Vegetarian Cookbooks reviews from Reddit

"How to Cook Everything Vegetarian by Mark Bittman - This has an original and a revised edition."

"If I was only allowed one book to cook from for the rest of my life, it’d be a Mark Bittman book, probably this one."

"I’m a fan of How To Cook Everything Vegetarian by Mark Bittman."

"HTCE Vegetarian was one of my first cookbooks, and my introduction to mark bittman. I've loved his style ever since. I still reach for it constantly over a decade later. Can't go wrong!!"

"Sounds like you're ready to explore the world of veggie cooking! Check out How to Cook Everything Vegetarian - it's full of international dishes and it's sure to satisfy your veg-curious tastebuds."

"Bittman’s How to Cook Everything, the vegetarian version."

"Check out "How to Cook Everything Vegetarian" by Mark Bittman."

"How to cook everything vegetarian by mark bittman."

"Mark Bittmans “how to cook everything vegetarian” was the book that got me started cooking."

"Yes he has a vegetarian cookbook and it is even Green."

"East by Meera Sodha;"

"East by Meera Sodha."

"East by Meera Sodha if you like east and south Asian food. I’ve made nearly every recipe in it and cook out of it weekly. I will also echo Ottolenghi."

"Meera Sodha - Fresh India"

"I have been working through Meera Sodha's *East* and *Fresh India* and they are fantastic!"

"East, by meera sodha is another great one."

"Meera Sodha, a British cookbook author, has two books 'East' and 'Fresh India' that are totally vegetarian."

"I always recommend Meera Sodha’s books - both ‘Fresh India’ and ‘East’ are all vegetarian/vegan recipes."

"Some favorites East by meera sodha"

"Some favorites Fresh India meera sodha"

"Plenty and plenty more by Yotam Ottolenghi are amazing."

"Anything vegetarian by Ottolenghi or Meera Sodha (mostly vegan). And if you're a fitness enthusiast, The No Meat Athlete Cookbook is brilliant."

"Ottolenghi! Eric Ripert also has a "Vegetable Simple", Jose Andres has a good one"

"Ottolenghi's Plenty, and Plenty More if you want something fancy"

"Plenty: Vibrant Vegetable Recipes from London's Ot"

"Plenty by Yotam Ottolenghi is a great cookbook to have for veggie recipes."

"Another vote for Ottolenghi's books or Zahav."

"I'd go for Ottolenghi Plenty"

"I'll add Vegetarian Cooking for Everyone (Deborah Madison) and Madhur Jaffry's World Vegetarian."

"I really like Vegetarian Cooking for Everyone by Deborah Madison. It’s split up into sections for each vegetable and gives tips on how to cook/prepare each one before listing recipes for that vegetable."

"Second for How to Cook Everything Vegetarian."

"The eminent chef Deborah Madison wrote a shining star in the constellation of vegetarian cuisine, called Vegetarian Cooking For Everyone."

"Check out Deborah Madison’s book, “Vegetarian Cooking for Everyone”"

"Vegetarian cooking for everyone Deborah Madison."

"Vegetarian Cooking for Everyone by Deborah Madison."

"The Complete Vegetarian Cookbook or The Complete Plant Based Cookbook by Americas Test Kitchen, both are fantastic starter vegetarian books"

"The Complete Vegetarian Cookbook by America's Test Kitchen is really good. It is full of tips, explanations, and pictures. Plus good recipes."

"I'd recommend America's Test Kitchen's Complete Vegetarian."

"America's Test Kitchen: The Complete Vegetarian Cookbook"

"My favorite vegetarian specific cookbook is America's Test Kitchen Vegetarian book."

"Personally a huge fan of America's Test Kitchen's Complete Vegetarian Cookbook."

"My top 2 do far are: America's Test Kitchen's Complete Vegetarian Cookbook."

"I love the Moosewood Cookbook."

"The Moosewood cookbook is the classic vegetarian cookbook"

"The Moosewood Cookbook and the sequel, the Magical Broccoli Forest have been around for decades and are a product of the OG health food movement."

"Moosewood is great."

"The Moosewood Cookbook and The Enchanted Broccoli Forest."

"It was one of the original vegetarian cookbooks and is designed for beginners."

"I also use Moosewood Restaurant Cooks At Home."

"I also recommend Vegetarian India. I've been using it for years now with excellent results."

"Madhur Jaffrey's World Vegetarian is a classic that's worth having."

"World Vegetarian is way up there too."

"Madhu Jaffrey - Vegetarian India"

"World Vegetarian by Jaffrey also has great recipes."

