Broke Vegan, Broke Vegan Speedy and Broke Vegan One-Pot are three recipe books by Saskia Sidey, a chef who trained at Leith’s School of Food & Wine. All these books feature super-simple recipes for people on any budget. There are also tips for batch cooking and feeding crowds on a budget. Read up on food safety for people & pets.
Between them, the recipes include:
- Cauliflower lentil tacos (from the speedy book)
- Any berry muffins
- Chille con veggie
- Cauliflower nuggets
- Back-of-the-fridge friters
- Any vegetable tart
- Leftover porridge flapjacks
- Freezer-friendly burritos
- BBQ corn ribs
- Sloppy sweet potato chilli
- Baked tahini bananas
- Broke churros
- Peanut butter & banana peel curry
- Roasted tomato & onion puff pie
- Nectarine raspberry cobbler
- Golden syrup steamed pudding
- Saucy chocolate pudding
Miguel’s one-pound vegan recipes
Vegan One Pound Meals is by London chef Miguel Barclay. He previously worked in finances and used his hobby of spreadsheets (?) to come up with easy meals that are both tasty and affordable. There are no desserts, but these meals are super-simple with short ingredients lists. Super-tasty, though the author’s Spanish grandmother is not impressed with his recipe for paella which she says is ‘rice, with stuff in it!’
There’s no doubt that food prices have rocketed in recent years, leading to food campaigner Jack Monroe accusing supermarkets of putting up the price of everyday items (apples) by far higher ratios than luxury items (like champagne, if you can call that a food).
The truth is that most people can’t find nor afford swanky indie health shops and farm shops. So these kind of books can help people cook delicious plant-based food on low incomes, using affordable ingredients that you can find in any store.
Other recipes include:
- Artichoke paella
- Sweet potato katsu curry
- Golden syrup broccoli nooddles
- Mac & no cheese
- Sticky aubergine bao
- Black bean meatballs
- Mexican stuffed peppers
- Oothappam Indian crumpets
- Vegan sausage rolls (use palm-oil-free pastry)
Also look out for Katy Beskow’s upcoming cookbook Thrifty Vegan. Like all her books, this features easy doable budget-friendly recipes, with foods you can find in any store.
