Shopping for your vegan friends and family members gets easier every Christmas, with new and exciting cookbooks emerging each year. To help you choose the perfect gift, we’ve rounded up a selection of our favourite vegan cookbooks, including books from Yotam Ottolenghi, Rukmini Iyer and Rachel Ama. So, whether you’re shopping for a novice vegan, a budget-conscious student, or an adventurous home cook, you’ll find the perfect present in this Christmas gift guide.
Looking for more gifting inspiration? From the best vegan cookbooks to the best cookbooks for bakers, and from stocking filler and secret Santa gifts to the perfect recipe book for the cook who has everything, discover all of our Christmas gift guides here.
Seasonal, veg-centric recipes
Simple recipes that happen to be vegan
Ideas for every occasion and every time of year
The Whole Vegetable
Divided by season, The Whole Vegetable features over one hundred original plant-based recipes. By eating in harmony with the seasons you’ll
minimise food waste and enjoy satisfying, hearty meals that hero fruits and vegetables while they’re at their very best.
Discover 80 plant-based recipes for the beginner to the experienced baker
From cakes to cookies, there is no compromising on taste or texture
Learn to expand your skill-set with step-by-step guides to creating crunchy honeycomb, or luscious chocolate ganache
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.
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 forty 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.
100 wholesome, enticing recipes helping you to unlock the endless versatility of vegetables
Packed full of zero waste advice and fully plant-based ingredients lists
Turning carrots into burgers, courgettes into cakes, and mushrooms into sausage rolls
The Veg Box: 10 Vegetables, 10 Ways
Get the most out of your veg box delivery or the produce at your local supermarket with one hundred inspiring recipes that hero the most common vegetables. From broccoli and beetroot to cabbage and cauliflower, David and Stephen Flynn of The Happy Pear will have readers whipping up wholesome, veg-centric meals in next to no time. For anyone embarking on growing their own produce, this book includes helpful tips and how-tos as well as guidance on storing and cooking produce.
The Tofoo Cookbook
Versatile, substantial and brilliant at mimicking the texture of meat, tofu is a cornerstone of vegan cooking. To help you expand your repertoire of tofu-based recipes, popular brand Tofoo has collated a whole host of satisfying and inspired recipes. Dishes include easy weekday meals and meat-free versions of comfort classics with a broad range of cultural influences. There are also invaluable tips on prepping and storing your Tofoo.
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
Drawing on her Caribbean and West African heritage, Rachel Ama’s recipes are bold, flavoursome, and fun. From crispy jerk barbecue tacos to a vegan full English, these vibrant dishes will brighten up your kitchen and ensure that your plant-based recipe repertoire never gets boring. Rachel’s recipes are budget-conscious too, making this an ideal cookbook for students.
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
From the duo behind SO VEGAN, one of the world’s leading plant-based food platforms, comes One Pot Vegan a collection of vibrant, fuss-free recipes, all of which can be made in (you guessed it) one pot. Authors Roxy Pope and Ben Pook are all about ease, accessibility, and, most importantly, dynamic and creative flavour combinations. Think: sweet and sour jackfruit curry, whole roasted cauliflower katsu, “lazy” lasagne, and peanut butter swirl brownies. This book would make an ideal Christmas present for a novice vegan or a busy home cooks in need of midweek meal inspiration.
Healthy Vegan
Melding detailed but easy-to-digest nutritional information with creative, flavour-focussed 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.
A collection of curry house-inspired recipes for vegans
Packed with flavoursome, plant-based twists on popular classics
Including curries, dhals, biryanis, and street snacks
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.
Fast one-dish family favourites
All-in-one creative vegan recipes
Easy one-tin vegetarian dinners
The Green Roasting Tin
Published just four years ago, Rukmini Iyer’s The Green Roasting Tin already feels like a must-have classic for vegans and vegetarians. With seventy-five easy, one-tin recipes, half of which are vegan, half vegetarian, this book is pretty much guaranteed to become one of the most-thumbed cookbooks in your kitchen. Rukmini’s trademark flair for flavour is in evidence on every page – recipes include crispy tamarind sprouts, spicy groundnut stew, and “rainbow” tabbouleh with fresh avocado and pomegranate. Readers will also find tips on designing their own roasting tin dinners from scratch, and helpful advice on flexitarian ingredient swaps.
A British GP breaks down the science behind plant based diets
Accessible information, meal plans, and simple ingredient switches
Tasty, nutritious and easy recipes to fit around your daily life
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.
A guide to unlocking the complex flavour in simple vegetables
With a focus on creative cooking processes and clever ingredient pairing
Including recipes for everything from midweek meals to weekend feasts
Ottolenghi FLAVOUR
Another must-have for any food-loving vegan, Ottolenghi FLAVOUR is perfect for more adventurous cooks who love to try new and exciting recipes. Co-authors Yotam Ottolenghi and Ixta Belfrage show their readers how to hack into the hidden depths of flavour contained within each vegetable, how to elevate simple produce to great heights, and how to match, offset, and complement ingredients to create truly extraordinary dishes. Ottolenghi FLAVOUR is not an exclusively vegan book, but its heavy focus on vegetables means that many of the recipes end up being entirely plant-based. We’re big fans of the meat-free traybake ragù.
A practical and accessible guide to leading a healthy, plant-based lifestyle
With kitchen tips, shopping lists and meal plans designed to nourish you
Full of delicious vegan twists on everything from curry to crumble
The Happy Health Plan
The Happy Health Plan is packed with over eighty delicious, easy-to-make recipes specially designed with medical experts for anyone seeking a healthier plant-based lifestyle. From breakfasts, like hearty healthy banoffee overnight oats, smoothie bowls and gut-healthy granola, to tasty dinners like Bombay sweet potato curry, creamy roasted red pepper pasta and lentil stew, there’s plenty here to get excited about.
120 vegan and vegetarian recipes from Meera Sodha
Easy meat-free dishes from across the East
Featuring favourites from Meera’s Guardian column and more
EAST
Chances are the vegan in your life is already familiar with Meera Sodha; her bestselling cookbooks and popular Guardian Feast column are famous for vibrant and innovative meat-free recipes. EAST takes you on a journey from India to Indonesia, Singapore to Japan, China, Thailand, and Vietnam, exploring the vegan and vegetarian staples of those cuisines, from noodles and curries to rice dishes, salads and sweets. This stylish book, with its striking cover and beautiful food photography, will make a truly special Christmas present.