"Madhur Jaffrey’s World Vegetarian. Great recipes; crappy binding (mine is falling apart)."

"Madhur Jaffrey's World Vegetarian"

"I LOVE *World Vegetarian* and if I could only have two cookbooks, it would be one (the other would be *Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat*)."

"Two votes for world vegetarian, should probably be the one!"

"I actually really like World Vegetarian and use it regularly! It’s not focused exclusively on Indian cuisine, but because of her background there are still enough Indian dishes to keep you busy for a while."

"You are right World Vegetarian isn't focused on Indian cooking, and it is also quite old, but just want to say, it is probably my favorite recipe book ever."

"Oh Afro Vegan is so good!"

"I love Vegetable Kingdom by Bryant Terry."

"Afro Vegan or Plant Kingdom by Bryant Terry."

"I like anything by Bryant Terry."

"Vegan Richa has three great cookbooks, and a blog full of free vegan recipes, many of them Indian cuisine! I’ve been following her on social media for years, and have made several of her recipes, all of which have turned out deliciously :)"

"Vegan Richa's Indian Kitchen!"

"Vegan Richa's Indian Kitchen for Indian Cuisine"

"The four I always come back to are: Thug Kitchen + Thug Kitchen 101, Bold Flavored Vegan Kitchen, and Umami Bomb."

"My favorite cookbooks for healthy eating are Oh She Glows, Happy Herbivore, Minimalist Baker, Forks Over Knives, and Thug Kitchen."

"I've enjoyed the thug kitchen cook books. They're vegan and not specifically gluten free, but highlight the gluten free recipes pretty well."

"I use Anna Thomas’s “Love Soup” all the time."

"I still truly love the original Vegetarian Epicure. Anna Thomas teaches great cooking techniques along with writing gorgeous recipes."

"'the vegetarian epicure' by anna thomas."

"*Heart of the Plate* by Mollie Katzen."

"The Moosewood Cookbook by Mollie Katzen. A classic that’s been around since the 70s."

"Vegetable Heaven by Mollie Katzen."

"Chetna’s Healthy Indian by Chetna Makan is fantastic!"

"Chetna's healthy Indian."

"Healthy Indian Vegetarian by Chetna Makhan"

"The Mediterranean Vegan Kitchen by Donna Klein."

"Best hit:miss ratio is Donna Klein's The Vegan Mediterranean Kitchen (2002)"

"Supermarket Vegan by Donna Klein."

"My absolute favorite vegetarian cookbook is Love Real Food by Kathryne Taylor."

"Love Real Food by Kathryne Taylor. Recipes from a huge variety of cuisines, easy to make, adaptable to a variety of dietary needs, and delicious!"

"Really does mean basically everything, include a boatload of recipes for sides, garnishes, and things that are merely ingredients in other things."

"Yes, I recently got How to Cook Everything Vegetarian from my library and really liked it."

"Bazaar by Sabrina Ghayour is very good."

"Some favorites Bazaar by Sabrina ghayour"

"My favorite cookbooks for healthy eating are Oh She Glows, Happy Herbivore, Minimalist Baker, Forks Over Knives, and Thug Kitchen."

"Oh She Glows (Delicious recipes)"

"My favorite cookbooks for healthy eating are Oh She Glows, Happy Herbivore, Minimalist Baker, Forks Over Knives, and Thug Kitchen."

"Happy Herbivore by Lindsay Nixon. It's a vegan cookbook."

"My favorite cookbooks for healthy eating are Oh She Glows, Happy Herbivore, Minimalist Baker, Forks Over Knives, and Thug Kitchen."

"Minimalist Baker (Recipes that use 10 ingredients or less usually)"

"Supergood by Chelsea Winter. Vegan with references to gluten free substitutes for most recipes!"

"Chelsea Winter 'Supergood'. She uses ingredients that are not too fancy."

"You could consider "660 Curries" by Raghavan Iyer. The book has a ton of various recipies. Including an endorsement from Madhur Jaffrey."

"If you’re into Indian food, there’s a wide array of vegetarian/vegan dishes there. The book I’ve been using is 660 Curries by Raghavan Iyer."

"YES I love Ottolenghi's Plenty."

"Some favorites Plenty more by ottolenghi"

"Lord Krishna’s Cuisine."

"Lord krishna's vegetarian Indian cookbook is an amazing book."

"Indian-ish by Priya Krishna."

"I really like Priya Krishna’s Indian-ish"

"I really like Robin Robertson's Vegan Planet."

