The Oh She Glows Cookbook: Over 100 Vegan Recipes to Glow from the Inside Out

I eagerly pre-ordered this book back in September, and have been patiently waiting for it to come out. Since I moved to a vegan diet over a year ago, Angela Liddon and Chocolate Covered Katie (who is already writing a cookbook) have been my favorite vegan food blogs. The OSG cookbook doesn't disappoint, and is absolutely wonderful! If you check the OSG blog, you can also enter your receipt number for this book and have bonus recipes emailed to you. I definitely recommend doing so since the bonus recipes I've made -- esp. the peanut butter black bean brownies and choco-avocado mousse -- have been delicious! The OSG cookbook has ten chapters: *Breakfast *Smoothies/Juices/Tea *Appetizers *Soup *Salads *Entrees *Sides *Power Snacks *Desserts *Homemade Staples Each of those chapters contains about ten recipes, but the Entrees and Homemade Staples chapters have a few more. At the top of each recipe, you'll also find a "story" or tips about the recipe, and each one also contains substitutions. You'll also find prep time and total cooking time estimates, which I always find helpful when I'm planning to make something. For those who have allergy concerns, each recipe also indicates if it's gluten-free, soy-free, nut-free, or oil-free. Since I know that gluten is a concern for many folks, I wanted to mention that about 80 recipes are gluten-free. One of the things that I love about Angela's recipes is that they use easy-to-find ingredients, and the same is true here. Once you have your pantry staples stocked, you'll be set to go with the foundations of most of the recipes. Another place where Angela excels is in giving detailed instructions, and the same is true here. Each step is broken down carefully, so that novice cooks can easily make the ingredients. The same gorgeous photos that I've come to expect on the blog are also present here. This is a gorgeous book that I know I will be getting a lot of use from! Bon appetit! UPDATE ON 3-17-14: I've now made about ten of the recipes, and have loved every one! The Ultimate Nutty Granola was absolutely incredible and super easy to make, and the chocolate Frozen Pizza (which uses brown rice krispy cereal coated in cocoa as a crust) was one that even my husband (who doesn't usually like the raw or vegan desserts I make) loved. The Broccoli & Cashew Cheese-Quinoa Burritos were also delicious, and I've been using the leftover quinoa mix on a bed of greens for a light lunch. I've also enjoyed the Raw Buckwheat Breakfast Porridge several mornings this past week, and have added in the homemade granola and some fresh berries on top. Delicious and healthy! This has already become one of my favorite cookbooks! Everything is fast and easy to make, which is important to me since I don't like complicated recipes on work nights.

