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Customers find the recipes in the book delicious and easy to follow. They appreciate the color-coded recipes and helpful information about fat content, pantry staples, and spices. However, some readers feel the book lacks pictures and is not worth the money.
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Flavorful vegan-friendly meals meet the ease of air frying―without the fat.
If you’re serious about eating a healthy, plant-based diet but still have cravings for the crispy crunch of fried foods―this book has good news for you. The Essential Vegan Air Fryer Cookbook serves up the most comprehensive collection of good-for-you vegan recipes that pack deep-fried taste―without all the guilt.
From Sweet Miso-Glazed Brussels Sprouts to BBQ Jackfruit Nachos to Cinnamon Crisps, these yummy recipes use the healthiest real food ingredients without ever compromising flavor. But this air fryer cookbook book doesn’t just give you healthy recipes―you’ll also learn the ins and outs of air frying with expert advice and a handy troubleshooting guide. And yes, you CAN have French fries.
The Essential Vegan Air Fryer Cookbook includes:
Air frying 101―Learn the benefits of air frying, plus how to choose and use the right model for you with this air fryer cookbook.Good food that’s GOOD for you―Forget about fake substitutes. This air fryer cookbook embraces the rich and varied ingredients of the vegan diet so that you never compromise your health for great tasting food.80 Whole health recipes―Get all the best recipes for breakfasts and breads, sides and snacks, main dishes, desserts, and must-have staples.
Ready, set, air fry crave-worthy vegan meals that everyone will fight over with The Essential Vegan Air Fryer Cookbook.
From the Publisher
Sample Recipe: Mexican Stuffed Potatoes
Serves 4 / Prep Time: 15 Mins / Cook Time: 40 Mins / Bake Temp: 392°F
1. Scrub the potatoes, poke with a fork, and spray the outsides with oil. Place in the air fryer (leaving room in between so the air can circulate) and bake for 30 minutes.
2. While the potatoes are cooking, prepare the Cheesy Sauce and additional items. Set aside.
3. Check the potatoes at the 30-minute mark by inserting a fork into them. If they’re very tender, they’re done. If not, continue to cook. (As potato sizes vary, so will your cook time—the average cook time is usually about 40 minutes.)
4. When the potatoes are getting very close to being tender, warm the Cheesy Sauce and the beans in separate pans.
5. To assemble: Plate the potatoes and cut them across the top. Then, pry them open with a fork—just enough to get all the goodies in there. Top each potato with the Cheesy Sauce, beans, tomatoes, scallions, cilantro, and jalapeño and avocado, if using. Enjoy immediately.
Per Serving (1/4 cup prepared) Calories: 420; Total fat: 5g; Saturated fat: 0g; Cholesterol: 0mg; Sodium: 503mg; Carbohydrates: 80g; Fiber: 17g; Protein: 15g
Ingredients: 4 large potatoes like Yukon gold or russets Cooking oil spray (sunflower, safflower, or refined coconut) 1½ cups Cheesy Sauce (page 138) 1 cup black or pinto beans (canned beans are fine; be sure to drain and rinse) 2 medium tomatoes, chopped 1 scallion, finely chopped ⅓ cup finely chopped cilantro Optional: 1 jalapeño, finely sliced or minced and 1 avocado, diced
Publisher : Callisto (June 18, 2019)
Language : English
Paperback : 168 pages
ISBN-10 : 1641524138
ISBN-13 : 978-1641524131
Item Weight : 14.4 ounces
Dimensions : 7.5 x 0.42 x 9.25 inches
Amazon Customer –
Always the very best recipes
One thing I have discovered about this author is that every recipe she puts in print is always delicious, healthy and has a meticulously balanced blend of spices, seasonings and supporting ingredients. As a long time vegetarian (48 years) I have tried many recipes by other authors that although were healthy were not that tasty or tasty but not that healthy. I have purchased every recipe book this author has written and have yet to have one of about a hundred that I have tried not be a success. I know that this author will not put a recipe in print until it meets the very highest of standards, which involves a great deal of testing and refinement to get the recipe just right. I like this book not only for the recipes but also that (as I have a too often desire for unhealthy ‘fried’ food) each recipe is color coded (green, blue or purple) for it’s nutrition, balance, and level of healthiness. Don’t worry there are no reds but she does recommend the purple recipes be consumed no more than 2-3 times per week, which will be no problem for me as six of the eight total ‘purple recipes’ were in the dessert section, and I usually go sans dessert anyways. Also her directions on how to exactly adjust the ‘air frying’ process for each recipe is priceless in making the recipe a success. Every recipe also lists prep time, cook time and per serving calories, fat grams, saturated fat g, cholesterol, sodium, carbohydrates g, fiber g and protein g for the time and health conscious among us. Her list of pantry staples and spices was helpful too for anyone starting out in healthy cooking or in my case to remind me to pick up some arrowroot as an alternative to cornstarch. I am so glad to now have the ability to exponentially expand the use of my air fryer and eat healthier! Thanks again Tess!
Amazon Customer –
Amazing recipes
I bought this for a friends birthday gift and if course I had to check out the recipes first. Amazing delicious recipes. I would highly recommend this book.
