Soy of Cooking: Easy-to-Make Vegetarian, Low-Fat, Fat-Free, and Antioxidant-Rich Gourmet Recipes

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Summary: Easiest way to implement soy in your diet!
Review: After Marie Oser on HGTV I tried her famous Tofu Brownies and have been hooked since. By using silken soy with pastas and tofu with vegetables I have been able to easily and affordably bring the benefits of soy to my diet. Her recipes are easy and pretty fast. I have made several of these dishes for friends and they have been none the wiser. The best is listening to a dinner guest go on about how much they hate tofu...while they are eating it! Ha! The best part of this book is her glossary of soy products and alternatives for things like sugar and butter. Such a great bit to include for the novice. I think the only bad thing I can say is that she says Westsoy is the best tasting soy milk - I insist that Edensoy is much better!

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Summary: Easiest way to implement soy in your diet!
Review: After Marie Oser on HGTV I tried her famous Tofu Brownies and have been hooked since. By using silken soy with pastas and tofu with vegetables I have been able to easily and affordably bring the benefits of soy to my diet. Her recipes are easy and pretty fast. I have made several of these dishes for friends and they have been none the wiser. The best is listening to a dinner guest go on about how much they hate tofu...while they are eating it! Ha! The best part of this book is her glossary of soy products and alternatives for things like sugar and butter. Such a great bit to include for the novice. I think the only bad thing I can say is that she says Westsoy is the best tasting soy milk - I insist that Edensoy is much better!

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Summary: A vegan has found rich, elegant, delicious creations
Review: As a strict new Vegan, I found I was sacrificing flavor for health until I attended a cooking class of Marie Oser's, author of "The Soy of Cooking". I was so grateful to have stumbled upon a marvelous new world of Vegan feasting and promptly bought both of her books, which I now use to the exclusion of all my other cookbooks. There is no need to test any of her recipes before trying them on company - they are each perfection. Even my mainstream friends ask for my recipes and a friend who had never bought tofu came to my house to learn how to make Marie's exquisite pumpkin pie, so smitten was she by mine. Marie has bridged the gap between Vegan ingredients and elegant, rich, marvelously delicious creations.

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Summary: Soyfoods: health supporting, convenient,& widely available
Review: Endorsed by many prominent health professionals, inc. Ornish, & McDougall Soy of Cooking features 172 delectable dishes, appetizer to dessert. Over 30 new and traditional soy products are defined and used to create enticing recipes, all under 5 grms of fat per serving. nutrient analysis & soyfood exchange information.

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Summary: For those who love to cook
Review: I am quite fond of this book. The layout is easy to read. The recipes are original and creative, but also include a number of better known foods. Each one contains a complete nutritional analysis. There are, however, no estimated preparation times and about half of the reipes call for a long list of ingredients. For those of you who've wandered through health food stores saying, "what would you do with THAT?" this is a great book. It incorporates some imitation meat flavors and textures and the foods are all hearty. The book contains color photos (always a plus) and is neaty arranged into categories such as apetizers, main courses and desserts. I noticed that no one else made mention of the recipes themselves, so let me do that. . . Colorful guacamole; Especially onion dip; Grilled, marinated portabellos; Spinach balls; Sweet and sour "meatballs"; Veggie nachos; "beef" stew; Split pea curry; 3 Miso soups; Raspberry Walnut dressing; Honey wheat bread; Peanut butter banana squares; Potato casserole; Shepherd's Pie; Jasmine "chicken" TVP; Moussaka; Quiche Lorraine; South-of-the-border scrambler; Tofu in Burgundy Sauce; Cranberry Surprise; Dilly Broccoli Rice; Fettuccine with sun-dried tomato/basil cream sauce; Hawaiian pizza; Pumpkin ravioli; Black forest cake; Cherry Truffles; Fudgy Chocolate Walnut ring and Orange Blosson Pecan cake. Altogether, close to 200 recipes.

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Summary: Delicious Meals and Desserts!
Review: I bought this cookbook after about 6 months of being on a diet recommended by my naturopathic doctor. I was told to avoid meat, dairy and sugar. I had been doing o.k. with one of the Moosewood Restaurant books, but was looking for more variety. When I first started looking at the recipes in here, I was a little nervous, being "cooking-challenged". There were a number of ingredients I had never heard of! But there is a glossary in the front that explains what the ingredients are and where you can find them. Also a good techniques section, which helped me a lot in preparing tofu. And now having made several of the recipes and being amazed when they are finished (they actually look like something I'd get at a restaurant), I'm not so daunted anymore. They are really fairly easy to make and don't take as much time as you might think from reading the ingredient list. The desserts are great, and believe me, I was addicted to sugar! But these recipes use evaporated cane juice, which you can find at the health food store, and are very tasty! I especially like the chocolate chip cookies and the brownies! I would definitely recommend this to anyone looking to make a change to a healthier diet!

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Summary: At yeast it tastes good?
Review: I give this 4 stars, only because some of the ingredients are not typical pantry stock and many of the recipes are labor intensive. However, they are "delicious" and filled with nutritional balance. The quantities are large, so often, I will freeze recipes. Also, I've found that if I don't have all the ingredients like mushroom powder or nutritional yeast, the recipe is still very good. Thank you, Marie Oser, for taking the time to test and balance healthy recipes that are worth making.

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Summary: Best Soy Recipes I've Ever Tasted
Review: I give this 4 stars, only because some of the ingredients are not typical pantry stock and many of the recipes are labor intensive. However, they are "delicious" and filled with nutritional balance. The quantities are large, so often, I will freeze recipes. Also, I've found that if I don't have all the ingredients like mushroom powder or nutritional yeast, the recipe is still very good. Thank you, Marie Oser, for taking the time to test and balance healthy recipes that are worth making.

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Summary: At yeast it tastes good?
Review: I have been an ardent vegan for nearly 2 years, and this book nearly made me go and buy a McDonald's hamburger. The recipes I have tried had ingredients that were expensive, difficult to find or both. The finished dishes were not appealing to any of the senses, and had a horrible aftertaste. The aftertaste may have been attributed to the massive amounts of nutritional yeast and miso required by many dishes. After the third time I tried to make a meal using recipes in this book, I threw it out (and almost threw up). I did not want this book to go to Goodwill or Salvation Army and continue the legacy of horrible vegan cooking. There are good vegan cookbooks out there, try again. IF YOU MUST TRY THIS BOOK AVOID: Quiche Lorraine, Brussels Sprouts with Chestnuts and Creamed Artichoke Hearts. All will break your vegetarian/vegan spirit, and scar you for life.

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Summary: WOW! Marie Oser makes becoming a Vegan, so easy!
Review: I have been struggling for years to make the switch to a Vegan diet for all of the important health reasons. I wasn't able to make the transition until I tried Marie's recipes. Her recipes include such great ingredients which are very "meat-like" but they are soy! And, they taste great! Nothing artifical either as Marie insists on using the freshest ingredients. Thank you Marie for saving my taste buds and my life. You are a life-saver!