The Plant Protein Revolution by Robin Robertson

Supercharge Your Body with More Than 85 Delicious Vegan Recipes Made with Protein-Rich Plant-Based Ingredients

With decades of experience cooking vegan meals, preparing recipes for cookbooks, and sharing her information, Robin Robertson has once again presented a book with wonderful vegan recipes to prepare for family and friends. This time the focus is on protein and how to provide it in vegan meals.

I have and use Robertson’s book with 1000 recipes and have taken more than one dish to potlucks made from that cookbook. Each time they have been a hit. I have taken the Veganuary challenge for the last three years and every year come closer to becoming vegan 24/7 year round. With this goal in mind I am always on the lookout for new recipes and cookbooks that use readily available, inexpensive ingredients used in tasty sounding meals. Living overseas a lot of ingredients are not easy to find so “basics” are my mainstays.

The book begins with an Introduction and is followed by a section on plant protein before moving on to the recipes. I was especially on the lookout for bean, seed, nut and grain recipes since tofu, plant milks and other commercially produced items are hard to find in Lebanon…or exorbitantly expensive. The chapters are then presented as follows: appetizers & snacks, salad power, super sandwiches, stovetop simmers & skillets, from the oven, breakfasts of champions, protein rich sweets and finally plant protein basics…with of course some references, acknowledgements, information about the author and an index. Scattered throughout the pages are boxes in gold with tidbits, words of wisdom, and other information.

What I liked:
* The photographs
* The information and chart on protein
* Allergies information
* Substitutions
* How to add more protein
* Nutritional Analysis
* Layout of recipes
* Introduction to each recipe
* Flavor palette ideas I might be able to play with
* Variety of nations included
* Comfort foods – or what sounded like comfort foods to me
* Basic recipes to create replacements for some meats and dairy products, mayonnaise, and such.

What I didn’t like:
* Knowing that to make many of the recipes that sounded good would require substitutions since many ingredients common in the West are not available where I live.

Did I like this cookbook? Yes
Would I read more cookbooks by this author? Yes

Thank you to NetGalley and Quarto Publishing-Harvard Common Press for the ARC – This is my honest review.

4-5 Stars ( )