Customer Reviews

Student's Vegetarian Cookbook, Revised: Quick, Easy, Cheap, and Tasty Vegetarian Recipes

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After reading all of the wonderful reviews here, I ordered this cookbook and waiting anxiously for it to arrive. I own most of the quick/easy vegetarian cookbooks available, and I thought this would also become one of my favorites. However, that is not the case. On my first read-through, I could only find one recipe that I wanted to try, and it contains a difficult-to-find ingredient.

The areas I am most disappointed in are:

1. There are way too many recipes for desserts, drinks, appetizers, etc. I was expecting quick vegetarian "meals" - not recipes that I could find in almost any cookbook.

2. Several of the recipes include beer, an ingredient that I cannot cook with.

3. The abundance of recipes using garbanzo beans, zucchini, and eggplant. I suppose it's a personal prejudice, but these ingredients seem so over-used in vegetarian cooking, and I'm just not that fond of any of them!

4. The lack of convenience soy foods. I guess I was expecting more use of these and less of tofu in a "quick, easy, student" cookbook.

Don't expect much in the way of visuals. It is not a pretty cookbook.

I'm not vegetarian but I would recommend this book if you don't eat a lot of meat. There are a lot of simple, yummy recipes in here. If you purchase 1 college cookbook get this one.

Because I am rarely ever home before 8 p.m., I had been either ordering in or eating out for dinner generally every night. That all changed after I recieved this cookbook as a gift. I've tried other vegetarian cookbooks before, and this one has by far the most uncomplicated, quick, but still absolutely delicious, meals. And most of the recipes use some similar ingredients, so you're usually not stuck with rotting produce. My favorites are the white bean and tomato salad, Greek-style tofu scramble and black bean and yam quesadilla. This book is a must for a busy vegetarian professional.

I bought this book over a year ago when my husband & I started eating healthier. We avoid dairy now & most of the recipes that call for milk specify that soy milk can be substituted. (Recipes that call for cheese I automatically sub soy or rice cheese.)

All of the recipes are extremely simple. The ingredients lists are usually very short & the entire book is very practical. If you're learning to cook (or if the idea of heading into a kitchen scares you) this is the book for you.

Here are the sections with some examples of recipes:

Breakfast (french toast, vegan pancakes, scrambled tofu, rice pudding)

Dips & Spreads (salsa-excellent! hummus, guacamole, tahini)

Soups & Stews (miso-happy soup, minestrone, split pea, kale & potato, Moroccan stew)

Salads & Dressings (fruit salad, apple raisin couscous, marinated vegetables, avocado & pear salad)

Sandwiches, wraps & pizza (falafel, crostini with a bean & a green, black bean & yam quesadilla, tacos monterey, pita pizza crust, farmhouse vegetable pizza)

Bean meals (chipotle black bean chili, dal, marinated tempeh)

Grain meals (spontaneous couscous, polenta with black beans, Indian rice, Sicilian rice)

Pasta (with zucchini & basil, with green beans & feta, primavera, spaghetti pancake, peanut pasta)

Vegetables, Stir frys & potatoes (artichoke feast, gingered Chinese green stir fry, Pad Thai, colcannon, scalloped potatoes vegan style)

Desserts & quick breads (dark chocolate pudding, baked apples, baked bananas, banana bread)

There's also a section on coffee drinks-like cafe au lait.

This book was very average, some of the recipes were good but there were NO pictures which always stimulate your sences!
Very basic.

I bought the earlier edition over ten years ago and have found this cookbook a stand out in my small collection. It has not only afforded me healthy meals and desserts but also eased my food budget. The recipes are great for the weary mind and there's always seems to be something I can prepare even though my fridge and cupboards appear to be bare. For those unskilled in cooking with budgeting a priority and whose mind is exhausted this little book can provide a tasty relief.

I found this book very helpful and clear. I bought it for my son for basic recipes and my own notes to be added to. It filled my expectations. Very good.

I've been a vegetarian for many years, and sometimes run out of ideas for dinner. This book is fantastic - full of inspired cooking, all easy and very good. My eight grandchildren will be getting a copy for their birthdays this year.

i'm in my last year of college and have used this book over and over. i bought the revised edition for my sister who starts college this fall. the book showed me how to enjoy tasty, healthy food that's ridiculously simple to prepare, and it saved me from the freshman 15. highly recommended!

I'm neither a student nor a vegetarian, but I love this cookbook. I've browsed through a lot of vegetarian cookbooks before I settled on this one. Althought I admit to having a weakness for cookbooks, this is one that I actually use regularly for everyday food. It has loads of recipes with a small number of ingredients that are quick to prepare. My copy is already spattered, written in and worn from use. The Moroccan stew is good enough for company and there are loads of other recipes I enjoy, as well as some I am still looking forward to trying.
This book also has some basic cooking and ingredient information which does make it an excellent book for students with little cooking experience. I plan to buy a copy for my son.