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Summary: It's about time - this book gives you more of it!
Review: Robin Robertson has done it again. Fresh from the Vegetarian Slow Cooker is brilliant. I work long hours and this cookbook is just what I need to be able to eat healthy meals at dinnertime and entertain my friends. And I love the use of faux meats. Not Your Mama's Pot Roast is fabulous, as is the Wine-Braised Seitan Braciole. Her recipes are not only fun and innovative, they are easy to put together. And the finished product is so impressive, you could fool your guests into thinking you were cooking all day. Robin Robertson's new cookbook lets you create fabulous vegetarian food, and that's what it is all about!
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Summary: Finally a vegetarian Crock-Pot cookbook!
Review: Robin Robertson's new cookbook is a godsend. I have been stumbling through old-fashioned Crock-Pot cookbooks, trying to convert the recipes that are saturated with animal products into vegetarian meals. Fresh from the Vegetarian Slow Cooker is filled with fabulous recipes that anyone can enjoy, and that are very easy to put together, most taking about 20 minutes. And it is great for entertaining. You can whip up the White Bean Cassoulet in the morning and when your guests arrive you can enjoy a glass of wine with everyone and simply serve up the meal in minutes. I love this cookbook!! Another great one from my favorite cookbook author!
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Summary: Vegetarian Haggis??? Puhlease!!!!!!!!!!!
Review: There are just too many strange and frankly unappetizing dishes in this book. It includes a recipe for vegetarian haggis! Haggis, you ask? In a vegetarian crockpot cookbook? No way. Way! Yes, Haggis, the foul Scottish dish made from sheep entrails encased in sheep gut- the bane of carnivores and vegetarians alike-- has been adapted here for the vegetarian crockpot! Yes, the vegetarian crockpot! I'm nauseated just thinking about vegetarian haggis or any haggis for that matter. Other bizarre recipes include "Chutney-Topped Tofu Appetizer Cheesecake" (in a crockpot? as an appetizer?? yuck). The book's ingredients lean heavily on seitan, vegetarian "sausage," and other faux meats, and a medley of uncommon ingredients. I really just wanted some basic, easy, meatless crockpot soups and stews that a busy person could throw together in the morning and forget -- not what I found here.
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Summary: This is absolutely the best new cookbook I have found!
Review: This book is without question the most versatile and innovative slow-cooker book to come along in recent memory and, best of all, it's filled with vegetarian recipes! Readers will be happy to know that there are no fewer than fifty wonderful soup, chowder, and stew recipes for everyday meals made with loads of veggies and beans, an entire chapter of bean recipes and one devoted to stuffed veggies, and on and on. There are even some interesting recipes for the more adventursome cooks among us. And some recipes that use seitan or tempeh although certainly anyone who doesn't use those ingredients, could substitute beans in those recipes. In other words, this groundbreaking book has something for everyone -- even those of us who might want to try a vegetarian haggis one night just for fun! I personally found the vegetarian haggis recipe to be a hoot. It is obviously a whimsical recipe, certainly not meant in all seriousness, although it actually IS a quite flavorful stuffing recipe made with oats, pecans, and beans. Like many vegetarians, I like to have fun with my food! I also enjoy savory appetizer cheesecakes as convenient and showy party appetizers. How nice to be able to make them in a slow cooker now instead of the oven. And the vegan dessert cheeesecakes made in my small springform pans are no less than astonishing.My only regret is that I'm limited to rating this book to only 5 stars. It deserves many more for creativity alone. But the delicious recipes are what cinch this book as a real winner."
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Summary: No It Ain't
Review: This is not "200 Recipes for ...One-Pot Meals" in fact NONE of the recipes is a one-pot meal, and by far the greater number aren't even for meals, just entrees, or main dishes, or side dishes. or vegetables, or desserts, or hot drinks, or breads, etc, etc..
Look elsewhere for "Recipes for One-Pot Meals".
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Summary: No It Ain't
Review: This is not "200 Recipes for ...One-Pot Meals" in fact NONE of the recipes is a one-pot meal, and by far the greater number aren't even for meals, just entrees, or main dishes, or side dishes. or vegetables, or desserts, or hot drinks, or breads, etc, etc..
Look elsewhere for "Recipes for One-Pot Meals".
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Summary: Robin Robertson Does It Again!
Review: Vegan Planet and The Vegetarian Meat and Potatoes Cookbook are two of my all time favorite cookbooks. I can always count on their easy to follow recipes to produce delicious results. Now, Robin Robertson does it again! I am enjoying my Fresh from the Vegetarian Slow Cooker cookbook very much. I just got it a week ago and I have already made Seitan Cacciatore, Spicy Black Bean Chili and Old Fashioned Vegetable Soup.
I went out and bought a lovely Rival Oval Programmable Stainless Steel 5.5 Quart Crock Pot. You can exactly set the cook time in half hour intervals up to 20 hours and you can set the temperature to high, low or warm. The crock-pot automatically switches to warm mode after cooking is complete so you don't have to worry about burning. The digital countdown shows you how much time is left. The lid fits perfectly on the crock-pot and doesn't let air seep out like some cheaper models. I highly recommend this sturdy and easy to use crock-pot.
Now back to the wonderful recipes! The Seitan Cacciatore was a very easy to make a hearty stew. We loved the subtle blend of flavors and the seitan was perfectly moist. I made the Spicy Black Bean Chili in less than ten minutes. The results were fabulous, dark rich spicy black bean chili with red peppers, sweet onion and diced green jalapenos, amazing for such a mind numbingly simple recipe. I am eating the Old Fashioned Vegetable Soup as I type. This soup is so wholesome and tender it simply melts in your mouth.
I am a busy vegan who absolutely loves to cook and this cookbook is a lifesaver. No longer will I have to rush home to cook, stopping at a busy grocery store on the way. Instead, I figure out what I want to make in the evening, go to the grocery store after dinner when it is not crowded at all and assemble the ingredients at my leisure. I pop the crock in the fridge until bedtime. I don't want to leave the cooker on when I am not at home, so I just turn it on before bed and when I wake up transfer the wonderful results to the fridge. They have all day to sit and get delicious (most stews are better if given time to rest) and then I reheat when I get home in the evening. It has worked out very easily and the recipes are mouthwatering. Now I can relax while cooking on busy weeknights and I look forward to going to the store rather then rushing. I think crock-pot cooking is miraculous.
This cookbook is a huge bargain with 200 recipes for everything from appetizers to desserts, soups, stews, vegetables and everything in between. All of the recipes have vegan alternatives for dairy products and most are naturally dairy free. You cannot get better results both in the minimal effort, easy ingredients and outstanding results then this. Every vegan and vegetarian should give Fresh from the Vegetarian Slow Cooker by Robin Robertson a try!
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