Super-quick plant-based recipes (under 30 minutes)
Sometimes it’s good to take your time over a slow recipe. But these recipe books are designed for people who are short on time, or who simply want good food fast, and want to get in and out of the kitchen!
Read up on food safety for people and pets. For tinned ingredients, rinse/remove lids (or pop ring-pulls over holes) then step on upper cans to pinch rims together, to stop wildlife getting trapped.
Unless you have food waste bins, just bin pepper and allium scraps (onion, leeks, garlic, shallot, chives), citrus/tomato/rhubarb scraps. To avoid acids harming compost creatures.
20-Minute Vegan is a super book which is packed with fun commentary (he wears white sunglasses and asks ‘do I look like I make boring food?) and will make it fun, to teach you how to cook!
He jokes that some people mistake him for being Jamie Oliver’s son! He’s not (and although Jamie is not vegan, he’s a huge fan of this fresh cooking star.
This book features 80 fast and fresh flavour-packed recipes, ideal for anyone on a budget or wants to cook, but doesn’t know where to start. From proper pastas to creamy curries and from fluffy pancakes to chocolate puddings.
You won’t find a bad review of this book. Not only are the recipes super-easy and super-tasty, but his commentary is fun. He doesn’t take himself (nor his food) too seriously:
Be prepared for me to crack a joke, because I don’t crack yolks! Calum
Most of these recipes serve ‘a big two’ so you can eat leftovers, or double up for four. Many recipes (like the pasta sauces) can also be chilled in the fridge. This is a book that has been thought through, for real people on real budgets.
That’s likely why Calum is only writing three cookbooks. He has not just churned out cookbooks with no prior thought. Bu taken real time and effort to ensure they are used, and not left on the shelf.
What recipes are in this book?
- Proper porridge with cherry jam
- Fluffy blueberry pancakes
- Posh beans on toast
- ‘Chuna’ sandwich
- Danny Danny noodles
- Tofu shish kebabs
- Fiery chilli pasta
- A kind-of-carbonara
- Mac and cheese
- Silky chocolate mousse
- Cinnamon crunchy flapjacks
Who wrote this book?
Calum Harris is fast becoming one of our top vegan cooking stars, although he says that now he has written three cookbooks, he’s focusing more online. He’s not a trained chef, but got a cookbook deal, due to his huge popularity on Instagram.
He went vegan after attending a barbecue and meeting a vegan friend. He decided to go vegan himself, and his wonderful cooking skills sent the world barmy! He says he learned his cooking skills from his mum, then simply adapted recipes. That now have almost 350,000 fans online.
The 29-Minute Vegan (by the queen of cooks!)
The 29-Minute Vegan shows you how to get a plant-based meal on the table in just under 30 minutes. This book faetures over 100 super-fast easy vegan meals, perfect for busy lives.
Find unique flavour profiles and humour from the queen of vegan cookery! These recipes will appeal to both lifelong vegans and aspiring chefs who crave the textures and aromas of familiar foods.
What recipes are in this book?
Recipes include:
- Chickpea ramen with cashy runny egg
- Massaman curry
- Taco Tuesday
- Green curry tofu noodle salad
- Sticky tofu deli sammy
- Fly away gyro bowl
- Choc frosty shake with whippety whip
Who wrote this book?
Isa Chandra Moskowitz learned to cook in her native New York, then a small TV cable show led to her first cookbook. Since then she’s published a series of best-selling cookbooks.
If you’re new to the vegan world, know that Isa has been a best-selling vegan cookbook author for nigh on 20 years. Her books sell themselves. If you want a trustworthy book to start, go for one by her!
PlantYou Quickies (easy recipes for busy people)
PlantYou: Quickies is your guide for easy and fast cooking on days when you don’t feel like doing anything. Designed for real busy schedules, these recipes will get your fab meals wtih hardly any effort. Find 140 speedy and approachable meals, most can be made in 30 minutes or less.
Using Carleigh’s signature ‘got this, make that’ visaual guide, to help you use up what’s in your fridge or pantry. So this is also a zero waste recipe book! Plus options free from gluten, nuts and oil.
What recipes are in this book?
Recipes include:
- Easy spicy peanut noodles
- Walnut sundried tomato ragu
- Superhero breakfast cookies
- Lazy broken lasagne
- Anti-inflammatory chickpea stew
- Lazy galette
- Dessert jars
Who wrote this book?
Carleigh Bodrug is a best-selling cookbook author and blogger, who has over 2.5 million followers on social media, known for turning simple ingredients into practical meals. She lives in Canada.
15-Minute Vegan Meals (60 delicious recipes)
15-Minute Vegan Meals offers lovely meals packed with plant-based protein and good fats for dinners with taste, and nutrition. Ideal for people low on time and energy, who still want to make their meals with fresh ingredients.
Recipes include:
- Buffalo Tempeh Bowl with Vegan Honey Mustard
- Sun-dried Tomato Alfredo Penne with Broccoli
- Spiced Chickpea & Kale Salad
- Spicy Sweet & Sour Tofu with Broccoli
- BBQ Jackfruit & Chickpea Flatbread with Creamy Slaw
- Roasted Red Pepper Pasta Salad
- Ginger Noodle Soup
Who wrote this book?
Janet Gronnow is a popular vegan food blogger, whose recipes have been featured in many publications. She lives in Pennsylvania, USA.
It has few pictures, but Vegan in 15 is a lovely little read, an affordable book of easy recipes by Kate, who blogs at The Veg Space
