This is my absolute favorite vegan bakery!

They have awesome breakfast foods and sandwiches as well as the best vegan bakery items!
If you are ever in Atlanta, you have to give this place a visit.

Cupcakes
They usually always have vegan cupcakes in stock.
This is an assortment of the Vanilla, Cardamom, and Raspberry-filled cupcakes.
Each cupcake had a very light, fluffy and delicious as cupcakes should be. Nothing was dense or over done, perfect texture.

Breakfast Sandwich
This is their vegan version of a bacon, egg, and cheese sandwich on a biscuit!











This post was originally created Aug 2015.

If you're in Georgia and are looking for both a natural food store and cafe, this one is THE ONE. The cafe features all vegan food and menu items, while the co-op store itself is filled with some awesome vegan finds and deals. Completely vegan establishments outside of Atlanta and Alpharetta can be difficult to come by when you're not living there and don't feel like taking the long drive to and from the city. But Life Cafe is an outlier of that norm and their prices aren't outrageous either.

I have been dining at the Life Cafe for the past several years of my vegan-hood and my favorite menu item has been the blonde burger along with a few other items that are not on the menu anymore- but might come back. However, a new favorite (as there has been a recent menu change) is the soul food plate.





This is my absolute favorite bean burger made and served fresh by any restaurant--vegan and otherwise. The flavors are what make it what it is, and it's quite filling as well.



The plate comes with well-seasoned collard greens with tempeh, mashed sweet potatoes so sweet, it tastes like pie filling, and the American classic mac'n cheese (made vegan).


Another recent comeback is the Avocado Melt with "sun sauce", tomatoes, vegan cheese (maybe), and of course avocados!

Hearty Quinoa Mushroom Burger from #lifegrocery natural vegan cafe. #vegan #quinoa #quinoaburger #atlanta #burger #veganburger #veggieburger

A photo posted by RS (@rsblueberry) on Aug 27, 2015 at 5:11pm PDT

This burger is another new addition to the menu. It has a stronger resemblance to an actual burger with its meatier texture and melted Chao vegan cheese (which tastes just like traditional white American cheese).


Creamy Mac-n Cheese side

Ingredients

Avocado
- sliced or spread
Chickpeas
-warm up with seasonings like nutritional yeast, pepper, onion powder, etc.
Tomato
- sliced

Other Proteins
- Could add tempeh/seitan "bac'n" in place of or with chickpeas
Condiments (optional)
-Just mayo (vegan) or vegan cheese slices (like Chao which is the best for sandwiches)

Avocado

Chickpeas - Tomatoes

These are the ingredients that I use:

Sauce Base

• Nutritional yeast (good source of Vitamin B12 and other B-vitamins)
• Daiya (or other brand of) vegan cheese
• Almond-coconut milk
• 1/2 to 1/4 tsp Braggs Amino Acids (or salt)

Add-ins

• Broccoli, Brussel Sprouts, Peas, etc.

Pasta

• My favorite type of pasta for creamy dishes like this is rice pasta since it gets very mushy and starchy when cooked.