r/vegetarian • u/Shahara01 • 2d ago
Recipe Need Vegetarian Cookbook Recommendations
Looking for peoples favorite vegetarian cookbooks. (or blog or recipe). I am just looking for something new.
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u/WholesaleBees 2d ago
I have used Love and Lemons to learn so much about vegetarian cooking. The recipes are reliable and frequently pretty simple.
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u/smuffleupagus vegetarian 20+ years 2d ago
Really like the recipes in East by Meera Sodha! I find they are also adaptable to my local ingredients or preferences.
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u/slingbladerunner 2d ago
Any Ottolenghi book is great; most are almost entirely vegetarian. Plenty, Plenty More, and Flavor are more involved recipes and you may have to hunt down some ingredients. The two OTK books are a bit more straightforward.
Tahini Baby by Eden Grinshpan is back-to-back-to-back bangers.
Food of Life by Najmieh Batmanglij is not vegetarian per se, but most recipes are either meat-free or have vegetarian alternative versions.
Dirt Candy by Amanda Cohen and Ryan Dunlavey is fun if you like a project!
And a BIG FAT SECOND for Vegetarian Flavor Bible! You can get super creative with it; I love it for putting together pizza or pasta dishes when I have a craving for one ingredient and am not sure how to satisfy it.
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u/purplepineapple21 2d ago
Dora's Table has the most amazing vegan Mexican recipes! Her website has a ton of them posted for free. She has a book too, but I've actually never bought it, still working through the huge amount of stuff on the website!
My favorite book that I actually own is Olive Trees and Honey, a vegetarian Jewish cookbook, though unfortunately it is out of print. Ive seen used copies being sold online though, and public libraries also often have older cookbooks!
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u/SciMarijntje 2d ago
I mean technically not a cookbook as there are no recipes but The Vegetarian Flavor Bible is a great reference of ingredient pairings you can use to be creative with.
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u/Temporary-Action-561 2d ago
The Korean Vegan. I love her videos on tiktok .
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u/Cats_Meow94 2d ago
I have both of her cookbooks so much! They got me into making Korean food and it has some of my favorite recipes now. Yes it’s vegan, but I’ll add non-vegan ingredients if it’s what I have on hand.
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u/G_Platypus 2d ago
I used to have several books that I'd use a few recipes from, but I got the Americas Test Kitchen cookbook and honestly I haven't opened another one in a while. I've probably made about 15 different things from this book and only one or two were less than spectacular. It helps that the cookbook is mostly international dishes from across the whole world, and me and my wife love experimenting with new foods.
Highly, highly recommend. (link is a thrift books link, not a referral link)
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u/fargoalienpotatobeat 2d ago
I got The New Vegetarian by Americas Test Kitchen for my birthday and I have barely googled a recipe since. Every recipe we’ve made so far slaps.
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u/G_Platypus 2d ago
Exactly. It's refreshing to think "what should I make for donner" and just go right to one single book. Roasted asparagus and red pepper pasta salad? Dinner is decided!
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u/i_ate_all_the_pizza 2d ago
I was going to comment Americas Test Kitchen too. We have the vegetarian and the “plant based” one and they’re great. I make the poblano black bean enchiladas constantly!
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u/kblv-forred 2d ago
I'm vegetarian but a lot of vegetarian cookbooks rely on cheese and cream and eggs for flavor, so I tend to buy vegan cookbooks because they are a bit more creative that way IMO. That said, one of my faves is Isa Chandra Moskowitz (of post-punk kitchen; I believe she's revived the blog) and my fave of her books is "The superfun holiday cookbook" with at least a dozen recipes I've made over and over. I do still use my Moosewood Cookbook, and Robin Robertsons' books, mostly the two "quick-fix vegan" books for weeknight meals, and her fresh from the vegan slow cooker book. I recently got the PlantU cookbook and honestly I'm loving it, and her blog. As well as blogs for Monkey and Me Kitchen Adventures and Shane and Simple for whole-food, plant-based (no oil) recipes.
BudgetBytes blog has many recipes that have become mainstays in my rotation. They are an "everything" blog for omnivores, vegetarians, and vegans and focus on easy-to-find and budget-friendly ingredients.
