The 20-Minute Vegan is a book by new cooking star Calum (we can see him becoming the new Jamie Oliver). These simple affordable meals include proper pastas, creamy curries and fluffy pancakes, all made with easy-to-find ingredients.
Before cooking, read up on food safety for people and pets.
Recipes include:
- Proper Porridge with Cherry Jam
- Fancy Apple Cinnamon Oven Oats
- Fluffy Blueberry Pancakes
- Miso Beans & Gnocchi
- Danny Danny noodles
- Silky Chocolate Mousse
This book is really good! Endorsed by Joe Wicks, if you like the Jamie Oliver kind of instructions, you’ll love this book. He can write, cook and also is on a mission to make it simple for anyone to cook.
I believe that with the recipes in this book and a few adjustments to your weekly shop, you’ll be flying and eating more vegan food in no time. And you’ll actually stick with it.
You only need a little bit of prep to make meals that look like the rainbow and taste gorgeous. 20 minutes for me means 15 minutes with time for a little chat and going back to the fridge for an ingredient. I don’t have a stopwatch when I cook, as that would be too strict and I’d have no social life.
Calum’s Proper Healthy Vegan Cookbook
Proper Healthy is the latest book by the ‘new vegan Jamie Oliver’ offering plant-based recipes that just happen to be healthy. Each recipe is designed to give you energy, heal your gut, pack in protein and help you shape up.
Recipes include brunches and quick eats, puds and pick-me-ups including:
- Whipped Butter Beans on Toast
- Cacio e Pepe Leek Rigatoni
- ‘Pretend You’re in LA’ Smoothie Bowl
- Gingery Basil Rainbow Noodle Jars
- Gnocchi Shepherd’s Pie
- Tempeh Taco Bowl with Chipotle Crema
- Shredded Jerk Tofu Bowl
- Kinda Carbonara Vegan Noodles
- Mean & Green Vegan Sandwiches
Desserts include:
- Upside-Down Pistachio Semolina Cake
- Raspberry Miso Blondies
About the Author
Calum Harris is a popular cook (not a chef) who learned to cook from his mum, then converted recipes after he went vegan after a conversation with a vegan relative at a BBQ.
His recipes went viral on social media (340,000 and counting) and he has ‘won the heart’ of fellow chef Jamie Oliver (he often gets mistaken for being his son!)
A Book of Easy Speedy Vegan Recipes
Easy Speedy Vegan is a book of simple, no-nonsense tasty meals, which are quick to cook and use readily-available ingredients that you can find in any store.
Ideal for even non-cooks, to whip up something tasty for dinner.
There is information on common substitutions plus recipes for however much time you have – 10, 20 or 30 minutes. This is a cookbook that won’t get left on the shelf gathering dust! Recipes include:
- Breakfast Banana Split
- Caponata Gnocchi
- Creamy Tuscan Beans
- Chickpea, Carrot & Olive Salad
- Hot & Sour Broth with Tofu
- Roasted Tomatoes on Toast
- Spicy Potato & Pea Wraps
- Aubergine & Lentil Curry
- Allotment Tart
- Jam & Coconut Sponge
Katy Beskow grew up in Yorkshire, and learned to cook while studying physiotherapy in London (inspired by the markets of fresh produce, while having to eat on a budget).
Returning to her home county, her blog led to a cookbook deal which led to another, and now Katy has many top-selling vegan cookbooks under her belt.
A One-Pot 20-Minute Pasta Dinner
Try this 20-minute one-pot pasta recipe (Ela Vegan). Uniquely, you don’t have to ‘boil the pasta’ in one pan then make the sauce in another, as everything cooks together. The onion garlic tomato sauce is made creamy with coconut milk.
Choose a coconut milk brand that’s guaranteed not harvested by monkeys. Biona or Nature’s Charm are good brand, both widely found in stores.
You can now buy pasta in plastic-free packaging. Look in stores (or buy online) for Yorkshire Pasta Company or Northern Pasta Co. Both are made with British wheat.
Unless there are medical reasons, use a little salt for your pasta. In Italy, cooking pasta without salting the water, is called ‘silly pasta!’
Conventional Parmesan is not even vegetarian, as by law it contains a cheese made with calf rennet. So look in stores for plant-based Parmesan, or simply top with your favourite grated vegan cheese.
