It’s been around three years since we started working on this cookbook, so finally telling you about it today feels monumental, exhilarating, and terrifying all at the same time. Our new cookbook is called Simply Vibrant: All-Day Vegetarian Recipes for Colorful Plant-Based Cooking, and it’s available now! It’s written by me, Anya, and photographed by Masha – the same mother/daughter team that’s behind this blog.
Today, we are sharing some key details about the book, accompanied by a book trailer (above), sneak peak photos and ways to order. We’ll also be talking about the free ebook that we created for anyone who buys the book and leaves a review. SO excited to share all of this with you :)
About the Book
— Simply Vibrant comes out on February 6th, 2018. Anyone who orders the book and writes a review will also have access to a free drinks ebook that we made as a little thank you gift. More on that below.
— There are 129 recipes in the book, all of which are vegetarian, 124 of them are vegan, and 109 of them are gluten-free or gluten-free adaptable. My goal was to create healthful, everyday recipes that require accessible, whole food ingredients – mainly vegetables, fruit, herbs, spices, grains, and legumes. The recipes are very much influenced by the seasons, too. Our hope is that you’ll be able to find whatever good-looking produce you picked up at your market or store in the index of the book, and get some ideas on preparing it.
— I used comfort food classics from around the world as inspiration for the recipes in the book, which also influenced the book’s organization. The chapters are as follows:
Morning Porridges and Pancakes – this chapter contains breakfast recipes for every season, both savory and sweet.
Salads and Bowls – this one has a grain bowl recipe for every season, as well as plenty of vibrant salads for every occasion.
Wraps and Rolls – this chapter celebrates the wrapping techniques seen in cuisines all around the world. There are recipes for summer rolls, enchiladas, burritos, maki (sushi), collard green wraps, and more.
Soups and Stews – the recipes in this chapter range from hearty winter stews to refreshing and light summer soups.
Risotto, Paella and Pilaf – for this chapter, I took the format of well-loved rice dishes from around the world, and reinvented them with the use of different vegetables and grains (there are even a couple of completely grain-free risottos!).
Noodles, Pasta and Pizza – this one is all about the coziest foods out there, reimagined to be more vegetable-forward – there are recipes for homemade pasta and dumplings, but also for noodles and pizza crusts made with vegetables.
Fritters and Veggie Burgers – this chapter has a veggie burger recipe for every season, as well as plenty of lacy, plant-packed fritters.
Just Veggies – this chapter is here to prove that seasonal vegetables only need a simple nudge to taste amazing – there are techniques for marinating, pickling, braising, stewing, and glazing that will take your produce to the next level.
Sweets for Every Season – the title of this chapter speaks for itself – there are brownies, galettes, pies, cakes, and pots de creme, made with unrefined sweeteners, fruit, and even some vegetables.
Basics and Sauces – a foundational chapter, which will supply you with ammunition for creating vibrant meals quickly – from mind-blowing sauces to broth that will cost you $0 in extra groceries.
— I’ve been thinking a lot about the amount of waste we produce as humans, and I’ve been working on developing techniques for using up all parts of the produce I buy. I present some of these ideas in this book, from the aforementioned veggie scrap broth, to a watermelon rind marmalade, broccoli stem risotto, and more.
— The introduction has a story about my shoemaker grandfather, which has basically become folklore in our family. I was very excited to immortalize it in a book.
— If you have our first cookbook, The Vibrant Table, this book is a follow-up to that. While The Vibrant Table focused on creativity in plant-based cooking, Simply Vibrant is much more focused on the everyday. It’s all about putting breakfast, lunch and dinner on the table.
— The book is 328 pages long, hardcover, and 7.5″ x 10″ in size. Every recipe is accompanied by a beautiful photograph, with the exception of a few sauces.
Praise
Here are some kind words we’ve heard about the book from people and publications we greatly admire.
“Simply Vibrant captures the kind of accidentally-vegetarian food we want to eat right now.”
—Bon Appetit
“Simply Vibrant is intuitively organized and brilliantly executed. It illustrates how many of us are striving to eat these days: crave-able, template-style recipes with seasonal touches, simple techniques, and an underlying nourishing essence that reads as encouraging, rather than prescriptive. Anya’s approach starts with a deep-rooted reverence for what nature provides in all of its seasons—and in all of its sometimes neglected or wasted forms. The thoughtful uses for carrot tops, chickpea soaking liquid, and barley cooking water—like the rest of the book’s delicious plant-based recipes—speak to both virtue and pure enjoyment. This book inspires me to cook (and live!) with a deeper sense of care and appreciation.”
—Laura Wright, author of The First Mess Cookbook
“Anya’s approach to food and the seasons always stands out as creative, inventive, and colorful. Simply Vibrant contains an abundance of inspiring recipes and clever tricks to add more nourishment and adventure to your everyday meals.”