I first learned of the Oh She Glows blog in Lindsay Nixon’s Everyday Happy Herbivore cookbook, which includes the recipe for Angela’s famous overnight oats. That was more than two years ago, and I’ve been reading the blog since. I’ve recommended it to dozens of my friends, including men (despite its name and the fact that the content is somewhat woman-to-woman, the info about healthy food and the recipes are helpful for anyone). Every recipe of Angela’s I’ve tried has been delicious – so much so that I pre-ordered this cookbook way back in June 2013. It was absolutely worth the wait. Aesthetically, this cookbook is gorgeous, with colorful photos of nearly every recipe. The chapter layouts are intuitive and easy to use, and Angela’s approach to the content is much like her approach to her blog. She writes in a casual and friendly tone, as if you’re having tea with her, and her recipe instructions are flawless. Every recipe includes a little description, often with a personal story or hints on how the recipe has gone over with friends and family. She’s also fantastic about including tips to preemptively tackle those “oh no” cooking moments…should the batter be that wet? Is it supposed to look like that? How long do I have to wait for these to cool? This is a great cookbook for any collection - vegan or not – and would be well suited to a “split” family. The recipes are hearty enough to please omnivores, and there are a number of kid-friendly or kid-adjustable recipes. It’s also a great choice if you have food allergies or sensitivities, including gluten, nuts, or soy, as Angela provides options addressing those concerns in a large percentage of the recipes. Most importantly, every recipe focuses on whole foods, with minimal processed ingredients. As I said, I’ve tried many recipes from Angela’s blog and loved them all. From the cookbook itself, we’ve so far had the African peanut/sweet potato stew (hearty and nourishing), the portabella fajitas (which my mushroom-shy hubby actually enjoyed and I could live on), original Glo Bars (SOOO much better than store-bought) and the chocolate-almond brownies (when she says let these cool before cutting, she means it - they crumble just like she says they will if you cut them too early. But they were still delicious!). Angela’s recipes use common ingredients, and her pantry section provides a head start on making sure you’re stocked to make virtually anything in the book with the addition of a few fresh ingredients. I have dozens of terrific vegan cookbooks, but this one has taken the top slot. I'm certain it will be one of the most frequently used for our daily meals, and almost certainly my go-to when we host non-vegan friends. If you’re vegan, buy this cookbook. If you have food sensitivities, buy this cookbook. If you want to use healthy food to glow from the inside out, buy this cookbook. If you love delicious, wholesome food, buy this cookbook. It's a well-spent investment in your health - and your taste buds. Oh, and read OhSheGlows.com. PS - One tip: there are a number of bean recipes in the book, and Angela includes terrific guidance for cooking beans from dry in her basics chapter. If you eat a lot of beans, though, I’d also suggest considering a pressure cooker. I received one last year as a gift and it’s been a HUGE help. I usually cook beans in large batches and freeze them, which Angela also suggests. (She does hers in pre-measured batches; I lay them out on a cookie sheet so they don’t stick together, and then scrape them into a big Ziploc bag or other container so I can scoop out what I need.) When I don’t have a certain bean already cooked, the pressure cooker saves the day. Chickpeas take the longest and even those are still done in under an hour. It’s a godsend and worth every penny (and the new pressure cookers aren’t nearly as scary as the old jiggle top ones ☺). We’ve virtually eliminated canned beans from our house this way, and dry beans are much less expensive. Happy cooking!

My husband and I transitioned our family to a plant-based diet about 2 years ago after viewing the Forks Over Knives documentary. I went crazy buying vegan cookbooks, and while I have made good recipes from all of them, the Oh She Glows Cookbook has blown them all away. Here's why I give it 5 stars: -Great basic info for newbies to vegan cooking, but also has unique combinations of flavors in recipes for those of us who have cooked plant-based foods for years. -Very minimal recipes with tofu, tempeh, seitan- which vegan cookbooks are usually FULL of (Veganomicon...this means you!) -I've made about 20 recipes in the book- and ALL of them were "definitely-make-again" recipes -The food photography is beautiful. Seriously...I want to tear the pages out and frame them and put them up in my kitchen! -I will without hesitation give this book as a gift to carnivorous friends- the food is just that delicious. Comments on specific recipes: -Caesar salad- I've needed a vegan replacement for caesar salad dressing for YEARS. My kids LOVED this dressing. No complaints for the "real" stuff. -Tex Mex casserole- DELICIOUS. (Someone posted on their Amazon review that it was inedible and they had to throw it out??!! They have to have made it wrong!) Even my kids loved this with a little guac and cashew sour cream. -Lentil and cauliflower soup- First recipe I made and I thought it was too simple to possibly taste good. I was WRONG. New favorite soup! -Almond butter chocolate chip cookies- yum -Cookie dough bites- the kids LOVED these, of course, but I didn't feel guilty for letting them have them! -Avocado pasta- another kid pleaser. Everyone liked it which is an incredible feat in our house. -Tomato basil pasta- tastes like something from a fancy restaurant. So rich and creamy- you won't believe its vegan. -Sweet potato black bean enchiladas with her 5-minute enchilada sauce- kids didn't like this one but my husband and I did! The blend of flavors was just perfect and the homemade sauce so easy. -the GLO BAR- This is my favorite recipe in the whole book. A homemade granola bar full of plant-based food power and that doesn't fall apart! My kids tore these up and I gave some as gifts to friends for their birthdays. A hit with everyone! My only complaint is that some of the recipes take a while to make... being a working mother of 3 and having cooked plant-based for a while, I realize this is just part of eating healthy. There is generally more prep involved when cooking with only plant-based foods. Maybe now that the author is pregnant her next book could focus on fast healthy recipes: "Oh She Glows in 30 minutes or less". :)

