Vegan Cooking for Two: 200+ Recipes for Everything You Love to Eat

by America's Test Kitchen

The most comprehensive guide to easy, quick, and delicious small-batch plant-based cooking

No more throwing out past-its-prime produce, doing on-the-fly math to scale down recipes designed to serve a crowd, or guessing at substitutions for nonvegan ingredients. Now you can skip straight to perfectly portioned, all-vegan custardy French toast, katsu sandwiches with the crispiest pan-fried tofu, spicy sesame noodles, velvety vegetable chowder, gooey fig streusel bars, and more.

Genres: Cookbooks, Cooking, Nonfiction, Vegan, Health, Food, Culinary

384 pages, Paperback

Published October 18, 2022

About the author

America's Test Kitchen, based in a brand new state-of-the-art 60,000 sq. ft. facility with over 15,000 sq. ft. of test kitchens and studio space, in Boston's Seaport District, is dedicated to finding the very best recipes for home cooks. Over 50 full-time (admittedly obsessive) test cooks spend their days testing recipes 30, 40, up to 100 times, tweaking every variable until they understand how and why recipes work. They also test cookware and supermarket ingredients so viewers can bypass marketing hype and buy the best quality products. As the home of Cook's Illustrated and Cook's Country magazines, and publisher of more than one dozen cookbooks each year, America's Test Kitchen has earned the respect of the publishing industry, the culinary world, and millions of home cooks. America's Test Kitchen the television show launched in 2001, and the company added a second television program, Cook's Country, in 2008.

Discover, learn, and expand your cooking repertoire with Julia Collin Davison, Bridget Lancaster, Jack Bishop, Dan Souza, Lisa McManus, Tucker Shaw, Bryan Roof, and our fabulous team of test cooks!

Learn more at https://www.americastestkitchen.com/.

Reviews

[Therese Brink · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great recipes with photos. Paper is high quality.

Each recipe begins with why the recipe works. Instructions and steps are clear. Plenty of charts are included too>

This book would be a very good book to have for vegan cooking.

[Dray · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book hits several sweet spots for me. Easy to understand and common sense vegan. Yes. Meals for two. Yes. Within reach of the home cook. Yes. International flavors from a host of countries. Yes.
Excellent sidebar info, great intro. Yes yes.

[Tamara · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great cookbook, have tried many recipes, not complicated, great pictures, great instructions. A lot of variety.

[Patrycja · Rating 5 out of 5]

“Vegan Cooking for Two” includes over 200 recipes. It is filled with full-color images and tons of inspiration.
The cookbook offers recipes for a smaller household. I love how it gives suggestions on customizing each recipe to our taste. Each page contains a recipe, kitchen improv, a level-up tip, and a beautiful photograph of the dish. I also love how the recipes are practical by taking into account portion size, cooking methods, and equipment.
The recipes are flexible and meant to fit into our busy life.

Don’t worry if you don’t have particular ingredients on hand. You can substitute it! Add some extra ingredients to change the flavor and texture and to add an unexpected twist. Do you need a more fulfilling meal? Test Kitchen has you covered. Add vegan protein or cooked grain. Don’t forget you can mix and match the recipes.


This book has tons of helpful and practical tips.
It also includes a guide to a vegan pantry, like what grains to always keep on hand or which vegan protein is a staple in every vegan kitchen.
I like the future of vegan brand products and the explanation of why this particular item works in recipes.

It is a different cookbook from what I usually see on the market. I like all the tips, suggestions, substitute ideas. I really like the overall format of it.
From breakfast recipes to soups, sandwiches, salads, and pasta, you will find inspiration for every mood and occasion.

I made the Weeknight Meaty Chili, and even though I think I put too much vegan meat, I enjoyed the meal. It is easy and quick to make.
A must-have on your bookshelf.

I have received an early copy from the publisher. Thank you.

[Robin · Rating 4 out of 5]

Easy to follow recipes that are flavorful and filling. Some (eg vindaloo, enchiladas) tended to be a bit dry, but still keepers.

[JV Austen · Rating 5 out of 5]

Tons of intriguing recipes with lots of commentary as to why/how to make it turn out well.

[Ginny · Rating 4 out of 5]

More than a few good recipes I might actually make. Love the definitions of ingredients that I’ve heard of but never really knew what they were!

[Chris Cohen · Rating 5 out of 5]

At first glance, this book appeared to be full of easy plant-based swaps — but it instead offers creative options for the same-old-thing-only-vegan.

[Lydia Kass · Rating 3 out of 5]

Trying not to be wasteful yet not eating the same leftovers day after day.

[Dawn · Rating 3 out of 5]

I didn't really enjoy the recipes themselves but as per usual with the Test Kitchen books, what I love is all the other information they provide.

[Erin · Rating 4 out of 5]

The charts and tips in here are great and maybe worth buying it for. Much more fake meat and cheese than I like though.

[Pinky · Rating 4 out of 5]

Want to make the Tofu Katsu Sandwich, the Dan Dan Mian, and the Blueberry Hand Pie recipes.