What a fantastic little book this is and you don't have to be vegan to enjoy the recipes because they are great as they are. My husband loves the chilli recipe and I can't make enough of it for him. And what a great idea to make shepherd's pie and lasagne in a slow cooker. I would never have even thought of that. The desserts are delicious too.
If you love having more time and to yourself and eating really healthy and tasty meals, then this is the book you need. It's full of receipes from around the world that you can just prepare, throw into the slow cooker and leave to cook all day. I just go to work after setting up the slow cooker and come home to a delicious smell and a meal that's cooked itself. Even on the weekends it's handy ... Read More:
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I have had this book for a while now and have tried many of the recipes.
So far everything came out as 10/10. Especially the various curries. I do own a number of Raw Food books but "Eat Smart eat Raw' is the only British one. If like me, you cannot live without curries, that alone is a good enough reason to purchase this book. The American books do not do curries justice (Indian or Thai).
Other recipes are 'finger licking good'. Most of them excellent. I cannot recommend this book highly enough. It is a God-send.
A thousand thanks to kate Wood.
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I just bought this book and I must say,I don't really see the point of it. First of all,if you own any vegan cookbooks at all,you probably have all of the recipes already. Second,its set up is very messy and difficult to read because of the sloppy zine style,which isn't good when trying to cook or even decide on a recipe. Third,the names of some the recipes make it rather difficult to figure out what you're looking at and the rest of the names just seem unnecessary(i.e. Leeks with a drinking problem;Ellie the Judas Priestess' Drunken Beans.I just like titles that tell me what I'm looking at so I can quickly decide on a meal).I'm not a prude or easily offended,but some of the drawings of guns being fired,a bear eating what appears to be a human and the ... Read More:
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I just bought this book and I must say,I don't really see the point of it. First of all,if you own any vegan cookbooks at all,you probably have all of the recipes already. Second,its set up is very messy and difficult to read because of the sloppy zine style,which isn't good when trying to cook or even decide on a recipe. Third,the names of some the recipes make it rather difficult to figure out what you're looking at and the rest of the names just seem unnecessary(i.e. Leeks with a drinking problem;Ellie the Judas Priestess' Drunken Beans.I just like titles that tell me what I'm looking at so I can quickly decide on a meal).I'm not a prude or easily offended,but some of the drawings of guns being fired,a bear eating what appears to be a human and the ... Read More:
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Overall, there's some passably decent recipes here, but it depends how you want them presented.
If you've just started out as a veggie and your family are not very sympathetic, a book with a tone like this is going to help make them regard you as the family freak. It might help them to find practical (if quite boring) ways of feeding you in the short term, but in the long run it will have your family 'putting up' with your so-called eccentric feeding habits like they'd put up with it if you were mildly mentally retarded. Even the childish title is about having a 'lack' of something!
The tone of the introduction is incredibly patronising, putting forward the kind of twee statements most vegetarians will have got sick of hearing after ... Read More:
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I was incredibly pleased to finally find a Vegan lunch recipe guide after months of searching amazon and various other websites. The book is written nicely and has lots of fun and creative ideas for lunch boxes. It's not very adult orientated, it's mainly about giving your kids fun and healthy veggie meals but it can be adapted to the more grown up taste. The lunches featured include vegan sushi recipes, mock meat recipes and a wide range of appetisers and desserts. Like the majority of vegan recipe books on the market that I have come across it doesn't have many pictures which I think would make it much more useful and it also has recipes for mainly US mock meats and such which aren't as widely available in Europe. I'd recommend it because the recipes are easy and ... Read More:
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The most common ingredient in this book is "vegan margarine", and all the recipes give you a product which is uncomfortably high in fat.
In addition, you need to check your fat very carefully. Most margarines, including margarines made entirely from vegetable oil, contain partly hydrogenated oils. That's trans fat, the very last thing you should be eating.
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I debated carefully about ordering this book because I am a complete sucker for photographs, but having just taken delivery of it I am delighted to find that the author has preceded each recipe with her own illustrative introduction which in some cases almost provide you with a taste of the dish! For example on the recipe for "Chickpeas with Parsley-Tahini Sauce" she notes:
"... This addictive appetizer - rather like an un-mashed hummus - is terrific with pita bread, crackers, or served in butter lettuce or radicchio leaves. Ready in just about five minutes using canned chickpeas, you simply can't beat its convenience when unexpected guests drop by. ...."
She has been fastidious in her attention to detail, providing cooks tips where possible, ... Read More:
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I debated carefully about ordering this book because I am a complete sucker for photographs, but having just taken delivery of it I am delighted to find that the author has preceded each recipe with her own illustrative introduction which in some cases almost provide you with a taste of the dish! For example on the recipe for "Chickpeas with Parsley-Tahini Sauce" she notes:
"... This addictive appetizer - rather like an un-mashed hummus - is terrific with pita bread, crackers, or served in butter lettuce or radicchio leaves. Ready in just about five minutes using canned chickpeas, you simply can't beat its convenience when unexpected guests drop by. ...."
She has been fastidious in her attention to detail, providing cooks tips where possible, ... Read More:
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