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If you thought you had to be a nutritionist to figure out a vegetarian diet, it’s actually a lot simpler than you think. Eating vegetarian, in addition to being healthy and delicious, is just plain fun. Discovering new and exotic vegetables like celeriac or kohlrabi will widen your palate as well as your sense of adventure in the kitchen. Plus, vegetarian cuisine is chockfull of dishes that are robust and flavorful, and a match for any standard meat dish. And, most important of all, eating a plateful of vegetarian lasagna or pasta primavera, or any other scrumptious dish prepared vegetarian style will let you indulge—without guilt!
With Vegetarian Cooking For Dummies, you’ll get the skinny on just what lacto-ovo, lacto, and just plain vegan diets are all about and how to create nutritious meals from the rich cornucopia of whole grains, legumes, vegetables, fruits, nuts and seeds, and dairy and egg substitutes that are the staple of the vegetarian menu. You’ll also find out:
- How to get your full complement of protein and vitamins, including calcium, iron, C, B12, and zinc—and from what, often surprising, food sources
- How to successfully convert to a vegetarian diet
- How to stock up a vegetarian pantry—including tips on where to shop, starting a kitchen garden, as well as handy weekly and monthly food lists
- Vegetarian cooking basics—including preparing ingredients, cooking beans and grains, handling tofu and tempeh, washing and cutting fruits and vegetables
- Simple cooking techniques—including baking, boiling, steaming, sautéing, and stewing
- The ins and outs of vegetarian etiquette
Not only will you become fully acquainted with the new and delicious world of meat replacements (like tofu, tempeh, seitan, textured vegetable protein, veggie burgers and franks) and egg, dairy, yogurt and cheese substitutes, you’ll see how truly simple and enjoyable cooking vegetarian can be. With over delicious 100 recipes, you’ll find yourself choosing among such soon-to-be favorites as:
- Smoothie snacks—including a Caramel Apple Smoothie and a Winter Berry Smooth
- Breakfast dishes—including Savory Mushroom Tofu Quiche, Healthy Pancakes, and French Toasties
- Delicious dips—including Hummus, Baba Ghanouj, and Fresh Avocado and Lime Dip
- Soups for all seasons—including Vegetarian Chili with Cashews and Southern Sweet Onion Soup
- Scrumptious salads—including Festive Broccoli Salad, Tofu Salad, and Lentil Vinaigrette Salad
- Entrees for everyone—including Basic Bean Burritos, Spinach and Mushroom Manicotti, Garden Pizza, and Tempeh Sloppy Joes
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"What's for dinner? If going meatless, the answer is ‘Plenty!’ with this terrific book." Laurel Robertson, author, Laurel's Kitchen cookbooks
Includes 100 foolproof recipes, with nutrition information
The fun and easy way™ to cook tasty, healthy vegetarian food! You may want to cook vegetarian foods for good health or for ethical reasons, but the best reason is that vegetarian foods taste delicious! Find out how to make satisfying, flavorful meals without meat — or dairy products and eggs if you choose — and dig into tempting dishes like Fresh Avocado and Lime Dip, Pasta Primavera, Vegetarian Chili with Cashews, and Decadent Chocolate Tofu Cheesecake (you'll love it!).
Discover how to: Cook to improve your health Enjoy a world of new foods Maintain good nutrition Please meat-eaters with vegetarian meals Make favorite recipes meatless
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
A wealth of wonderful recipes,
By Midwest Book Review (Oregon, WI USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Vegetarian Cooking For Dummies (Paperback)
Vegetarian Cooking For Dummies is the ideal "starter" book for anyone wishing to convert to a vegetarian culinary lifestyle. Fun and easy, the recipes are enhanced with superb color photographs and instructions that are simple, straightforward, and consistently reliable. In addition to a wealth of wonderful recipes, the novice vegetarian is also treated to a "reader friendly" guide to vegetarian basics, a description of the vegetarian kitchen, the tools and techniques of vegetarian basics, and some very good "tips, tricks and techniques" for adapting recipes to a vegetarian format. There is an invaluable section offering ten reasons to cook vegetarian, ten practical vegetarian cookbooks, ten helpful websites; and ten online sources of ingredients; as well as a metric conversion guide, an index, and book registration information. From dips, spreads, and soups to salads, entrees, and side dishes, to breads, rolls and desserts, Vegetarian Cooking For Dummies is an enthusiastically recommended reference for vegetarian dining from the ordinary family meal to the extraordinary holiday event menu.
1.0 out of 5 stars
Not impressed,
By Carey "Cooking afficianado" (Saskatoon, Saskatchewan Canada) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Vegetarian Cooking For Dummies (Paperback)
No photos. Perhaps the book would be good for someone who really doesn't know how to cook but if you do know how to cook and were looking for a cookbook to help you take the next step to vegan cooking, I wouldn't recommend it. Yes there are a couple helpful things but overall, I wouldn't recommend.
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A wealth of wonderful recipes,
By Midwest Book Review - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Vegetarian Cooking For Dummies (Paperback)
Vegetarian Cooking For Dummies is the ideal "starter" book for anyone wishing to convert to a vegetarian culinary lifestyle. Fun and easy, the recipes are enhanced with superb color photographs and instructions that are simple, straightforward, and consistently reliable. In addition to a wealth of wonderful recipes, the novice vegetarian is also treated to a "reader friendly" guide to vegetarian basics, a description of the vegetarian kitchen, the tools and techniques of vegetarian basics, and some very good "tips, tricks and techniques" for adapting recipes to a vegetarian format. There is an invaluable section offering ten reasons to cook vegetarian, ten practical vegetarian cookbooks, ten helpful websites; and ten online sources of ingredients; as well as a metric conversion guide, an index, and book registration information. From dips, spreads, and soups to salads, entrees, and side dishes, to breads, rolls and desserts, Vegetarian Cooking For Dummies is an enthusiastically recommended reference for vegetarian dining from the ordinary family meal to the extraordinary holiday event menu.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
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Very informative, fantastic find.,
By Kate Amstutz "Kate A." - Published on Amazon.com
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I love this book. It is so easy to follow and has so much great information in it, it makes cooking and eating healthier and adventure in learning instead of a chore.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
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Wonderful learning book,
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Intimidated of the word quinoa? Maybe tofu? Don't be! As a beginner vegetarian (or one who's been living on frozen veggie burgers for a while like me...) this is an absolutely wonderful book to help you learn what some of the foods you had maybe heard about but were to scared to try are like -- and in an easy to understand format. I love this book! :)
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