Vegan Pantry (recipes with 10 staple ingredients)

Vegan Pantry is a book of 100 tasty recipes, based around 10 staple ingredients that you likely have in your kitchen all the time. This not only saves money but stops food waste, as you just buy fresh fruits and veggies and a few other ingredients, to add to the staples for varied delicious meals.

Before cooking, read up on food safety for people and pets.

The 10 Staple Ingredients

Oats
Canned Tomatoes
Pulses
Citrus
Pasta
Coconut Milk
Peanut Butter
Tofu
Grains
Jackfruit (a bit more unusual!)

The extra ingredients you need to make these meals are:

Fresh fruits and vegetables
Non-dairy milks
Herbs and spices
Sea salt and black pepper
Oils, flour and sugar

If you don’t like cookbooks that require you to find 10 different shops to buy the ingredients, then you’ll love Katy’s books! Her latest offering shows a real understanding that most people don’t live near swanky farm shops (and if they do, can’t afford the prices).

Recipes include:

Baked Bean Waffle Pie
Cinnamon & Hazelnut Granola
Garlic Mushroom Sausages with Creamy Mash
Creamy Chickpea, Sage & Kale Soup
Cacio e Pepe-style Butter Beans
Cauliflower Mac & Cheese
Fennel & Grapefruit Salad
Date, Chickpea & Lemon Tagine
Corn-on-the-cob

There are always plenty of delicious desserts in Katy’s book! The simple affordable ones in this book include:

Limoncello Tiramisu
Pistachio, Mango & Coconut Kulfi
Vegan Creme Brulee

Consider shopping at fruit and vegetable markets, for good prices on seasonal produce. Overheads are less than supermarket chains, so savings can be passed onto the consumer. Be cautious of coupons and vouchers, and purchase only what you will actually use, no matter what the discount.

Tonnes of cooked rice are wasted due to overestimating volumes of uncooked rice (90g of uncooked rice will serve one person – chill unused rice in the fridge for up to 24 hours and thoroughly reheat before serving).

About the Author

Author Katy Beskow is one of England’s best-selling vegan cookbook authors. She learned to cook while studying in London, and returning to Yorkshire, she began creating affordable no-nonsense recipes, with her blog leading to the first cookbook, and now there’s an army of books!