Where do I begin? I LOVE THIS COOKBOOK! Not only did I preorder it, but shortly after receiving it, I purchased one for my mom (who is the pickiest vegan in the world, and she loves it). I stumbled upon the Oh She Glows blog a year ago, and I LOVE her recipes!!! In fact, my whole family LOVES her recipes! We also love her. She is an incredibly genuine and wholehearted author, who works hard to perfect her recipes (you can tell!). Let me tell you a little bit about my family. I am vegan. Similar to the author, I struggled with an eating disorder.Now, I enjoy eating healthy foods with good ingredients. My husband is a firefighter who eats meat/dairy (yuck!) at work, and he eats vegan at home (primarily because I cook). He is also allergic to almonds, and I have been able to modify all of her recipes to omit his allergen (she includes substitutes for allergens in her recipes). My son is 2.5, and he is a typically picky/petulant toddler. I also have a 4 month old, who is vicariously vegan. As you can see, we have our hands full! I don't have a lot of time to cook, which is why I love her recipes. They are easy, simple and nutritious. I have most of her ingredients on hand, and I can find ALL of them at my grocery store. As a challenge, I have decided to cook through this cookbook. Since I have only had it for 3 weeks, I have not cooked the whole thing, but I have cooked about 10%, and I have LOVED every single recipe (I am going in order). Additionally, my husband has LOVED every single recipe. My son has loved every recipe he tried (he refused to eat some... this is typical). My son absolutely LOVES the smoothies! Morning Glory is his favorite, and Flu Fighter saved us from a WICKED virus! I felt like I was getting sick, made that smoothie and POW! I felt like a million bucks! The cayenne pepper put a little pep in my step, too! I never got sick. The granola recipes are out of this world!! The clusters are perfect. I have made the Classic Glo Bar 5 times already. My husband asked me, "What did we eat before this?" We seriously forget. These bars are tremendous. My son calls them cookies and requires one bar for each hand. Her Effortless Anytime Balsamic Vinaigrette is my favorite salad dressing of all time. I'm really not exaggerating. I consider myself some sort of a salad connoisseur, because I eat them daily and really spruce them up. As easy as this dressing is to make, it is equally impressive! I buy a dressing similar to this for $5/bottle (expensive). This dressing is better. I would buy this book JUST for this recipe. As a vegan, I often miss chicken salad. The Perfected Chickpea Salad Sandwich is just that- perfected. I have made it twice, but forced myself to stop so I can finish the book. I LOVE IT! My husband loves it, too! The Sweet Potato & Black Bean Enchiladas are incredible, but they were the most work out of all the recipes so far (worth it, though!!!). It took me an hour to make those, and I will make them again. My husband, who is a horrible cook, made the tex-mex casserole, and it was GREAT! The empowered noodle bowl is perfect for pot lucks- yum! Veggie burger is an amazing staple recipe that you can use & easily modify (add barbecue, roasted peppers, etc.). The immunity-boosting tomato sauce is MY FAVORITE PASTA SAUCE EVER!!! One of my greatest struggles as a vegan is parting with parmesan cheese. This sauce is so good that it does not need parmesan cheese; parm would ruin it! I am going to make an XL-batch of this and store it in my freezer. I hope to never eat jar sauce again. Her baked goods are perfect, too. I made her chocolate cake for my mom's birthday. No one knew it was vegan, and everyone raved about it :-) Also, her oil-free chocolate zucchini muffins are perfectly sweet. I hate overly-sweet baked goods; these are just right! My son loves them, too! I really cannot recommend this book enough! I am thoroughly enjoying cooking through this book. It has made meal-planning a delight (it used to be tortuous). We are eating healthier, and we are really enjoying dinnertime together. I own about 15 cookbooks, and this is my favorite one. I cannot say enough good things about it!

