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Summary: RIGHT ON TARGET
Review: 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.
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Summary: easy and delicious
Review: After years in high school living on pasta because I didn't know how to cook anything else, I found this book. The recipies are optimized for the fewest possible ingredients and the least ammount of cooking time, and it tells you how to do everything. This is a wonderful book. All the recepies are appetizing; nothing has a title like "leek-tofu-squash curry." I mailed copies of this book to all my vegetarian friends. If you're short on time, don't like grocery shopping or are intimidated by vegetarian cookery, this book is exactly what you're looking for.
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Summary: Delicious, *quick* meals
Review: 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.
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Summary: a great vegetarian primer
Review: Carole Raymond has written a great primer for vegetarian student cooks of all ages. It's the book mom would like to have sent with her kids to school. It's also great for busy daytime professionals who are studying at night to keep up and get ahead. A few simple tasty ingredients per recipe and short prep time make this a practical reference--the kind with food stains and dog ears from so much use. Highly recommended.
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Summary: This one's got it all
Review: Carole Raymond's newest book has all the charm and wonder and ease of her first cookbook that had some of us actually looking forward to packing our children's lunches. This book is not just for students. Or cheap cooks. It is for anyone who loves the adventure of cooking simply but wants the meal to look and taste like a million dollars. The fact that it's fun to read and good for you, makes this little book a real bargain.
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Summary: Buy this book!
Review: I am not the type of student the author had in mind when writing this book. I am 41, a full time employee, as well as full time student. You can imagine how little time I have for meal planning and cooking, hence why I was attracted to this book. After reading the other reviews, I bought it and am so glad I did! I have tried three different dishes from this book and have had three screaming successes! The book delivers what it promises, quick, cheap, easy, DELICIOUS food. The Sunday Muffins were yummy (and didn't last very long). The veggie pizza from scratch was a pleasant and delicious stroll down memory lane (I went to a vegetarian high school where this was one of the most popular menu items). And today's repast, the falafel with tskiki sauce was absolutely fabulous. I had to deduct a star because I disagree with the advice that a regular serving teaspoon can be substituted for a measuring spoon. I personally have accumulated 3 different sizes of teaspoon and I doubt if any of them are actually a cooking teaspoon. Other than that, this is my favorite cookbook now!
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Summary: Getting Started With Easy, Terrific Vegetarian Meals
Review: I bought this book as I was heading out of a bookstore. It caught my eye as I'm always looking for good vegetarian recipes to prepare here and there. I especially try eating vegetarian when I am by myself. This book is designed for 1 or 2 servings which makes it wonderful. I also eat basically a low-carb diet and I can easily fit these recipes in very well. Tonight I had the Pasta Puttanesca. This is olive oil, tomato, garlic, capers and black olives over pasta (low carb of course!) and then sprinkled with Parmesan cheese and fresh parsley. Took me less than 15 minutes to make. If you're dabbling in vegetarianism, this is the starter book you're looking for!
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Summary: Really not that great...
Review: I bought this book in October - it is now February and I have yet to make anything out of this cookbook. I love vegetarian cookbooks and was looking for something quick and easy, but nothing in this book sounded that appetizing or that filling to me (I am not a picky eater by the way). I'm sure there are other vegetarian cookbooks out there that are way better. Skip this one.
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Summary: good book
Review: 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.
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Summary: Good for extra recipes
Review: I bought this book, along with the Starving Students' Vegetarian Cookbook, and it's a good source for extra recipes (I think Starving Students' is the best--I have both Starving Students' cookbooks). I haven't tried any of the recipes yet, just flipped through the pages. Looks like some good stuff in there. But I still recommend Starving Students' over this one--only reason why it has four stars, instead of five.
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