The 5 Best Vegetarian Cookbooks You Need In Your Kitchen

With a lot of people trying to be more health-conscious and adopting a vegetarian way of life, we made it our goal to find the best vegetarian cookbooks we felt would benefit you and your lifestyle the most.

1. The Complete Vegetarian Cookbook – America’s Test Kitchen

Everyone knows they should eat more vegetables and grains, but that prospect can be intimidating with recipes that are often too complicated for everyday meals or lacking in fresh appeal or flavor. For the first time ever, the test kitchen has devoted its considerable resources to creating a vegetarian cookbook for the way we want to eat today. The Complete Vegetarian Cookbook is a wide-ranging collection of boldly flavorful vegetarian recipes covering hearty vegetable mains, rice and grains, beans and soy as well as soups, appetizers, snacks, and salads.

2. The High-Protein Vegetarian Cookbook – Katie Parker & Kristen Smith Ph.D., R.D., L.D.

As a vegetarian living with a meat-eating guy, the author has developed recipes for every time of day (or night) that are deliciously satisfying and high in protein. With recipes like Fresh Veggie Quinoa Salad with Lemon Tahini Dressing, Mushroom and Wild Rice Burgers, Quick and Hearty Vegetarian Chili, and Dark Chocolate Black Bean Brownies, the results are outrageously tasty―and completely vegetarian! 75 color photographs in this cookbook.

The High Protein Vegetarian Cookbook

3. Love Real Food – Kathryne Taylor

With brand-new creative recipes, Taylor inspires you to step into the kitchen and cook wholesome plant-based meals, again and again. She’ll change your mind about kale and quinoa, and show you how to make the best granola you’ve ever tasted. You’ll find a make-your-own instant oatmeal mix and fluffy, naturally sweetened, whole-grain blueberry muffins; hearty green salads and warming soups; pineapple pico de gallo; healthier homemade pizzas; and even a few favorites from the blog.

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4. Simply Vegetarian Cookbook-Susan Pridemore

This vegetarian cookbook features recipes grouped by type of cooking ease. From 5-Ingredient to 30-Minutes or Less to One Pot recipes, Susan allows you to decide what to cook not only by what looks good―but also by what’s the easiest for you.

Simplicity is the main ingredient of every recipe in this vegetarian cookbook, with easy-to-find ingredients that you can buy year-round in your local market, easy to make comfort meals for lunch or dinner, with a handful of side dishes, breakfasts, and snacks. She has also added easy to adapt recipes for vegans and meat-eaters, with substitution tips for recipes, plus an entire category devoted to making one dish in two different ways.

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5. Vegetarian InstaPot Cookbook – Mohali Smith

Whether you are a new vegetarian who is wondering where to begin or someone seasoned to this way of eating, this comprehensive cookbook will give you fresh ideas that will keep you fed for years down the road.  Forget trying to modify omnivorous recipes with ultra-processed alternative meat products; the recipes in this cookbook were tailored for you. With recipes centered around whole food plant-based staples, such as legumes, whole grains, fruits, vegetables, nuts, and seeds, this book can help whether your main goal is to completely omit the meat or simply to incorporate more plants. You’ll learn the basics of constructing a fortifying vegetarian meal, as well as techniques to build flavor.

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There you have it, our top 5 picks of the best vegetarian cookbooks will need for your kitchen. Choose the one that best fits your family and lifestyle.