EASY

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.

Best for: easy, accessible recipes for beginner vegan cooks

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Big Veg Energy

From small plates to warming bowls of comfort food to delicious desserts, Big Veg Energy is packed with 100 easy plant-based recipes by chef, content creator and Mob alum Christina Soteriou. Expect inventive, flavour-packed dishes such as Sweet Potatoes with Tahini Butter Chickpeas, Pulled Leeks with Pistachio Cream, and Peanut Butter Cherry Jam Semifreddo.

Best for: easy, accessible plant-based recipes, as well as hosting and meal prep inspiration

Veganeasy

If you want a cross between Bosh! and Jamie Oliver’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.

Best for: five-ingredient vegan recipes

The Seriously Good Veggie Student Cookbook

Learning to cook for yourself when you’re a student can be challenging, but this cookbook, packed with 80 vegetarian and vegan recipes, cooking tips, and food safety basics, has got you covered. From homemade lunches to quick, satisfying dinners, these student-friendly recipes will help first-time cooks expand their repertoire beyond beans on toast.

Best for: vegan and vegetarian recipes for students

Grubby Recipes

This cookbook by popular vegan recipe box company Grubby is at once a collection of 60 speedy recipes (all ready to eat in less than 30 minutes), and an indispensable guide to becoming a seasoned plant-based home cook. With recipes including Juicy Harissa Mushroom Shawarma, Smoky Pulled Aubergine Loaded Fries with Green Goddess Sauce, and Crispy Tofu Banh Mi, prepare to seriously upgrade your weekly meal plans with dinners that are full of flavour.

Best for: quick dinners that take under 30 minutes

Vegan Pantry

Guided by 10 simple hero ingredients, bestselling vegan cookbook author Katy Beskow has developed 100 recipes that help you get the most out of your store-cupboard staples. With chapters covering canned tomatoes, pulses, pasta, coconut milk, jackfruit, tofu, grains, and more, you’ll have plenty of fresh inspiration for your weekly food shop.

Best for: easy midweek meals

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.

Best for: easy one-pot vegan recipes

The Green Slow Cooker

Here to prove that slow cookers are good for more than just meat stews, food writer Heather Whinney has created 80 effortless vegan and vegetarian recipes that will have you getting the most out of this humble countertop appliance. Whatever the season, this cookbook has the perfect recipe, ranging from Thai Green Curry, to Stuffed Aubergines, to umami Miso Ramen.

Best for: year-round slow cooker recipes for vegan and vegetarian home cooks

The Vegan Air Fryer

Air fryers have become a popular addition to kitchens up and down the country – and for good reason. Food blogger and plant-based chef Niki Webster shows us how to make the most of our beloved air fryers with 70 time-saving vegan recipes including curries, loaded fries, tofu tacos, and even cookies.

Best for: vegan air fryer recipes

The Green Roasting Tin

While not exclusively vegan, The Green Roasting Tin is still full of meat-and dairy-free recipe ideas with plenty of seasonal vegetables, hearty grains, beans and flavourful dressings. Rukmini’s fuss-free, flexible approach to cooking will get you inspired to mix-and-match ingredients and choose your own favourite combinations to throw in the oven.

Best for: one-tin traybakes that can easily be made vegan

Dinner

This cookbook by Meera Sodha is a love letter to the joy of rekindling your love for cooking. Featuring 120 vegan and vegetarian recipes such as Kimchi and Tomato Spaghetti, 18-Carat Laksa, Iraqi White Bean Stew, and Rojak Salad with Avocado, Tofu and Tamarind, you’ll find plenty of inspiration to banish the stress of planning your evening meals for good.

Best for: nourishing, hearty dinner recipes for any day of the week

Cooking with Nonna

From fresh egg pasta to a rich cacio e pepe, Italian cuisine is full of dishes that aren’t exactly vegan-friendly. Thankfully, award-winning food content creator Giuseppe Federici – with the help of his Nonna – has reimagined Italian classics for a plant-based diet, from Arancini to Tiramisu.

Best for: vegan Italian recipes

SpiceBox

If there’s a vegan in your life who’s missing their favourite takeaway dishes, SpiceBox is the gift for them. Promising plant-based versions of curry house classics, Grace Regan’s debut cookbook covers everything from cauliflower tikka masala to jackfruit jalfrezi, as well as plenty of flavoursome snacks, light bites, and speedy midweek meals. Grace’s straightforward recipes can all be cooked at home using everyday ingredients, making this an accessible cookbook for cooks of all levels.

Best for: vegan Indian classics and fakeaways

EAST

Fans of vegan recipes may well already be acquainted with Meera Sodha thanks to her hugely popular plant-based Guardian Feast column. In EAST, she shares many favourites from it, alongside new recipes, many of which are vegan or easily flexed and all collected from different countries across the East. The resulting collection of recipes is a vibrant, flavour-packed celebration of plant-based cooking at its most exciting.

Best for: pan-Asian cooking

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 personal favourites? The Crispy Jerk Barbecue Tacos and West African Peanut Stew.

