(Part 2) Best vegan cooking books according to redditors

Last year I shared the five course dinner I made, but I decided to up the ante this year.

The seven courses and their sources:

(1) Warm roasted beets with wild arugula, balsamic maple pecans and orange vinaigrette
[Vegan Secret Supper]

(2) Fennel portobello soup with smoke-infused olive oil, cashew gruyere grilled cheese croutons, radicchio marmalade and beer-battered pearl onions
[Soup, olive oil, & marmalade: Vegan Secret Supper. Cheese: Artisan Vegan Cheese. Croutons and onions: Dirt Candy]

(3) Roasted cauliflower tossed in black vinegar with kimchi cream
[Vedge]

(4) Crisped turnips with falafel crumbs and creamy sesame
[Vedge]

(5) Butternut squash and almond gnocchi, sautéed in sage garlic butter, tossed in butternut squash sauce and topped with fried sage leaves
[Gnocchi: Vegan Secret Supper; Butter and sauce: original recipe]

(6) Hearts of palm cakes with curried lentils
[Vedge]

(7) Six-layer chocolate hazelnut cake, with chocolate hazelnut butter, ganache, and hazelnut chocolate chip brownie crumble coconut milk ice cream
[Cake, brownie, hazelnut butter and ganache: Vegan Chocolate. Ice cream: Vegan Secret Supper, modified]

Three super inspiring links for you!

https://www.forksoverknives.com/at-age-80-i-adopted-a-plant-based-diet-found-improvements-in-health-and-energy/

https://www.amazon.com/Never-Too-Late-Vegan-Plant-Based/dp/1615190988

http://nutritionfacts.org/video/never-too-late-to-start-eating-healthier/

I just published a book about this! Plant-based diet + body weight fitness. It was a passion project that I just decided to convert over to Amazon. Short version: do meal prep with veggies/plants so you don't have to make dinner every night. Keep workouts 10mins or less and keep them simple.
https://www.amazon.com/Bamboo-Trials-Power-Plant-Based-Meal-ebook/dp/B07TYGKWMP

I found the manufacturer's website. It's made by Kerbl Cow Program.

And it's called HAPPYCOW Kuhputzmaschine.


And you can buy them on German Amazon.


From the page's description:

>Die HappyCow Kuhputzmaschin

I suspect it's pronounced "kaput machine"

Here's the US Equivalent.

Look, I'm a total atheist (obviously) (DAE Dawkins lolol) but there's literally proof in the bible that blow jobs are like the most vegan and sacred thing ever.

So, it's pretty obvious that Adam and Eve were vegans, right? They had all the vegan food they could possibly want in the garden of Eden. It wasn't called the "deli of Eden" was it?

Anyway, they were all happy and getting along with all the animals and running around naked giving each other Divine Vegan Oral Sex (because God was all like "You can eat everything you see here.")

But then Satan came along in the form of an evil snake {obvious phallic symbolism}. See, just like in today's memes, Satan likes to use snakes to confuse vegans into making hypocrites (sinners) of themselves so they'll get kicked out of the garden of Eden (veganism). {Paradoxically, his lesser-known "good" twin, Seitan, is a vegan activist who has done more for the vegan cause than even Saint Ingrid of Newkirk.}

So Eve was tricked because she thought she was talking to a big dick, and that's vegan, but it was actually a snake, which was actually Satan. And he was all like "OOoh, come on baby, eat that apple, eat that apple real good...ooh yeah, that's it...oh, it's so juicy and hard and ripe...yeah...unghhh...." and she was used to both apples and blowjobs being totes vegan so she was all over it and did things to that apple that I can't even mention here.

But, as was revealed later in the bible (Showerthoughts 18:4) some people do not know that blowjobs are vegan. This kind of ignorance is a sin. It's actually a cardinal sin and anyone who asks the question "Are blowjobs vegan?" is supposed to be struck down by lightening and their body eaten by locusts. But I digress.

So, you can see how literally the worst thing that ever happened to humans was when they got kicked out of the garden of Vegan and became ex-vegans, miserable creatures destined to wander aimlessly on the earth ranting and raving a bunch of incoherent nonsense. And ever since then, Satan-Penis-Snake has been trying to trick the remaining vegans into losing their divine and perfect state of vegan-ness. So don't fall for it!

you can also make it with cashew crema and it's delicious! the recipe from this book has replaced normal lasagna in my house. they all truly like it better than the traditional version.

