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Whether you're a die-hard vegetarian or a committed carnivore, the mouthwatering veggie recipes in Hamlyn All Colour Cookbook 200 Veggie Feasts can be enjoyed by the whole family to keep everyone healthy and happy. Choose from simple snacks such as Mushroom and Ginger Crispy Wontons or Sweet Potato and Coconut Soup to more filling Thai Red Curry Vegetable Pies and the tempting Tiramisu Cheesecake. With such a considerable selection, you'll be able to create fantastic vegetarian meals to suit all persuasions and occasions. Every recipe is accompanied by a full-page colour photograph and clever variations and new ideas, giving you over 200 meals to choose from. The hardest part for you is deciding which delicious dish to cook first!
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Louise Pickford has worked as a food writer and stylist for 15 years. She regularly contributes to food magazines such as Delicious, Australian Good Taste and Gourmet Traveller. She is the author of Fresh Baked, Tapas, 30-minute Food for Friends, and co-author of 15-minute Feasts.
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There is MUCH that I really like about this little book - taken one by one there is a fine collection of quick to prep, delicious fresh food-without-meat-or-fish.
BUT (and it's quite a big but) - she falls into what I call the Delia Smith Vegetarian Cookery Mindset. That is, a Vegetarian cookbook written by a good cook who is a meat-eater, and therefore thinks like a carnivore and is hung up on the-oh-my-gosh-where-are-they-going-to-get-their-protein-from. Thus almost every recipe is overwhelmed by the cheese and egg, cheese or egg 'meat and fish' replacement.
This is a book written for carnivores who are convinced their vegetarian friends and rellies are going to keel over and expire unless they get a STEAK replacement.
Now, I'm not a vegan, and have no objection to using cheese and eggs, cheese or eggs in a recipe. But not every dish. This is the 'unhealthy' vegetarian option - not just for reasons of finding you have replaced a diet high in saturated fats-from-meat with a diet high in saturated-fats-from-dairy-products, but because such a high cheese diet is not particularly helpful for anyone prone to, for example, asthma, sinusitis, eczema etc. It's one of the commonest foods likely to show symptoms of food intolerance because the enzyme to digest milk is lacking in a percentage of the population.
There are remarkably few recipes without a whiff of eggs or cheese about them. Though she does include a handful of soya recipes (tofu) - soya, like meat, is a complete protein - other 'complete' proteins are lacking - particularly, nothing utilising quinoa, nothing either which understands WHY you don't need cheese/egg to 'replace the protein' Nothing in other words about food group combining. That's why my Rose Elliot Rose Elliot's New Complete Vegetarian and, particularly my Colin Spencer Gourmet Cooking for Vegetarians books will remain pride of place. Admittedly, these lack the glossy, salivating inducing photos of this, and other more modern cookbooks, but they are more vegetable friendly!
I will use this book very very happily though, despite the inclusion of recipes using cheeses which a strict vegetarian will abjure (rennet from cow's stomachs, rather than vegetarian rennet) So, dear veggie feast chef, kindly making a meal for your vegtarian friend - beware! There are dishes here which are NOT vegetarian.
Such is the deliciousness, and the pleasing presentation, and the speed and ease of the recipes therein though, that I do LIKE this. Hence 4 stars.
Sweet potato and coconut milk soup anyone? How about hummus with butter beans (which somehow seem wonderfully Northern European, as opposed to Mediterranean.) What about Thai vegetable salad,...okay, its a bit cold, let's go for a hearty Winter vegetable stew with beer broth. Cheers! If you must have your cheese, the beetroot and goat's cheese risotto is tempting.
I also like the 2 recipes in one approach, which suggests subtle changes to the original recipes, giving you a 2nd variation on a theme
Whilst there are some problems with the fact that the book won't lie flat, open - a bit of a challenge to the cook who needs both hands free to get on with cooking and doesn't want to smear her cookbook with too many gastronomic delights as she moves from garlic chopping to check exactly HOW much chopped cooked beetroot - a perfect solution is at hand Bookchair Standard Stripes a wonderful kitchen gadget!
BUT (and it's quite a big but) - she falls into what I call the Delia Smith Vegetarian Cookery Mindset. That is, a Vegetarian cookbook written by a good cook who is a meat-eater, and therefore thinks like a carnivore and is hung up on the-oh-my-gosh-where-are-they-going-to-get-their-protein-from. Thus almost every recipe is overwhelmed by the cheese and egg, cheese or egg 'meat and fish' replacement.
This is a book written for carnivores who are convinced their vegetarian friends and rellies are going to keel over and expire unless they get a STEAK replacement.
Now, I'm not a vegan, and have no objection to using cheese and eggs, cheese or eggs in a recipe. But not every dish. This is the 'unhealthy' vegetarian option - not just for reasons of finding you have replaced a diet high in saturated fats-from-meat with a diet high in saturated-fats-from-dairy-products, but because such a high cheese diet is not particularly helpful for anyone prone to, for example, asthma, sinusitis, eczema etc. It's one of the commonest foods likely to show symptoms of food intolerance because the enzyme to digest milk is lacking in a percentage of the population.
