Reddit mentions of The Make Ahead Vegan Cookbook: 125 Freezer-Friendly Recipes

I've been meal prepping for > 2 years, the last 7 months of it vegan. I think it's absolutely worth it. Cuts down on food waste, helps me control my portion size and eat healthier, saves me over spending on eating out and I just plain enjoy doing it. It's a skill like any other that requires practice and mistakes, but the learning curve isn't terrible. I found the make ahead vegan cook book a couple months ago that has alot of meal prep friendly meals with tips of storage and reheating. Most of the meals are simple and taste fine (had one straight bad recipe and a couple meh ones as well as some really good recipes. Mixed bag).


It does take most of my Sunday morning, but I put on a podcast or a playlist and rock out for a few hours. I cook 6 days of meals and eat them until next Saturday and gives me a couple meals to eat out with friends if I want. sometimes I freeze the second half of my meals but most things are perfectly fine for 6 days. One skill you pick up is what will age well and what won't. Check out /r/mealprepsunday there's quite a few vegetarians and vegans that post every week.

I have been using the Make Ahead Vegan Cookbook to prep recipes. Since my husband is non-vegan, I am able to eat one portion and then freeze the rest. The cookbook is for people who actually plan on using portions as leftovers to put in fridge for week or freeze. Recipes are amazing. My favorite so far are the black bean salsa tacos 😍 Amazon link: https://www.amazon.com/Make-Ahead-Vegan-Cookbook-Freezer-Friendly/dp/1581573049

Aw.. then you have lots of options! If you don't have to be strict for health reasons it can become a lot easier to both be vegetarian as well as support someone through it.

My favorite book has been this one: https://www.amazon.com/Make-Ahead-Vegan-Cookbook-Freezer-Friendly/dp/1581573049

Given your limited budget/time I recommend it. The meals freeze/warm up well and mostly uses normal ingredients -- something many vegan/vegetarian cookbooks fail at (my local store does not have jackfruit and 7 types of lentils). The pictures are pretty and it is easy to choose from to make dinner (or prep for a week). In addition many are easy to add meat on at the end and you can often switch out the vegetables for those in season.

FYI- this may be the perfect book for you: https://www.amazon.com/Make-Ahead-Vegan-Cookbook-Freezer-Friendly/dp/1581573049/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=