Chloe Flavor: Saucy, Crispy, Spicy, Vegan: A Cookbook Hardcover – March 6, 2018

Chloe is one of my favorite cookbook authors, and I think this book is another win! I've already convinced friends and family members to buy it, too, and they all love it as much as I do. The recipes are hearty, filling, satisfying and accessible, even for non-vegans like me, my boyfriend, and everyone else I know who has bought the book. Chloe always surprises me because she manages to write recipes that use very common, basic ingredients and combine them in a way that is full of flavor.Here is what I've tried so far:Almond Butter Berry Bowl: A super simple smoothie bowl, but really delicious and easy to make. I've made this about every other day for the last three weeks or so.Cinnamon Roll Pancakes: Love these. I make Chloe's pancakes from other books all the time, because you can make a meal when your fridge is empty. But these step it up a level and give you cinnamon roll flavor without all the work. The cinnamon swirl is buttery and crisps up as they cook. So deliciousChipotle Sweet Potato-Kale Soup: This is spicy, sweet, and satisfying. It also uses basic, cheap ingredients, mostly pantry staples. I really liked it.Peanut Kale Crunch Salad: I love tempeh, I loved this dressing, and I loved this salad. Just a whole lot of good stuff coming together to make for a salad that I actually look forward to (and I'm not a salad person).Sloppy Chlo's: Loved these. Dead easy, so filling, cheap to make, and yummy.5-Ingredient Kale Pesto Pasta: Again, very few ingredients, inexpensive to make, and the ingredients somehow come together to be more than the sum of their parts. Really good.General Tso's Tofu: Please make this and then serve it over steamed broccoli as she suggests. It is the perfect comfort food.Panang Curry: Okay, I know I've been effusive so far, but this is my favorite by far. Again, it's mostly just pantry ingredients, but it is so so satisfying (I keep coming back to this word, but it describes everything so well). This recipe is already beloved by me, my boyfriend, my sister, and my brother-in-law and none of us are vegans. My boyfriend thinks this is one of the best things I've ever made (and I cook a lot).Thai Red Curry Bowl: This one was pretty good. I liked it at the beginning when I first made it, but I'm not a big fan of tofu that's not crispy, and I couldn't find bamboo shoots so I just left them out. So it was good, but I guess not outstanding.Oatmeal Smoothie: Okay this was WAYYY too sweet. But when I cut it down to two dates I really liked it.That's all I have made so far, but I have many more earmarked. I clearly love all these recipes, and I definitely recommend buying this book, but there are some things to take into consideration that might make it a deal breaker for you.First, Chloe likes to make things sweet, even savory thing. She freely admits this. So she is occasionally pretty heavy-handed with sugar. This is not health-nut vegan food. It's yummy, comfort vegan food (i.e. high in sugar and pretty caloric at times). If that's something you're concerned about, just take that into account.Second, she does repeat a few recipes in here from her previous books/website, or just makes very slight alterations on older recipes, e.g. her rosemary lemonade is just her basil lemonade but with rosemary, and she repeats he vanilla cake recipe that's in every book. I think this book is worth it for the non-repeats, but you may think different.That being said, I think vegan books sometimes struggle with providing full, balanced meals, and this book is jam-packed with entrees, which I love. I highly recommend this book.

An excellent guide!!! Dishes have been delicious!! Thank you, Chef!

This is now a staple in our kitchen. Wish there were more entree recipes

Chloe is a very talented chef and everything is always so delicious. I’ve purchased all of Chloe’s cookbooks and I pre-ordered this book as soon as it was announced. When it arrived I quickly went through it and planned out which one of the recipes I would try first. I’m not very good at cooking, and I’m always pleased to find that Chloe’s recipes are always easy to understand and easy to follow. The book arrived and I was pleased to find that it was a beautiful hardcover. I prefer hardcover cookbooks because they are easier to keep open while I’m cooking something.The best test of a cookbook is how well the recipes turn out. In that sense, this book is amazing. In the short amount of time that I’ve owned the book, I’ve now made four different foods using Chloe’s recipes. I’ve found all the ingredients easy to find and simple to prepare, even with my limited cooking skills. I prefer recipes that don’t take too long to prepare since I’m usually very busy with work and sometimes just find myself slicing up raw tofu and eating it. But I had some friends coming over and I couldn’t feed them raw tofu. So I cooked up some of the Burnt Garlic Un-Fried Rice, some 5-Ingredient Kale Pesto Pasta, and some of the Butternut Mac. For dessert, I made the Sea Salted Chocolate Chunk Cookies. They were all big hits! My guests said they never knew I was such a great chef. Little did they know I had a celebrity chef help me with all the recipes. Thank you, Chloe, for making me look so good! I highly recommend this book and encourage everyone to pick up a copy.

The title should be Chloe BEYOND flavor. I have already made quite a few of these recipes. I found them easy, exciting and accessible! My husband and I are not a vegan but I do find myself looking for non meat options more and more. The photos in the book are very eye grabbing and gorgeous. Some of the recipes do have many ingredients but, they mostly go in the blender or food processor to make a, knock your socks off sauce. So a pinch here and squeeze there, really no big deal. I found most of the recipes I tried, used the blender or food processor and a bowl, a pan and the usual measuring spoons et al. Not bad at all.So many standouts for me, but I’ll list a few, the Meatball Parm, worth throwing a Super Bowl party for, just so you can share them. The cheese sauce is crazy good and the meatballs are great. I made mine more oval than round because I have a small mouth, but either way, YUM!!! The Beans and Greens is going to be a new family favorite and don’t forget those Scallion Biscuits, they are to die for, with the honey butter, don’t forget that either! Shelley’s Matzo Brei super easy and satisfying and tasty! Maple Breakfast Sausage super easy and delicious! Nobody will believe you when you tell them how good the Oatmeal Cake is, so I say just make it and sit back and wait for all OMG’s you’ll be hearing! The Chocolate Avocado Cupcakes and the Stawberry Chocolate Shortcake Cupcakes well, you know....... AMAZING! The first thing you should make in this book is Chloe’s croutons because you’ll want them on hand for soups and salads. Try not to eat them all as a snack tho! I love how exciting and inviting this book is. I love Chloe’s books, they are just brilliant, but this one just inspired me to go for it all and try stuff that looked good but I wasn’t sure of the protein or the unknown to me. All I can say is I’m now friends with the big Three, tofu, tempeh and seitan. Silken tofu, where have you been all my life and matcha, avocado and especially smoky paprika are my new staples. So go for it all with this book, I know Chloe did. These recipes are truly genius! (I wrote this under my husbands account, and purchased them under his account, I’m Nancy)