The Best Vegan Cookbooks (Review) in 2020

 Imagine having grilled peach salsa or lime cauliflower tacos. The possibilities are endless with the Thug Kitchen Official Cookbook. This is our first vegan recipe book written and compiled by Thug Kitchen, a company that exists in the ‘real’ world. This book is made up of hundreds of vegan recipes that teach you the best ways to spice and cook kale, ginger, and nettles. It has been rated the most straightforward vegan cookbook across the world, and their recipes are regarded as the most exciting the culinary industry has to offer.

No doubt, Thug Kitchen has succeeded in encouraging the masses to eat their vegetables, and generally to live a healthier lifestyle. The brand actually started out as a blog, with different exciting recipes that are simple and easy to make. Furthermore, their blog gained significant popularity,  as did their social media pages. With half a million followers and views, they are making a huge impact on the traditional methods of cooking vegetarian dishes as well as encouraging many more people to take charge of their meals, cook some real food, and enjoy healthier lives.

There’s nothing better than having a cookbook that has enough recipes to last you an entire year (and some extra days). Meet the Forks over Knives; The Cookbook, written by Del Sroufe, with support from Julieanna Hever, Isa Chandra, and Darshana Thacker. Out of the various vegan recipe books in the market today, this has to be the most engaging literature, thanks to the new language and easy to follow steps. Not only will your regular cooking practice be more comfortable and enjoyable with this cookbook, but your dishes will also be spiced up a notch. The book focuses on providing readers with enough recipes that make use of whole foods and more plant-based products for a generally healthier life. Cooking the Forks over Knives is, no doubt, fun, according to many seasoned vegan chefs and culinary enthusiasts. 

As for the history, the Forks over Knives vegan recipe book started as a book, before becoming a film and movement. It is now back as an exciting cookbook designed with all the tools you require to lose weight the healthy way. It further highlights the essential aspects; to weight loss, namely reduction of cholesterol and eating the best diet. All foods listed help you avoid cancer, heart disease, diabetes, and more.

The vegan life Is indeed for everybody, as stated in the Vegan for Everybody Recipe Book. Go green with this book curated from the finest chefs of America’s Test Kitchen. This is an outstanding piece of literature put together by the best vegan culinary experts, to ensure that you receive both taste and health from the meals enlisted. This cookbook allows you to reap the many benefits of vegan eating by decoding and demystifying all aspects of vegan cooking. We can guarantee that with this cookbook, all your meals will never be bland or lack variety. Say goodbye to processed snacks and ingredients and allow both yourself and your family to enjoy nature’s best.

Additionally, this cookbook features exciting recipes such as Thai Coconut Soup, Black Bean Avocado Toast, and different kinds of rice bowls that can be enjoyed with the family. It further offers straightforward recipes that don’t demand a lot of cooking time and allows readers to explore and find new ways of cooking old ingredients, which enables them to turn their kitchen into tasty spaces of heaven every day. We recommend this 200-recipe book for all those who want exciting ways to transform vegan ingredients into meals that taste like the famous comfort foods they’re used to.

Many avid chefs will love this next cookbook on their shelves. It is the ‘Oh She Glows’ Cookbook, and a recipe book features over a hundred recipes that allow you to glow from the inside out. The author, Angela Liddon, is a globally recognized chef who knows that every great cook is as good as their fresh ingredients. Users of this cookbook have attested to craving every recipe after their first try which doesn’t come as a surprise as this vegan cookbook was the result of years of experimentation and documentation by Angela Liddon; thus, it features the perfect art of plant-based cooking, and the creation of delicious, inventive vegan meals that can be enjoyed by everyone.

The book further tells a tale of how Angela said goodbye to low-calorie, processed meals, and replaced them with whole foods and nuts, among others. The change came about after Angela suffered an eating disorder. For over a decade, she endured the effects until she decided to take charge of her life, a decision that became a lifestyle both for her and her massive following. Taking charge of her health through her vegan meals, allowed Angela to heal her relationship with food, which in turn helped her retrieve her natural glow both outside and inside.

