Frugal Vegan

Live a healthy vegan lifestyle without breaking the bank with these 99 affordable and delicious plant-based recipes. Frugal Vegan teaches you how to avoid pricey perishables and special ingredients, and still enjoy nutritious, exciting food at every meal. Learn the tips and tricks to creating plant-based cuisine on a budget and fill yourself up with a delicious feast. Katie Koteen and Kate Kasbee are your guides to changing up your vegan cooking routine using less expensive ingredients. There’s a meal idea for every time of day, whether it’s a hearty breakfast of Pineapple Scones or Biscuits and Gravy; a Backyard BBQ Bowl or Crunchy Thai Salad for lunch; or Beer Battered Avocado and Black Bean Tacos, Mushroom Stroganoff or Chickpea Curry for dinner. Host movie night with a delicious snack like Salted Peanut Butter Popcorn, or indulge in Chocolate Coconut Cream Puffs for dessert. With practical tips and approachable recipes, Frugal Vegan will help you create stunning plant-based meals that’ll not only save you money, but save you time in the kitchen, too.

Cook amazing vegan meals every day without worrying about complicated instructions or expensive grocery bills. These easy recipes optimize cheap, household staples for major flavor and variety. Readers will be amazed how fast and affordable it is to throw together homemade vegan versions of their favorite cuisines, such as Italian, Vietnamese, Indian, Mexican and more. These recipes avoid expensive and unhealthy processed foods, opting for fresh, nutritious ingredients that taste great and don’t break the bank. For hectic mornings, Sweet Potato and Bean Breakfast Burritos are a delicious, filling and ready in under thirty minutes. Satisfy lunch cravings in a hurry with tasty, portable options like Veggie Gyros with Tzatziki, and Peach and BBQ Tempeh sandwiches. Cooking on a budget has never been more exciting, with recipes like Sesame Ramen and Mint and Pea Pesto Pasta, which uses toasted walnuts, rather than more expensive pine nuts, for a cheesy effect. While store bought vegan baked goods can be pricey and full of additives, sweets like Peanut Butter Pretzel Truffles and Double Chocolate Mocha Cookies are quick and fun to whip up at home. With soups and stews for warming family meals, and snacks to impress even meat-loving guests, this book is the perfect companion for anyone looking to add more plant-based meals to their diet, the easy way.

Eat vegan—for less! Between low-paying jobs, car troubles, student loans, vet bills, and trying to pay down credit card debt, Toni Okamoto spent most of her early adult life living paycheck to paycheck. So when she became a vegan at age 20, she worried: How would she be able to afford that kind of lifestyle change? Then she discovered how to be plant-based on a budget. Through her popular website, Toni has taught hundreds of thousands of people how to eat a plant-strong diet while saving money in the process. With Plant-Based on a Budget, going vegan is not only an attainable goal, but the best choice for your health, the planet—and your wallet. Toni's guidance doesn't just help you save money—it helps you save time, too. Every recipe in this book can be ready in around 30 minutes or less. Through her imaginative and incredibly customizable recipes, Toni empowers readers to make their own substitutions based on the ingredients they have on hand, reducing food waste in the process. Inside discover 100 of Toni's "frugal but delicious" recipes, including: • 5-Ingredient Peanut Butter Bites • Banana Zucchini Pancakes • Sick Day Soup • Lentils and Sweet Potato Bowl • PB Ramen Stir Fry • Tofu Veggie Gravy Bowl • Jackfruit Carnita Tacos • Depression Era Cupcakes • Real Deal Chocolate Chip Cookies With a foreword by Michael Greger, MD, Plant-Based on a Budget gives you everything you need to make plant-based eating easy, accessible, and most of all, affordable. Featured in the groundbreaking documentary What the Health

You can eat great meatless and dairy-free meals every day—and stay on your budget—with these 150 recipes and smart money-saving tips. With Vegan on the Cheap, you can enjoy delicious vegan meals every day of the week. Robin Robertson, “an acclaimed authority on vegan cooking” (Publishers Weekly), provides 150 mouth-watering, exciting recipes that cost just 50 cents to $2 per serving—hefty savings to go with hearty vegan meals. Find options for savory soups and stews, satisfying salads, hearty noodle dishes, first-class casseroles, favorites for the slow cooker, and meatless and dairy-free recipes for classics like pizza, burgers, and sandwiches—and a chapter for desserts to satisfy every sweet tooth. Throughout the book, smart tips and creative ideas help you save money by cooking in bulk, prepping meals in advance, and finding tasty ways to reuse leftovers. Including recipes for delicious vegan meals like Walnut-Dusted Fettuccine with Caramelized Vegetables and Fresh Pear Galette, it also features cost-per-serving icons that highlight the cost of each affordable dish—and even shows how you can make your own meat alternatives at a fraction of the cost of packaged proteins.

