Although I myself am not vegan I was able to enjoy the recipes contained within this book's pages. They are accessible and easy to prepare.

I appreciate any cookbook that will help me use my amazing InstaPot more often--bonus points if it's vegan. There is a distinct lack of healthy, easy vegan recipe books floating around out there for the Instapot. Initially, I was overjoyed thumbing through this one. However, it does make me wonder whether the author is in fact vegan. A good number of the recipes read like mushy thing after mushy thing or more side dishes than main course meals. Where is the protein? Seitan or other proteins that would hold up and provide texture seem to be missing. This does provide some nice ideas for vegetable soups, stews, and light pasta dishes--but there wasn't anything mind blowing. It reads more to me like a great first cookbook for a college kid going off to school who needs only simple 6-7 ingredient recipes.

Easy to follow recipes that actually turn out as good as they look. I found myself utilizing this book more than once when planning menus for the week.

The lovely cover inspired me to select this book. The expectation was that the recipes would be as lovely as the cover. I would be embarrassed to tell you how many were fed to the pig in the sink. The good parts are her introduction and her charts. The technical instructions for timing worked perfectly. But since most of the contents of this book can be found for free on the internet I cannot recommend it.

Are you looking to use a programmable pressure cooker such as an InstantPot for vegan meals? This new cookbook collection of easy-to-prepare vegan meals is perfect for both new cooks/new vegans and also busy, experienced cooks. The book opens with a well written chapter on pressure cooking, the new appliances, and how these simplify meal prep. Each chapter has nice photos of the dishes preceded by an overview of each type of food (beans, grains, vegs), and how a pressure cooker differs from stove top cooking for this dish. Recipe options and variations are also offered, including oil-free. High altitude cooking is also covered. I would recommend this book for vegetarians and flextarians as well.

I'm really excited to have had to opportunity to see this book before publication; after reading through the chapters, I know I'm going to buy a hard copy when it's released.

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I loved this! My husband and I have been eating a plant based diet for about a year now. We also bought a instant pot about around the same time with limited time on our hands. So this was perfect for our needs! 5 ingredients and weekly meal preparation was just what we were looking for. Yay!

I found it very easy to follow and I loved her minimalist lifestyle. The author had lots of helpful ideas and tips and this is one of the most useful cookbook I’ve ever had.

I really liked:
• Carrot Cake Oats
• Taco/Burrito Filling
• Curried Lentils
• Lentil Bolognese Sauce
• Feijoada
• Creamy Mushroom Rigatoni
• Sun-Dried Tomato Pasta
• Hummus Noodle Casserole
• Peach-Mango Crumble

This was a NETGALLEY gift and all opinions are my own.

The Vegan Electric Pressure Cooker Cookbook is a new cookbook with recipes for 5 ingredient plant based cooking by Heather Nicholds. Due out 10th Sept 2019 from Rockridge, it's 160 pages and will be available in paperback and ebook formats.

Electric pressure cookers have changed the face of home cooking, and they're more popular than ever, with more programmable options and different volume capacities and cooking programs. I admit that I love the convenience factor for myself and that you can add ingredients and come back to well cooked, tasty food that isn't overcooked or mushy. Especially with vegetables, overcooking destroys a lot of the nutritive value, so cooking more quickly is a definite benefit. This cookbook has one huge benefit for me, it's convenient. None of the recipes require more than 5 ingredients. At the end of a busy day of work, it's so great to be able to (mostly) pop ingredients into the cooker, program it, and come back to dinner.

The book's logical and appealing layout mean that recipes are easy to find by category. The introductory chapter ~17% of the content) covers some background, how to cook with an electric pressure cooker (it's much MUCH easier and safer than people think), an FAQ on pressure cooking, a little bit about protein and plant based diets, and other general info.

The main recipes are grouped by category: grains, legumes, soups/stews, pasta, veggies, holidays, and desserts. Additional resources and references, along with cooking measures and time charts are included at the back of the book. Each recipe includes serving yields, special notes (dairy-free, gluten-free, budget friendly, etc), and prep times. Recipe ingredients are listed bullet point style along with optional ingredients. All measurements are given in American standard measures only (there is a measurement conversion table included at the back of the book, but it's a hassle not to have them included). The directions are given step by step, numbered sequentially. The nutritional information is given in a footer under the recipes and includes calories, fat, protein, sodium, and fiber.

The recipes' ingredients are easily sourced and the resultant dishes are family friendly and appealing to kids and adults. My one small quibble with the book is that the recipes are mostly not photographed. There are some photos, and they're clear and attractive, but they represent about 5% of the recipes. Everything else is well done and I heartily recommend the book overall. There are a number of these recipes which have made it into my personal potluck recipe book of dishes to take to group dinners and family gatherings. The Pistachio-Apricot Quinoa is just a lovely dish full of bright flavors and textures and even picky eaters like it. It makes a really appealing side dish for non-vegetarian meals as well.

It's unclear from the publishing info available online, but the eARC I received has a handy interactive table of contents as well as interactive links and references. I hope the ebook release version does also. I've really become enamored of ebooks with interactive formats lately. Presumably that feature will carry through to the final release version.

Good recipes, full of hearty and satisfying food. The current pre-order price for the ebook is super reasonably priced. (Enough so that I ordered my own retail copy).

Five stars. I would recommend it for veg*n curious cooks and non-veg*ns for the side dishes and salads.

The almighty pressure cooker has taken over the culinary world! This cookbook is full of recipes that are vegan and can be cooked in a pressure cooker. The first thing that I noticed was that there was an entire section --right up front-- that discussed pressure cooker settings and safety. This basics section was so easy to read and not weighted down by terminology or technique. As for the recipes, there is a huge variety in the types of food listed in this cookbook. And, each recipe isn't exhaustive in ingredients, provided you have the basics on hand. This book really pushes the limits of vegan food and pressure cooking!