If you’re new to plant-based eating, here are some of the best simple recipe books to try. There are hundreds of good cookbooks, but many require gourmet and expensive ingredients. All these books have simple instructions, affordable ingredients and nice recipes to make a gentle transition.
Simply Delicious Vegan offers healthy laid-back recipes to prove that wholesome plant food does not have to be expensive, complicated or boring. With personal tips for a glowing life, the 100 recipes can also be made free from gluten and oil and sugar. Recipes include:
- Sweet Potato & Kale Skillet
- Sweet & Smoky Chickpea Burgers
- Chickpea Tikka Masala
- Grits Bowl with Smoky Tempeh Bacon
- Peanut Butter & Sweet Potato Soup
- Morning Glory Muffins
- Green Curry Soup with Zucchini Noodles
- Cheesy Batterned Zucchini Fries
- Sheet Pat Teriyaki Bowls
- No-Bake Cosmic Brownies
- Fluffy Banana Bread
- Homemade Snickers
Caitlin Shoemaker is one of the world’s most popular vegan recipe bloggers. Raised as a vegetarian, she adopted a plant-based diet and makes wholesome, easy and budget-friendly recipes, which are mostly free from gluten, oil and refined sugar.
Vegan Roasting Pan is by Yorkshire chef and cooking teacher Katy Beskow. The recipes are organized into four chapters: lights, supper, extras and sweets. Recipes that let your oven do the hard work for you include:
- Sticky Maple Aubergine with Crushed Peanuts
- Watermelon Niçoise
- Oven-fried Nuggets
- Apple & Ginger Dahl
- Low & Slow Rice Pudding
- Blackberry & Peach Tart
Liv B’s Easy Everyday is by a popular Canadian chef. These 100 recipes are either with 5 ingredients or made in one pot or on a baking tray. Plus there are tips for meal prep, freezing, subs and pressure cookers. Recipes include:
- Chorizo Tempeh Breakfast Wraps
- Sheet Pan Pot Pie
- Frying Pan Granola
- One-Pot Mushroom Stroganoff
- One Pot Mac n Cheese
One Pot, Three Ways is by London chef Rachel Ama. Each recipe offers options to level up your leftovers and create new feasts, by scaling portions up or down and freeze leftovers for friends. For instance:
Transform or serve peri peri mushrooms with:
- Peri Peri Pittas
- Potato Wedges & Slaw
- Peri Peri Charred Sweetcorn Salad Bowls
Serve up or refresh Caribbean curried jack into:
- Coconut Rice & Coleslaw
- Coconut Flatbreads with Tomato Red Onion Salad
- Caribbean Patties with Orange Salad
