Breaking Up with Dairy100 Indulgent Plant-based Recipes for Cheese (and Butter, Cream, and Milk) Lovers Everywhere


Make the switch to a dairy-free lifestyle—or simply consider a dietary change—without sacrificing flavor with this cookbook full of delicious recipes by Chef Bai.

Cheese can be the breaking point that keeps many from breaking up from dairy—because let’s face it, dairy is delicious. In Breaking Up With Dairy, Chef Bai shares over one hundred unbelievable plant-based dairy recipes.

Includes recipes that mimic beloved cheeses like Gorgonzola, Young Gruyere, Pepper-Jack, Parmesan, and more, which you can use in the following recipes:

-Baked Truffle Mac
-New York Style Spelt Bagels with Roasted Garlic Cream Cheese
-Breakfast Pizza Pockets with Hollandaise
-Mini Quiches
-Air-Fried Ricotta Balls with Ratatouille Sauce
-And so much more!

Breaking up with dairy doesn’t have to feel like a loss with these mouth-watering substitute dishes!

Bailey Ruskus, also known as Chef Bai, is a seasoned chef, activist, and holistic nutrition and health coach. Classically trained at Le Cordon Bleu in San Francisco, she uses her culinary expertise to create rich flavors with nourishing ingredients and has been a professional chef for the last 14 years. She is an advocate for people with chronic health ailments, animal welfare, and the environment. Her own plant-based journey started with her desire to heal her chronic pain from a 16-year battle with endometriosis after exhausting all other options. She furthered her studies with a certification in plant-based nutrition from T. Colin Campbell Center for Nutrition Studies and is a certified Health Coach from the Institute for Integrative Nutrition. Bailey now owns her business with her husband, Steve. The author of bestselling cookbook, Cook. Heal. Go Vegan!, Bailey lives in sunny San Diego, California, with Steve and their two rescue pups, Coconut and Pina.

With more than 2.5 million followers between her social channels, Carleigh Bodrug of PlantYou is a self taught plant-based cook and content creator, famous for her simple take on low waste and vegan recipes. She has been featured in the Rachael Ray Show, Good Morning America, Business Insider and KTLA news for her “scrappy cooking” and viral vegan creations. Along with producing weekly cooking videos and recipes, Carleigh also runs a digital meal planner and hosts a podcast called the PlantPod, all with the goal of helping people eat more plants in an easy and approachable way.