Bringing together classic dishes and fresh recipe ideas, One-Pot Vegan teaches you how to cook over 80 vegan meals in just one pot. From weeknight essentials to gatherings and celebrations, there's something for every occasion. Start your day with Banana and Almond Pancakes, try your hand at a speedy Gnocchi and Spinach Pasta, ready in just 15 minutes, and cook up a rather impressive Dried Tomato Risotto. Filled with inspiration for simple, healthy, delicious vegan meals, One-Pot Vegan contains a wide variety of ingenious recipes, perfect for any night of the week. If you are time-poor, stuck in a food rut, or simply hate doing the dishes, One-Pot Vegan is the book for you.
Mostly useful cookbook, however it’s not completely vegan.
For example, honey is listed as an ingredient for carrots with cumin and couscous on page 42. It’s also an ingredient in the pan-fried carrots and tempeh on page 150.
There’s also some poor formatting throughout. It’s often ingredients being listed immediately after another, an example is page 56 black beans with butternut squash. I attempted the chickpea moussaka on page 60, however, I had to throw it out, the potatoes were raw. Maybe water was forgotten from the ingredients.
The measurements and name of ingredients seem off too, example aubergine tomato and pine nut pasta page 112 says 500gm tomato purée (paste). It seems passata cooking sauce could be what they mean.
Overall, it’s been hit and miss. I would encourage anyone to thoroughly read the ingredients and method before starting, to ensure edible and vegan results!
Style over substance. Love the photography and most of the recipe ideas, but following them exactly as written will lead to some bland undercooked meals. So perhaps not great for beginner cooks who don’t feel comfortable with some improv.
I'm not vegan, but I am a fan of one pot meals that are super simple, and I love the imagery that somehow relaxes me and makes me feel like I CAN make a good meal. Plus, I'm trying new things!
not 100% vegan, two of the recipes have honey, which you can simple substitute with agave or maple syrup, but it's annoying that honey is in a vegan cookbook. i'm vegan AND allergic to honey so this is doubly annoying when people perpetuate the idea that honey is "ok" with vegans.
also, don't be fooled by the left side images, i didn't realize that not all the left side images are not accurate and it has led to a few recipes being not quite right because i was trying to make mine look like the left side pics...
lastly, the risotto recipe: this was my first time making risotto and it turned out terrible because i followed the written directions, when searching on the web i found out that making good risotto, you should pour in the liquid slowly and stir constantly to make it creamy, mine was not creamy because i did what the author said to do which was to pour all the water and not stir it.... ugh, and this had some pretty expensive ingredients so i wasn't too thrilled by that error.
This book has pretty pictures of all the ingredients in the one pan and then the finished product. I made my own variation of the humous spaghetti which was nice and lots of the other Recipes look good but I am not sure how successful they will be. Putting all the ingredients in at one time as it Makes little sense, when things take different lengths of time to cook. One recipe says it takes 20 minutes to cook lentils and potatoes and that includes bringing it to the boil. I just don’t think that’s true! Finally there is honey in recipes which is not vegan. Please don’t call your book vegan when it’s not! Only confuses people. Is it from an animal? - yes - not vegan Is it from an animal? - no- vegan
I don’t think it is fair to give a simple, well laid out book less than three stars although as it calls itself vegan when it is not maybe I shouldn’t?!
Such tasty recipes! Very easy and user-friendly. A picture for every recipe. Actually, two pictures for every recipe - before and after cooking! Easy, clear and simple instructions. Is now used every single day and lives on the kitchen bench, always open to a delicious easy dish!
Healthy. Easy. Yummy. What more could you want? It's the one pot part that got me because cooking is messy and I don't like the clean up. Each recipe has a big, beautiful picture, few ingredients, and simple instructions. My favorites so far: Thai Rice with Broccoli, Aubergine (eggplant), Tomato, and Pine Nut Pasta (I sub almonds), and Tomato, Courgette (zucchini), and olive pasta. Enjoy!
Easy and accessible for someone who enjoys minimalism, simplicity, and great visual recipes so you always know exactly what you are getting. The cookbook I most frequent due to it’s simplicity. Personal favourite- Paella pg.36