Isa Chandra is one of the supporting chefs behind one of our top vegan recipe books entitled Isa Does It; Amazingly Easy Vegan Recipes for every day of the week. When Isa promises to deliver weekly recipes in this book, she means it. A single purchase equips you with hundreds of vegan recipes that allow you to explore your culinary creativity at all times without any issues. The book also helps you to look at kale and other natural ingredients differently by offering other cooking methods and recipe options where their taste is almost unrecognizable.

As for those who prefer a quick fix, the book also offers recipes for meals that can be cooked in as little as ten minutes to cure that hunger pang and other snacks that can be prepared at an even lesser duration. Some of the exciting recipes included are sweet potato red curry with purple kale and rice; summer seitan sautés with lime and cilantro, and Bistro Beet Burger. These and many more are found in Chandra’s book, which is also a supermarket friendly unit, put together for the benefit of readers.

Welcome to the Indian Kitchen, where all meals are spicy and delicious; the unforgettable duo that every love of Indian food looks out for. The Vegan Richa’s Indian Kitchen is a home cookbook designed for both creative and traditional culinary enthusiasts. It delivers thousands of recipes to readers, allowing them to explore the tastiest meals in their kitchen for days on end. The creator of VeganRicha.com curated this book, and it is the ultimate plant-based Indian cookbook, as voted by many customers and readers. 

The book also features vegan recipes that use new spices and more proteins such as lentils or legumes. What’s more, it has been specially curated to expose readers to different aspects of Indian cuisine and teaches all the Indian cooking secrets, no matter how eclectic. It also educates you on the tastes and textures usually accompanying various Indian meals such as Avocado Naan, Street Style Tempeh Wraps- Kathi Rolls, and Mango Curry Tofu. Overall, the Richa cookbook will have you picking out new Indian meals as your favorite in little to no time. 

The next cookbook in this article is the Homemade Vegan Pantry Cookbook, a book that allows you to study the art of making your staple meals. This book is one exciting read; it’s a great new adventure as you’re exposed to a unique recipe, which is more exciting and tasty than the last. The Homemade Vegan Pantry cookbook helps you to make use of all pantry staples as well as their vegan versions and further enables you to learn about the best meat and dairy substitutes, such as bacon, cheese, mayo, and other ingredients. After reading this book, you will have a fair idea of the best alternatives to chocolate chip cookies and how to make them taste better than the original.

The Homemade Vegan Pantry cookbook is vibrant with many mouthwatering photos of vegan dishes, meant to whet your appetite. The techniques are easy to understand and follow, and they don’t demand a lot of time. If you’re tired of relying on over-processed meals, we will recommend that you get a copy of The Homemade Vegan Pantry Cookbook, the best-handcrafted recipe book for vegans. It allows you to eat lighter and healthier, for a better life free from diseases and unwanted discomfort.

The Sweet Potato Soul is a cookbook with hundred different vegan recipes featuring spice, soul, smoke, and sugar. This book is unique because it describes southern cooking in a proper manner that isn’t very common, bringing a different, more enticing perspective to the meals and cooking processes. Every recipe has a beautiful illustration that is both mouth-watering and inviting. What’s more, the writer of this cookbook  Jenne Claiborne grew up with her Nana’s sweet potato pie, as well as her fluffy biscuits, classic soul food, and many local ingredients. She was scared of having to give all that up once she decided to go vegan. Hence, the quest to keep her childhood memories led her to experiment with various vegan meals and ingredients, to find those that could reproduce classic soul food without hurting the body.

Are you looking for a cookbook that teaches how to cook tasty meals quickly? Then search no more, because we present to you the Ultimate Vegan Cookbook for your Instant Pot. We all love being able to cook a meal in mere seconds or create one-pot meals from the combination of many ingredients. With this recipe book, you’re at liberty to create up to 80 different delicious meals in half your cooking time. This vegan book features snacks such as Creamy Mushroom Curry, Herbed French Lentils with Beets and Pink Rice, and many other mouth-watering dishes that highlight the use of plant-based ingredients to help you keep up with a healthier lifestyle. Make vegan meals the easy way with this great cookbook.

