Cozy Vegan: 100 Delicious, Plant-Based Comfort Food Recipes

Glow Diaries blogger Douglas aims to make “cooking with plants as simple and delicious as possible” in her wholesome if somewhat scattered debut collection. In lieu of an overview of pantry items and equipment, there’s a single sentence in Douglas’s brief introduction instructing home cooks to “get yourself some textured vegetable protein (TVP), nutritional yeast, flaxseed, tapioca flour, soy sauce and miso paste, plus a good-quality blender, and you should be set.” It’s indicative of her breezy tone, but those newer to vegan cooking may wish for a bit more orientation. The opening section, “Basics,” offers recipes for homemade dairy and meat substitutes, including “Parmesan” powder made with nuts, nutritional yeast, and salt, and tofu bacon crisped in an air fryer. Breakfast fare includes chocolate chia seed mousse, while the “Soups, Sides and Starters” chapter (which also, unexpectedly, includes sandwiches) offers broccolini in a lemon tahini sauce. Wide-ranging “Main Meals” include jackfruit and black bean tacos, Egyptian koshari, and mushroom bourguignon, while a chapter on pastas primarily features cream-based sauces veganized via soy milk and nuts. Salads, sauces, and desserts round things out. The organization occasionally confounds (lasagna appears in the main meals section instead of in the pasta chapter, for instance), but enticing photography and testimonials from a team of volunteer recipe testers add appeal. The author’s fans will be pleased. (Jan.)