The 7 Best Pegan Cookbooks

This wiki has been updated 24 times since it was first published in January of 2019. The pegan diet combines concepts from vegan and paleo ways of eating, which generally results in very healthy meals. Unfortunately, these two lifestyles are at odds with each other, so most chefs and authors must make concessions when creating recipes. So if you are fully committed to not consuming any animal products at all, some of these books may not be for you. When users buy our independently chosen editorial recommendations, we may earn commissions to help fund the Wiki.

This wiki has been updated 24 times since it was first published in January of 2019. The pegan diet combines concepts from vegan and paleo ways of eating, which generally results in very healthy meals. Unfortunately, these two lifestyles are at odds with each other, so most chefs and authors must make concessions when creating recipes. So if you are fully committed to not consuming any animal products at all, some of these books may not be for you. When users buy our independently chosen editorial picks, we may earn commissions to help fund the Wiki.

1. Your Personalized Guide

Your Personalized Guide (appx. $15) helps you understand and embrace this simple and healthy, plant-based diet. It contains over 50 recipes, along with a few quick and easy smoothies that you can use as meal replacements during busy days.

Relies on common ingredients
Promotes wholesome eating habits
Dishes are great for losing weight

2. The Ultimate Guide

The Ultimate Guide provides you with a 1,200-calories-a-day meal plan that was created by a registered dietitian. As long as you follow it faithfully, you should have no trouble shedding excess pounds and slimming your waistline.

Handy snack ideas
Detailed shopping lists
Lays out guidelines clearly

3. 2 Buck Grub

2 Buck Grub is for those people out there looking to incorporate more filling, plant-based meals into their diets, but who can't afford to spend a lot of money doing so. As the name implies, it teaches you how to make dishes that cost just a couple of dollars per serving.

Provides step-by-step instructions
International recipes
Some delectable desserts

4. For Beginners

For Beginners (around $10) contains 45 convenient recipes that make it simple for anyone to ease their way into this kind of diet. Whether you are looking for inspiration for breakfast, lunch, or dinner, you'll find it here. It even includes some midday snack ideas.

Tips for avoiding animal fats
Good for gluten-free individuals
Many dishes require maple syrup

5. Reduce Inflammation & Lose Weight

Reduce Inflammation & Lose Weight has a focus on preparing meals with a low glycemic load, which can help prevent a person from developing diabetes. It also explains the difference between healthy and unhealthy fats, so you know which you should be eating.

Makes a good intro for newbies
Essentially a lifestyle guide
Doesn't contain a lot of recipes

6. The Easy Guide

The Easy Guide may be light on recipes, in fact it only includes three, but that doesn't make it any less useful for those looking to cook pegan meals at home. Instead, it provides you with lots of information about this diet, so you'll be able to create your own dishes.

Outlines the benefits this lifestyle
Not hard to comprehend
Can be read very quickly

7. Bringing the Best of the Paleo and Vegan Diets

"Bringing the Best of the Paleo and Vegan Diets Together" is all about finding the happy middle ground between these two lifestyles. Unfortunately, it seems as if the author has struggled to create many recipes that don't have at least one animal product in them.

Lays out basic guidelines
Meals are healthy and filling
Instructions could be better

Last updated by Brett Dvoretz

A wandering writer who spends as much time on the road as in front of a laptop screen, Brett can either be found hacking away furiously at the keyboard or, perhaps, enjoying a whiskey and coke on some exotic beach, sometimes both simultaneously, usually with a four-legged companion by his side. He has been a professional chef, a dog trainer, and a travel correspondent for a well-known Southeast Asian guidebook. He also holds a business degree and has spent more time than he cares to admit in boring office jobs. He has an odd obsession for playing with the latest gadgets and working on motorcycles and old Jeeps. His expertise, honed over years of experience, is in the areas of computers, electronics, travel gear, pet products, and kitchen, office and automotive equipment.

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