Finally, a book of beautiful food board ideas for snacks, parties, and family meals that fit your plant-based diet. Serving artfully arranged foods on boards or platters is extremely popular, but until now, all the books on the subject have been full of meats, cheeses, and other animal products. Vegan Boards is the first book to make this trend accessible to people who follow an entirely plant-based diet. The results are delectable—and gorgeous to behold. In these pages, Kate Kasbee, co-creator of the popular blog Well Vegan, shows you how to create 50 stunning plant-based boards. Step-by-step instructions and a color photograph are included for each one. All the boards are remarkably easy to prepare and most require no cooking at all. Those that require cooking are simple to make, such as roasted vegetables, quesadillas, or bruschetta. You'll also find guidance on how to use equipment and utensils to make serving food on boards both beautiful and safe. Treat your family and friends to enticing vegan boards for every occasion, from breakfast and brunch, grazing at home, and full meals to seasonal celebrations, special occasions, and dessert, including: Sweet & Savory Toast Board Post-Workout Lunch Board Spring Forward Board Rainbow Chopped Salad Board Mediterranean Grazing Board Coconut Chickpea Curry Board Family Movie Night Board Date Night Vegan Cheese Board Mini Bundt Cakes Board Make these creative vegan boards ahead of time and then enjoy spending time with your impressed and delighted family or guests.

From Sam Turnbull, the bestselling author of Fuss-Free Vegan, and creator of the blog It Doesn't Taste Like Chicken, comes her eagerly awaited second cookbook. She is cooking up even simpler vegan comfort food--on a budget, with fewer ingredients, and in 30 minutes or less! Some people think that a vegan diet can be too time-consuming, too much work, and too expensive! In Sam Turnbull's Fast Easy Cheap Vegan, she's busting those myths and showing us just how simple (with 10 ingredients or fewer), inexpensive (for $10 or less), and quick (in 30 minutes or less) it can be to cook delicious plant-based comfort food at home. Wholesome recipes can be made using items you already have in your pantry and fridge. And if they're not stocked in your kitchen, these ingredients are easily found at your local grocery store. Fast Easy Cheap Vegan is filled with 101 recipes, many of them perfect for busy weeknights, like 10-Ingredient Creamy Basil Gnocchi, Gorgeous Greek Bowl, and Quicker Quesadillas. You'll have tons of options for speedy breakfasts and lunches, including Oatmeal Breakfast Cookies, 20-Minute Breakfast Sandwiches, 15-Minute Apple Chickpea Salad, and DIY Instant Ramen Soup, and no shortage of ready-to-go snacks, like Cheesy Cracker Snackers, Loaded Queso Dip, and Cool Ranch Popcorn. And don't skip dessert because there's Lickety-Split Ice Cream, Easy Peasy Peanut Butter Squares, Brownie in a Cup, and 10-Minute Mini Berry¬ Crisp. Fast Easy Cheap Vegan is all about smart tips and easy techniques that simplify cooking. Many recipes are one-pot, freezer-friendly, and make-ahead meals, creating a stress-free kitchen. So whether it's breakfast, lunch, dinner, or dessert, Sam has thought of everything to help get delicious, fuss-free meals on the table in no time flat.

Eating Vegan on a Budget Has Never Tasted -- or Looked -- So Good Olivia Biermann isn't your typical YouTube vegan cooking star. Although eating is one of her favorite hobbies, she doesn't love spending a lot of time in the kitchen. The meals she loves the most are those that are simple to make and taste absolutely delicious, despite putting in minimal effort. She avoids "fancy" ingredients. Olivia is here to show you that you can eat plant-based on a budget and still make incredibly mouth-watering and fun meals that will make you feel amazing. Liv B's Vegan on a Budget is filled with 112 simple recipes from breakfast to dessert that share Olivia's passion for inspired and effortless vegan food. With a focus on balance between health and comfort and sweet and savory, you'll find tons of tasty recipes with beautiful full-color photos, including Tropical Green Smoothie, Half-Baked Cookie Dough Pancakes, Spicy Mango Salsa, Famous Lasagna Soup, Ginger-Glazed Carrots, Sweet Sriracha Cauliflower Wraps, Spaghetti Squash Pad Thai, No-Bake Brownie Bites and Deep-Dish Apple Pie with Caramel Sauce. She also includes easy-to-follow icons that identify which recipes are gluten-free, portable, and great for gatherings to help simplify your time in the kitchen. Cooking vegan food doesn't have to be struggle. Let Olivia share how easy it is to eat yummy plant-based meals that are fast and simple, using accessible ingredients you can find anywhere -- without breaking the bank.

Easy Methods, Powerful Flavor Pack a punch of flavor into your weeknight meals with Lloyd Rose, founder of Plantcrazii. These 60 plant-based recipes prove that it’s possible to use simple techniques and minimal ingredients to cook a jaw-droppingly delicious meal at home. What’s more, Lloyd’s emphasis on simplicity means your grocery trips will be cheaper, your prep time shorter and your kitchen clean-up easier. From quick dinners to chill weekend brunches and snacks to share with friends, this collection of Lloyd’s best vegan recipes will quickly become your go-to resource anytime you crave something tasty without the fuss. FEATURED RECIPES WAITING INSIDE INCLUDE: • Smoked Paprika Mac and Cheese • Chili-Garlic Pan-Seared Mushrooms • Fettuccini in Black Pepper Sauce • Orange Chick’n • Basil Fried Rice • Smoky Carrot Lox on a Bagel • Nachos with Hot Cheese Sauce • Two-Story Pizza Pitas • Banana Fritters • Brown Sugar Coconut Mango Sorbet Whether you’re a veteran vegan looking to mix things up or a home cook hungry for some flavor-packed yet easy-to-make meals, you’re guaranteed to fall in love with these delicious recipes.