If you’re like me, cooking is not something you exactly excel in. Complicated recipes are like Latin to me (P.S. I don’t know Latin). And I get impatient. But that doesn’t stop me from trying to cook. I just look for recipes that are more… palatable to my culinary in-expertise.

To my glee, PETA has a brand new book featuring insanely easy recipes. So easy, they either need no cooking at all, or they require a microwave. If you can handle this kitchen appliance, you’re golden. The cookbook is called PETA’s Vegan College Cookbook: 275 Easy, Cheap, and Delicious Recipes to Keep You Vegan at School. Which is even more fitting for me, since I’ll be going back to school soon. Not that I’ll be living in the dorms again– I’ll still have a full working kitchen, just less time to use it. So I anticipate I’ll be using this book a lot.

There’s quite a variety of recipes, too. You’d be amazed at all the things you can microwave. I knew it was a versatile machine, but man oh man, this cookbook has opened my eyes to a whole new realm of possibilities. And the amusing recipe names like “F-U Tacos” (as in tofu), “Instant Enlighten-Mint Chocolate Latte,” “Butt Ugly Sticky Buns,” “Sham and Cheeze,” and “Cuke-Chick Salad” are youthful and fun.

Even if you are a culinary genius, sometimes you just don’t feel like putting forth the effort, or you forgot to pick up the groceries. In which case, a book containing recipes that require only a few ingredients and a few moments of your time, might be a worthwhile purchase. And if you’ve got kids in the house, this could be a great way to show them that vegan food can not only be fun and delicious, but fast. And that McDonald’s is lame.