(Part 2) Best vegetarian & vegan cookbooks according to redditors
We found 345 Reddit comments discussing the best vegetarian & vegan cookbooks. We ranked the 143 resulting products by number of redditors who mentioned them. Here are the products ranked 21-40. You can also go back to the previous section.
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]
In terms of greenhouse gases emitted by sector (page 9), you'd be better off installing solar panels, and either working from home or cycling to work at a workplace that turns out the lights at night than you would stopping eating meat.
If you just want to be healthier then cutting down on red meat, eating a balanced diet, getting more exercise and stopping smoking will likely do you more good than just stopping eating meat.
Not saying you shouldn't be vegetarian or vegan†, but if your goal is either a healthier lifestyle or reducing greenhouse gas emissions then eating vegan is only one of a number of things you can do: It's not a magic ethical bullet.
† If you are, may I recommend Rose Elliott's "New Complete Vegetarian".
Start by having meat free days. Start with 2 meat free days a week, do it for a couple of weeks, increase to 4, again for a couple of weeks, then crank right up to 7 days.
Take the time to learn vegetarian recipes, there are loads out there. Get a basic soup, casserole/stew, salad, burger, curry and pasta sauce learnt and practised, then you can make anything from them.
If you can't cook already, you will need to learn. I find that most prepared vegetarian foods are a bit crap. I only ever use one brand of vege sausages and mince.
I really like Rose Elliot's Complete Vegetarian and the River Cottage Veg Everyday. I realise you probably don't live in the UK, but there may be translations available in your country.
There is also the BBC Good Food website, which has, as of this post, 2153 vegetarian recipes.
Good luck, if you need help, ask away, I'm sure there are plenty of people here who can help!
https://www.amazon.com/Never-Too-Late-Vegan-Plant-Based/dp/1615190988
https://nutritionfacts.org/2016/10/18/reversal-of-chronic-disease-risk-even-late-in-life/
https://nutritionfacts.org/video/never-too-late-to-start-eating-healthier/
https://www.forksoverknives.com/at-age-80-i-adopted-a-plant-based-diet-found-improvements-in-health-and-energy/#gs.LiMMwyw
Every bite of food affects every cell in the body, at age 2 or age 102.
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.
Asian food is your friend!
There are so many curries and dishes from india that are vegetarian as around a third of their country doesn't eat meat. A personal favourite is a vegetable dhansak. There are so many options from just india, it just depends what interests you and what you feel comfortable trying to cook.
Other curry recipes that I really like are, tarka dahl, anda bhurji, and Mutter paneer.
Dont be worried if you/your partner doesn't like chilli when you make the curries yourself you can control the chilli.
Another good simple asian dish is the humble stir fry. It is as easy if not easier than pasta and in my opinion much nicer. Just do a stirfry as you would normally for a dish with meat but instead of meat you have a few options.
Quorn is a personal taste thing so if he likes it then try it. Eggs are amazing and go really well in thai dishes. Tofu and beancurd work well in chinese or thai. I dont have a specific recipe for these as it depends what veg i have in my fridge. This video however does cover the general idea well.
There are a wide variety of soy based products from asia, they can be hard to find unless you have a large asian population/supermarket nearby.
While not asian another cuisine that can work quite well and can be easy to cook is mexican. My father has a really good recipe for burritos where he makes his own salsa, guac, roasts veggies etc and then you just make like 3 burritos over the course of the meal.
If you are still stuck for ideas google and reddit really are your friends! I have a massive bookmarked folder of things I want to try cooking/making at somepoint.
If you are really new to cooking in general I would suggest looking at both a student cookbook vegetarian or not, I personally like these two.
Sorted food are also very easy to follow and are great for ideas both veg and non veg.
Check out Rose Elliots's New Complete Vegetarian. If you have a Waterstones nearby they might have it and you can flip through it to see if you like the recipes but it is a lot of British favourites. Not exactly pub favourites but the type of food that you can get all the ingredients from a supermarket easily and don't worry,there is only one section on salad.
I just looked and there is 7 variations of lasagne in there :)
The book is in sections like soups/pastas/grains/beans/pastries/pudding etc. Here's a link to it on Amazon but I like to look through recipes books before buying them which is why I mentioned checking waterstones (The preview on amazon only shows the soup section :/ ). There's also used copies for way cheaper on there and the book I linked is a revised copy of an older book called Complete Vegetarian by the same author which you can get for a couple of quid from ebay.
Cooking on a Bootstrap has some pretty good recipes as well which are useful as they tell you the approximate price.The beans and lentils section on the blog will help if you're worried about protein
Also check your local library or charity shops for older vegetarian cookbooks. They are less likely to have 'trendy' ingredients and more likely to be based on their 'wholesome' meat counterparts.
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.
