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Rating: 
- I love this book!
I can't say enough good things about this book. I was surprised by the comment about pasta dishes as only 1 out of the 10 chapters in this relates to pasta. For the tofu fans I would highly recommend the mushroom and tofu stroganoff which has a lovely strong rich flavor. There is a great variety in this book and I have yet to become bored of it, in fact when I recently moved house I was in a blind panic when I thought I'd lost it! There are a couple of recipes that will take you longer when you make them this first couple of times, but in general they live up to the promise of being easy to throw together in 30 mins. I often delve into this during the week after being at work all day and this is the only one of my recipe books I would dare to do this with.
If you are looking at his book as a Christmas present then that gives just enough time to try the wonderful seasonal delight of Jerusalem artichokes with red wine and Gruyere. The best place to find these is always small fruit and veg shops as you don't really see them in the supermarket other than Sainsbury's.
Enjoy!
Rating:
- Good if you like middle eastern flavours
Easy to use recipes and great if you like spicier, middle eastern flavours and colourful food (not bland, mushy stuff!). I don't find the ingredients unusual or hard to source, unlike other reviewers, but then I do live in London! One of the few recipe books where I've made more than 2 or 3 recipes.
Rating: - Fast and delicious
When people talk about 'fast food' and 'easy vegetarian recipes', my heart sinks. So often this means bland and joyless food. Not so with Nadine Abensur! This book is definitely easy, yet never bland, and often exotic.
I was given this book for Christmas, and am really enjoying it. I already have the Cranks Bible, and was relieved to find that none of the recipes are duplicated here.
The recipes really are very quick and easy to make. Many of them use things that you would already have in your kitchen - for example there is a surprisingly tasty soup made from frozen peas, a very easy recipe for spanakopita, etc. For a novice cook (like me!) it is very encouraging to have such delicious results from so little effort. The recipes are much more simple than those in the Cranks Bible, and Abensur doesn't expect me to make pastry from scratch - the book is very accepting of the fact that ready-made pastry or pasta is the more realistic option.
My only complaint would be that although the recipes are quick to make, some of them call for a range of ingredients that would take hours to shop for. Unless you live in a big metropolitan city like London, this really slows things down. That said, this is only the case with a few of the recipes in the book, and they do look awfully good and are probably worth it.
Abensur's style is very readable - often she give hints in the recipe which would give you ideas for adapting it in new ways. This is really a cook's book - but for people who are just starting. I love it.
Rating:
- not really fast accessible food
I got this book as a wedding present and was looking forward to easy meals for me and my new husband. However there didn't seem to be many ways with vegetables or vegetarian staples such as tofu and quorn, but there were loads and loads of pasta recipes - since I don't eat pasta this was very annoying!
The rest of the recipes seemed to need lots of ingredients, not all of which I could lay my hands on. However, it is a good introduction to veggie middle east cooking.
Rating: - Good food, fast
I really liked this book. It uses a good variety of foods, especially pulses. It does use a few key ingredients fairly regularly but I found this a good thing, since you can make sure you have them in the house and then you can cook a lot of different things in the book. The recipes are simple and easy to follow and are do-able in the 15-20 mins the author allows. Good pictures too. And you can adapt them pretty easily if you are trying to follow a lower fat diet. The chickpea and halloumi salad, by the way, is the best!
- I love this book!I can't say enough good things about this book. I was surprised by the comment about pasta dishes as only 1 out of the 10 chapters in this relates to pasta. For the tofu fans I would highly recommend the mushroom and tofu stroganoff which has a lovely strong rich flavor. There is a great variety in this book and I have yet to become bored of it, in fact when I recently moved house I was in a blind panic when I thought I'd lost it! There are a couple of recipes that will take you longer when you make them this first couple of times, but in general they live up to the promise of being easy to throw together in 30 mins. I often delve into this during the week after being at work all day and this is the only one of my recipe books I would dare to do this with.
If you are looking at his book as a Christmas present then that gives just enough time to try the wonderful seasonal delight of Jerusalem artichokes with red wine and Gruyere. The best place to find these is always small fruit and veg shops as you don't really see them in the supermarket other than Sainsbury's.
Enjoy!
Rating:
- Good if you like middle eastern flavoursEasy to use recipes and great if you like spicier, middle eastern flavours and colourful food (not bland, mushy stuff!). I don't find the ingredients unusual or hard to source, unlike other reviewers, but then I do live in London! One of the few recipe books where I've made more than 2 or 3 recipes.
Rating:
- Fast and deliciousWhen people talk about 'fast food' and 'easy vegetarian recipes', my heart sinks. So often this means bland and joyless food. Not so with Nadine Abensur! This book is definitely easy, yet never bland, and often exotic.
I was given this book for Christmas, and am really enjoying it. I already have the Cranks Bible, and was relieved to find that none of the recipes are duplicated here.
The recipes really are very quick and easy to make. Many of them use things that you would already have in your kitchen - for example there is a surprisingly tasty soup made from frozen peas, a very easy recipe for spanakopita, etc. For a novice cook (like me!) it is very encouraging to have such delicious results from so little effort. The recipes are much more simple than those in the Cranks Bible, and Abensur doesn't expect me to make pastry from scratch - the book is very accepting of the fact that ready-made pastry or pasta is the more realistic option.
My only complaint would be that although the recipes are quick to make, some of them call for a range of ingredients that would take hours to shop for. Unless you live in a big metropolitan city like London, this really slows things down. That said, this is only the case with a few of the recipes in the book, and they do look awfully good and are probably worth it.
Abensur's style is very readable - often she give hints in the recipe which would give you ideas for adapting it in new ways. This is really a cook's book - but for people who are just starting. I love it.
Rating:
- not really fast accessible foodI got this book as a wedding present and was looking forward to easy meals for me and my new husband. However there didn't seem to be many ways with vegetables or vegetarian staples such as tofu and quorn, but there were loads and loads of pasta recipes - since I don't eat pasta this was very annoying!
The rest of the recipes seemed to need lots of ingredients, not all of which I could lay my hands on. However, it is a good introduction to veggie middle east cooking.
Rating:
- Good food, fastI really liked this book. It uses a good variety of foods, especially pulses. It does use a few key ingredients fairly regularly but I found this a good thing, since you can make sure you have them in the house and then you can cook a lot of different things in the book. The recipes are simple and easy to follow and are do-able in the 15-20 mins the author allows. Good pictures too. And you can adapt them pretty easily if you are trying to follow a lower fat diet. The chickpea and halloumi salad, by the way, is the best!
