Vegan 100

Vegan 100 by Gaz Oakley is a vegan cookbook for beginners who want to recreate the kinds of bold, familiar dishes they might have eaten before going vegan. Featuring more than 100 recipes spanning breakfast and brunch through to mains, breads, desserts and drinks, it shows how plant-based cooking can be adventurous and full of variety while remaining accessible to newer cooks. The book begins with essential vegan basics, including homemade milk, ‘butter’ and ‘cream cheese’, which can then be used throughout your cooking.

• Best for: Beginner vegans looking for plant-based versions of familiar dishes
• Includes: 100+ vegan recipes, plus essential recipes for homemade vegan basics
• Meal types: Breakfast, brunch, soups, snacks, burgers, wraps, mains, salads, sides, breads, desserts and drinks
• Dietary options: Vegan
• Skill level: Beginner, with more involved recipes for entertaining

Recipes in Vegan 100
The recipes in Vegan 100 are bold, playful and varied, designed to show newer vegan cooks how much they can make without meat or dairy. Alongside straightforward everyday recipes, there are more ambitious dishes and desserts suited to entertaining and special occasions.

• Kentucky Fried Chick'n: tender tofu and seitan chick'n pieces in a spicy batter
• Fillet ‘Steak’ Wellington: an impressive seitan-based centrepiece for entertaining
• Rich Chocolate, Peanut Butter & Raspberry Tart: a rich, creamy chocolate tart with peanut butter and raspberry
• Summer Berry & White Chocolate Raw Mousse Cake: a light, creamy, gluten-free berry ‘cheesecake’ with homemade raw white chocolate
• Maple ‘Pumpkin Pie’ Pancakes: simple breakfast pancakes made with roasted pumpkin or squash

Getting started with vegan cooking
Before the main recipe chapters, Vegan 100 introduces ingredients and equipment that may be less familiar to someone new to vegan cooking, as well as essential recipes that can become building blocks for other dishes in the book. Gaz was himself a beginner vegan when developing the book, while bringing his experience as a trained chef to creating vegan alternatives to the food he already knew.

Readers can also find Gaz online as @gazoakleychef on YouTube and @gazoakley on Instagram, where he shares dishes and cooking content.


More vegan cookbooks
If you're looking for cookbooks similar to Vegan 100, these books also focus on making plant-based cooking flavourful and approachable, with approaches ranging from produce-led cooking to quick and easy everyday recipes.

• Plant to Plate by Gaz Oakley: 100 vegan recipes inspired by the produce Gaz grows on his farm in rural Wales, organised around hero ingredients rather than Vegan 100's focus on adventurous vegan versions of familiar food.
• Vegan Goodness by Jessica Presscott: More than 60 plant-based recipes that put flavour first, with an inventive and playful approach intended to make vegan food appealing beyond an exclusively vegan audience.
• Grubby Recipes by Grubby Limited: Beginner-friendly plant-based cooking with an emphasis on quick and easy recipes, sharing Vegan 100's accessible approach and connection to an established online food community.