I’m a bit of a book addict and cookbooks are included in that addiction. I’ve been experimenting with cooking since I decided to add soda-pop instead of water to one of the cake batters I made back when I was a pre-teen.

Below are my absolute favorite vegan and plant-based cookbooks that have helped me stick with this lifestyle but still allow me to eat delicious, nutritious and fun meals. You can never have too many cookbooks, right?

How Not to Die Cookbook by Michael Greger, M.D.

Favorite Recipe: Chocolate Oatmeal


The Food Matters Cookbook by Mark Bittman

This is NOT a vegan cookbook but it has many vegan recipes

Favorite Recipe: Black Kale and Black Olive Salad (using vegan Parmesan cheese)


Forks Over Knives, The Cookbook by Del Sroufe

Favorite Recipe: Apricot Fig Squares


The Happy Herbivore, and all of Lindsay Nixon’s cookbooks

Favorite Recipe: Root Beer Float Cupcakes


Thug Kitchen by Thug Kitchen

(be warned, the authors use profanity in their writing)

Favorite Recipe: Tofu Ricotta


Vegan on the Cheap by Robin Robertson

Favorite Recipe: Big Stick Pepperoni


Vegan Diner by Julie Hasson

Favorite Recipe: Great Smoky Mountain Cheeze


The Great American Detox Diet by Alex Jamieson

Favorite Recipe: Corn and Kidney Bean Chili


Vegan Cupcakes Take Over the World by Isa Chandra Moskowitz and Terry Hope Romero

Favorite Recipe: Apple Cider Cupcakes


The Prevent and Reverse Heart Disease Cookbook by Ann Crile Esselstyn and Jane Esselstyn

Favorite Recipe: Kale and Sauerkraut Sandwich

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