Rick H. –
Pretty good recipe book
It’s pretty good, but not very much to it.
Marianne S. –
Air Fryer + almost WFPB = almost a Perfect Combination
I like that the recipes have lots of explanations as to what variety of potato, or what kind of thickener, or variety of oil spray I can use. It is not entirely Whole Food Plant Based because some recipes call for the addition of oil, which the author explains, but I try substituting applesauce or water. I appreciated that her recipes are coded as to which are Fast, Family-Friendly, and Gluten-Free and are additionally color coded as to what is low fat/sugar (green), medium fat/sugar (blue), and high fat/sugar (purple). I own an Air Fryer, so it is very nice having this vegan option to use it.
Elsie –
Doable recopes
After borrowing a ton of different air fryer and vegan cookbooks from the library I settled on this one. This is a big deal. There are so many cookbooks to choose from. And I don’t like to just collect them. This book is truly vegan but not using crazy ingredients. The recipes are easy to follow and tasty. In addition I love that it has a spiral binding which makes it fit nicely on my Pioneer Woman cookbook holder. ☺️Thank you Janet and Maddie for writing a normal, easy to use vegan air fryer cookbook. Not an easy task!
Kindle Customer –
Excellent Air Fryer Cookbook
This cookbook is the best! So many good recipes and very helpful information – as in the perfect, easy to read and find list of how to air fry each vegetable! I made the “Immune-Boosting Grilled Cheese Sandwich” last night….it was the best grilled sandwich I have ever had! What a fantastic idea putting kimchee on your sandwich (at the end -not when in the air fryer.) Who knew you can do PERFECT grilled cheese sandwiches in your air fryer?!! I used the Chao cheese which melted perfectly. Tomorrow night I’m making the “Mexican Stuffed Potatoes”. I can’t wait to try every single recipe! I am a cookbook addict and am disappointed with a lot with my choices – not this one- I highly recommend this one.
Joanna D. –
Air fryer and vegan cuisine from breakfast to dessert
75 recipes here, note there are other kindle books that have more. Probably worth the ninety-nine pennies I threw down. FEW PICTURES including a gratuitous but pretty shot of an aqua colored air fryer. The pictures tend to be full page arty shots and not informative on what the dish will look like. The usual blather about pantry staples in front (like you need this if you are already into vegan cooking and an air fryer. Skim past this.)Not all the recipes here use the air fryer for the main cooking; for example, Lemony Lentils with “Fried” Onions stews the lentils as you would do in a pot, but garnishes with air-fried onions. This isn’t a bad recipe and it’s a riff on dal with “tempering” (lentils Indian-style with a topping of onion, spices and oil.)The recipe book has kale chips, air-fried taco chips and if I had to name a style of cuisine, I’d say it tends to the Southwest and Mexi-American rather than international though there is a Panang curry bowl. Again, the air fryer’s job is to make crunchy toppings on your typical stews and such. Not all the recipes are crunchy toppings and the book is trying to give you uses for that big football-helmet sized appliance on the counter, but it’s basically air baking, so anything you can bake in a small round pot or more or less deep fry, you can do in the air fryer. Tofu with coating does well–when you do this in a fryer it absorbs a lot of oil and air frying makes sense.The dessert section is very full, so if you want baked goods baked in the air fryer there are many delights such as gooey lemon bars and raspberry streusel cake, even cookies and there is a breakfast cobbler with berries and oatmeal in the breakfast section. I’m not a big eater of baked goods and sweets. And if I’m making Apple Crisp I’m doing it in the oven or even toaster oven but wouldn’t limit myself to the air fryer because I’m making enough for company.Most of these recipes I wouldn’t bother to make because it’s just extra work to get out the air fryer for a crunchy topping and I’m not baking in it, no real reason to do that. And a lot of the recipes are adjective-loaded, which is a writing thing that bugs me “Cozy Apple Crisp.” “De-Light-Full Caramelized Apples.” I think adjectives should be used for describing food the way you use salt: just a pinch and not a scoopful. Otherwise it gets a bit twee.Pro: Makes tasty dishes probably the entire family would like, because of texture and flavorCon: a bit of work and you can do many without the air fryer so why bother?
D. Gagne –
Love this book! I am new to air frying and was excited to try these recipes. . The author has put alot of thought and experimenting into these great recipes. I have several books now but this one is my favorite. Well written and good pictures, I highly recommend this book.
Mrs Lucy Dinata –
I have lots of different cookbooks but am new to air frying and this book was great in getting me started. Everything I’ve tried has been yummy and healthy.
Eric the bee –
Just got my first air fryer(Gowise 3.7) and delighted with the results from this book. However I’m over 60 and need bifocals. My real gripe isn’t about the recipes it’s about the lettering fonts used, as the book is NOT easy to read, less when you’re in the kitchen checking and mixing ingredients etc. Its annoying. Otherwise 5 stars.Be aware there are no photos, but good recipes and great side notes ( if only they were easier to read)
D. C. HAFNER –
Great idea but could have included a few more colourful photos of the end results
S –
Practical, tasty, & healthy recipes. Also handy reference section at the back. A much better resource than the vegan instant pot book that I came across (which had complicated ingredient lists, etc).