There are remarkably few recipes without a whiff of eggs or cheese about them. Though she does include a handful of soya recipes (tofu) - soya, like meat, is a complete protein - other 'complete' proteins are lacking - particularly, nothing utilising quinoa, nothing either which understands WHY you don't need cheese/egg to 'replace the protein' Nothing in other words about food group combining. That's why my Rose Elliot Rose Elliot's New Complete Vegetarian and, particularly my Colin Spencer Gourmet Cooking for Vegetarians books will remain pride of place. Admittedly, these lack the glossy, salivating inducing photos of this, and other more modern cookbooks, but they are more vegetable friendly!
I will use this book very very happily though, despite the inclusion of recipes using cheeses which a strict vegetarian will abjure (rennet from cow's stomachs, rather than vegetarian rennet) So, dear veggie feast chef, kindly making a meal for your vegtarian friend - beware! There are dishes here which are NOT vegetarian.
Such is the deliciousness, and the pleasing presentation, and the speed and ease of the recipes therein though, that I do LIKE this. Hence 4 stars.
Sweet potato and coconut milk soup anyone? How about hummus with butter beans (which somehow seem wonderfully Northern European, as opposed to Mediterranean.) What about Thai vegetable salad,...okay, its a bit cold, let's go for a hearty Winter vegetable stew with beer broth. Cheers! If you must have your cheese, the beetroot and goat's cheese risotto is tempting.
I also like the 2 recipes in one approach, which suggests subtle changes to the original recipes, giving you a 2nd variation on a theme
Whilst there are some problems with the fact that the book won't lie flat, open - a bit of a challenge to the cook who needs both hands free to get on with cooking and doesn't want to smear her cookbook with too many gastronomic delights as she moves from garlic chopping to check exactly HOW much chopped cooked beetroot - a perfect solution is at hand Bookchair Standard Stripes a wonderful kitchen gadget!
13 of 15 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This book is a gem for the vegetarian cook. It has recipies for both a simple meal and also for more formal occasions and yet the ingredients required are not difficult to find and the book is a very handy size. I have used this book from end to end many times as a dedicated vegetarian and I have bought several copies as presents for friends and they also love it too.
10 of 12 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Two hundred tasty veggie feasts in a handy compact book. Great for both beginners and more experienced cooks. I love the wipe clean cover because I am a messy cook! Perfect for vegetarians and non-vegetarians alike. Covers breakfast & brunch, starters & snacks, main meals, soups & stews, salads & sides, breads & baking and desserts. All the recipes I have tried so far have been delicious. Favourites in this house are the Sweetcorn & Kaffir Lime Fritters and the Spinach & Mushroom Lasagne.
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These are nice, but there's a lot of cheese!
Ok, a few things to say: firstly, the stuff in this book is tasty. Almost without exception, the 10-15 recipes I've eaten from it were really nice. Second, it's not *that* easy. Read more
Published 11 days ago by Robbie Swale
Veggie recipes
This is a little pocket sized book of vegetarian recipes. It is packed with helpful ideas. We've tried a few of the recipes and they were okay without being amazing.
Published 1 month ago by Olivarovich
Nice addition to my cookery books....
This is a well presented little book with 200 varied and interesting vegetarian recipes. All the dishes are uncomplicated to produce and fortunately do not call for any outlandish... Read more
Published 1 month ago by Wynne Kelly
Tasty Meat Free Meal
Whether you are vegetarian, have friends who are or just enjoy a meat free meal occasionally this is a very useful book.
The dishes are well thought out and tasty. Read more
The dishes are well thought out and tasty. Read more
Published 1 month ago by R. E. Quinn
One of the least inspiring cookbooks ever
How often do you look through a cookbook and not see one disk you want to make? It hardly ever happens does it?
Well it has to me. Once. This book. Read more
Well it has to me. Once. This book. Read more
Published 3 months ago by robotfish
Yum!
Being a veggie, there can be times when it's hard to come up with exciting meals... But this is where this little book comes in.
It has everything you need really. Read more
It has everything you need really. Read more
Published 3 months ago by Dodster
Some tasty variations on a theme
In Hamlyn's beautifully illustrated "200 Veggie Feasts", Louise Pickford has put together a fair sample of vegetarian recipes spanning light snacks and breads, through soups, to... Read more
Published 3 months ago by Steve Benner
Good veggie cookbook, but could do with more main dishes (there aren't...
I've tried out quite a few of the recipes from this cookbook now, and they've all been very successful. Read more
Published 3 months ago by Laura T
Best vegetarian recipe book I've found
A problem with most vegetarian recipes is that they are great at producing side dishes but not at creating main meals, nothing wrong with that but sometimes meals want something to... Read more
Published 3 months ago by J. Brand
Great little veggie cookbook
This is a handy small format book (14 x 16.5cm) containing an excellent selection of vegetarian recipes giving lots of alternatives to the usual cheese & pasta type options. Read more
Published 3 months ago by K. Galvin
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