Having never heard of the author or her blog before, I bought this cookbook with a gift card after noticing that readers had given it great reviews at Amazon.com. IamNotaVegan, but I’m not a big meat eater and I enjoy trying new recipes, especially vegetarian ones. Once it arrived, I went to a couple of different stores in order to track down the ingredients, and tried several recipes. After preparing a few of them, I read through the entire section entitled my natural foods pantry, which provided excellent information about the various ingredients, bought a few more ingredients and prepared a few more recipes. I’ve since made the chickpea salad and veggie burger again and plan to continue working my way through those recipes that I think my family (with two teens) might eat. Best of the book: excellent photography, good explanations about vegan ingredients, some really good recipes. My one complaint: I’d prefer she’d skipped the entire smoothie section and provided additional recipes in the other sections. My specific comments about the recipes I tried are as follows: glowing strawberry-mango guacamole (good, but nothing I would not or could not have dreamed up on my own) classic hummus (the one plus was actually making the effort to purchase and use tahini, in the past I’d always added sesame oil to peanut butter to make it which is also good) perfected chickpea salad sandwich (something I would not have tried to do on my own, I really liked this one) our favorite veggie burger (my favorite recipe, btw, but my hamburger connoisseur son didn’t like it and he’s liked other veggie burgers) present glo bar (good) oil-free chocolate zucchini muffins (I liked this the least, the flavor was nice, but the texture was not great – I like it better with eggs and butter). In summary, this is a great starter cook book for those who enjoy vegetarian food but beware: the ingredients are not necessarily easy to track down (especially if you live in a smaller city). I have since bought two additional copies, one for a friend, and one so that I could get free shipping that I also plan to gift. Also good: Garlic and Sapphires by Ruth Reichl, The Language of Baklava by Diana Abu-Jaber and Cooking Favourites of the American Legion Auxiliary Wishek, North Dakota.

I don't know if Angela Liddon reads her reviews but I hope that she reads this one because every day she is changing my life. I had the feeling that I needed to make some strong diet changes because i just did not feel well and I was eating advil every day because I was having pain, I have a ruptured disc in my back and I have a weight problem so the stress in my back was something that plagued me. I not only felt that eliminating meat was important but I had been hearing things about dairy that bothered me so I thought that making this change was something I just had to try and the husband was going along too because we are both middle aged and we are both on the blood pressure medicine and a statin. So I was looking for a vegan cookbook and here's one with the pretty carrots on the cover ( I never knew carrots came in such spectacular colors) and I bought this book and thank god I did because it was a lesson in cooking that I had never even considered before. I am a good country cook, my mother was raised on a farm and I can by golly fry with the best of em and cook a roast full of tender flavor but it's killing me to eat this way. How in the heck are we going to put vegan in our lives is it just salad's or what? No it's not just salad and no it's not just cold food ( that would be terrible in winter when it's so chilly out) and so I looked to Angela for help and she wrote a wonderful book that I will treasure for the rest of my life and I'm thinking of buying another one for upstairs and keeping mine in the kitchen. The book is written well and easy to follow and if you buy the nuts in bulk not to expensive and if you count what meat costs they are cheaper. The food is rich and creamy and full of flavor, the fats used are good for you not heart clogging and the vegetables are so tasty when prepared with flavors and spices and the smoothies are great!!! Who knew spinach could blend in a smoothie and be just so good and here's the best part which is your skin shines and your hair shines it's like you have taken a tasty health tonic. So and here is the best part and will keep me eating this way for the rest of my life and that is I have minimal pain and I have not needed to take advil in weeks!!! and no more stuffy nose and no more allergy medicine and I sleep better and my husband is not having pain in his feet. we probably just added twenty years to lives and I have saved myself a liver transplant or a heart attack. So Angela if you read this please know that you saved a life in 2014 and if you should have a book signing and I can go I will attend just to say thank you in person for your wonderful book and your talented tasty recipes. Thank you my dear thank you so much with all my healthy heart.

