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Vegan Cookbooks + Free Recipe Sites!
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items I've been vegan for many years and have explored so many vegan cookbooks. If you're vegan curious, a baby vegan, or a longtime herbivore like me, you'll find something that speaks to you from this list of my favorites! Note: I've tried out a LOT of cookbooks and have plenty I am NOT putting on this list to recommend. If you're curious about a vegan cookbook, send me a message! If I've tried it, I'll give you the pros and cons!
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Health, Diet & Nutrition Centered
DIY, Baby!
Favorite Vegan Recipe Sites!
Main Dishes
Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner, Second Breakfast, Snackies….
This collection of recipes is a beautiful, welcoming invitation to health and longevity wrapped up in delicious ingredients and gorgeous photography. My copy is well-worn from use and has about fifty post-it notes sticking out of all my favorite page...
The Plantpower Way: Whole Food Plant-Based Recipes and ...
My husband is Italian and has given this cookbook a very enthusiastic chef's kiss seal of approval.
The Plantpower Way: Italia: Delicious Vegan Recipes from the ...
THE RECIPES!!! + beautiful recollections of her childhood interwoven throughout the cookbook.
The Korean Vegan Cookbook
LOVE this tiny but mighty little cookbook! Not just for van life - this is a great resource for camping, backpacking, road trips, or every day eating! If you want to try the van life, there are lots of “how-to's” in here, too.
Vegan in a Van: Healthy, Plant-based Recipes on the Road
I gift this cookbook to anyone I know who wants to try veganism. 10 ingredients or less at $10 or less and 30 minutes or less!?!? This one is a must have! The Get-Er-Done Garlic Noodles dish should have a warning label for being addictive. SO, SO good!
Fast Easy Cheap Vegan: 101 Recipes You Can Make in 30 ...
This was my first ever vegan cookbook! AMAZING guide for transitioning to veganism! I make the chickpeas from the Blue Corn Chickpea Tacos recipes at least once a week, in tacos, burritos, salad, wraps, Buddha bowls, or just as a snack. Try them here: happyherbivore.com/2008/05/chickpea-tacos
The Happy Herbivore Cookbook: Over 175 Delicious Fat-Free ...
IMPRESS YOUR GUESTS! “This is vegan?” “Wow!” “Soooo good!” Over 100 simple yet gourmet vegetable+ recipes from award-winning chefs and owners of Philadelphia's VEDGE restaurant. From Fingerling Potatoes with Creamy Horseradish Sauce (p.80), Broccoli Rabe Philly Style (p.77), Portobello Frites (p.150), Apple Cake with Fritters and Waldorf Frosting (p.174) and even cocktails, like Pomegranate Sangria (p.221) and Kyoto Sour (22... Not for the newbie chef, but very doable for someone who knows their way around the kitchen. Best part - the recipes use pretty common ingredients, not the “Virgin tears watered rare baby mushroom grown on the mountains of…” demands that some more bo...
Vedge: 100 Plates Large and Small That Redefine Vegetable Cooking
Longevity magic in a bottle! Author Dan Beuttner, who charted the Blue Zone, traveled to each one and chronicled the traditional foods that each people group ate regularly, which are attributed to their long and healthy lives. The imagery in this boo...
The Blue Zones Kitchen: 100 Recipes to Live to 100
BBQ? VEGAN BBQ? YES!! Loads of vegan grilling recipes, from steaks, burgers, sausages, tofu and skewers, to potatoes, pizza, veggies, fruit, and so much more. If you, like me, enjoy BBQ food, but not the part where you're eating a dead body, then thi...
VBQ: The Ultimate Vegan Barbecue Cookbook
The JACKPOT for flavor bursting, absolutely mouth-watering, give-me-thirds recipes!
Big Vegan Flavor: 150 Vegan Recipes
Love this one for quick and easy toss together slow cooker dinners. I make the curry dishes regularly! The cookbook includes both crock pot meals and side dishes to round out the meal, such as salads, veggies, and more.
Super Easy Vegan Slow Cooker Cookbook
Sweet Treats
Delish Vegan Dessert Cookbooks
TONS of absolutely delish vegan desserts without refined sugar or other processed yuck ingredients. Chef AJ has spent years perfecting the art of crafting healthy and indulgent plant-based sweet treats. Stock up on your pitted dates!
Sweet Indulgence - - Chef AJ
If you enjoy vegan and/or gluten free baking and cooking, and you don't know Chocolate Covered Katie…. Well, here you go! TONS of free recipes on her site to try out.
My New Cookbook Is Finally Here! Chocolate Covered Katie Breakfast Cookbook
This is a dessert cookbook for the chef who knows their way around the kitchen. The recipes are SO worth the extra time and effort and will WOW everyone - vegan or not!
A New Way to Bake: Plant-based Desserts
Health, Diet & Nutrition Centered
These cookbooks are more focused on addressing a health issue, or learning about the finer points of plant based nutrition.
When my mom was diagnosed with dementia, I did a deep dive into the connection between food and cognition health and decline. THIS IS THE BOOK for protecting your brain health - at ANY AGE!
