BEST Plant-Based Cookbooks
Here is my curated selection of the best plant-based cookbooks, offering a range of delicious recipes and culinary inspiration. Whether you're a seasoned plant-based chef or just starting your journey, these cookbooks are sure to delight your taste buds and expand your culinary horizons. From vibrant salad bowls to hearty mains and decadent desserts, these cookbooks have something for everyone. Dive into the world of plant-based cooking and elevate your meals with these must-have cookbooks.
The Engine 2 Diet and Engine 2 Diet Cookbook- by Rip Esselstyn - The former Texas firefighter’s 28 day save-your-life plan that lowers cholesterol and burns away the pounds. The Engine 2 Diet has sold hundreds of thousands of copies and inspired a plant-based food revolution. Featuring endorsements from top medical experts and a food line in Whole Foods Market. You can bring the Engine 2 program into your kitchens with his cookbook companion to the original diet program. Engine 2 started in a firehouse in Texas, and if Texas firefighters love to eat this food, you will eat it up, too!
Be A Plant-Based Woman Warrior -by Jane Esselstyn and Ann Crile Esselstyn - Includes more than 125 recipes made for women on the go, from Apple Flax Flapjacks and Black Ramen Bowls, to Portobello Sliders with Green Goddess Sauce, to Mint Chip Outta Sight Brownies. And it includes big-flavored dinners like Sweet Potato and Cashew Ricotta Lasagna and Plant-Based Pad Thai, sure to tempt even the most reluctant vegetable-focused eaters. Full of life, captivating energy, and delicious food, this cookbook brings readers to the Esselstyn family table, where plants and joy are at the center.
Plantiful Lean - by Kiki Nelson - Includes meal prep guidelines and tips, low-fat, plant-based comfort foods that will cover your cravings, lists of “high-volume foods,” or foods that are both healthy and filling and that are perfect for snacking and swapping into recipes, charts for balancing your plate with grains and produce, and nutritional information for each recipe.
Plantifully Simple - by Kiki Nelson - Whether you want to prevent diabetes and stroke, sleep better, heal PCOS, resolve any number of health concerns associated with weight, are trying to shed those last ten pounds, or you are simply in a maintenance stage, Plantifully Simple is for you. Kiki Nelson, who lost seventy pounds on a plant-based diet and eliminated her risk for diabetes and stroke, shares the recipes, meal plans, plate-building, and mindset she adopted to reclaim her health—and keep off the weight. Here, she offers 100 all-new recipes that are as delicious as they are satisfying: they depend on luscious fruits and vegetables as well as comforting and satisfying carbs so you will never be bored or hungry—or feel restricted
PlantPure Comfort Food - Kim Campbell, Director of Culinary Education and Development at PlantPure and daughter-in-law of Dr. T. Colin Campbell, the “science father” of the modern plant-based nutrition movement—offers comfort food recipes to satisfy a wide range of palates, making a healthy, plant-based lifestyle more accessible than ever. From enchiladas to pho bowls to buffalo pot pie, the possibilities for plant-based eating are endless—and delicious!
The How Not to Die Cookbook - by Michael Greger, M.D., FACLM, the physician behind the trusted and wildly popular website Nutritionfacts.org. - This bestselling book presents the scientific evidence behind the only diet that can prevent and reverse many of the causes of premature death and disability. The How Not to Die Cookbook puts that science into action.
The Fab Four Cookbook - by Rosane Oliveira PhD, 21 days to change your life…one plant-based bite at a time. Her collection of all-time favorite recipes includes a selection of breakfasts, lunches, and dinners that are simple to make and easy to fall in love with. This cookbook is divided into 3 weeks of recipes, each featuring its own international theme around legumes, starchy vegetables, and whole grains
Forks Over Knives The Cookbook - by Del Stroufe The secret is out: If you want to lose weight, lower your cholesterol, avoid cancer, and prevent (or even reverse) type 2 diabetes and heart disease, the right food is your best medicine―and the Forks Over Knives way is your solution. Forks Over Knives―the book, the film, and the movement―is the international phenomenon that first emphasized the benefits of plant-based eating, and thousands of people have cut out meat, dairy, and oils from their diet and seen amazing results. If you’re one of them, or you’d like to be, you need this cookbook.