I am new to plant based diet, at 48. The book Never Too Old to Go Vegan is proving very helpful.

http://www.amazon.com/Never-Too-Late-Vegan-Plant-Based/dp/1615190988/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1421951593&sr=8-1&keywords=Never+too+late+to+go+vegan

Yes! When we get the chance, I'd like to suggest:

• Fran Costigan's Vegan Chocolate
  
  
• The Oh She Glows Cookbook

Make sure your oven temperature is accurate (it usually isn't) Don't trust the temperature the oven claims it is, but get an oven thermometer and go by that instead.

Also, get Vive Le Vegan and use the brownie recipe in there; makes the best brownies I've ever had.

Hi. If you're interested in any particular books about the vegetarianism and veganism, I would be interested in getting you one. I can offer ~$10 through amazon for a variety of books.

My personal favorite it The Vegan Sourcebook. It's not a cook book, its a book of information (with a few recipes too). It's all of the reasons you will want to stay veg*n forever and all of the ways to help improve the life of da aminals everywhere.

http://www.amazon.com/Vegan-Sourcebook-Sourcebooks-Joanne-Stepaniak/dp/0737305061
I would love to get that for you. It's a book that I mentally refer to nearly every time I think of or talk of food politics. It's a wealth of knowledge.

Regardless, I'm hyped you've got vegetarian. Hands off the animals.

Might I recommend a book?

Have Your Cake and Vegan Too: 50 Dazzling and Delicious Cake Creations

https://www.amazon.com/dp/1569759200/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_pUkOAbYTTZN


I have yet to make a recipe in here I don't like. They're all pretty simple, nothing crazy ingredient wise. The carrot cake is my favorite so far :)

I'm just gonna leave this here, too: http://www.amazon.com/Generation-Complete-Guide-Staying-Teenager/dp/1604863382

I'll never give up the tempeh 'bacon' cheeze Earth Burger from Good Karma Cafe in Red Bank, NJ (a recipe is also in You Won't Believe It's Vegan!

If everyone would just try one of those, my guess is they'd give up meat burgers forever...

Edit: I can format.

Björn Moschinski sagt mir persönlich nichts, aber ich würde dir mal Kochen ohne Knochen an's Herz legen.

https://www.amazon.de/Das-Ox-Kochbuch-Kochen-Knochen-Punk-Rezepte/dp/3931555283/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1487748225&sr=8-1&keywords=kochen+ohne+knochen

Hab's selbst im Regal stehen. Sehr nett geschrieben und tolle Rezepte.

Firstly: Good luck! You're doing well already, and you'll get to where you want to be in time.

Have you got any vegan recipe books? Easy Vegan and 500 Vegan Dishes both have fairly simple but tasty dishes. I don't think they tend to need very exotic ingredients.

Easy Vegan:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Vegan-Cookery-Ryland-Peters-Small/dp/1845979583

500 Vegan Dishes:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/500-Vegan-Dishes-Deborah-Gray/dp/1845434161

And do you feel that vegan meat alternatives aren't as easy to buy, or maybe aren't as good, as the vegetarian ones? You say that you eat the Linda McCartney pies, so I guess you've seen other products in that range too. But Fry's Vegetarian is great, and I've recently heard really good things about Vegusto meat alternatives - their Farmhouse sausages in particular, but also their burgers (you'll probably have to order off their website though).

Fry's Vegetarian:
http://www.frysvegetarian.co.uk/

Vegusto:
http://vegusto.co.uk/

I guess you probably know about Holland and Barrett stores? They're good for getting some of the more exotic ingredients, but they also have meat alternatives and such. Also, they have a few microwaveable meals - pasties and that sort of thing - which are quite nice. You can also often get microwaveable burritos, and probably other similar things, in the frozen section.

Also here are a couple of easy meals I like:

(1) Buy refried beans (http://www.oldelpaso.co.uk/products/refried-beans/975cedfc-f177-4eda-a689-192c4ec346af/) and put it in tacos (along with corn, lettuce, tomato, and whatever else you like). (The refried beans are seriously good.)

(2) You can make falafel easily (http://www.alfez.com/moroccan_lebanese_cuisine/products/all-products/falafel.html) and eat it with houmous, because everyone likes houmous.

