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The Essential Vegan Instant Pot Cookbook
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The Essential Vegan Instant Pot Cookbook

Fresh and Foolproof Plant-Based Recipes for Your Electric Pressure Cooker

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This enticing collection of more than 75 easy, inventive, well-tested vegan recipes for the incredibly popular electric pressure cooker, the Instant Pot, is the go-to source for mouthwatering plant-based weekday meals.

The best-selling Instant Pot makes cooking delicious meals a snap! But finding vegan recipes that are both inspiring and trustworthy has proven difficult, until now. The Essential Vegan Instant Pot Cookbook presents a collection of quick and easy vegan recipes that cover each meal of the day, offering tried-and-true dishes with a modern twist, such as Black Bean Tamale Casserole, Root Vegetable Tagine with Couscous, African Peanut Stew, Jerk Tofu Wraps, and more. And best of all, they're all well-tested and authorized by Instant Pot. With beautiful photography and an attractive package, this book is an indulgence for home cooks who live a plant-based lifestyle as well as healthy eaters looking to incorporate more meatless Mondays into their week.
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Praise for The Essential Vegan Instant Pot Cookbook

Praise for The Ultimate Instant Pot Cookbook:

“As a fellow recipe creator, I can say that Coco has a way of making recipes come to life in the simplest of ways. Not only are her recipes full of flavor, they’re also a snap to make. The perfect book for any cook!”
—Jeffrey Eisner, creator of Pressure Luck (pressureluckcooking.com)
 
“Coco is my go-to maven on all things Instant Pot! The Ultimate Instant Pot Cookbook is the ONE cookbook/reference book that you need to transform you into an Instant Pot evangelist!”
—Michelle Tam, New York Times bestselling cookbook author and creator of Nom Nom Paleo
 
“For years, Coco Morante has been my coach, guide, and guru for all things Instant Pot–related. I am selfishly glad that she has finally published this compendium of all her knowledge. From everyday staples like yogurt and steamed rice, to easy weeknight meals like Thai Green Curry and Ground Beef Stroganoff, to surprising ideas like French Toast Casserole and Lobster Rolls—this cookbook is a must-have for anyone with an Instant Pot!”
—Emma Christensen, author of True Brews

“Is there anything Coco cannot make in her Instant Pot? I don’t think so! She’s taken over a hundred of our most beloved classic recipes and re-imagined them to work with our favorite new appliance. Beautiful photos, clear instructions, and well-tested, delicious recipes. Inspiring!”
—Elise Bauer, founder of Simply Recipes
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The Essential Vegan Instant Pot Cookbook

Whether you are vegan or looking to integrate more meatless meals into your life, the Instant Pot is here to help. This electric, programmable pressure cooker is an incredibly versatile and useful appliance. In this cookbook, you’ll learn how to use it to make mod- ern and delicious plant-based recipes that everyone will love. These introductory pages will teach you the basics, and the recipes that follow will provide straightforward, specific instructions to get you pres- sure cooking right away.

As anyone who has used an Instant Pot can attest, it’s an astonishingly convenient, time-saving appliance, light-years ahead of previous generations of stove-top pressure cookers. It’s hyperefficient and whisper-quiet when foods are cooking under pressure. There’s no need to stand around and tend to an Instant Pot. Once a pressure cooking program begins, you can walk away until a series of beeps tell you the food is ready.
Pressure cookers are great for throwing together one-pot soups and stews and for prepping batches of beans and grains for a busy week ahead. There are some unique advantages for vegans, too. You can make batches of nondairy yogurt, seitan, and sausages from scratch, and even a one-ingredient caramel sauce (page 139) that will change your dessert game for good (if you can stop yourself from eating it all up by the spoonful, that is).

In the seven main chapters of this book, you’ll find recipes for every meal of the day, from a wide range of cuisines. There are vegan takes on American-style com- fort foods (think mac ’n’ cheese, chili and cornbread, and sour cream mashed potatoes), internationally inspired dishes (such as curry, tabbouleh, and cassou- let), and even some seriously impressive desserts, like brownie sundaes and cheeseless cheesecakes.

The Instant Pot is not only versatile, it helps you save money, too. Grocery shopping can be expen- sive, especially when you’re seeking out high-quality organic foods. Prepared foods dominate the super- market more and more these days, and not only are they expensive, they are often filled with processed ingredients. Going as unprocessed as possible is truly the best way I know to lower a grocery bill and eat healthfully. Cooking with in-season produce, dried beans and grains, and bulk-bin pantry staples costs far less in the long run, and the Instant Pot is
a great tool to ease and speed up the preparation of healthful foods.

Whether you’re an Instant Pot beginner or just look- ing for a refresher course, read the next few pages to learn about all of the Instant Pot’s buttons, bells, and whistles. A whole world of modern pressure cooking
awaits you.

About the Author

Coco Morante
COCO MORANTE is a recipe developer and food blogger who runs the extremely popular Instant Pot Recipes Facebook page and writes for her blog LeftySpoon. She is the author of The Essential Instant Pot Cookbook and her recipes are featured in numerous print and online publications, including Simply Recipes, the Kitchn, and Edible Silicon Valley. A self-taught cook and classically trained soprano, Coco writes and sings in the San Francisco Bay Area, where she lives with her husband and their beagle. More by Coco Morante
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