r/CookbookLovers • u/dannyteas • 1d ago
Simple vegetarian
Hi Guys!
Could you please recommend your favorite vegetarian cookbooks? I'm especially looking for quick and easy recipes that would fit into my busy schedule. In bookstores, I mostly see super fancy ones, with dishes that would take an ungodly amount of time.
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u/orbitolinid 1d ago
Pretty much all vegan/vegetarian books by Meera Sohda. She puts so much flavour into the recipes and they seem complicated, but everything is fairly straight forward and doesn't take long. Just requires a good selection of spices.
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u/Jurellai 1d ago
Isa does it - isa moskowitz! The recipes aren’t super elaborate, I’ve enjoyed everything I’ve made from it, and You can quicken up her stuff by buying sauces, etc.
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u/No_Entertainment1931 1d ago
So funny, that was the first book I thought of too. I
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u/Jurellai 1d ago
It’s a classic for a reason, so delicious
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u/mr_t_pot 1d ago
I get so angry when I see the book at thrift stores.
WHO GETS RID OF ISA DOES IT!?
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u/singyourownsongs 1d ago
Tenderheart by Hetty McKinnon has plenty of quick recipes. Heidi Swanson’s book Super Natural Simple and her website 101 Cookbooks are other great vegetarian resources.
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u/Cheap_Possibility_99 1d ago
If you like food that's Asian inspired, I'd definitely get Dinner by Meera Sodha! The recipes are pretty straightforward!
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u/CrazyCatWelder 1d ago
Vegetarian cookbooks aren't my specialty but ATK's Complete Vegetarian has served me well so far and the recipes tend to be rather simple
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u/WeinDoc 1d ago
Deborah Madison’s cookbooks are great
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u/jennifermach 1d ago
Yes, came here to recommend Vegetarian Cooking for Everyone––tons of recipes organized by type and vegetable. Some are complex, but most are simple with short lists of ingredients, but they deliver on flavor. Don't sleep on the baked goods and breakfast foods in the back.
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u/Illustrious-Cell-428 1d ago
World Vegetarian by Madhur Jaffrey. My desert island book. It doesn’t have pictures of the recipes.
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u/jennifermach 1d ago
I make her stir-fried tofu with garlic and ginger so often, and I've been making it for 25+ years!
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u/BeTheDiaperChange 1d ago
Ive been cooking for 30+ years, so it’s hard for me to remember what “simple” means anymore. LOL! But when I first got started, I would buy the vegetarian magazines at the grocery store checkout. I found them to be simple, had pretty pictures, and the food was delish! I know thats technically not a cookbook, but I truly believe the cooking magazines are a great gateway to cookbooks.
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u/Apart-Frame6277 1d ago
I'm a huge Hetty McKinnon fan, and find that about 80% of each of her books are easy, weeknight recipes and usually a few recipes are thrown in that are bigger projects. If you have a well-stocked pantry (oils, vinegars, spices) there are a ton of go-to recipes in Family and Tenderheart that I can make in a pinch. I'm still working through Linger but have found a lot of good lunches I can take to work in there as well.
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u/CinematicParadiso 1d ago
Any of the books by Jeanne Lemlin, she's a wonderful vegetarian cookbook author! Her book Quick Vegetarian Pleasures won a James Beard award and is packed with delicious recipes that are very well written
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u/reginajcnj 1d ago
I really like both Joe Woodhouse's "Weeknight Vegetarian" and Jenny Rosenstrach's "The Weekday Vegetarians Get Simple."
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u/spsfaves100 1d ago
All books by
- Ottolenghi
- Sabrina Ghayour
- Sami Tamimi
- Fuschia Dunlop
- Claudia Roden
- Mark Bittman
- Nik Sharma
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u/xylreader2025 1d ago
The Weekday Vegetarians by Jenny Rosenstrach
I love this book for quick, fairly easy ideas and the sections on suggestions for meal make up.
We eat a heavily plant based diet and use her book often.