The Best of Blood Root Volume 1: Vegetarian Recipes

February 27, 2008 | By Doug In Vegetarian Ideas |

The Best of Blood Root Volume 1: Vegetarian Recipes
List Price: CDN$ 29.95
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Soy of Cooking: Easy-to-Make Vegetarian, Low-Fat, Fat-Free, and Antioxidant-Rich Gourmet Recipes
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Customer Review: At yeast it tastes good?
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.
Customer Review: Best Soy Recipes I’ve Ever Tasted
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.

Student’s Vegetarian Cookbook, Revised: Quick, Easy, Cheap, and Tasty Vegetarian Recipes
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Customer Review: RIGHT ON TARGET
i’m in my last year of college and have used this book over and over. i bought the revised edition for my sister who starts college this fall. the book showed me how to enjoy tasty, healthy food that’s ridiculously simple to prepare, and it saved me from the freshman 15. highly recommended!
Customer Review: Extremely Disappointing
After reading all of the wonderful reviews here, I ordered this cookbook and waiting anxiously for it to arrive. I own most of the quick/easy vegetarian cookbooks available, and I thought this would also become one of my favorites. However, that is not the case. On my first read-through, I could only find one recipe that I wanted to try, and it contains a difficult-to-find ingredient. The areas I am most disappointed in are: 1. There are way too many recipes for desserts, drinks, appetizers, etc. I was expecting quick vegetarian “meals” - not recipes that I could find in almost any cookbook. 2. Several of the recipes include beer, an ingredient that I cannot cook with. 3. The abundance of recipes using garbanzo beans, zucchini, and eggplant. I suppose it’s a personal prejudice, but these ingredients seem so over-used in vegetarian cooking, and I’m just not that fond of any of them! 4. The lack of convenience soy foods. I guess I was expecting more use of these and less of tofu in a “quick, easy, student” cookbook.

The Chopra Center Cookbook: Nourishing Body and Soul
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Customer Review: Intelligent Food Approach
One of my top 2003 cookbook choices is The Chopra Center Cookbook, a smart and intelligent way of looking at food, what you eat, and how you feel. As a TV Consumer Wellness Expert, www.terrawellington.com, I feel the inside lacks design creativity and visual interest, but the wellness and food information is fascinating and useful. Dr. Deepak Chopra and his co-authors talk about how purposely varying food tastes for each meal affects our holistic health, and how our appetite is a key, regulating internal indicator. I have interviewed Dr. Chopra before, in person, and can almost hear his voice in the introduction and first couple of educational chapters. The recipes are simple and easy to follow.
Customer Review: Is Healthier Eating Important To You?
If you are committed to building healthy eating habits in 2004 and beyond, then don’t pass up this book! The Chopra Center Cookbook even offers 30 days of delicious meal planning! With this guide, it is easy to live a healthier lifestyle even if you’re frantically running the rat race of life. Also recommended: Rat Race Relaxer: Your Potential & The Maze of Life by JoAnna Carey; Grow Younger, Live Longer by Deepak Chopra and David Simon