Inspired to cook more vegan food this year? If you’re overhauling the way you eat but don’t know where to start, these cookbooks will show you the way. Forget boring bowlfuls of beans, these cookbooks put flavour and ease first, teaching you how to cook meals that will nourish and energise you, as well as sharing expert tips for maintaining a balanced vegan diet.
From midweek dinners to plant-based cakes and bakes, these are our favourite vegan cookbooks for beginners.
EASY
Think plant-based cooking can be tricky? Think again. Roxy Pope and Ben Pook, the duo behind popular online platform So Vegan, have developed a brilliant collection of 100 family- and budget-friendly recipes to see you through your busy schedules, from midweek dinners that take just 15-30 minutes to rustle up, to comforting weekend feasts.
Rainbow Bowls
Rainbow Bowls is the third book from Niki Webster, the food author and photographer behind the hit blog Rebel Recipes. Thanks to her accessible approach and emphasis on simplicity, Niki has gained a huge following of home cooks who swear by her flavour-packed recipes. Rainbow Bowls is designed to help you eat the rainbow, with 40 easy, one-bowl meal ideas ranging from satisfying breakfasts to tempting desserts. It’s the perfect book if you’re looking for fuss-free, failsafe plant-based recipes.
The Vegan Air Fryer
Whether you’re the proud new owner of an air fryer or looking for ways to incorporate more meatless options into your meal plans, this cookbook by plant-based chef Niki Webster is packed with quick, easy, and healthy vegan air fryer recipes covering everything from breakfast to dinner and dessert.
The Happy Pear Vegan Cooking for Everyone
If you want to learn the fundamentals of vegan cooking with an easy-to-follow step-by-step foundation, this is the cookbook for you. This book is the result of two-decades of experimentation by plant-based cooks, The Happy Pear twins. Recipes are included, but rather than encourage us to rely on them the twins help readers to build their own knowledge of plant-based cooking from the ground up. The book will show you how to build your favourite meals from scratch with easy-to-understand formulas, how to pair ingredients and how to adapt recipes so that you can cook more instinctively.
80 quick and simple one-pot vegan recipes from the duo behind SO VEGAN
Fuss-free, vibrant recipes packed with flavour
Healthy plant-based recipes to help you eat more veg and be kinder to the planet
One Pot Vegan
Divided into three simple chapters – lights, dinners and desserts – this easy-to-navigate cookbook will show you how to cook vegan meals all in one pot, one pan or one tray, making it super-easy to get a meal on the table at any time of the week. Think, mushroom tikka masala, pearl barley chilli, and boozy Caribbean pear cake. From the loveable duo behind the vegan platform, So Vegan, this book is full of imaginative, creative and inspiring recipes for beginner cooks.
Delicious, fuss-free vegan recipes
Vegan twists on comforting classics
Mouth-watering dairy-free desserts
Veganeasy
If you want a cross between Bosh! and Jamie’s 5-Ingredients, this is the cookbook for you. Make flavoursome meals spanning breakfast, mains and sweet treats using just five, easy-to-find ingredients. Our favourite recipes? One-pot Cajun rice & beans and delicious salted fudge chocolate brownies.
Flexible recipes to accommodate the whole family
Comforting classics that can be vegan or meat-based
Simple and easy recipes to see you through the week
There’s a Vegan in the House
This vegan cookbook is perfect for beginners looking to dip their toes into vegan cooking. With family-friendly recipes, top tips on how to balance your diet, and lots of flexitarian swaps to cater for the omnivores around the table, this is an inclusive cookbook that will help you cook for everyone.
Delicious vegan versions of classic cakes
Failsafe vegan recipes for everything from bread to pastry
Show-stopping vegan desserts and sweet treats
Vegan Cakes and Other Bakes
If you’re delving into the world of vegan cooking but you’re missing cakes, biscuits and sweet treats, this beginners’ cookbook will satisfy those cravings. With 80 recipes, from brownies to savoury quiches, you’ll find practical baking advice, must-have equipment lists and all the info you need for natural substitutes. Try this chocolate mousse raspberry cake for a taste of what you’ll find in the book.
Tasty vegan food inspired by Rachel’s Caribbean, West African and British roots.
With bold, mouthwatering recipes, fresh twists on old favourites, and delicious bakes.
Full of clever tips and hacks to help you create exciting, flavourful vegan dishes.
Rachel Ama’s Vegan Eats
This creative cookbook draws on Caribbean and West African influences to create bold, full-flavour recipes. From YouTube sensation, Rachel Ama, it’s an ideal book for anyone seeking sumptuous, plant-based recipe inspiration on a budget. our favourite recipes? Try her vegan juna pasta or West African peanut stew.
Fast one-dish family favourites
All-in-one creative vegan recipes
Easy one-tin vegetarian dinners
The Green Roasting Tin
While not exclusively vegan, The Green Roasting Tin is still full of meat-free and dairy-free ideas with plenty of seasonal vegetables, hearty grains, beans and flavourful dressings. Rukmini’s fuss-free, flexible approach will get you inspired to mix-and-match ingredients and choose your own favourite combinations to throw in the oven.
