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Five Ingredient Vegan: 100 Simple, Fast, Modern Recipes
From the author of 15 Minute Vegan, Five Ingredient Vegan showcases simple yet exciting recipes using five ingredients or fewer. It's perfect for vegans and non-vegans alike looking for effortless ways to introduce plant-based meals into their everyday cooking. Katy Beskow is the expert on making easy meals for home cooks – even if you're not confident in the kitchen or with vegan cooking. Using ingredients available from your local supermarket and with a list of larder essentials, plus helpful tips throughout, you'll have everything you need to fill food with taste and texture. With 100 recipes covering Basics (Baba ganoush, 3-ingredient beer bread, Citrus tabbouleh, Green apple salsa), Soups (Lemony super greens, Country lentil pottage, Spicy noodle soup, Pantry minestrone), Lunches (Santorini tomato fritters, Welsh rarebit stuffed potatoes, Spicy bean and avocado wraps, Spinach pancakes), Suppers (Baked aubergine with dukkah, Roasted cherry tomato risotto, Pumpkin and sage macaroni, Pear and butterbean traybake), and Sweets (Carrot cake porridge, Zesty bread and butter pudding, Coconut panna cotta, Blood orange granita), you too can get maximum flavour with minimal fuss – all with just five ingredients.
328 pages, Kindle Edition
Published November 14, 2019
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About the author
Katy Beskow
41 books16 followersAuthor, food writer, cookery tutor, and recipe developer. I have a passion for seasonal ingredients, vibrant food, and fuss-free home cooking.
Once inspired by a bustling and colourful fruit market in South London, I now live in rural Yorkshire and cook from my small (yet perfectly functioning) kitchen.
When I started the vegan recipe blog Little Miss Meat-Free back in 2013, I never dreamed that within a year I’d be teaching cooking classes, demonstrating at food festivals, working with a handful of well-known brands, and writing for a national magazine.
I have since released three best-selling vegan cookbooks that help pave the way for the everyday home cook to enjoy satisfying vegan food without the fuss or the expense.
My fourth book, Five Ingredient Vegan, is out now, and my next will follow in July 2020.
Once inspired by a bustling and colourful fruit market in South London, I now live in rural Yorkshire and cook from my small (yet perfectly functioning) kitchen.
When I started the vegan recipe blog Little Miss Meat-Free back in 2013, I never dreamed that within a year I’d be teaching cooking classes, demonstrating at food festivals, working with a handful of well-known brands, and writing for a national magazine.
I have since released three best-selling vegan cookbooks that help pave the way for the everyday home cook to enjoy satisfying vegan food without the fuss or the expense.
My fourth book, Five Ingredient Vegan, is out now, and my next will follow in July 2020.
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January 8, 2020
What a brilliant book. It has the four things I was looking for; vegan, budget friendly, quick and tasty.
I’ve bought numerous vegan cookbooks in the past and the majority of them were either cost prohibitive or the prep and cooking times were just far too long for me. This book is the complete opposite.
The soup section is, by far, the best out there. Lots of variety and they are easily adaptable to my soup maker.
I’m only giving 4 stars because of the lack of breakfast ideas.
I’d thoroughly recommend it for everything else.
I’ve bought numerous vegan cookbooks in the past and the majority of them were either cost prohibitive or the prep and cooking times were just far too long for me. This book is the complete opposite.
The soup section is, by far, the best out there. Lots of variety and they are easily adaptable to my soup maker.
I’m only giving 4 stars because of the lack of breakfast ideas.
I’d thoroughly recommend it for everything else.
February 21, 2022
I've decided to start expanding the number of vegan/vegetarian meals I'm eating, not for any real reason other than I want to and if I'm deliberate about it it's a lower bar to healthy meals. Anyway, this is a pretty great entry to that - mostly these are meals that happen to be vegan rather than having a lot of substitute ingredients or anything.
April 27, 2021
I like this book because there are at least 15 recipes I can use with little to no modifications to suit my dietary requirements. The instructions are easy to follow. The only problem I ran into is that the author doesn't specify which type of baking dishes were used (glass/ceramic or metal) as the material can affect cooking times. I used a glass dish and lowered the temperature but the results at the end of cook time indicated that glass dishes were used in the development of the recipes. But this isn't a huge deterrent as many cookbooks have this fault.
August 5, 2020
Didn't find anything new or exciting and I found most of the recipes contained too much added sugar for my liking.
October 16, 2020
I liked the look of the soup recipes at the beginning of the book, they gave me hope for the rest of the recipes but in the end, nothing appealed to me enough to make.
June 4, 2022
Simple and approachable recipes! I have incorporated several of these into my weekly meal plans. I highly recommend the coronation chickpeas!!
December 29, 2023
As someone who has wanted to eat more plant-based but who struggles to know how to make tasty meals without meat, I was delighted to read this book. Not only is the book beautifully designed with gorgeous photos and set out in a neat, simple and organised manner, but the recipes are outstanding. And it’s in hardback!
What appealed to me was that you only need five ingredients per recipe (excluding salt and pepper and oil). When you make recipes simple and easy to follow – and not difficult to buy food for – you make them accessible to the everyday cook. Most recipe books have complicated, gourmet recipes that are a copy of what a chef makes in a restaurant instead of something doable and seamless for those who live busy lives and don’t cook for a living or a serious hobby but for function and nutrition.
