Vegan 100: Over 100 Incredible Recipes from Avant-Garde Vegan Hardcover – February 20, 2018

Like many of those who have bought this book, I am a big fan of Gaz Oakley's Avant Garde Vegan blog and YouTube channel, avantgardevegan. This book is gorgeous and takes it another step forward. His recipes are vibrant and full of flavor and can make anyone love a plate of vegetables. Vegan 100 is thick and loaded with full-page photographs that will make your mouth water. If you are familiar with his vegan creations, you will not be disappointed.Not vegan? Serve your fleshy bits on the side on the side if you must, but you'll never miss them with these recipes. Oakley's approach to vegetables seems different than most other chefs and it shows in this cookbook. So much flavor! And the dishes are really beautiful to look at, so they will entice even the most ardent of veggie-haters. There are a few things to be aware of when you use this cookbook, but it's otherwise a perfect intro to veg newbies, the perfect accompaniment to any non-veg food, or a breath of fresh air to old school vegans.Oakley is an English chef, so you may see some references that may seem unfamiliar. The 'look inside' feature above shows how the text is laid out in the UK version, it hasn't been converted any further. Aubergines are eggplants, courgettes are zucchini, and yes, they really do eat baked beans for breakfast on the other side of the pond. However, you will be in familiar territory once you figure this out. None of the recipe call for hard to find ingredients.Most of the recipes are created completely from scratch. They may use a lot of ingredients, but that's how you build flavor. A long list doesn't mean difficult, most of the recipes are easy to put together without special techniques or equipment. You don't have to make your Ultimate Breakfast seitan sausages from scratch, but Oakley will teach you how if you are more adventurous. Otherwise, pick up a package of Field Roast sausages and continue with the recipe.I have made several recipes in this cookbook because Oakley dripped a few in advance via his blog and videos. A few more are in the "look inside" feature on Amazon. I've had good luck with everything so far and I've marked many more pages with recipes I intend to make.I LOVE the eggplant bacon, and I'm not the only one. Mom has Alzheimer's and she craves bolder flavors as she loses her ability to taste the same way. I've made the bacon for her a few times. Nothing we have tried has been bland, so we are both happy.I made the Sriracha Meatballs and my three teenage granddaughters went nuts over them! I didn't tell them they contained smashed tofu until they finished eating. They assumed it was some kind of cheese. They agreed to try more tofu dishes in the future since it didn't kill them.I made Paprika Baked Beans that calls for canned haricot beans. I've never seen beans called haricot here, but a little research found them to be white navy beans. Easy to find. I used Muir Glen fire roasted chopped tomatoes instead of plain, along with the other ingredients of shallots, garlic, smoked paprika, and a few other tasty bits. It was easy to make and was so good!! I didn't serve it for breakfast, but it would be tempting to start the day out with so much flavor. The beans have a fresher flavor than the baked beans most of us are used to.I could really go on about this cookbook, but this is a review and not a book. I've made quite a few of his recipes that are not in this book as well, always with good luck. I preordered this book last July as soon as I heard about it, and it's everything I hoped it would be. I hope there will be another one!

I'm a new subscriber to Gaz Oakley's channel and was thrilled to see his beautiful book, "Vegan" offered here. The photography is wonderful and all of the recipes are so inviting! Whether you're a vegan or omnivore, there's something new to try!The book arrived on time and was in pristine shape. I highly recommend this book seller! And GAZ!!

A hardcover vegan cookbook with recipes that have ingredients that are simple enough to find that I might make them. Lots of mouthwatering photos of most dishes, like a sort of vegan food network porn. An organization system remarkable enough for me to easily find the type of food I desire. Probably best of all, and I wish all of my other cookbooks did this, a nice shopping list of stuff to keep around, There is a nice big section at the beginning that covers the essentials. This being things used in other recipes, i.e. Vegetable stock, vegan milks, vegan mozzarella, and even Ketchup. Having several other vegan cookbooks, don't think this is just another one of them. This really quite different. A lot of other books seem to focus on "this tastes like meat" and try to resemble and use a lot of meat alternative ingredients. This book is less like those vegan cookbooks and more of instruction on a whole foods, plant based cooking. Other than spices that picture of the shopping bag on the cover is basically the ingredients for these recipes. I have already made several things from this book and look forward to trying a lot of others. Gaz Oakley has a Youtube channel where you can watch some of these dishes being prepared and get lots of good tips on how to do things. Most of these recipes don't require a lot of time to prepare so they are not a daunting task to make.

This book was written by a 17 year old on a quest to lose weight and eat well. His recipes are very manageable and easy. Great use of seasoning. He lost 100 pounds on his quest!I’ve made 5 recipes of his and my “meat and potatoes “ husband thought they were good!

The recipes are incredible and thanks to Gaz's photography you'll learn a thing or two about presentation. You're guaranteed to find creative recipes that you'd never uncover with some google searching.The only reason I gave this book 4 stars instead of 5 is because the US copy wasn't localized. There are a few instances where the terms used for foods in the UK don't match up with expectations in the US. For example, the ketchup recipe calls for tomato puree, but what they call tomato puree in the UK is known as tomato paste in the US. Just be careful to do a quick google search to investigate any suspicious ingredients!

I watch Gaz's YouTube videos all the time and have tried many of his recipes. His recipes are just like him, true and down to earth, never pretentious. He cooks with real ingredients and is honest with his recipes. I like his recipes because there are just enough spices to be super flavorful but not over the top, and he does not sacrifice flavor just because it's vegan. The viewers/readers can tell that he loves what he does and he respects his fans, his ingredients, and his profession. He incorporates other cultures' food into his recipes, and the result is delicious every time. This cookbook is great for both vegan and non-vegan, even my carnivore friends thought his recipes taste great. I've been around the world and tasted a lot of great dishes, and I think Gaz incorporates the best of all worlds in this cookbook, humanely. Beautiful cookbook, so glad I pre-ordered this book and waited many months for it. Very hard working and talented, great young chef. Hopes he has his own show soon.

Delicious recipes. Not any complicated recipes to follow. I cook a lot though.