"Robin Robertson's 1000 Vegan Recipes (2009)"

"Anna Jones does excellent vegetarian books, A Modern Cook's Year is arranged seasonally and One has plenty of one-pot/pan/roasting tray, etc dishes. Ottolenghi, usually very vegetable-forward, has a few purely vegetarian books as well, check out Plenty and Plenty More."

"Cookie and kate The vegetarian section on Smitten Kitchen Serious eats vegetarian and vegan recipes Ottolenghi Plenty and plenty more books Vegan richa especially her Indian recipes"

"Check out her books “desi khana” and “the pleasures of indian cooking”. She’s basically the Julia child of India."

"Laurel's Kitchen is the book that started it all, basically."

"Has to be the cutest thing I have ever seen!"

"I love Vegetarian Times Cookbook."

"Mediterranean Vegetarian Feasts by Kremezi is great if you want a regional cookbook."

"Isa Does It is my favorite."

"Anjum's Indian Vegetarian Feast. She's my best Indian cookbook author."

"Veganomicon is great, highly recommend."

"My favorite so far is The High-Protein Vegetarian Cookbook."

"I love this one called herbivoracious everything I’ve made from it has been delicious."

"I have a great vegan one I use - Sweet Potato Soul by Jenna Claiborne"

"The Green Roasting Tin by Rukmini Iyer is particularly great for midweek, low effort/high reward meals."

"Madhur Jaffry's World Vegetarian."

"Weekday Vegetarians is very accessible for newbies."

"Veggiestan by Sally Butcher for another Middle Eastern take."

"Vegetarian Nosh for students by Joy May! The recipes are easy to follow."

"If you’re ok with a vegan cookbook, I have Vegan Under Pressure by Jill Nussinow and like it a lot."

"Veg! by Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall is my favourite."

"The Vegan Chinese Kitchen by Hannah Che is excellent."

"It's actually a vegan cookbook but many recipes don't *need* to be made vegan."

"“Nosh: Plant-Forward Recipes Celebrating Modern Jewish Cuisine” by Micah Siva."

"Unusual choice, but a solid vegetarian cookbook: Witch in the Kitchen by Cait Johnson"

"Cooking Light: Ways to Cook Vegetarian"

"Vegetarian Times used to release cookbooks, they provide good all purpose recipes. My first big veggie cookbook was some generic publication at a mall, but I started out with Diet for a Small Planet which is very dated now. I’ve had decent luck with BBC recipes online, I think they produce cookbooks. Love and Lemons apparently does a cookbook or two, might be worth a look."

"Good Housekeeping: Vegetarian Meals"

"Ultimate veg by Jamie Oliver is actually a good book, the recipes are mostly easy, and it’s not loaded with tofu, tempeh, and fake meat."

"The classic Sundays at Moosewood cookbook (collaborative and spanning worldwide cuisine) as well as Plenty by Ottolenghi have yet to let me down."

"How Not to Die is a pretty good one. Was never much of a vegetarian but these recipes make it easier"

"Fiber Fueled Cookbook by Dr. Will Bulsiewicz Looks great, not too expensive either."

"College Vegetarian Cooking by Carle & Carle"

"I've used Curry Easy Vegetarian (mainly because I had Curry Easy, already, and there were numerous excellent dishes in there)."

"Bosh do some good books, including a quick meals one."

"Sweet Potato Soul and any cookbook by Sam Turnbull are good places to start. Technically vegan but you can make it vegetarian instead."

"Lorna Sass' Vegetarian Cooking Under Pressure is an oldie but a goodie."

"Veganomicon by Isa Chandra Moskowitz and Terry Hope Romero. It's not Indian, but it's very good."

"Caitlyn Shoemaker's Simply Delicious Vegan (2020)"

"The Spice Tree by Nisha Katona - a wonderful introduction to Indian cooking."

"I like the Passionate Vegetarian by Crescent Dragonwagon."

"My old school faves include 'the new farm vegetarian cookbook' by hagler and bates."

"From a Monastery Kitchen by Brother Victor-Antoine d'Avila-Latourrette."

"I'll recommend French Vegetarian Cooking by Paola Gavin."

"Rodale's Basic Natural Foods Cookbook - it's chapter on 'sea vegetables' got me eating all kinds of seaweeds."

"I just picked up 660 Curries by Ragavhan Iyer."

"The Chubby Vegetarian puts out some really fun and interesting cookbooks."

"Anything by Jeanne Lemlin."

"Veganomicon or Isa Does It"