The 30-Day Alzheimer's Solution: The Revolutionary ...
Want to know the WHY of a vegan diet as much as HOW to prepare vegan food? This is your book! Do yourself a favor and get the audiobook as well :D
Book - The Proof - Simon Hill
A companion to the holy grail of nutrition: How Not To Die, the cookbook features delicious recipes centered around the healthiest foods! All recipes include a “Daily Dozen” rating so you know how many from each category you are getting with each ser...
The How Not to Die Cookbook: 100+ Recipes to Help Prevent ...
Chef AJ well known in the vegan community for creating delicious, indulgent and healthy vegan recipes. Unprocessed takes the healthy recipes one step further! Pack full of delish, SOS free, unprocessed recipes. Only downside is there aren't very many recipe photos.
Unprocessed 10th Anniversary Edition: Revitalize Your Health ...
Cancer. Scariest word out there. If you are a loved one has ever had cancer or a scare, you know how helpless you feel! Chris Wark's book Chris Beat Cancer became a lifeline in our home and his cookbook, Beat Cancer Kitchen, takes all that amazing nutrition and information and pours it into pages of delicious and health promoting recipes to nourish your body.
Beat Cancer Kitchen: Deliciously Simple Plant-Based Anticancer Recipes
DIY, Baby!
Store bought products can be $$$! This section is focused on making your own vegan staples from scratch! Let's do this!
Did you know you can make your own plant milks, cheeses, sauces, dressings, and other pantry and fridge staples? This book takes the, "It’s too expensive to eat vegan", excuse and throws it out the window. I was so excited to get this cookbook, and it has *not* disappointed me!
The Homemade Vegan Pantry: The Art of Making Your Own Staples [A Cookbook]
Favorite Vegan Recipe Sites!
Even though I have a library of vegan cookbooks, you'll still find my scrolling and searching through the web for vegan recipes. Here are some of my very favorite sites packed full of free recipes, follow along videos, and step-by-step guides!
Sam Turnball's vegan recipe site, “It Doesn't Taste like Chicken” is amazing! She has every kind of vegan recipe you can think of. I have tried so many of these! Definitely check out her Sheet Pan Pancakes (a favorite with my preschool class).
It Doesn't Taste Like Chicken - Vegan Recipes
EVERYTHING on this site is SO GOOD. Oh my gosh. So, SO, so good. Please, do yourself a favor and make their Baked Macaroni and Cheese. https://makeitdairyfree.com/the-best-vegan-mac-and-cheese/ Additionally, the husband and wife team share how to make their recipes Top 8 Allergen friendly, and do vegan product taste-tests and rankings.
Mouthwatering Vegan & Dairy-Free Recipes for Everyone - Make It Dairy Free
Isa Chandra of the Post Punk Vegan Kitchen is an old school vegan goddess. Some of her recipes are my very favorite vegan recipes of all time. In the winter, I make this Dilly Stew with Rosemary Dumplings about once a week! theppk.com/2011/11/dilly-stew-with-rosemary-dumplings
Recipes – Post Punk Kitchen – Isa Chandra Moskowitz
Longevity Recipes from a registered dietician! Author Nisha Melvani is a culinary school graduate with a Master's degree in Nutrition, PLUS a registered dietician. I don't want to downplay the experience and knowledge of many recipe bloggers, but som... Nisha's recipes are created with specific longevity specific nutrients at the center, which means that you know you are getting the best of the best when you are preparing food from her site. Check out her YouTube videos too! She has a calm and gentle demeanor, similar to Sadia from Pick Up Limes, that just makes you feel like everything is going to be ok, which is hard to come by these days. :)
Easy, Affordable & Healthy Vegan Longevity Recipes
Angela of Oh She Glows has been in the vegan recipe kitchen for many years. Her recipes can be searched by what you need to include/exclude. She has a recipe app now, so some of recipes require you to have the app to access, but there are tons that are free for everyone. Try her Game Night Crispy Potato Bruschetta. OHHHH my gosh. SO good! https://ohsheglows.com/game-night-crispy-potato-bruschetta/ I finally ordered her original cookbook, so I'll be seeing if that one will be added to be Vegan Cookbook list, soon!
Recipe Search – Oh She Glows
Sadia of Pick Up Limes, who is a registered dietician, exudes this beautiful, kind, gentle, goodness that you can tell goes into all of her food preparation, making these beautiful, absolutely delicious dishes. I've been preparing recipes from her si... I love that you can search by what ingredients/allergens you need to exclude. So helpful! Try her Spicy Garlic Wok Noodles! pickuplimes.com/recipe/spicy-garlic-wok-noodles-213
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Healthy + Dessert??? What? Amazingly, Katie has managed to create a whole recipe site packed full of healthy desserts of all kinds, including those that can be eaten for breakfast and snacks! She also has some main dish meals, including stuffed shells, vegan Spaghettios, chili, and more! Try her vegan Ferrero Rocher. TO DIE FOR. chocolatecoveredkatie.com/homemade-ferrero-rocher-recipe
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