I've been a vegetarian since I was 15 years old, so I'm always in the market for a meatless cookbook. Like many vegan cookbooks the first few pages show you how to do it, but I was much more interested in the recipes. I was immediately wow'd by the Pressure Cooker Pumpkin Oats, 6 ingredient pancakes (thank you!), Chocolate Zucchini Bread. Some other recipes I am just dying to try is the Buddha Dressing, Italian Vinaigrette, Smoky Kale Caesar Salad, Sunflower Salad, a soup that shockingly resembles chicken noodle soup, Beyond Beet Burgers, Quinoa Lentil Stir-Fry, Sweet 'n' Sour Lentils, Pressure Cooker Baked Beans, and Brownie Bites.

To be honest there were a not a lot of recipes I was super interested in, but I did mark about 15 that I really want to make. I don't always have a lot of time, so recipes with too many ingredients or steps don't appeal to me. One thing I didn't like was that none of these recipes had nutrition information on them. I would have liked to see that. Thank you to NetGalley and the publishers for this ARC.

Very well done and well laid out book. The recipes were simple to follow without a bunch of off the wall stuff being used. There was a good sampling of different recipes also.

I’m not a vegan but I love meatless dishes so I’m always looking for a meatless Monday recipe! This was a fun and friendly cookbook that held some really gorgeous looking dishes. You don’t have to be a vegan to appreciate the time making a recipe good enough to not include animal byproducts.

What did I like? The colorful photos in this book and the ideas within would win over just about anyone. The author gives some great tips on washing vegetables and what to eat organic.

Would I recommend or buy? Some of the recipes are very in depth to avoid eat animal byproducts and beginners might find the task daunting. The ingredients you may not have unless your already eating vegan. So I’d recommend to people really into eating vegan. It is a wonderful array of dishes though. Four stars!

I received a complimentary copy to read and voluntarily left a review.

I felt like most of these recipes looked pretty good and the pictures throughout are stunning! The book is organized nicely, though it contains no nutritional facts. Some recipes contained more sugar than I would have liked and gluten and grains are used a lot, which I cannot eat, so I feel like many of the recipes do not work for me, but would work for most of the population. In general, the recipes included are healthier options than their traditional counterparts.

I did not read Dreena's Kind Kitchen through an educator lens.

Dreena's Kind Kitchen was well organized, easy to follow, and had beautiful photography. I was really excited to see the array of salad dressings that are different than most cookbooks and still healthy. Most of the recipes looked delicious and the ingredients were easy to access in small communities. The recipes had easy to follow directions and I appreciated the amount of photography within the book. I will definitely be making some of these recipes and sharing this title with others.

I am not a vegan as of yet, but due to multiple food intolerances vegan cookbooks actually fit my lifestyle better. I own several of Dreena’s previous cookbooks, and Plant-Powered Families is actually one of my all-time favorite cookbooks. Something this author does very well is recipes that are accessible for a wide range of people and tastes. She also always has very good hints and tricks to help you in the kitchen, and this cookbook is no exception. It’s filled with very tasty sounding recipes that do not rely on weird frankenfoods, and many of the recipes are gluten-free or easily made that way with substitutes. There are also plenty of photographs which I find very helpful in a cookbook. I’ve actually had this cookbook on my wish list for several months, so I am very thankful to have gotten this ARC. A few of the recipes I plan on trying ASAP are the Crackle Blender Brownies, Lemon Herb Chickpeas, and Gingerbread Granola. Highly highly recommend this cookbook!

Thank you to NetGalley & BenBella Books for this advanced reader copy. All opinions expressed in this review are my own.

This one just really wasn't for me. The recipes were very blah, and honestly I could find most of these recipes, but possibly better on vegan blogs.

I was unable to download the book to kindle or the netgalley app which was a shame as I was looking forward to reading the recipes.

Yet another Vegan cook book that fails to tell the whole story! This was a pre publication copy so I hope nutritional values will be added. As it stands these recipes should come with the warning that they are high fat high carbohydrate and sugar. Sugar is sugar whatever form it comes in. Why oh why do Vegan cook books insist on calling things ‘no butter no Chicken …….’ so implying that it will taste like the original ‘chicken’ recipe or better. If it hasn’t got chicken in it why mention chicken? I don’t need to be told I am not eating meat or that this recipe is ‘kind’.
Don’t get me wrong I have been a vegetarian for over 50 years I don’t feel the need to call my carrot and lentil loaf ‘kind Meat loaf’. I’m confident it contain No Meat or Dairy. I call it ‘Winter loaf’ it’s tasty and filling there is a spring and summer versions too made with seasonal vegetables.
Pease try harder to think long term health and not trendy.

I was unable to access this book, either via the NetGalley app or my Kindle. I could not get the .acsm file type to load on either device. Giving the book an average 3-star rating as a compromise.