—Amy Chaplin, James Beard award-winning author of At Home in the Whole Food Kitchen
“Anya has the incredible ability to inspire her readers to cook, but more importantly, she helps them tap into their own intuition to create delicious meals in a more relaxed way. I love her emphasis on seasonality, and her creative approach to leaf-to-root cooking, using every ingredient to its fullest potential without wasting a single seed! This recipe collection is bursting with global flavors, unique ingredient combinations, and of course, vibrancy on the highest level.”
—Sarah Britton, holistic nutritionist and author of My New Roots and Naturally Nourished
“We are longtime fans of Golubka Kitchen and Anya’s creative and beautiful plant-based recipes. Her new book is jam-packed with healthy, flavorful, and simple recipes and lots of interesting suggestions on how to cook with the odds and ends of produce that usually are discarded—like making marmalade from watermelon rinds and risotto using broccoli stems. So clever!”
—David Frenkiel and Luise Vindahl, creators of the blog Green Kitchen Stories
“Exciting, vegetable led food.”
— Anna Jones, author of A Modern Way to Cook, A Modern Way to Eat and columnist for The Guardian
“What made me want to cook from Simply Vibrant is its more relaxed approach to plant-based cooking”
—Toronto Star
Order
Here’s where you can order Simply Vibrant. Many of these outlets are selling the book at a discounted price.
Amazon
Barnes & Noble
Roost
Powell’s
IndieBound
Book Depository (ships worldwide for free)
Amazon Canada
Indigo
Free Ebook: Simply Vibrant Drinks
To show our immense gratitude to anyone who orders the book and leaves a review, we made a little thank you gift in the form of a free drinks ebook. It’s sort of like a mini e-cookbook, complete with our favorite, lush drink recipes that won’t be published anywhere else. Click here for instructions on how to claim your ebook and see a preview of the recipes within.
Thank You
This book only exists because of this blog, and this blog exists because of you – your support, kindness, and curiosity in visiting this space, cooking from our recipes, and reading our stories. Seriously, none of this would be here without YOU. So thank you! Truly, from the bottom of our hearts.
– Anya and Masha
Valentina | The Blue Bride says
I love these chapters! They’re more intuitive and make picking a desired recipe way easier :D I can already see many interesting recipes from the preview….can’t wait! And congrats <3
Anya says
So glad you like the chapter organization, Valentina! It’s something we put a lot of thought into :)
Natalia says
How gorgeous! Have been waiting for this moment since the moment you revealed it here! Congratulations, can’t wait to get it!
Anya says
Thank you so much Natalia! Means the world :)
Deborah says
I am so excited about this cookbook release I even had a dream about it a few weeks ago ??
Anya says
Hi Deborah,
WOW! That’s amazing to hear. Thank you so much for all your support :)
Flo says
Bravo ! ??
Anya says
Thank you so much Flo!
Naomi Hawkins-Rowe says
So excited about this book. I pre-ordered months ago when you first mentioned it! Come on February! Hurry up.
Anya says
Thank you so much for your support Naomi! Means the world. We feel the same about February not being here soon enough :)
Nicola Duemler says
I am so excited for this! I would love to pre-order but I live in the UK. Would it be able to be shipped here or will it be available for pre-order on Amazon UK as well?
Anya says
Hi Nicola! Just checked for you, the book is up on Amazon UK, here’s the link. But it looks like it will be released on February 20th as opposed to the 6th. Thank you so much for your support and hope you enjoy the book :)
Pierre says
Dear Anya,
Wow ! After watching your video I feel like the world has meaning again. Everything, from your recipes to your house is bright and soothing. I want to get out of my tiny parisian appartment and basically become you!!
I’m considering to take a day off when I receive it, to cook all day long. Seriously thanks, I wish the word “inspiring” wasn’t so commonplace nowadays, because that’s what your are!! Keep shining! Love,
Pierre
Anya says
Hi Pierre,
WOW! Thank you so much for the kind words and the encouragement! You truly made my day :)
I really hope you enjoy the book. Let me know what you make from it and how it goes!
Thank you again <3
Chemena says
Awesome ?
Anya says
Thank you :)
Lena says
Anya! Congratulations to you and your daughter on the book! It looks so amazing! So excited to try some of your recipes! Just pre-ordered it :))
Anya says
Hi Lena,
Thank you so much for the kind words and for pre-ordering :) !
ANTO says
awesome
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Lẩu Đức Trọc says
Great! Can’t wait to read it! Good job Anya!!
Anya says
Thank you :)
larissa says
I started following you on Instagram a month ago and found your posts visually appealing. So I went to Chapters Indigo and bought me a copy of Simply Vibrant! I love the recipes! However, I must confess I haven’t made anything yet but have flagged a few recipes I would like to try in the near future. I call it my ‘happy book’. Great job Anya!!
Anya says
Hi Larissa,
Thank you so much for your support and for buying the book! Hope you get to try some of the recipes and enjoy them :)
Anne says
Beautiful cookbook! Do you plan on publishing a kindle version?
Anya says
Thank you so much Anne!
That’s not up to us, but up to our publisher, and they have no plans of doing that as of now. We will definitely announce it if they ever do :)
John says
Where can i get this cookbook?
Anya says
Hi! Wherever books are sold. There’s also a list of retailers right in this post.