Best for: Caribbean and West African dishes made vegan

Plant to Plate

Inspired by the produce grown in his rural Welsh garden, the recipes in this plant-forward cookbook by Gaz Oakley is all about eating with the seasons and making the most of fruit and veg, with each chapter organised around a different hero ingredient. Expect hearty, mouthwatering recipes like Smoked Carrot Kebab with Burnt Onion Purée, Tomato, Thyme and Almond Upside Down Cake, and Strawberry and Lavender Welsh Cakes.

Best for: anyone looking to turn allotment staples into inventive dishes

The Whole Vegetable

Organised by season, The Whole Vegetable features over 130 original plant-based recipes to help you get the most out of fresh ingredients when they’re at their best. Our favourite recipes from this beautiful cookbook include Whole Baked Harissa Cauliflower, Cabbage Ramen with Homemade Ramen Noodles, and Vegan Rhubarb Cashew Cheesecake.

Best for: easy-to-remember recipes you’ll return to again and again

Peace and Parsnips

With a focus on fresh and nourishing seasonal ingredients, Peace and Parnsips is all about inspiring anyone and everyone – not just vegans – to try out plant-based cooking. And with recipes including Oven-baked Squash Gnocchi with Sun-dried Tomato, Fennel & Spinach Pistou, Cauliflower Cashew Cheese with Purple Sprouting Broccoli, and Beetroot and Cumin Fritters with Horseradish and Dill Yoghurt, it’s easy to see why this cookbook has had the seal of approval from Nigella Lawson and Mob.

Best for: anyone interested in cooking more vegan dishes

The Plant Power Doctor

For anyone concerned about getting all the right nutrients into their plant-based diet, The Plant Power Doctor by Dr Gemma Newman is a great place to start. Full of science-based guidance, easy-to-follow meal plans, and nutritious recipes, this is a no-nonsense guide to a healthier lifestyle. Recipes range from sweet and sour tofu to comforting fruit cobbler.

Rainbow Bowls

Eat the rainbow with this colourful recipe book from Niki Webster, the food writer and photographer behind Rebel Recipes. Rainbow Bowls has all the solutions for incorporating more fruit and vegetables into your diet in 40 fun, vibrant and accessible one-bowl recipes. From tempting desserts to quick lunches and fulfilling breakfasts, these meat-free recipes are as healthy as they are tasty.

Best for: fresh plant-based recipes to see you through the week

Healthy Vegan

Melding detailed but easy-to-digest nutritional information with creative, flavour-packed recipes, Healthy Vegan is a comprehensive guide to maintaining a balanced vegan lifestyle. If you know a vegan who wants to cook super-nutritious and flavoursome food, this is the book for them, with over 90 recipes designed to be mixed and matched to create balanced meals.

Ottolenghi FLAVOUR

No one shines the spotlight on vegetables quite like Ottolenghi and this book, co-written with Ixta Belfrage, is all about unlocking and enhancing the complex flavours hidden in everyday produce. Part recipe collection, part deep-dive into the science of flavour, Ottolenghi FLAVOUR is a must-have for anyone who wants to give plants the starring role they deserve.

Best for: elevated vegetable-forward recipes

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Plants Only Holidays

In Plants Only Holidays, you’ll find fantastic plant-forward alternatives to the traditional turkey and trimmings, so that you can enjoy a meat-free holiday season, without missing out on any of the indulgence. Essential for any plant-based food lover, this cookbook will guide you through the basics of ingredients, menus and planning, along with chapters covering everything from Christmas breakfast to party food and light meals, to show-stopping lunches and Thanksgiving centrepieces.

Best for: vegan Christmas and festive recipes

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Cooking Fast and Slow

From 15-minute dinners to slow and leisurely breakfasts, recipes in this “(mostly) plant-based” cookbook by food creator Natalia Rudin are organised according to cooking time, so you can easily select the perfect dish for any occasion. Discover our roundup of 10 must-try recipes to give you a taste of what you’ll find inside.

Best for: effortless dinner parties, summer barbecue sides, and hearty slow-cooked dishes

Vegan Cakes and Other Bakes

Seeking tips on everything from natural egg substitutes to cream cheese icing alternatives? Vegan Cakes and Other Bakes has the answers. With 80 recipes, from oozy brownies to insta-worthy banana bread, it has all of the practical baking advice and must-have equipment lists to help you crack vegan baking once and for all.

Best for: your favourite baking classics, made vegan

Beyond Baking

Couldn’t get enough of A New Way to Bake? Philip Khoury is back with a second cookbook with even more decadent vegan sweet treats. Beyond Baking is a quintessential baking guide on plant-based desserts for all occasions, from morning sweets to cakes and pies. There are also QR codes for step-by-step tutorials for certain recipes.

Best for: advanced bakers

The Little Book of Vegan Bakes

If you know of a vegan baker looking to expand their repertoire of plant-based favourites then look no further. In The Little Book of Vegan Bakes you’ll find classics like Victoria sponge and flapjacks as well as more advanced bakes like honeycomb doughnuts. Holly’s instructions are simple and accessible and her guide on the vegan-friendly ingredients to use to achieve perfect meringues, light sponges and more is an essential toolkit for any plant-based baker.

Best for: accessible vegan baking recipes