The Vegetarian Student Cookbook (Hamlyn Cookery)
List Price: ?6.99
Amazon Price: ?5.59
Used Price: ?2.70
Customer Review: Believe me, there are better books than this…
Although it is not necessarily a *bad* book, I don’t believe it is cheap, or simple. Suggested simple meals are “jacket potatoes” and “poaches eggs”, and suddenly the jump is made to the likes of “leeks baked with blue cheese” and “pumpkin goulash”, which make up the bulk of the book. There are no real intermediate meals. Neither are the meals cheap The lack of in-between cooking would be fine if something more exotic was what you wanted, but it’s not appropriate in a student cook book. The same applies for the likes of the cocktail and juices section. It also does not help that there is no pictures within the book, which would be handy to know what the meal your cooking should look like. What stops me giving this a lower rating is that there are some good recipes, such as the “sticky muesli bars”. But please, don’t think that you can leave home with limited cooking experience and that this will help you on you’re way.
Customer Review: Everything you need, student or not
My student days were over some 15 years ago, but I bought this book because I wanted to increase my repertoire of vegetarian meals. While I don’t need to learn how to bake a potato, (which is included in this book) I wanted fairly easy recipes without hugely long ingredient lists. This cookbook suits the bill, perfectly. My Rose Elliot and Leith’s veggie cookbooks are languishing in the cupboard barely used at present because I keep on going back to this one. I’ve made several recipes so far. Most of them I found delicious and would definitely make again. The marketing of this book is gimmicky - lots of bright colours, little buzzwords like ‘fun, cheap, party’ which may or may not appeal, I don’t take much notice of it. Usually I prefer books with pictures to show the finished product, but I’ve generally found the instructions easy enough to follow. There are a couple of minor mistakes, like mentioning a ‘cooking time’ for hummous when it’s made with tinned chickpeas, and I’m convinced that the fruit cake recipe doesn’t ask for enough milk unless my scales are badly inaccurate. Because of that I’m giving it four stars rather than five, but most of the time it is very reliable.
The Chopra Center Cookbook: Nourishing Body and Soul
List Price: ?7.84
Amazon Price: ?8.10
Used Price: ?4.29
Customer Review: Great ideas but unrealistically complex 30 day eating plan
I had high hopes for this book, having ready many of Deepak Chopra’s other works, including some of his nutrition-focused courses. The book does cover the basics of nutrition and why it’s important to eat from the “six tastes” with each meal, which was useful. However, it doesn’t cover basics like drinking water (essential for optimal health) and despite a lengthy discussion about the pros and cons of alcohol, I couldn’t find any mention of caffeine. The individual recipes are delicious and work well. Some of them are daunting (up to 28 separate ingredients!) and it can be tricky to have all the different herbs and spices in stock. Missing them out isn’t recommended as they form the basis for the “6 tastes”. Also, some of the recipes are for 12 people. Whilst Deepak Chopra points out you can scale down for fewer numbers, this would lead to using 1/4 onion or 1/2 stick of celery, which isn’t always practical. He is a firm advocate of only eating freshly prepared food, so cooking the full batch and freezing for another day isn’t recommended. I suspect it would be very easy to cook the full batch and end up eating too much… All of the above would have earned this book 4 stars, because the recipes are tasty and work well, but there’s a but… I looked at the menu plan. It simply isn’t practical, unless you’re a full time cook. In order to get the full range of 6 tastes with each meal, you end up cooking 2 mini meals for breakfast, 2 for dinner and 4 at lunchtime. For example, a typical lunch might be a freshly-prepared home-made soup, followed by risotto with a side dish of sauted greens with nuts, followed by an almond tart for pudding. I worked out I would need to spend about 3 hours per day cooking, to be able to follow the menu. I’m used to preparing our food from scratch, from raw ingredients, but with 2 young children I just can’t spend so much time cooking. If I were working full time, I’d have the same problem. So if you want to learn more about Deepak Chopra’s philosophy on food and get hold of some really tasty recipes, go for this book. If you want to follow the eating plan, be prepared to invest time, time and more time.
Rainbow Green Cuisine
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Amazon Price: ?21.99
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Shockingly Simple Chocolate Cake
1 1/2 cup white unbleached flour
1 cup sugar
3 1/2 tablespoons cocoa
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 tablespoon salt
3 tablespoons oil
3 tablespoons apple sauce
1 tablespoon vinegar
1/3 of a mashed banana (optional but delicious)
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 teaspoons instant coffee (optional for making the cake darker)
1 cup cold water
melted non-dairy baking chocolate (optional)
Mix the dry ingredients. Add the wet ingredients. Stir until smooth. Bake in a cake
or bundt pan for 40 minutes or until done.
Variation: Pour into well-greased muffin pan and cook for 25 minutes or until done
to make chocolate cupcakes.
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Shiitake Mushroom flavored stir-fry sauce to use with tofu and your favorite vegetables.
Use our Vegetarian Bouillon to enhance your soups or dishes, it will deliver a delicious and rich flavor to your meals which will satisfy your taste bud. It is also an excellent way to enhance any vegetarian meals. The product is all natural, the special blend of vegetables and other ingredients will bring you an exquisite soup and seasoning base. Each can yields 28 servings of 16 oz vegetarian liquid broth. A mini recipe book will give you more ideas on how to use the product.
