Plant-Based Delicious: Healthy, Feel-Good Vegan Recipes You’ll Make Again and Again

With her latest book, established plant-based cook Madden (The Plant-Based Cookbook) has compiled what she describes as comfort food gone vegan—a trend that’s here to stay, as suggested by the popularity of titles such as Quick and Easy Vegan Comfort Food, Hot for Food Vegan Comfort Classics, 15 Minute Vegan Comfort Food, and others offering egg-, dairy-, and meat-free iterations of classics, such as mac-and-cheese by way of nutritional yeast. This isn’t a book for beginners: it lacks the quick-reference guide to plant-based pantry stables that many gateway vegan books offer. Still, the recipes range from unfussy pancakes and plant-based bowls to buckwheat bread and impressive meals, alongside cauliflower mac-and-cheese. Madden elevates perennial favorites, (e.g., avocado toast) by adding playful, creative twists like carrot bacon. The book’s substitutions for classic meat- or cheese-centered dishes won’t fool meat eaters, but this title doesn’t try to. Madden transforms traditional dishes into new experiences, vibrant with natural colors and visually stunning in ways that allude to the nonvegan originals without pretending to be them.