We’ve all been trying our hands at some DIY recipes since the quarantine began. When we were encouraged to visit the grocery stores less frequently, we found ourselves stocking our pantries and, in place of eating out, thinking we were the next Chef Gordon Ramsay in our homes.
Sad to say, this certainly wasn’t the case. Whether I was trying my hand at a recipe from my favourite vegan cookbook or winging it in the kitchen, I must admit that not all my culinary creations were rockstars (or even edible).
Thankfully, I found one tool that has helped me become the mediocre plant-based chef of my dreams during quarantine - YouTube!
There’s something about watching a dish be made that aided me in creating my own. While I searched for delicious plant-based recipes I wanted to try, I came across loads of incredible plant-based and vegan chefs who were funny, creative, and talked me through these recipes almost every step of the way.
Get ready for your mouth to water as we reveal our favourite ten best vegan YouTuBe channels! Bon appetit! 
BOSH!
We kick-start this post with one of the most viewed YouTube channels of them all - BOSH! This plant-based and vegan recipe channel is the lovechild of Henry Firth and Ian Theasby, best-selling authors and social media sensations.
They break down the idea that vegan and plant-based food is complex and mind-blowing to cook and instead show the world how easy it is to make with their fun and quirky videos! In addition to being good for the planet, their recipes are healthy and good for your body, and they even sell three cookbooks to complement their instructional videos!
Some of the delicious recipe videos on their YouTube channel include delicious Pulled Jackfruit Sandwiches, Buffalo Cauliflower Wing Tacos, Thai Tempeh Salad, and so much more! You seriously need to check these guys out.
Avantgarde Vegan
The incredible vegan chef Gaz Oakley is teaching wannabe cooks through their electronic devices every Sunday on his YouTube channel, Avantgarde Vegan! Oakley worked in the culinary world as a chef and only went vegan four years ago. His recipes are exciting and divine, and he creates loads of dishes I know I certainly missed as someone who has given up animal products, including:
Feel free to recreate some of his most delicious tutorials with the help of his cookbook, #VEGAN100!
Rachel Ama
Rachel Ama is cooking up a delicious vegan storm on her YouTube cooking channel! We love her playful and welcoming energy she exudes during her tutorials - it makes you feel like you’re in the kitchen with her as she cooks!
Ama gives plenty of helpful recommendations along the way in her videos, including different alternatives for ingredients (e.g., kimchi vs sauerkraut), which grills to use for cooking and why, and so much more. She truly makes it easy for anyone to join her tutorials regardless of their cooking skills (or lack thereof).
She was recently on Gaz Oakley’s channel in January, and we loved watching two of our favourite YouTube chefs cook together!
Get ready to cook with Ama with these three topped viewed recipes on her channel below!
Sweet Potato Soul
Delicious vegan recipes, natural beauty tips, sustainable fashion ideas - you’ll get all this and more on Sweet Potato Soul’s YouTube channel! Jenne Claiborne is behind the delicious recipes on this channel. Originally from Georgia, this chef eventually made her way to Los Angeles to share her easy recipes with us. She learned lots of her culinary skills from her Nana and began getting creative with healthy food later in college.
“I became vegan because I think it’s wrong to exploit animals for their meat and reproductive processes,” Claiborne writes on her website. “Even though I didn’t give up animal products for my health or happiness, both have greatly improved.”
Check out her most popular videos below:
- Damn Good Vegan Meals in UNDER 15 MINUTES
- Fried Cauliflower “Chicken”
- 5 Vegan Recipes EVERYONE needs to know!!!
All of her recipes can be found in the description below her videos or on her Instagram, and her instructions are spot on and easily digestible (pun intended). She creates the recipe with you and films as she does, making it super easy to follow along. Her YouTube channel is inclusive of desserts, healthy mains, fun sides, and so much more, so be sure to check it out for your next meal!
B Foreal
Britt is bringing us in quarantine some “banging ass vegan eats.” With an opening like that, we knew we were going to love her and her YouTube channel, B Foreal! She makes delicious plant-based recipes that even the most carnivorous of meat-eaters will love, which is one of the things we love about her. Her videos are not just vegans but for vegetarians, flexitarians, people who may have no idea about veganism but just want to give it a try, and more.
