1,000 Vegetarian Recipes

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Summary: AMAZING!
Review: I learned how to cook using this book and now not only do I LOVE cooking but I am also an EXCELLENT cook (just ask the anyone who I've cooked for...they always ask for seconds and are enthusiastic when i invite them to dinner). This book offers wonderful recipes that are very easy to prepare. Even a meat-eating crowd will be overly pleased with the foods made from this book. Additionally, this book teaches readers how to cook in general, which makes it a good place to not only practice but to get inspiration to start creating your own wonderful dishes. this book is absolutely ESSENTIAL to have in your life...trust me it will make it 1,0000 times yummier!

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Summary: GREAT BOOK FOR BOTH VEGIES AND NON VEGIES
Review: I LOVE THIS BOOK,, WE ARE NOT A TRUE VEGETARIAN FAMILY BUT WE DO TRY TO EAT HEALTHY.. I BOUGHT THIS BOOK BECUASE THE RECIPES ARE AWSOME AND ENTRES OR SIDE DISHES FOR MEAT ENTREES.. I HAVE NOT HAD A BAD RECIPE FROM THIS BOOK YET.. AND I HAVE MADE QUITE A FEW.. THEY ARE ALL EASY TO FOLLOW AND PRETTY EASY TO PREPARE.. I WOULD DEFINATELY RECOMMEND. THIS IS ONE OF MY FAVORITES.

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Summary: Amazing flavors, yummy food.
Review: I own just about every vegetarian cookbook around, and this is one of the best. The recipes require just enough effort necessary to make a truly delicious meal. They're not NO FAT/NO FLAVOR, but rather a little fat, and great, great flavor. And if you like this one, you'll love Didi Emmon's Vegetarian Planet (which is slightly better!).

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Summary: Great book for everyone
Review: I use this book whenever I am looking for something new to make for dinner or if I want to a recipe for basic items. A lot of vegetarian cookbooks tend to focus on area. What this book reminds me of is the Joy of Cooking, except it's all vegetarian.

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Summary: If you really cook, don't buy this book
Review: I was stunned to find the inclusion of many cheeses containing animal rennet, like Jarlesberg and Roquefort. The entree section is loaded with unsatisfying and downright boring conconctions. I got the feeling that a non-vegetarian author was dinking around in a test kitchen trying to scrounge up 1000 recipes. Most of the book contains recipies one might find in any cookbook. It's not difficult to find vegetarian salads, side dishes and desserts. I bought it because it had won awards, but quite frankly, I can't imagine how this was accomplished. If you ask me, this book has a slim and unimpressive collection of recipes that are useful, and the rest is pure filler. If you really cook, don't waste your money on this book.

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Summary: a terrible let down for me
Review: In buying this book i hoped to have a real old-fashioned, fresh vegetarian meal, but I was deserted. No one tries a cookbook and hates it, it seems, but this sure left me standing by a broken tollbooth with money in my hand. I wish the pictures would have shown the taste of these foods and not the aesthetic qualities of its preparation. Real food, thats all I want.

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Summary: This is a wonderful cook book!!
Review: My husband is vegan and I am allergic to soy. Thinking of things to fix on a daily basis was not an easy task before we found this book. I must use this book at least once if not twice a week. Everything I have made-refried beans, vegetable curry, roasted red pepper tomato soup to name a few-have been wonderful.
Enjoy!!

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Summary: This is a wonderful cook book!!
Review: My husband is vegan and I am allergic to soy. Thinking of things to fix on a daily basis was not an easy task before we found this book. I must use this book at least once if not twice a week. Everything I have made-refried beans, vegetable curry, roasted red pepper tomato soup to name a few-have been wonderful.
Enjoy!!

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Summary: A Guide to Delicious Eating...
Review: My mother in-law bought me this book shortly after I married her son. I think she was a little worried that he wouldn't eat well because he married a vegetarian. Our first year of marriage I used only this cookbook and a few recipes my mom had given me. I can't tell you how exciting it was to sit down, read through a section of the book, write a grocery list for the items I would need, write out a dinner menu for the whole week and then call my friends to tell them what I was fixing on each night and ask them what sounded good to them so they could join us for dinner. I did this for several months until my evenings were filled with other activities. (Eating was definitely an activity when it came to using this book.) I have enjoyed every recipe I have used from this book. And they're so easy!! Here are a few of my recommendations (I don't have page numbers in front of me): The Barbecue Red Beans, Corn and Rice; Manicotti; Fajitas; Falafel; Hummus; Black Bean Hummus; and so many more. My only problem with some of the recipes is that I'm not a big salt eater and so I changed a few of the measurements on some recipes. And also, because she uses a lot of cheese (which is my favorite food) I gained a lot of weight that year. I do love the fact that she doesn't suggest using lowfat or non-fat foods to make the recipes but use caution. This is a "must have" cookbook if you love eating really good food!!

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Summary: this book has become my new kitchen companion
Review: Our recent new year resolution to lose weight has become a delicious reality thanx to the work of Carol Gelles book 1,000 Vegetarian Recipes. This has been a wonderful introduction to vegetarian cooking that has made us weekday vegetarians. My husband and I both take Curried Cauliflower Soup to work for lunch, brought Eggplant with Balsamic Vinegar to a party and served Spinach Avgolemono Soup at an elegant dinner party. Very delicious. The only difficulty I found was that the index is hard to use, but since everything I have made is good, it's worth the search.