Vegan air fryer recipes will rule this summer. The Essential Vegan Air Fryer Cookbook: 75 Whole Food Recipes to Fry, Bake, and Roast by Tess Challis and JL Fields may be the ticket. There’s no denying the craving of a crispy, fried dish and now there’s no need to deprive yourself of it either.
Air fryers are definitely all the rave in 2020 and best of all vegans can enjoy the delectable treats born from these culinary phenomenons too. If you were thinking that as a vegan an air fryer had nothing to offer The Essential Vegan Air Fryer Cookbook may just prompt you to think again.
This cookbook contains 75 of the most satisfying vegan comfort dishes yet. Some of the recipes in this cookbook offer you the benefit of deep-fried taste without all the guilt. I call that heaven.
The Essential Vegan Air Fryer Cookbook begins with some air fryer basics from the benefits of air fryers to brand suggestions. It even includes a useful list of vegan pantry staples. Though what I appreciate most about this cookbook is the handy Air Fryer Vegan Food Chart. This chart includes temperature and cooking time suggestions for a long list of fresh fruit and vegetables.
Yet, the best thing about this cookbook is that the recipes are innovative and display a creative use of the air fryer. They totally open your mind to endless possibilities. In fact, some of the most unexpected recipes are offered, ones that you would never associate with an air fryer, like Banana Chia Bread.
However, while this is admired, it is also one of the cons for me. Too many of the recipes in this cookbook are for baking, which seemed like overkill. It doesn’t make sense to go through the trouble of taking out the air fryer just to bake something. Besides that when purchasing the air fryer the purpose is to fry without the use of oil. So the expectation of a vegan air fryer cookbook is that it primarily contain fried recipes. Unfortunately, this cookbook falls short of that.
Another con was the lack of pictures. Pictures are scarce and when shown they are uninformative. So you don’t get to see what the dish will look like upon completion. Lastly, several recipes contain obscure ingredients that you may not have on hand, which can be a downer.
Nonetheless, if you are looking for a vegan air fryer cookbook that is more focused on innovative uses of this cool gadget than you’ll enjoy The Essential Vegan Air Fryer Cookbook. On the other hand, its summer and you may be looking to use your air fryer more in the interest of time and to avoid using the stove to keep things cool. If that’s the case you may find better options than this cookbook. After all, vegan air fryer recipes will rule this summer and you want to be ready.
Have you tried The Essential Vegan Air Fryer Cookbook? How did you like it?
