Vegetarian Ideas and Becoming Vegetarian

Vegetarian 5-Ingredient Gourmet
“Nava Atlas has solutions for maintaining sophisticated flavors in the dishes she creates and still manages to keep the ingredients healthy.” —Cooking Light

Eating healthfully is a challenge for those with fast-paced lives. In The Vegetarian 5-Ingredient Gourmet, Nava Atlas pares meal preparation down to the essentials, using just a few high-quality ingredients in each delicious dish. Focusing on whole foods and fresh produce (with a little help from convenient natural sauces and condiments) she serves up a varied range of choices for everyday fare.
More than 250 recipes include soups, salads, and pastas; grain, bean, and soy entrees; wraps and sandwich fillings; simple side dishes; fruit-filled finales; and more. The full-flavored fare made from five ingredients or less includes Curried Red Lentil and Spinach Soup; Greek-Flavored Potato Salad; Black Bean Nachos Grandes; Baked Barbecue Tofu and Peppers; and Miniature Fresh Fruit Tarts. Filled with ingenious shortcuts and sprinkled with kitchen wisdom and tips throughout, The Vegetarian 5-Ingredient Gourmet also offers the reader dozens of menu suggestions to help make meal planning effortless.
From sophisticated (Mixed Greens with Pears, Cranberries, and Goat Cheese) to kid-friendly, (Peanut Butter Noodles), here are recipes to suit every taste. Nava Atlas makes it simple for busy families or active singles to eat the kind of high-nutrient foods everyone needs and to enjoy the robust flavors everyone craves.
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Customer Review: Indespinsible.
This is a fantastic cookbook. Not only does it have great recipes (which are ready in a flash, more often than not, as well as being brief in the ingredients), it encouraged me to remember that the best dishes I serve are often the ones in which a very few items shine forth in their best light. Handy for anyone, vegetarian or not, but especially for the cook who wants to whip up a veggie dish without breaking the bank at the market.
Customer Review: 5 Ingredients? Yes. Gourmet? No.
I am definitely not the most experienced or gifted cook around, but this book was a bit too basic, even for me. As someone who eats strictly vegetarian, I own a few veggie cookbooks, and this is the one that gets the least use. Most of the recipes are solidly mediocre. A couple are pretty bad. None have been outstanding so far–though to be fair, I have yet to try every single one. In sum, if you are going for very quick and easy, you may like this cookbook. But if you are looking for a little inspiration in a recipe, this is probably not the book for you.

The Meatless Gourmet: Favorite Recipes from Around the World
Bobbie Hinman has done it again. For the growing number of people who know the health benefits of meatless meals, Bobbie offers The Meatless Gourmet: Easy Lowfat Favorites to her long list of healthful cookbooks. Not only for vegetarians, this cookbook is for health-conscious people who want to enjoy meatless meals, whether occasionally or every day.

Bobbie’s newest cookbook offers over 300 healthful recipes using whole grains, fresh fruits and vegetables, and a variety of legumes. There are soups, salads, main dishes, breads, desserts, and beverages—something to please every palate.

Each recipe provides an at-a-glance nutritional breakdown that includes calories, protein, carbohydrates, sodium, fat content, and cholesterol. Here are just of few of the hundreds of creative and delicious dishes included:

• Cinnamon-Raisin Beer Bread
• Pinto Burrito Pie
• Fabulous Berry Party Trifle
• Iced Maple Coffee Float

Bobbie answers such questions as: “How much fat should I eat?” “How much fiber do I need, and how do I add it to my meals?” and “Will I get enough protein?” All of this and much more makes The Meatless Gourmet: Easy Lowfat Favorites a valuable addition to any cook’s collection.

About the Author

Bobbie Hinman is the author of The Meatless Gourmet: Favorite Recipes from Around the World, Oat Cuisine, and co-author of the bestselling Lean and Luscious series (all from Prima). She is a cooking instructor and nutritional speaker; she lives in Delaware with her husband Harry.
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Customer Review: Foods for every taste !
I gave away my old copy to my daugher when she set up her own household, and was lost without it ! This is a wonderful, easy to use cookbook, and I have yet to make any of the recipes and not love them.
Customer Review: Excellent cookbook!
I recently bought this book and I love it! The recipes are healthy and taste great! Even my husband who is not vegetarian loves them. I made several dishes and all were excellent. I am so looking forward to trying all the recipes. Buy this book, you wont regret it!

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Low-Fat Hummus (Middle-Eastern Garbanzo-bean Spread)
Traditionally this recipe is made with much more tahini and several tablespoons of

olive oil. This low-fat version is so delicious you won’t miss the extra fat.

1 can garbanzo beans (chick-peas), rinsed well

1 1/2 clove fresh garlic (or one teaspoon garlic powder)

Juice of 1 and 1/2 lemon

1 tablespoon tahini

Put ingredients in food processor. Blend until creamy.

Serving Ideas: Serve with pita wedges, or for a delicious sandwich, spread a thick

layer of hummus on bread or a sliced roll (or inside a pita) and add sprouts and

tomato slices. Hummus is also great as a vegetable dip. Try dipping raw carrot and

celery slices, brocolli flowerets, and tomatoes.

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