in the freezer - it was a super hot day and up a steep hill and I just about died!
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Lauren Michlin 6 years ago
... only if you throw it at him/her hard enough
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Pretty Pangolin 6 years ago
Must have taken a while to get all those teensy weensy stars for the border!
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Lulik 6 years ago
Ok, I'm definitely not the master of Photoshop, but it's graphic - this white something (unbaked puff pastry? White chocolate? Ummm...?) should lay on strawberries not like a stiff piece of white cardboard. The dough would fall a little bit and hearts' shape would not be so perfect.
Pretty Pangolin 6 years ago
Yes, I would love to see the original unretouched works.
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I love all these! I didn't see any squirrels, though. Maybe next time?😀
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Biljana Malesevic 6 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 6 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 6 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. 6 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 6 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 6 years ago
He has a Youtube Channel so... https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzk3OHCyhNjXTiNdVshESZQ
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Gerald Jarick 6 years ago
Vegan propaganda dedicated to artifical colors.. .Is it food or chemical waste?
Sreya Ghosh 6 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 6 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 6 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. 6 years ago
A lot of these photo's are altered in Photoshop and the recipes are quite boring.
Gabi X. 6 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 6 years ago
Huh, my mouth isn't watering... I guess I expected something else. Still pretty to look at though...
Christina Uhlir 6 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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Biljana Malesevic 6 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 6 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 6 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. 6 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 6 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 6 years ago
He has a Youtube Channel so... https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzk3OHCyhNjXTiNdVshESZQ
Load More Replies... Gerald Jarick 6 years ago
Vegan propaganda dedicated to artifical colors.. .Is it food or chemical waste?
Sreya Ghosh 6 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 6 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 6 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. 6 years ago
A lot of these photo's are altered in Photoshop and the recipes are quite boring.
Gabi X. 6 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 6 years ago
Huh, my mouth isn't watering... I guess I expected something else. Still pretty to look at though...
Christina Uhlir 6 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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