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Summary: Should be titled "Take-Out"
Review: I was hoping for creative meals not based on tofu and beans alone. What this book does is give you a shopping list for foods already prepared (store bought biscuits, bottled dressing, shredded carrots from the salad bar- not kidding- canned apricots, prepared pie crust, washed salad greens, cookies, etc.) I do not buy a cookbook expecting "recipes" for "Coffee Floats with Amaretti Cookies" that tell me to buy coffee ice cream, amaretti cookies, and strong coffe or root beer. "When ready for desert, fill each glass with cold coffee or root beer and serve at once with straws. Pass the cookies as an accompaniment." (which cookies I have been instructed to "Arrange ..on a serving plate.")
A gigantic "duh!" for this book and an insult to one's intelligence. Don't waste your money on this one.
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Summary: Loving this cookbook!
Review: If you're vegetarian and tired of your meals always being centered around tofu, beans, pasta, or cheese and you don't have the time to cook or imagination left to combine dishes to make a well rounded meal, this cookbook may be the answer! Not only are the meals found in this cookbook interesting and a cinch to prepare, the come with a tasty side dish and dessert! Now, I look forward to the 20 minutes I spend making dinner instead of the 2+ hours it usually takes--slaving away in the kitchen under the direction of other vegetarian cookbooks (like Moosewood, etc.). A word of caution: the ingredient combinations lean toward the adventurous. If you have kids, I recommend one of my other favorite quick vegetarian cookbooks: Better Than Peanut Butter and Jelly by Wendy Muldawer and Marty Mattare. It doesn't have the same cool total menu format that Minutemeals does, but there is a section in the back with menu ideas, including one for a slumber party. Bon Appetit!
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Summary: Shopping lists, pantry ingredient lists ¿ everything needed
Review: Minutemeals' 20-Minute Gourmet Menus provides a game plan for organizing and creating entire gourmet meals - in minutes. Menus have shopping lists, pantry ingredient lists - everything needed to prevent last-minute surprises. Complete meals include main dishes, sides and desserts as well as vegetables and have everything timed perfectly to finish simultaneously.
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