If you're mainly looking for sweeter things:
Co-operative custard donuts and jam donuts are both apparently vegan (and delicious). You can buy vegan ice cream in the frozen section of Holland and Barrett (and maybe at Tesco or other supermarkets) - Swedish Glace is pretty incredible, and most people say it's as good as ordinary ice cream. You can also get vegan cheesecake in Holland and Barrett, again in the frozen section. Also buy Lotus Caramelised Biscuit Spread and put it on Tesco Oaties (well, that's a combination I like, but I guess you could mix it up...).

Or if you wanted to bake, these are three really good books:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Vegan-Cupcakes-Take-Over-World/dp/1569242739

http://www.amazon.com/Vegan-Pie-Sky-Out-This-World/dp/0738212741

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Vegan-Cookies-Invade-Your-Cookie/dp/160094048X

(The cookie book is by far the easiest, and uses the least exotic ingredients. On the other end of the spectrum is the pie book, which uses things like coconut oil and agar agar - the first of which you can get at Holland and Barrett but the second of which you'd have to order online.)

Also, just by the way: 'What Fat Vegans Eat', a facebook page, gives you a constant stream of delicious-looking vegan food.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/194567900666819/?fref=nf

> I'm searching this Reddit for recipes actually because I need variety or else I'm afraid I'll just fail miserably.

What kind of food do you like?

Honestly, I'd recommend getting a few cookbooks like this one or in styles of food that you like. For me, going vegan was a bit like learning to cook again so I really found it worth investing in some good resources.

I always recommend The Vegan Sourcebook to new vegans. It's old now, but has tons of useful information about nutrition and advice on how to keep going. It's handy to have in the kitchen, or when you're meal planning.

The Vegan Sourcebook (Sourcebooks) https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/0737305061/ref=cm_sw_r_other_apa_i_l4cVDbHHQRC5B

I like Dining at the Ravens.

I shared one of the recipes (and my alterations) in this post a while back.

I've a copy of this Madhur Jaffrey book, it's got lots of interesting vegetarian recipes in it.

Meine Favoriten:

Das Ox-Kochbuch 5: Kochen ohne Knochen
https://www.amazon.de/dp/3931555283/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_U_itYMDbEVFPZGR

Umami: Vegan Japanisch Kochen https://www.amazon.de/dp/3743152894/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_U_yrYMDb55AKJDM

Immer schon vegan
https://www.amazon.de/dp/3850338568/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_U_qrYMDbY4461TR

Mittlerweile koche ich aber einfach viel nach Omni-Rezepten von Chefkoch & Co. und ersetze die Zutaten durch geeignete vegane Alternativen.

Die Rezepte von hildmann funktionieren alle in der Realität nur mittelmäßig und schmecken - meiner Meinung nach - allenfalls ebenso.

https://www.amazon.de/Lotus-Artichoke-Vegane-Rezepte-Weltreisenden/dp/3955750116/

Und alle die noch untendran in den Empfehlungen stehen. Wir haben alle zu Hause und sie sind alle gut. Die meisten Rezepte sind eher wenig komplex und relativ leicht mit Sachen aus dem Standard-Supermarkt zu realisieren - Gewürze sind halt wichtig.

The Lotus and the Artichoke: Vegane Rezepte eines Weltreisenden oder auch andere Werke des Autoren finde ich ziemlich gut.

I have two copies of Big Vegan and I've made zero recipes...

That sucks your parents are not being supportive. Not cool they are calling you those names :( You could try explaining to them why you want to go vegan - whatever your reason is - animal rights, animal welfare, health, environment … There is good science and philosophy to back up any of those.

There are books like Generation V and websites for young people. I found veganism initially through Peta2, although there seems to be a lot of hate for PETA, and I don't agree with a lot of their campaigns, that's how I found veganism, so I am grateful for that.

I found veganism really hard at first - but it's not hard when you get used to it. If you want you can still eat at places like McDonalds and Pizza Hut, as long as you make vegan substitutions. Have you looked online to see if there is a vegan meet up group in your area?

If you don't know how to cook, this is an awesome time to learn.

Stir-fry, soup, stew, rice & beans, sautee'd things, roasted things, etc... there's a bajillion recipes out there you can try out :)

I love trawling allrecipes.com and just veganizing stuff that sounds good.

White bean and Kale ragout is fantastic.