Yes! When we get the chance, I'd like to suggest:
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
I'm a veggie student studying in Canterbury and, if you are living on University of Kent campus, Sainsbury's supermarket will probably be your closest supermarket although there are buses to Asda which is another large supermarket and - as someone else mentioned - there is the Goodshed store which is a food market type store next to Canterbury West railway station. For a veg-friendly shopping experience, there is also [Green Pea Wholefoods store](
http://www.greenpeawholefoods.co.uk/) where they have a cafe as well.
As a note, many students do online deliveries so you don't have to carry heavy shopping nor waste too much time shopping if you are busy with essays etc. I doesn't cost much and you can book delivery slots.
All foods sold here that are vegetarian friendly are labelled properly with a protected stamp so you can guarantee no meat products or derivatives are in your food; you just need to find the label or 'suitable for vegetarian' title on the packaging.
Generally, I have found the supermarket's own vegetarian food very nice and affordable (some supermarket product links below). Quorn is available quite readily here with their mince a favourite of mine for Spaghetti Bolognese, Lasagna and Cottage Pie plus their sausages for a good Toad in the Hole. A brand called Linda McCartney is also delicious as well.
Fruit and vegetables are quite affordable and easily available so shop around and take what you fancy; my favourite snacks are dried fruits generally in addition to apples and bananas. Baked beans are also cheap and make a great quick breakfast/lunch. Vegetables already cut up into stir-fry vegetables makes a nice quick dinner as well and aren't too pricey.
I'd recommend grabbing a student vegetarian cookbook so you can keep making tasty interesting food and they often have a fair few British recipes. They are more than affordable as well - Example.
There is a food store on Kent's campus but it is has over-priced food, is not that veg-friendly food-wise and the fresh food is never of that good quality so I wouldn't recommend shopping there, as someone else mentioned.
If you have any other questions, feel free to message/comment reply back.
If you're going all the way vegan, soy curls are your friend. They have a nice bite and you can make them taste like just about anything just by changing the broth you use to rehydrate them. Gluten-free, if that matters. If you're an inventive cook, you also can do wonders with seitan, which is specifically not gluten-free (seitan is also called "gluten" some places because it's made primarily from vital wheat gluten).
My go-to veggie-specific recipe sites are VegWeb and the PPK, though, really, once you know how to make good substitutions, maybe 80% or more of the stuff on Recipezaar or AllRecipes is within your grasp. I'm all the way vegan, and I make respectable bulgogi (Korean barbecue dish usually done with beef or pork), carne asada, and turkey dinner. Insert scare quotes where appropriate.
If you'll be looking to make close analogues of meat-based dishes, check out the impressive seitan recipes in "La Dolce Vegan". These are also the broths I mentioned with the soy curls. Since I keep lots of ingredients around, I can think of a dish I want to cook and have the simpler ones (like "turkey" and gravy, Mongolian "beef," or "carne" adovada) ready in about 15 or 20 minutes.
I'm just gonna leave this here, too: http://www.amazon.com/Generation-Complete-Guide-Staying-Teenager/dp/1604863382
If you're more interested in the health aspect of veganism, you should check out r/plantbased as that sub focuses primarily on the health aspects of a plant-based diet.
Also, I recommend this book written by Brendan Brazier. He's the creator of the Vega brand and he's a former professional Ironman and endurance athlete. It's a good read that dives into all the health properties of plant-based foods.
PlantPure Nation is my fav cookbook - mostly because recipes are plant-based and almost all recipes have pictures.
Sarah's vegan kitchen on youtube is good too.
Are you going for a whole-foods plant-based diet or simply vegan? Have you read Greger's How Not To Die?
Buy this book and read it cover to cover
So let us know your final verdict!
Here is a cheesy sauce I used to make all the time that my family loves. It is adapted from La Dolce Vegan by Sarah Kramer.
Ingredients:
Wolfie's Nutritional Yeast "Cheese" Sauce
1/2 cup nutritional yeast
2 TB flour (I replace with just about any GF flour)
1/2 salt
1 cup water
2 tsp oil
1 1/2 tsp oil
1 1/2 tsp Dijon mustard
1 1/2 tsp tamari (of course, use gf tamari or soy sauce or brags)
Whisk all ingredients together. Bring to a boil and reduce heat. Simmer for 2-4 minutes, constantly stirring. Makes about 1 1/2 cups.
> 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.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00O98QBX4/ref=oh_aui_d_detailpage_o03_?ie=UTF8&psc=1 I'm reading this one at the moment which is interesting.
I adapted the brownie recipe from La Dolce Vegan:
1 1/4 cups flour
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
1 cup sugar
1 12 oz package soft or silk tofu
1/2 cup oil
1/2 cup water
2 tsp vanilla extract
Oreo Cookies
Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. Stir together flour, baking soda, salt, cocoa powder, and sugar and set aside. In a blender or food processor, blend together tofu, oil water, and vanilla. Add tofu mixture to dry ingredients and mix together until gently mixed.