As I write this review the Soul-Soothing African Peanut Stew simmers on the stove... and oh my it smells heavenly... I've yet to taste this one... but almost everything else I've made so far as been fantastic... i'm thinking the stew will be no different. **Update: the stew was no different...tasted even more heavenly than it smelled :) This book has been my constant companion since I received it two weeks ago. First of all it is a gorgeous cookbook. There are wonderful full color photographs for every recipe. With each recipe there are helpful tips and options to make the recipes gluten, soy, & nut free. In addition to being vegan I try to avoid gluten and soy. I can make almost everything in this cookbook. Here's the rundown of what I've made so far and the results: Apple Pie Oatmeal p. 49: Delicious and easy. It says it serves one so I doubled the recipe for my husband and I and we had two VERY generous bowls... wondering if I could have gotten away with just the one serving for both. Perfected Chickpea Salad Sandwich p. 105: Better than any chicken salad I've ever had. I made one batch, ate it, then immediately made other batch. I did not make sandwiches... rather wrapped the salad in cabbage leaves. This one is a keeper! On the Mend Spiced Red Lentil-Kale Soup p. 131: This is a very hearty and satisfying soup. I made this for my allergy-suffering hubby and he loved it. Creamy Vegetable Curry p. 183: OMG. SO GOOD. I've never used cashew cream before, but it will now be a staple in my kitchen. This was as good as if not better than any curry I've had. I topped with tamari and roasted salted cashews to serve. Present Glo Bar p. 217: I can see why she was able to sell these things online. They are fabulous. I'm so grateful she has shared the recipe. They are terribly easy to make and quite adaptable. I made some changes based on what I had available and they still turned out great. I will make these often. Super Power Chia Bread p. 229: This was the only recipe that didn't knock my socks off. That being said... with a smear of coconut oil and/or sunbutter as she suggests it grew on me. I was very happy about how nutritious the bread is. I may make it again and play with the spices. Whipped Coconut Cream p. 280: I've made this previously from her blog..but have revisited it with this cookbook. YUM. Buy the book and make this. period. I'm so happy I purchased this book! I think you will be too. **Another update: Some reviewers have indicated it's difficult to keep this book open. Unfortunately this is true. This cookbook holder works well with this book: Euro Cookbook Holder (Satin Nickel) (6"H x 8"W x 5.5"D) It reclines the book slightly which helps to keep it open.

I am the only vegan in my family of four. Most of the time I make one or two dishes per week ahead of time for myself and then cook omnivore meals for my husband and two kids. My son is pretty adventurous about trying my vegan stuff, but whenever I bring out a new recipe my husband and daughter look at me with great suspicion and ask, "is it vegan?" in the same tone of voice they would use to ask, "is it laced with rat poison?" Enter Oh She Glows. In the 9 months I have been eating vegan, Angela Liddon's blog is the only one I've found where I have NEVER ONCE found a bad recipe. Never. It has gotten to the point where if I want a good hummus recipe or need an emergency chocolate fix, I will skip the Google search and go straight to ohsheglows.com. The woman is a goddess of good taste. With the incredible amount of information out there online, I never buy cookbooks. Total waste of money, right? But I bought this one. It arrived while we were on vacation, and when I saw it waiting for me I ripped that box open and started writing up my grocery list. In the 24 hours I have had the book, the fam and I have tried 6 of the recipes in it. We had a smoothie-tasting session yesterday (the Tropical Green Monster won unanimously, but the Flu-Fighter Sunshine Smoothie was a very close second) and the Tex-Mex Casserole for dinner. This morning, I dragged my bleary-eyed self out of bed to make the Apple-Pear Baked Oatmeal for the kids before school. Each recipe comes with easy to follow, hard to mess up instructions (and trust me, if anyone were going to mess it up, it would be me. I have a bad recipe reputation at our house, well-earned I must say). These recipes aren't super picky and delicate--if you have to make emergency substitutions (flax seed for chia, veggie oil for coconut, change up the milks, sweeteners, or flours) it won't ruin the recipe. Sometimes Angie will recommend a few variations, especially to accommodate food allergies. And here's the best part--my family loves the food!!!!! My husband doesn't like sweet peppers or Mexican style rice, but he ate two helpings of the Tex-Mex Casserole last night. While eating Apple-Pear Baked Oatmeal this morning my daughter told me she might like to become a vegetarian. Today I'll make the Detox Soup--we'll have to see what they all think; it may be a little too healthy for my confirmed processed-meat-loving-vegetable-loathing husband. But then again, I was sure he would hate the Tex-Mex Casserole, and I was totally wrong. Even though I visit Angie's blog many, many times per week, it was definitely worth purchasing this book to have on-hand. There were a few ingredients and tools I learned about (MUST find nut milk bag!) and I like being able to see a recipe on a page without the screensaver turning it off every time I start stirring something. It's also great to be able to pencil in any changes I did or want to try the next time I use that recipe. I wholeheartedly recommend this book for anyone following any type of diet!!! There's variety, the ingredients are flexible, and best of all, the recipes taste REALLY GOOD!!!!

