400 Irresistible Recipes with Fantastic Flavors from Home and Around the World
Vegan cookbook review
The super-title* of Robin Robertson’s Vegan Planet makes a bold claim, promising that this cookbook is "The Ultimate Guide to Meat-Free, Dairy-Free, and Egg-Free Cooking that Everyone Will Enjoy." Does it deliver? Decide for yourself.
The first chapter offers everything you need to know about veganism: its history, nutrition and health benefits, alternatives to animal products, and hidden animal ingredients. With that out of the way, the next 500+ pages are all recipes, divided into every category you can think of:
- Love at First Bite – appetizers like pot stickers, portobello satays, and scallion pancakes
- Soups that Satisfy – chilled ginger-peach, winter vegetable bisque, potato watercress soup…
- Salads and Slaws – pear and spinach salad, carrot-mung bean salad, red flannel cole slaw…
- Sauces and Dressings – Rouille, Hollandaise, Mornay…
- Chutneys, Salsas, and Other Condiments – three-fruit chutney, sunshine salsa, garlic and lemon marmalade…
- Veggies in the Middle – sesame-broccoli stir-fry, chipotle mashed potatoes, maple-baked root veggies…
- Going with the Grain – spicy jasmine rice, savory amaranth porridge, millet and celeriac croquettes…
- Universal Pasta – penne puttanesca, fettucine with red lentil sauce, sesame soba noodles…
- The World of Beans – black bean croquettes, kibbeh, white bean cassoulet…
- From the Stew and Chili Pot – curried lentils with carrots and peas, tempeh goulash, tofu vindaloo…
- Food that Sizzles: Grilling, Sautéing, and Stir-Frying – mahogany eggplant, portobello steaks, to-fu yung…
- The Global Oven – sweet potato gratin, chili-couscous pie, linguine tetrazzini…
- Simply Stuffed – cabbage, peppers, eggplant, mushrooms, tofu…
- New World Pizza – broccoli rabe and white bean, eggplant and sesame, caramelized onion tart…
- Sandwiches, Wraps, and Burgers – chickpea and avocado muffaletta, seitan reuban, portobello fajitas…
- A Baker’s Dozen of Breads – whole-grain herb, banana split, zucchini-tahini…
- Dessert Heaven – key lime cheesecake, mango-coconut bread pudding, cranberry-walnut oatmeal cookies…
- Smoothies, Shakes, and Other Quenchers – peaches and cream smoothie, sorbet frappé, rum soy nog…
- Don’t Skip Breakfast – tomato-zucchini frittata, flax-berry pancakes, spinach bread pudding…
All in all, this is a terrific collection of classic and creative recipes that will satisfy new and confirmed vegans.
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Author’s website: Robin Robertson
*A line of text at the very top of the cover; seems like a logical name for it. 🙂