Line a cupcake/muffin tin with paper cups. Spoon in enough of the batter to fully cover the bottom of each cup. Place an Oreo cookie into each cup. Add batter to cover the cookie. Bake for 30 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean. Makes 12-14 individual brownies.
If you can still find it somewhere: http://www.amazon.com/The-Vegetarian-Student-Cookbook/dp/0600612414/ref=tmm_pap_title_0?ie=UTF8&qid=1404805574&sr=8-13
The Lotus and the Artichoke: Vegane Rezepte eines Weltreisenden oder auch andere Werke des Autoren finde ich ziemlich gut.
Coincidentally, PlantPure Nation Cookbook was just released and I just got it today. There is a hint about substituting chia seeds in place of xanthan gum to thicken an oil-free Italian dressing. I haven't had a chance to try any of the recipes, of course, but it looks like a great cookbook. Usually when I get a new cookbook, there are just a few recipes that catch my interest. But just about every recipe in this book looks like one I want to try.
I thought this would be a link to the Sarah Kramer book of the same name. My first vegan cookbook if I recall correctly.
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?
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
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.
I like Dining at the Ravens.
I shared one of the recipes (and my alterations) in this post a while back.
Haha, yes, no one wants to be told they have to cook and prepare beans and veggies. So many people today don't even have exposure to fresh food, it's a bit scary.
I'm guessing your niece isn't terribly interested in nutrition but if she is committed to the plan (at least for now) then Becoming Vegan Express Edition is the best book on the subject and covers things like B12, making sure you eat legumes, common pitfalls of the diet, etc.
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.
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.
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
How it all Vegan is a great cookbook to start with. It has a lot of really easy vegan recipes, plus it goes over basic info you'll want/need to know (such as new grains to experiment with, substitutions you can make to turn normal recipes vegan, etc...). However, if you don't want to spend money on cookbooks, you could easily get away with using blogs for all your recipes and advice -- just take the time to find some good ones. Also, my friend recently started a vegan blog called Vegan Food Addict. It's fairly new (just a few months I think) so there isn't a ton of content yet but everything she's posted has been very helpful and good to know if you're just getting into veganism.
I started reading this and thought a lot of it seemed like bro-science, but there are still some great recipes in it: The Thrive Diet.
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.
These links might be helpful:
Vegan staples:
http://www.seriouseats.com/2013/02/how-to-stock-a-vegan-pantry-items-foods-beans-condiments-sauces.html
Vegan nutrition:
http://veganhealth.org/
http://www.theveganrd.com/food-guide-for-vegans
http://jacknorrisrd.com/
http://vegankit.com/eat
http://awellfedworld.org/whattoeat
General Recipes:
http://theveganstoner.blogspot.com/
http://www.theppk.com/recipes/
http://vegetarian.about.com/od/vegetarianfamilies/qt/collegeveg.htm
http://www.collegiatevegan.com/recipes
http://www.foodandloathing.com/2012/10/the-easiest-beginners-vegan-recipes.html
http://www.theppk.com/recipes/
http://vegweb.com/
http://www.chooseveg.com/vegan-recipes.asp
http://www.tryveg.com/
You should be able to find seitan recipes on a lot of these.
Fitness:
http://veganhealth.org/articles/athletes
http://veganhealth.org/articles/protein
http://www.veganfitness.net/home/
http://veganbodybuilding.com/
Vegan shopping:
http://veganessentials.com/
http://www.theveganwoman.com/top-5-websites-for-your-vegan-on-line-shopping/
If you're looking for a book, Becoming Vegan is great.
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
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.
How it all Vegan
http://www.amazon.com/How-All-Vegan-Irresistible-Animal-Free/dp/1551520672
It's a classic.
Brenda Davis (RD), a registered dietitian with impressive credentials has updated her book "Becoming Vegan" and made an express edition that is now out
A larger, fully referenced Comprehensive Edition will be out in the new year (likely February or March).
Davis is a thorough researcher and sticks to solid science. You can trust what she writes.
Read 'Eat and Run' -- it's by a vegan ultra running champ and he has recipes at the end of every chapter:
There is a very good japanese vegan cookbook that came out lately. Unfortunately it is in german. But maybe they will translate it?
https://www.amazon.de/Umami-Japanisch-Kochen-Laura-Welslau/dp/3743152894/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1494677560&sr=8-1&keywords=vegan+japanisch
Vegan Planet, Tofu Cookery and 500 Vegan Dishes.
I've been doing some research and Brandon Brazier's Thrive book series seems interesting - although I'm bouncing between:
Thrive Fitness
and Thrive Diet
Anyone read these in the past?