The best vegan cookbooks to inspire your new favourite plant-powered meals
Whether you want to cook plant-based on a budget, veganise your favourite childhood dish or simply eat a more nutritious diet, there’s a vegan cookbook out there for you.
From hearty, family-friendly meals to dishes you can throw together in a hurry, our guide to the best vegan cookbooks covers every taste preference and occasion.
1. The Official Veganuary Cookbook
The Official Veganuary Cookbook is a culmination of Veganuary’s 100 top tried-and-tested plant-based recipes, containing staple dishes for breakfasts, mains, sides, dips, desserts and beyond.
As a comprehensive guide to meat-free meals, the cookbook also includes sections on essential store cupboard shopping lists, sample meal plans, go-to vegan ingredients and no-waste inspiration, helping readers to make meals as efficient and eco-friendly as possible.
With delicious food at the heart of the Veganuary ethos, this cookbook is designed for everyone, from practised vegans to flexitarians, and those who simply want to experience new flavours.
Buy here.
2. Cooking with Nonna
Content creator Giuseppe Federici has become a social media sensation and his cooking videos with his Nonna have reached millions.
With help from his Nonna, Giuseppe has recreated classic Italian recipes that have been passed down through his family through generations and made them vegan.
Cooking with Nonna: Classic Italian recipes with a plant-based twist is a celebration of flavour, offering vegan versions of arancini, tiramisu, focaccia and much more.
Buy here.
3. BOSH! Meat
The bestselling BOSH! duo is back with a cookbook all about making meaty dishes… from plants! Offering over 100 recipes, MEAT promises to keep those meat cravings at bay for those new to trying plant-based food.
Whether your vice is chicken, beef, pork, seafood or cheese, this book covers all bases and shows people how to cook simple and delicious vegan meals.
Buy here.
4. How to Go Plant-Based
How to Go Plant-Based isn’t just a cookbook; it’s a practical guide to moving towards a plant-powered lifestyle. In this book, you’ll find 100 wholesome plant-based recipes, as well as information from vegan doctors and nutritionists who debunk myths about plant-based diets.
This is also a fantastic resource for existing vegans who are looking to refresh their knowledge on health and nutrition, or those looking to incorporate more whole plant foods into their diets.
Buy here.
5. Plentiful: Vegan Jamaican Recipes to Repeat
Enjoy your favourite Jamaican recipes with a vegan twist thanks to Plentiful by chef Denai Moore. This plant-based cookbook pays homage to Denai’s Jamaican roots, with dishes such as Rice & Peas Arancini and ‘Oxtail’ Gravy & Roasted Garlic Spring Onion Mash.
This is a vibrant cookbook that celebrates the diversity of the flavours vegan cooking has to offer.
Buy here.
6. One Pot: Three Ways
Right now, we’re all feeling the pinch and budget-friendly recipes are more important than ever. Rachel Ama’s selection of one-pot recipes is perfect for those eating vegan on a budget.
In One Pot: Three Ways, Rachel showcases how to make flavoursome vegan dishes in one pan, pot or tray with just a few kitchen staples, as well as tips for freezing leftovers and scaling portions up or down.
Buy here.
7. Simply Vegan Baking
We know we’re not the only ones excited about the debut recipe book by Freya Cox, who was the first vegan contestant on Great British Bake Off. Whether you’re new to vegan baking or looking for new show-stopping treats to make, this is the book for you!
Whip up simple cakes, pastry and bread as well as desserts to wow guests for any occasion. You won’t find any obscure ingredients here either – everything can be found in your local supermarket!
Buy here.
8. Vegan Air Fryer
Have you hopped on the air fryer craze? If you’re new to cooking with your air fryer or you’re looking for easy meal ideas, Niki Webster has thought of everything.
The Vegan Air Fryer: Quick & easy, healthy meals has 70 recipes to ensure you get plenty of use from your air fryer. From simple lunches and breakfasts to bread, cookies and desserts, you’ll be amazed at what you can make.
Buy here.
9. Vegan Chinese Food
Eating vegan doesn’t mean you have to say goodbye to your favourite Chinese dishes thanks to this inventive cookbook by Yang Liu and Katharina Pinczolits.
Vegan Chinese Food is full of flavour-packed alternatives to an array of beloved Chinese dishes, from noodles and dumplings to desserts and sauces.
Buy here.
10. Vegan One Pound Meals
Cooking vegan on a budget just got even easier thanks to Miguel Barclay’s Vegan One Pound Meals: Delicious budget-friendly plant-based recipes all for £1 per person.
This cookbook does what it says on the tin, offering creative ideas for budget-friendly and delicious vegan recipes, including sweet potato and katsu curry, black bean meatballs and even sausage rolls.
Buy here.
Looking for more cooking inspiration? Check out these new vegan cookbooks to try in 2025.