Not only are they easy to follow, but they look delicious. I have tried out two of them and found them satisfying and scrumptious. I feel hope now that I can eat more plant-based without spending a fortune or hours in the kitchen.
The only concern I had was that some of the ingredients are a little harder to find in South Africa. I have not found soya cream anywhere before – although you can occasionally find soya yoghurt in Woolworths at a massive price. Maybe coconut cream could be substituted, but I am concerned that it would change the flavour of the recipe. That is not the author’s fault, though – it’s due to the sad dearth of soy-based dairy-free products in our country.
Several of the recipes in the sweet treats section contain nuts or peanuts which those who suffer from allergies should be aware of. She does offer a substitute for one of them. I would’ve loved more substitute suggestions, but I suppose the book wasn’t designed for allergy sufferers.
Already, just by reading the book, I have discovered new ways to cook without dairy and meat. Beskow seems to have a knack for making something taste good without fuss. I can’t wait to try more recipes.
4½/5 stars – Kathy Bosman
What appealed to me was that you only need five ingredients per recipe (excluding salt and pepper and oil). When you make recipes simple and easy to follow – and not difficult to buy food for – you make them accessible to the everyday cook. Most recipe books have complicated, gourmet recipes that are a copy of what a chef makes in a restaurant instead of something doable and seamless for those who live busy lives and don’t cook for a living or a serious hobby but for function and nutrition.
Not only are they easy to follow, but they look delicious. I have tried out two of them and found them satisfying and scrumptious. I feel hope now that I can eat more plant-based without spending a fortune or hours in the kitchen.
The only concern I had was that some of the ingredients are a little harder to find in South Africa. I have not found soya cream anywhere before – although you can occasionally find soya yoghurt in Woolworths at a massive price. Maybe coconut cream could be substituted, but I am concerned that it would change the flavour of the recipe. That is not the author’s fault, though – it’s due to the sad dearth of soy-based dairy-free products in our country.
Several of the recipes in the sweet treats section contain nuts or peanuts which those who suffer from allergies should be aware of. She does offer a substitute for one of them. I would’ve loved more substitute suggestions, but I suppose the book wasn’t designed for allergy sufferers.
Already, just by reading the book, I have discovered new ways to cook without dairy and meat. Beskow seems to have a knack for making something taste good without fuss. I can’t wait to try more recipes.
4½/5 stars – Kathy Bosman
September 10, 2024
Pros:
-- The recipes are simple, and most of the ingredients are easy to find.
-- I made a few of the recipes, and the flavors were decent except for the one that didn't turn out)
Cons:
-- while simple is good, this perhaps went too far... maybe I need the book with six ingredients ;).
-- All the recipes needed to be tweaked a bit (more or less liquid than called for, seasoning was off, etc.)
-- things this book didn't have that I would have appreciated: nutrition info, estimation of prep/cooking time & number of servings at the top of the recipe
-- the font... OMG it was insanely hard to read. I borrowed this from the library, but if I were to buy it, I'd need the kindle edition and I'd have to embiggen the hell out of it. This book was not meant for old-lady eyes
-- The recipes are simple, and most of the ingredients are easy to find.
-- I made a few of the recipes, and the flavors were decent except for the one that didn't turn out)
Cons:
-- while simple is good, this perhaps went too far... maybe I need the book with six ingredients ;).
-- All the recipes needed to be tweaked a bit (more or less liquid than called for, seasoning was off, etc.)
-- things this book didn't have that I would have appreciated: nutrition info, estimation of prep/cooking time & number of servings at the top of the recipe
-- the font... OMG it was insanely hard to read. I borrowed this from the library, but if I were to buy it, I'd need the kindle edition and I'd have to embiggen the hell out of it. This book was not meant for old-lady eyes
August 18, 2020
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It can be hard to find a vegan cookbook that doesn't break the bank, but Katy Beskow manages to find healthy, delicious and affordable vegan recipes that will satisfy even a die-hard meat eater. Beskow started as a blogger in 2013 and her knowledge and wide-ranging vegan ideas is inspiring. The soup section is particularly great.
Elisa - The Book Grocer
It can be hard to find a vegan cookbook that doesn't break the bank, but Katy Beskow manages to find healthy, delicious and affordable vegan recipes that will satisfy even a die-hard meat eater. Beskow started as a blogger in 2013 and her knowledge and wide-ranging vegan ideas is inspiring. The soup section is particularly great.
Elisa - The Book Grocer
December 22, 2022
I liked the idea of 5 ingredient vegan. Keeps things simple and you don't have to have many specialty "vegan" things in the house. With that said it was a bit to simple BUT it did get my imagination flowing. I was able to see that there are many ting in my kitchen that I can make vegan and not just do the normal go to foods.
July 30, 2021
This book and the recipes within holds a lot of potential for a wanna-be vegan who is allergic to most nuts. The recipes are simple, straightforward and appetizing. Looking forward to trying a lot of these!
Beautiful food photography too!
Beautiful food photography too!
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