mi è piaciuto molto bel libro belle foto e ricette molto sfiziose lo consiglio a chi vuole ucinare le verdure senza privarsi di nulla

I have had this cookbook for 6 months and WOW. I have made over half the recipes and EVERY SINGLE ONE is delicious. I cook for my meat-loving boyfriend and he has liked every dish so far (even though he was skeptical). In fact, he commented that he always feels full but never bloated, lethargic, or heavy after eating them. I gave this cookbook to 5 different people at Christmas from my broke student sister, my very busy lawyer sister-in-law, my friend who lives off frozen dinners, and my VERY talented & avid cook mother. All of them gave rave reviews and for many different reasons. WHY THIS BOOK IS DIFFERENT 1) EASY - Straightforward recipes. Easy to follow steps. Yet complex delicious meals are the result! Even if you think you can't cook, if you can read, you can make these recipes! No fancy equipment or cooking techniques required! 2) CONVENIENT - Every recipe is quick (with maybe a few exceptions that require some oven time or prep time) Also, a handful of recipes call for nuts to be soaked (but even then, there is a quick-soak method). I also personally choose to make all my own beans from scratch, but the recipes include amounts for both dried and canned beans. 3) NO SPECIALTY INGREDIENTS - Most vegan/gluten free/vegetarian cook books I have use a LOT of unique, specialty, or replacement ingredients. They are expensive and not always easy to find. There are very few used in this book. There are a couple (like vegan mayonnaise and vegan cheese- but I found these at the grocery store. Plus if you're not 100% vegan then regular mayo or cheese will do) It also calls for coconut oil sometimes, but again, any oil you have will work. I personally had to stock up on nuts and beans, and get nutritional yeast, but that's about it. Everything else, for the most part, is stock ingredients and fresh fruits/veggies. Anyways, I am usually too lazy to write reviews but this is the best cook book I own. The pictures are also beautiful AND helpful in showing you what you're making! And every recipe shows you what dietary categories it is good for (ie soy free, nut free, gluten free, sugar free, etc). Every recipe is gluten free also, or gives the gluten free option. My only problem now is that I am let down by every other cookbook I buy!

Je ne suis pas vegan (plutôt un hybride devenu prudent). Mais étant exposé à différents problèmes importants de santé chez d'autres, je fais bien plus attention qu'avant à l'environnement dans lequel nous sommes obligés de vivre (j'ai un enfant oncologue clinicien comme son partenaire; l'amélioration continue des soins ne compensera pas toujours la croissance des facteurs de risque, donc il faut réagir nous-mêmes). Ce livre est très bien organisé, bien écrit, varié, avec des recettes riches et faciles à mettre en oeuvre. Evidemment, ce n'est pas aussi rapide qu'un steak grillé pomme frites au ketchup. Mais une excellente initiation, un guide d'ingrédients et une référence récurrente. Il existe en anglais et en néerlandais (ma compagne l'a en néerlandais). "Oh she glows ! Les recettes : Plus de 100 recettes véganes, qui vous feront rayonner de l'intérieur" existe aussi en français sur Amazon.fr n'hésitez pas une seconde. Je l'ai acheté comme cadeau de Noël. Je n'avais pas vu alors qu'il existait en français!

Excellent recipes. I've a been a vegan for over 20 years & this book has some original and tasty recipes. My wife has been following the author's blog for a while now. So I brought this book for her and we're both impressed.

Beautiful cookbook. Full of many great ideas and gorgeous photographs!