As summer heat looms, our palettes naturally start to crave fresh, crisp veggies and the goodness of healthy, mind-nourishing plant-based meals. We recently planted a vegetable garden full of tomatoes, peppers, broccoli, squash, zucchini, cucumbers, lettuce and fresh herbs, and it’s exciting to see them grow and enjoy each season’s harvest. There is nothing better than enjoying the fruits of your labor, fresh out of your garden and on your plate.
Today I’ve rounded up some great vegetarian recipes to help you bring inspiration into your kitchen and bring all the goodness into your mouth. Even if you’re not a vegan (like me) these recipes are so delicious that your carnivore won’t even know what you’re missing!
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15 Best Vegetarian Cookbooks for Summer
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Chef, restaurateur and British newspaper columnist, Yutham Otolegui Leveraging his own Le Cordon Bleu training and Mediterranean influence, he shares restaurant-quality meals in a family-friendly recipe guide. Ottoleghi’s recipes include uplifting flavours, original combinations and highlighting London’s unique food culture. Not a vegetarian myself, Ottoleghi’s recipes are vegetarian and meat eater friendly! Check out Ottoleghi on Instagram Get more inspiration and recipes.
Moosewood Cookbook: 40th Anniversary Edition
Written by Mollie Katzen and inspired by cookbooks from the Moosewood Restaurant Co-op in Ithaca, New York, this cookbook staple is a beloved compilation of simple, healthy, and seasonal foods designed to inspire a love of plant-based home cooking and joy.
Love and Lemons Recipe
Jenny Donofrio lives in Chicago with her husband Jack and their two sous chef Shiba puppies, who help clear kale stems from the kitchen floor. Jeanine creates creative vegetarian recipes for every meal and believes that healthy eating is all about balance. She incorporates plant-based basics like quinoa, rice, and lentils, and she doesn’t skimp on desserts. Check out Jenny’s website and instagram for recipes that are both delicious and beautiful.
sustainable kitchen
Written by two Vermonters, Heather Wolfe and Jaynie McCloskey, sustainable kitchen Recipes are not only guidelines for cooking plant-based meals, but for living an earth-conscious lifestyle by using local, seasonal foods, reducing food waste, conserving energy, and limiting processed and refined foods. Wolfe and McCloskey have drawn upon their knowledge and wisdom in nutritionists, design, holistic nutrition, homesteading, and piecemeal cooking to create a beautiful guide to nutrition, nutrition, and great-tasting meals.
Korean Vegetarian Recipes
Korean Vegetarian Recipes by Joanne Lee Molinaro More than just a cookbook. Molinaro weaves together stories of love, family and food. She shares a compilation of traditional and reimagined Korean recipes that have shaped her family story and her own identity.
first mess cookbook
Featuring whole food, vegetarian, seasonal recipes, Laura Wright’s, first mess cookbook It’s Wright who serves her favorite meals at any time of the day. Wright draws on her own experience growing up in the family food market and being able to use a well-stocked root cellar with fresh, seasonal produce. Laura later went on to go to culinary school, and her friends encouraged her to share all her “delicious, easy, healthy, seasonal meals.”
Chef’s Vegetable Illustration
Brought to you by America’s Test Kitchen, Chef’s Vegetable Illustration Featuring over 700 kitchen-tested recipes for everything from artichokes to zucchini. Honestly, whether you like vegetables or not, this cookbook will make you love cooking and eating vegetables. The recipe is easy to follow and sure to please.
Other great vegetarian and vegan recipes
Vegetarian Recipes
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