The recipes found in the Super Easy Vegan Cookbook are always ready when you are. With over 100 different vegan recipes to choose from, we’re confident that your dinners and lunches would never be the same. This vegan recipe book is one of the finest in the culinary industry. It is curated by seasoned meal experts who seek to promote healthy living via the use of pure plant-based ingredients and more robust cooking methods. All recipes in this book are delicious in their own right, and are straightforward, having been replicated with ease. Turn your kitchen into a culinary exploration center, and your tongue into a warehouse of wondrous tastes.

The recipes found in the Super Easy Vegan Cookbook are always ready when you are. With over 100 different vegan recipes to choose from, we’re confident that your dinners and lunches would never be the same. This vegan recipe book is one of the finest in the culinary industry. It is curated by seasoned meal experts who seek to promote healthy living via the use of pure plant-based ingredients and more robust cooking methods. All recipes in this book are delicious in their own right, and are straightforward, having been replicated with ease. Turn your kitchen into a culinary exploration center, and your tongue into a warehouse of wondrous tastes.

Imagine eating a fusion of African and vegan meals at a sitting. Tasty, right? Imagine no more and bring these dreams to reality with the Afro-Vegan Remixed Cookbook. This is a book featuring the most exquisite vegan African, Caribbean, and Southern meals, which are very simple to prepare and tasty to eat. The book is curated by the one and only chef and food justice, Bryant Terry who is known for his constant remixes and reworks of meals from different lands. The vegan recipes come with an explosion of tastes in your mouth and an unforgettable edible experience and the book allows you to explore the wild side concerning food and flavors. Overall, it features 100 modern and delicious recipes from all across the African continent in a vegan manner.

The Bosh! Simple Recipes Book is a plant-based recipe book featuring only vegan recipes. It teaches you how to prepare such meals from scratch, and also the many ways in which a single ingredient can be utilized to create other delicious meals. This book features 100 simple, delicious, and very easy recipes from the experimentation of Henry Forth and Ian Theasby. The duo is known for their globally acclaimed plant-based platform, Bosh, which seeks to introduce new faces to the food industry. This recipe book for vegan meals uses fresh products and features sumptuous desserts, hearty dinners, and incredible sharing cocktails.

We love the Vegan Instant Pot Cookbook because it has all the recipes that will allow you to enjoy the best vegan meals as and when you please. Out of all-vegan cooking literature, we recommend this because it is made up of easy to follow cooking steps and colorful illustrations that keep you engaged. This vegan cookbook will become your go-to book whenever you need a new and healthy meal. From dishes such as double fudge chocolate cake and miso mushroom risotto, this book covers all the basics of a hearty meal. The book was put together by Nisha Vora, a photographer, blogger, and stylist.

This next vegan cookbook in our arsenal is by Richa Hingle. It is the Vegan Richa’s Everyday Kitchen; Epic Anytime Recipe Book. This is a book packed with tasty meals and sauces that allow your creative self to flourish. With stunning meal combinations, this book offers extreme depths of flavor made from plant-based ingredients. Every meal comes with an allergy friendly alternative thus you’re assured of everyone enjoying your next casserole and burgers. Some of the dishes you can make from this best vegan cookbooks include the Alfredo Spinach Pizza, Green Curry Fried Rice, and the Tiramisu Fudge Bars.

There are many reasons to live the vegan life, and for those of us who also live a hectic lifestyle, cooking food from scratch is not always the best option. However, with the assistance of this next book, only the easiest, fuss-free recipes will be created in your kitchen. In the Fuss-Free Vegan: 101 Everyday Comfort Food Favorites, nothing is too complicated to prepare. What’s more, favorite dishes for all ages are on offer from pizzas to burgers – you just can’t resist the number of appetizing pictures. Furthermore, the book addresses the potentially critical nutrients, which children will especially enjoy.