One reason I’m a vegetarian, and not a vegan, is because vegan cooking is so far out of the realm of the cooking tradition I grew up in. How do you cook vegan and stay healthy? Don’t worry – I won’t try to convince you you’re not eating healthy. Chances are, after all, you’re not stuffing yourself with french fries and burgers daily.
Even if you’re here looking for a vegan cookbook merely to get some variety in your cuisine - these cookbooks will be a definite addition to your kitchen library. Some are even available on kindle.
Vegan on the Cheap: Great Recipes and Simple Strategies that Save You Time and Money by Robin Robertson
Available on Kindle In the current economic climate a good cookbook that helps you create affordable dishes that taste great is always going to do well. Aside from creating recipes that will make vegans and omnivores mouths water, she also gives tips on how to save as much money as possible in your kitchen:
The only downside to the book is that the directions are meant for experienced cooks. If you’ve never made a sauce before, you might end up missing important steps. The recipes cover the whole world in flavor: from American to Asian and Mexican, for instance.
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The 30-Minute Vegan: Over 175 Quick, Delicious, and Healthy Recipes for Everyday Cooking by Mark Reinfeld and Jennifer Murray
Available on Kindle Simple recipes that you can make in 30 minutes. Amazon reviewers give it nothing but 5 stars. Suitable for beginners as well as experienced cooks. This book is clearly meant for beginner cooks. It includes a whole section on ‘Preparation basics’. This section involves an overview of ingredients often used in the book: from legumes and nuts to tempeh and noodles. That’s good, because one audience for 30 minute recipes is obviously students who are cooking for the first time and want to stay vegan while doing so. The kinds of recipes you’ll find cover all the basics. From smoothies and snacks to breakfast, salads, soups, lunch, appetizers, dinner, comfort food (!) and desert. The recipes include super foods – that is foods that are particularly rich in healthy nutrients. The book is well illustrated with black and white pictures. |
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Veganomicon: The Ultimate Vegan Cookbook by Isa Chandra Moskowitz and Terry Hope Romero
This is really a ‘how to become a vegan cook’ recipe book. It has a whole section on how to prepare food, which is great for kids who are just leaving home for college or work and have to cook for themselves for the first time. Alternatively – to give to your teens who you’ve gotten to cook for the family weekly. Every recipe comes with color photographs to make your mouth water. This is one of the most popular vegan cookbooks on Amazon with a whopping 410 customer reviews. Isa Chandra Moskowitz and Terry Hope Romero are best-selling vegan cookbook authors. People love their books for the style of writing and the great descriptions on how to make the recipes at home. |
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Vegan Cupcakes Take Over the World: 75 Dairy-Free Recipes for Cupcakes that Rule by Isa Chandra Moskowitz and Terry Hope Romero
If there is one type of cooking that most people would think NEED eggs and dairy, it’s cupcakes and pies. Enter ‘vegan cupcakes take over the world’ – 336 people reviewing this positively on Amazon is testimony to the fact that it IS possible to make tasty cupcakes without either dairy or eggs. After all, if it don’t taste right, why would you make cupcakes at all? |
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The Best of Vegan Cooking by Priscilla Feral
A great book to help you throw a vegan dinner, whether it’s because you are vegan yourself, or because vegan guests are coming. Includes recipes that will fool your omnivore friends into thinking they’re eating meat
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