Many of her recipes are pretty rare finds in the vegan food realm, including Vegan Chili Lime Fish Tacos, Vegan Crab Cake Sliders, and Vegan Red Velvet Pancakes (have you ever even heard of these?!). Her recipes make being vegan both exciting and delicious, and we are so happy to have discovered her channel!
Britt is energetic, funny, and her recipes are so simple to follow. Don’t miss a beat and join her B Foreal fam today!
The Happy Pear
The Happy Pear is a twin brother duo brought to you by Dave and Steve. These hilarious Irish twins feature simple, quick, and affordable tutorial videos - three things we love about any good vegan recipe! Their journey started 14 years ago in a vegetable shop, and today, their Happy Pear products are sold all over the country and in the UK in addition to their successful YouTube channel, which has 424K subscribers!
They post two videos a week, and one thing we love about their consistent content is that they make a lot of five-minute dinner series videos. I don’t know about you, but I find it incredibly intimidating when I come across a cooking video that is 30 minutes or more, so finding videos featuring delicious and easy recipes that I can do in five minutes is incredible! They even set a timer and everything. Check out some of their top five-minute videos below:
Deliciously Ella
If you have a sweet tooth and want to attempt to make vegan desserts, look no further than this YouTube channel: Deliciously Ella! She uploads a new plant-based recipe for you to try every Sunday at 6 p.m. Get ready for sweet potato brownies, cacao and almond energy balls, five-minute chocolate porridge, and so many other delicious desserts. In addition to sweets, she also shared recipes from her cookbook as well as breakfast, lunch, and dinner recipes!
One thing we really like about her videos is that they are the most professionally made out of the group. She has amazing slow motion and closeup shots of these recipes in the making while she shares the instructions in voice overlay. It’ll feel like you’re watching a delicious cinematic movie!
Cheap Lazy Vegan
Are you short on time? Do you have zero cooking skills? Are you lazy? Then you need to check out Cheap Lazy Vegan. We get it - when you take to the kitchen, you don’t always want to have to prepare some incredible masterpiece. Thanks to this YouTube channel, you have a plethora of recipes at your fingertips that don’t require a lot of time or effort - just how we like it!
Rose is behind Cheap Lazy Vegan. She was born in South Korea and raised in Canada. Her goal is to show the world that living a plant-based lifestyle doesn’t have to be expensive or difficult to do - and she’s certainly doing a good job of it! Check out some of her most popular videos below:
Hot For Food
It’s about to get hot in here thanks to Hot For Food! Lauren Toyota is the creator behind this YouTube channel, which is all about breaking down misconceptions and sharing plenty of delish vegan recipes along the way!
She’s been vegan since 2010, which is evident in the skilful and tasty recipes she shares with her followers. Be sure to check out her page every Wednesday when she releases a new video! Some of the most popular recipes on her channel is her Vegan Nacho Cheese, Chipotle Lime Fries, and her Crispy Sweet and Sour Tofu!
She films every part of the process and breaks her recipes down into easy-to-follow steps that even I could understand. Whether you’re a newbie or a self-proclaimed top chef, this is one YouTube channel you want to check out.
Sarah’s Vegan Kitchen
Last but not least on our list of the best vegan YouTube channels is Sarah’s Vegan Kitchen! In addition to recipe videos (she currently has 44!), Sarah also posts quarantine vlogs, tofu recipes (specifically), ‘What I Eat In A Day’ series, comfort food recipes, taste tests (for all you adventurous vegans out there), mental health and personal videos, and more!
She encourages the use of sustainable ingredients in her videos. For example, she suggests her viewers not to use palm oil! She also has plenty of healthy and vegan tips along the way (e.g., I had no idea that not all sugar was vegan).
Overall, her recipes are generally beginner-friendly, her videos are easy to follow, short in length, and the end products are super tasty. Get ready for summer with her newest video - 3 Vegan Summer Recipes! Be sure to check out her channel today!
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