Plant-Based on a Budget Quick & Easy: 100 Fast, Healthy, Meal-Prep, Freezer-Friendly, and One-Pot Vegan Recipes

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Popular budget-conscious and plant-based chef Toni Okamoto is back to make mealtime delicious, affordable, and easier than ever―with 100 vegan recipes for meal prep, one-pot and one-pan meals, make-ahead dishes, sheet pan suppers, and more. When we’re crunched for time, cooking something healthy and tasty often falls off our to-do lists. But with a little planning (and some smart recipes), eating well can fit into even the busiest day. In this follow-up to her bestselling Plant-Based on a Budget , Toni Okamoto turns her attention to recipes that save you time and energy in the kitchen―and, of course, save you money, too! In Plant-Based on a Budget Quick & Easy , Toni shares creative ways to cut down on active kitchen time without having to invest in a ton of expensive equipment or resort to pricey premade foods. If meal prep isn’t your jam, never fear; Toni offers so much more. Chapters focus on time-saving strategies like make-ahead breakfasts, one-pot or one-pan dishes, sheet pan makes and casseroles, 30-minute mains, and even simple snacks and desserts. Many recipes can be made oil-free, and Toni offers plenty of adaptations for your pressure cooker and air fryer. You’ll find dishes such as: Freezer-Friendly Pancakes and Waffles Spinach Alfredo Tater Tot Casserole Veggie-Packed Potato Leek Soup Sheet Pan Ratatouille Udon Noodles with Peanut Sauce Mini Pizza Bagels Chocolate Peanut Butter Bark As the saying goes, time is money―and Plant-Based on a Budget Quick & Easy will save you both. Review: Recipe book with pictures - Absolutely thrilled with this cookbook! It's brimming with enticing recipes that I can't wait to try out in my kitchen. What sets it apart is that every single recipe is accompanied by a mouthwatering photo of the finished dish, which not only sparks my appetite but also gives me a visual guide to aim for. It's like having a culinary adventure at my fingertips, and I'm ready to dive right in and create some delicious meals! Review: Yummy, approachable recipes! - I was so excited to find out that Toni had written another cookbook! Her first cookbook, Plant Based on a Budget, is one of my go-tos to feed my family of 5. I love how this cookbook has the same vibe as her other one - a beautiful, color photo for every recipe, with space set aside to write your own notes and personalizations. I've written all over Plant Based on a Budget, and can't wait to add my own personal touches to this book as well. :) Her recipes include instructions for basics like cooking beans from scratch and making your own salad dressings as well as more in-depth recipes, but everything looks doable. How often do you look through a beautiful cookbook and only find one or two recipes that you would actually make? I have so many cookbooks like that on my shelf and they stay nice and pristine because I so rarely cook from them. Her ingredients are accessible - nothing I couldn't find at my local Walmart grocery store down the street - with options to add in some vegan convenience foods or more pricey ingredients if you want to zhuzh it up and have some extra money in your budget. Cooking instructions are numbered step by step and are very clear and easy to read. She adds her own tips, tips from her recipe testers, and gives you room to write in your own tips or tweaks. I'm sharing a couple photos of the sheet-pan nachos that we made last night. They truly came out just like the picture, and I kid you not - they actually only go in the oven for 8 minutes as advertised! I spent about 10 minutes to prep my ingredients before putting them in the oven, and that's only because I added all the optional add-ons and I chopped my own tomatoes instead of using canned. FYI - I did add in pretty much all the optional ingredients because it was grocery day and my son was home from college and I really wanted to splurge! Even so, I bought everything - even the Daiya cheese and Morningstar farms chorizo - at my local Walmart. Also on my meal plan for this week: Sopa de Fideo, Chili Cornbread Casserole, and pancakes for dinner. On the other nights, we'll eat up the leftovers. If the leftovers don't stretch, we always stock plenty of pantry staples like lentils and other dry beans, rice, pasta, and canned tomato products. There are so many soup or pasta recipes in this cookbook that I could probably make from my pantry without having to take another trip to the store. If you're struggling to keep grocery costs down, I highly recommend reading Toni's great intro and meal planning tips! Meal planning will save you so much money, as will basing your meals on plant-based staples like legumes and grains.