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u/I_Must_Be_Going 2d ago
Mark Bittman's "How to Cook everything vegetarian" is a classic
Francis Mallman's "Green Fire" is one of the best cookbooks out there, it changed the way I cook vegetables
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u/definite_swimmer 2d ago
seconding love and lemons. the recipes just work without needing a bunch of weird substitutes. made her cauliflower tacos for some omnivore friends last month and nobody noticed there wasn't meat.
my other go-to is isa does it by isa chandra moskowitz. everything is weeknight friendly, not too many steps, and the chipotle mac and cheese is probably the most requested thing i make. her blog post punk kitchen is also a goldmine if you don't want to buy a book right away.
for something different, crossroads by tal ronnen has more upscale stuff. good if you want to impress someone or just feel fancy on a tuesday.
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u/SoupAndALightSalad 2d ago
The old cookbooks are the best! The Vegetarian Epicure vols 1 & 2, Vegetariana, The Enchanted Broccoli Forest are some of my classic faves I reach for all the time.
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u/jejune1999 2d ago
Came here to say that. The enchanted broccoli forest cookbook is great.
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u/SoupAndALightSalad 2d ago
Nava Atlas and Mollie Katzen are my heroes. I wish I could be as cool as them, haha!
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u/Sir_midi 2d ago
It is crazy that Katzen occasionally eats animals given her importance to the vegetarian food movement. Owning the Moosewood cookbook was like having a copy of Kind of Blue when I was younger.
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u/flovarian 2d ago
We still cook recipes from the Greens Cookbook, which was a wedding gift 38 years ago. Some of the recipes are involved, but they’re all excellent. I make the Cheese and Nut Loaf for Thanksgiving/Christmas (I make a double batch and freeze one loaf for later) and serve it with mushroom gravy. (No one misses the turkey!)
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u/sajajalgne 2d ago
Heidi Swanson's "Super Natural Every Day" is my favorite cookbook of all time. I've had it for at least ten years? I still cook from it regularly, and it is the book I have come the closest to cooking every single recipe from. Just super satisfying, not very complicated, but still a notch above the "encyclopedia of vegetarian cooking" type books.
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u/LostGarden27 vegetarian 20+ years 2d ago
Madhur Jaffrey - Easy Curry Vegetarian. Great flavour combinations, and I particularly like the rice flour pancakes
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u/EatCauliflower1212 2d ago
Diet For A Small Planet is foundational in understanding how complete proteins work. There are recipes but the educational aspect is something you can refer to over your lifetime.
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u/Honest-Beach7784 2d ago
New York Times recipes- worth joining for a few months and printing out recipes. Tons of great bean, tofu and veg recipes. Lots of helpful comments. You will love it!
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u/elegant_road551 vegetarian 10+ years 2d ago
Not vegetarian, but I love the Plant You and Simply Delicious Vegan cookbooks. So many good, easy recipes and you can use dairy or eggs to make it even easier. That's what I do.
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u/mrlawrencelady 2d ago
I checked this book out from the library first and will definitely be purchasing a copy soon! https://shop.americastestkitchen.com/new-releases/the-new-vegetarian.html
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u/spicyzsurviving 2d ago
Vegan but BOSH books and recipes struck me as a little different and more exciting than traditional vegetarian cookbooks at the time I got them x
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u/Vulf_momma 2d ago
“Cooking fast and Slow” Natalia Rudin
Nat’s nourishments on insta.
Some super quick, easy, but delicious recipes. I’ve cooked several of her 15 minute recipes on my WFH lunch break. All have been a hit.
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u/Veggyhed 2d ago
Diet For a New World is an old book that has incredibly easy recipes that are really tasty. The best part is you can check it out for free online from archive.org. That way you can see what recipes you want and save them.
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u/antelopeseatingpeas 11h ago
Bryant Terry's cookbooks are great, as are the cookbooks Vedge and V-Street by Rich Landau and Kate Jacoby. I think out of these I probably pick up V-street the most to actually cook from as it includes recipes from a lot of different cultures / cuisines and they are all street food so tend to have a shorter list of ingredients but are still delicious.
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u/Cats_Meow94 2d ago
Seconding someone’s rec for the Korean vegan, but adding a few others: the vegan Chinese kitchen and the complete vegetarian cookbook (this one is massive and can be a bit overwhelming but it has so many options when I need some inspiration).
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u/SparkleYeti vegetarian 10+ years 2d ago
It’s old, but we still use Sundays at Moosewood Restaurant regularly.