A truly strange cookbook. On the surface, the regional sections seem great, until you speak to people from these far-off places, and realise that they've never heard of such a dish. Authenticity aside, this is much more of a winter book than many veggie cookbooks out there, whjich is brillient. Lots of spicy things and warming, soups, etc. There are lots of sumemr things too, so don't get the wrong idea its just more balanced than most books. It's useless if you're wanting to cook straight from your cupboard, it's more of a special occasion book. It has an excelent at menu planer at the back. I have to say that the cous-cous dumplings are my favourite, and have become a cold day staple. I have never seen a stranger collection of recipes collected ... Read More:
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A truly strange cookbook. On the surface, the regional sections seem great, until you speak to people from these far-off places, and realise that they've never heard of such a dish. Authenticity aside, this is much more of a winter book than many veggie cookbooks out there, whjich is brillient. Lots of spicy things and warming, soups, etc. There are lots of sumemr things too, so don't get the wrong idea its just more balanced than most books. It's useless if you're wanting to cook straight from your cupboard, it's more of a special occasion book. It has an excelent at menu planer at the back. I have to say that the cous-cous dumplings are my favourite, and have become a cold day staple. I have never seen a stranger collection of recipes collected ... Read More:
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I'm a Cornell grad, and one thing I remember with particular pleasure about my time in Ithaca, NY are those occasional forays down the Hill for lunch or (more likely) dinner at Moosewood, for years one of *the* local standout restaurants. Although not a vegetarian, I try not to eat meat every day of the week; and for a tasty, healthy alternative, there just isn't anything better than Moosewood's recipes. No question that I had to get their cookbook - several of them, actually - before I finally left town.
"Moosewood Restaurant Cooks at Home" begins with two short introductory sections about the use of time and nutritional analysis. The recipes are then grouped into individually introduced sections covering soups, dips, spreads and quick breads, ... Read More:
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Probably loved for a week by the short term attention span of the average american housewife (sorry, homemaker) this book is full of technical but ultimately usually useless jargon. The book is too focussed on the marathon/endurance athlete (so avoid if you are engaged in any other sports other than ironman tournaments) and excludes discussion of natural foodstuffs that are universally found, to labour advertising space on trendy American 'sport/food supplements', 'sports bars', 'sports drinks' and other US only fads, (sorry did i mean to say products?) Pages are devoted to complex and scientific sounding 'food formulae' (that are in sports practice rarely used) but fails to include large enough examples of non proprietary or non manufactured food groups (such ... Read More:
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Wonderfully helpful information about the things that arn't so good for us and the things that are. I am really impressed with Jeani's holistic approach to life and the values she has to good healthy living. I have been a vegan for a year now and i have had a very simple but nutrtious diet, and this book has many yummy sounding recipies, that im lookin forward to trying out, which i think will vary what im eating a lot. thankyou jeani. Being vegan is a very healthy way of life, i feel great for it.... and it gets better and better! Especially when people write books like this......! :)
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As a vegetarian cooking for one, I use my slow cooker at the weekend and freeze the meals in individual portions. You've then got healthy convenience meals, without additives, to reheat in the microwave when you get home from work. I especially like the Moroccan-Style Quorn and Tofu Cassoulet and who'd have thought you could make cakes in a slow cooker!
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As a vegetarian cooking for one, I use my slow cooker at the weekend and freeze the meals in individual portions. You've then got healthy convenience meals, without additives, to reheat in the microwave when you get home from work. I especially like the Moroccan-Style Quorn and Tofu Cassoulet and who'd have thought you could make cakes in a slow cooker!
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Currently in remission from cancer, I decided I would do all I could to avoid it returning again. Although I previously had a relatively healthy diet, I was not a vegan, and so very reluctantly, I bought this book.
The first thing I noticed, was that unlike many other vegan cookery books, I was familiar with most of the ingredient listings. The few ingredients that I was not familiar with, were all available at my local supermarket and/or health food chain.
You have to be aware that vegan foods do often take a little more time and effort to prepare, but the results are definitely worth it, and of course you can always freeze ahead.
I have discovered how versatile things like tofu and soya milk are. Using these 2 ingredients, ... Read More:
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Currently in remission from cancer, I decided I would do all I could to avoid it returning again. Although I previously had a relatively healthy diet, I was not a vegan, and so very reluctantly, I bought this book.
The first thing I noticed, was that unlike many other vegan cookery books, I was familiar with most of the ingredient listings. The few ingredients that I was not familiar with, were all available at my local supermarket and/or health food chain.
You have to be aware that vegan foods do often take a little more time and effort to prepare, but the results are definitely worth it, and of course you can always freeze ahead.
I have discovered how versatile things like tofu and soya milk are. Using these 2 ingredients, ... Read More:
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