Vegan Cooking for One : Over 150 Simple and Appetizing Meals

by Leah Leneman

A new edition of the Single Vegan, which has sold over 60,000 copies, which contains 30% new recipes Often vegans, although they may be part of a large family, have to cook separate meals – this cookbook offers over 200 diverse and seasonal recipes to tempt the tastebuds. The book is split into weeks – and has essential shopping lists for all the ingredients you will need for that week and then delicious recipes to follow. There is also a Spring and Summer collection and an Autumn and Winter collection so that the availability and freshness of ingredients is assured. The recipes are both savoury and sweet, main meals and light snacks and have influences and flavours from around the world.

Genres: Cookbooks, Cooking, Vegan, Nonfiction, Food, Vegetarian

224 pages, Paperback

First published June 5, 2000

About the author

Her first career was as a stage actress in New York. Leah then wrote Vegan cookery books, before studying at the University of Edinburgh, obtaining a degree in history followed by doctoral research on social life on the Atholl estate in the eighteenth century

Her focus was on women’s history and Scottish history.

Reviews

[Lisa Vegan · Rating 4 out of 5]

I really love this cookbook. Many of the recipes look worth trying. She divides the book up by seasons and then by weeks. She assumes one is cooking for one but it would be easy to adapt the recipes for more people. I will not use the book like this but for those interested, she has a weekly menu with a weekly shopping list, assumes the reader will have Saturday dinner out, leaves the more time consuming to make recipes for Sunday dinners, and is cognizant that the reader will appreciate quick and simple meals during the work week days. The shopping list/menus are designed so that all ingredients will be used during the week so that there will be no waste.

[Anna Kļaviņa · Rating 3 out of 5]

-1* for not including pictures.

However, the recipes are nice, and the ones I tried were quick, simple and tasty.

[Ottilee B. · Rating 4 out of 5]

As a single vegan I was excited by this book. I only gave four stars as I haven't tried all the recipes yet but I'm super interested in trying them! Recommended for meat-eaters, too.

[Deyara · Rating 4 out of 5]

Quick and easy recipes. Have tried a few and the onlu one I didnt like was the Fudge Custard - weird texture. There are also a lot of mushroom dishes which I just wont eat. All the recipes I have doubled have come out fine, I like to have leftovers to take for lunch so I make a bit extra most nights.

[Chloe · Rating 4 out of 5]

Kept me going through university - easy, tasty meals divided up into weekly menus, with shopping lists at the beginning of each week.

[Jill · Rating 3 out of 5]

I would prefer pictures but recipes are great. I don’t mind having leftovers for one meal, just don’t want to have to eat the same thing all week long.

[Samantha · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book contains a lot of good ideas. Most of the food was delicious and I really liked pretty much all of the weekly desserts. However, recipes aren't always specific enough and the portions are big! I liked the idea of having a weekly shopping list, but even when eating with my husband, we'd still have leftovers. Also, either onions are a lot smaller where the author comes from or she really loves them. We'd usually use maybe half the amount of onions called for in recipes.

[Kally · Rating 3 out of 5]

"Simple" is a bit misleading. As a new cook, some of the recipes were a little intimidating. However, there were plenty of good ones that stretched both my abilities and my tastebuds. They expect you to have good access to soy products, and the portions were not ever "for one". However, they weren't huge, either, and typically feed me twice.

[Kit · Rating 4 out of 5]

For Americans, some of the soy products are hard to find, and in general, you might not want to eat as much soy as this author has in her recipes, but it was a great cookbook for when I was only cooking for myself. The recipes were easy; the serving sizes were about right.

[Melissa · Rating 4 out of 5]

I really like this cookbook. Great idea to have recipes for one person, because that is all I was usually cooking for!! Lots of very tasty recipes, I like the idea of the menu for the week and shopping list to go with it, although I don't usually use it that way.

[Kathie · Rating 2 out of 5]

This book has a combination of metric and standard measures, so maybe from Britain?
Either way, very few finds in this book will go into my recipe box.

[Carol · Rating 2 out of 5]

Disappointed.

[Audrey · Rating 2 out of 5]

okay...