PlantYou Ridiculously Amazingly Delicious Plant Based Reviews Summary

Recipe Quality

Pros:

• "I’ve made two recipes since I purchased the book and both were excellent!"
• "Everything I’ve made has been delicious!"
• "The recipes are very easy to follow and delicious."
• "Every single recipe in the book is gluten-friendly."
• "These are truly everyday recipes that fit into a realistic lifestyle... and they all taste great too!"
• "The recipes are incredibly delicious!"
• "I've made 4 dishes so far and they are all very delicious!!"

Cons:

• "But these recipes felt so basic and uninspired."
• "This vegan cookbook is so incredibly basic. Zero creativity."
• "The recipes here are fairly basic and at times lacking in flavor."
• "Just beware, these recipes ended up being pretty bland for my palate and needed a bunch of doctoring."
• "I made 6 recipes from this book ALL of them were either disgusting or literally didn't work."
• "Many of the meals, smoothie, etc. simply were not unique with all of the food recipes out there for vegans now."
• "But these recipes felt so basic and uninspired, kind of like you'd find in any plant based cookbook."

Visual Presentation

Pros:

• "The amazing visual presentation of this book immediately drew me."
• "The pictures included with each recipe are awesome."
• "Each recipe is well-illustrated, making the cooking process visually accessible and engaging."
• "I love the photos of the ingredients and dishes."
• "Not only are there beautiful photos of the finished products, but also super handy pics of each ingredient."
• "The book is filled with beautiful illustrations and simple recipes that make plant-based cooking accessible to everyone."
• "There is big, colorful photo's of every dish and even pictures of the ingredients."

Cons:

• "It’s a bummer that there are at least 6 recipes/pictures missing."
• "Her cookbook did not have great pictures on the meals, they did not look appetizing to me."
• "I really wanted to like this book, but after making some of the recipes in here I had to return it."
• "I think there are some errors within my book which is okay but it’s pricey considering many of her meals are on social media."

Health & Nutrition

Pros:

• "I am type 1 diabetic and have been plant based for some time, but have noticed a major difference in how oil-free foods effect my blood sugar, insulin-resistance, and migraines in a positive way!!"
• "The recipes are designed to be easy, nutritious, and waste-conscious, aligning perfectly with my lifestyle."
• "Absolutely love this recipe book for quick, easy, healthy meals!! Special attention is given to high fibre, low fat and low sodium recipes--great if you're trying to lose weight or just eat healthier and a more plant-focussed diet."
• "Not only are the recipes plant-based, but they are all OIL-FREE and REFINED SUGAR-FREE as well, which is just incredible."
• "This book is excellent for diabetics following the mastering diabetes methods. Vegan food with low fat content and no oil!"
• "For anyone who eats a plant-based diet with no oil, this is a must-have book."
• "These plant-based dishes look absolutely delicious and use mostly common ingredients that are easily found in your local grocery store."

Cons:

• "Although this is 'oil' free, it is not without risk to those who have or are at risk of having high cholesterol."
• "I had no clue that nuts and seeds were pushing my bad cholesterol up until I removed them from my diet."
• "The book talks about whole food, plant based but many of the recipes have added sugar in the form of maple sugar."

Practicality & Convenience

Pros:

• "All recipes are quick and easy to make, and have easy to find ingredients."
• "At a quick glance you can see the ingredients and know if you have everything needed to make one of these easy delicious recipes!"
• "I'm always surprised at how easy & quick they are to make, and that the food actually tastes good!"
• "The recipes are so simple and healthy sometimes I think 'oh no, this isn’t going to work out' as I’m making it…. It ALWAYS does!"
• "Very simple to make all of them and not time consuming."
• "The recipes are not complicated at all.. quick, easy, simple.. Buy the book!"
• "These recipes are so easy and don’t require super obscure ingredients."

Cons:

• "If there was anything I could have changed for this cookbook, it would be to have the macros listed on the recipe pages instead of to the back of the book to save time flipping to and from when making my meal plan."
• "I hate reading through a recipe I'd like to try only to find out a key ingredient in that recipe is something you have to look up elsewhere in the book and make that recipe first."
• "It all sounds good, but I am in a rural area with very basic grocery stores and seasonal farmer's markets, none of which have ever heard of things like jackfruit or hemp seeds or raw cashews."
• "I only have to 4 stars because a few of the ingredients are a little tricky to find, but easily replaceable."
• "Not having to have a gazillion amount of items and tasty. My only con- not into cauliflower or peanuts (because of the mold content) and I don't do well with hemp so need another substitute for those items."
• "However, if you've ever used a different vegan cookbook, or if you've been vegan/plant-based for at least six months, I'd just skip this one. There's nothing particularly innovative and it shows the same recipes you've probably seen a million times before."
• "But that's just me. That aside, by the time I was done crossing off the recipes in this book that I couldn't get ingredients for, then crossed out the ones I couldn't make when my very nut-allergic best friend comes over because they were full of nuts with no ideas for substitutions, then crossed out the ones that just didn't appeal or were too expensive, or took too long to make, I was left with maybe a dozen out of the 140+ and they were all similar to things we already cook."