And this cookbook is filled with delicious vegan food

Thank you so much! You touched on a lot there and I feel a bit better. Not sure why I've been riddled with anxiety as of late. I guess it's due to me thinking I need to be SUPER creative with cooking suddenly and try all of these super unique recipes, which are thus, pretty time consuming.

I just ordered this cook book: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1590560876/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Since the reviews were good and what I found nice was the fact that the recipes inside were what you would have been making before, but "veganized", much like what you suggested!

I used the matcha blueberry recipe from this book, and I copied the decorating from Preppy Kitchen! He designs such gorgeous cakes!

http://www.amazon.com/Vegan-Family-Cookbook-Brian-Mccarthy/dp/1590560876 My favorite, I cooked from this book for about 5 years before I passed it on to someone who had recently joined the club. Has all the basics and even a great mac and cheese substitute recipe. Id give it a 10.

I've always been a big fan of the Garden of Vegan series.

They have great recipes, and then fun arts and crafts at the end.

The Garden of Vegan: How It All Vegan Again! https://www.amazon.com/dp/1551521288/ref=cm_sw_r_other_awd_ZoF6wbST11X1W

There is also How It All Vegan, and La Dolce Vegan (and probably more, but those are the three I own.)

My son's long-standing favorite is beans and rice. Canned beans are very good for you, easy to use, contain iron, protein, and fiber. We also sub in other grains for the rice sometimes (eg, quinoa, home-made mac-and-cheez, etc). You might want to go for the low-sodium beans or cooke the beans yourselves as some canned beans can be sodium rich.

He loves all of the fake cheese/meat stuff, but we try to not go overboard with these. He also loves tofu, so we cook tofu (scrambled, grilled or baked for tofu tacos, etc).

I can highly recommend Dreena Burton's cookbooks which focus on family-friendly vegan cooking (my son loves the super easy french toast recipe made with whole wheat bread).

Also, snacks on the go were an issue for us before we found that he loves single serving apple sauces (watch out for added sugar if you care about that), dried fruits (mango is his current favorite), peanut butter with sliced apples, and Pirate's Booty.

This is from Scott Jurek one of the best ultra runners in history. It's got stories and recipes intermixed together - good fast read. The recipes are all vegan - but some of them are pretty damn rich and tasty -- all are healthy. https://www.amazon.com/Eat-Run-Unlikely-Ultramarathon-Greatness-ebook/dp/B005OCHOZS/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1464765008&sr=1-1&keywords=eat+and+run

Read 'Eat and Run' -- it's by a vegan ultra running champ and he has recipes at the end of every chapter:

Vegan Vittles should meet all of those criteria. It was my first-ever vegan cookbook, back when it was the only vegan cookbook I could find, and I used it despite living in the suburbs, far away from anything resembling a Whole Foods, and being a novice cook. I still use it because the recipes are great.

I'm pretty sure that the current edition is the same as my battered copy from the '90s (though there might be some extra recipes?), but you might want to double-check on Amazon that it still has nutritional info.

ETA: [Here] (http://www.amazon.com/Vegan-Vittles-Down-Home-Cooking-Everyone/dp/1570672008/) is the reprint, and the description say it's "expanded" from the original. However, you can get a [used copy] (http://www.amazon.com/Vegan-Vittles-Inspired-Critters-Sanctuary/dp/1570670250/) of the original edition for one cent.

Vegan Vittles by Joanne Stepaniak. Everything I've made from it has been good, if not necessarily good for me.

She's also just published a vegetarian one, Curry Easy Vegetarian

Recipe is from Dining at The Ravens: Over 150 Nourishing Vegan Recipes from the Stanford Inn by the Sea.

It's actually pretty basic carrot cake--no pineapple or raisins.

I too went googling. For the record, here's the English-language page for that thing.

> It's made by Kerbl Cow Program.

*Kerbl Scratch Program, clearly.

> Here's the US Equivalent.

Lies, lies.

Vegan Planet, Tofu Cookery and 500 Vegan Dishes.

• Belief that following the relevant tenets provides moral superiority
  
  
• Extremely dubious empirical evidence supporting their claims
  
  
• Religious texts
  
  
• Deep emotional investment in a belief system that completely lacks logical consistency (How many vegans who believe it's "wrong" to take honey from bees, or milk from cows, also believe it's wrong to tax humans on their work?)
  
  
• Etc.