nice looking book... but defiantly not plant based. Its more of a vegetarian book with vegan options. Lots of cheese recipes and they have oil in them.

low stars only due to saying its plant based but not really.

Some of the recipes looked interesting, but they were either too complicated or didn't seem like something we would enjoy.

Covert art: 4.5/5 - the large avocado makes me happy
Audience: Young Adult / Adult
Theme: Cookbook, vegetarian & vegan.
Overall: 3.5

While I’m not still in college, I am a lazy vegetarian who enjoys college-esque junk foods like Mac n cheese & veggie chiken nuggies - so i thought this book would be good for me.

It starts off discussing a little-bit of nutrition & tips for going plant-based. It’s focused more on incorporating plants rather than removing animal products & that choice is left up to you. As it is geared towards a college student there are some suggestions for kitchen equipment and grocery shopping choices if said student will be cooking in the dorms.

Some of my favorite recipes included the mini quiche, tofu breakfast burrito (looks so good!), jalapeño poppers, Greek salad pita pockets, spicy sweet potato soup (there’s a whole bunch of soups that I want to try, there was a lot of great recipes in this section), chickpea tacos, garden quesadilla, seitan buffalo wings (I’ll be trying this one out this weekend) & a variety of smoothies, deserts & staples (such as dressings etc.).

This book had a good mix of classic staple foods that every one should know how to make (kale chips!) & creative choices (parsnip chips!) Some of the recipes required more effort/time than I would’ve been willing to do during my college days but I’ve always been lazy when it comes to cooking. I wouldn’t call most of the recipes fast & easy cooking, but they all looked delicious and were healthy choices.

Recipe sections included breakfast, snacks, soups, salads, sandwiches, mains, desserts, smoothies &
staples.

The book closes with useful cooking tools (i.e.) conversions which is VERY helpful to have.

Overall, I enjoyed the recipes and will be trying a bunch of them out soon!

* I received a free advanced copy in exchange for an honest review *

Please be aware before reading this book that it is NOT a plant-based cookbook.

Plant-based diet = a diet with NO animal products (as opposed to a vegan lifestyle, which means consuming no animal products in your diet and lifestyle, like leather and cosmetics etc.)

This book features eggs, honey, and dairy cheese often. At first, I thought it just hadn't specified vegan, but no; it features omelettes, scrambled eggs and the like.

The recipes themselves are well written and detailed. Not super simple, but some really interesting recipes. This would be a great book for a vegetarian, but it's not plant-based as it claims to be.