This title offers a detailed introduction to being vegan, with specialist advice on what it involves and how to make the necessary dietary and nutritional changes to balance a vegan lifestyle. It includes over 50 enticing and tasty vegan recipes for all kinds of meals and occasions. The recipes include favourite dishes adapted for vegans plus brand new innovative ideas to try. It contains over 350 stunning colour photographs in total, including a wonderful picture of each finished recipe plus easy-to-follow step-by-step photographic techniques to help you prepare each dish. Vegans are vegetarians who have taken their beliefs one step further by choosing to live entirely independent of animal products: meat, dairy products and eggs are out, as are the countless animal derivatives that commonly find their way, unnoticed, into our food. For anyone considering becoming a vegan, this combined cookbook, diet guide and kitchen reference can help make the changes straightforward and easy to understand. As well as the 50 delicious and easy-to-make recipes, a comprehensive introduction offers advice on the vegan diet: what foods to avoid and how to replace them; maintaining a healthy balanced diet; the key ingredients used in vegan cooking; planning meals for children; daily menu suggestions; and ideas for entertaining.
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Nicola Graimes has been a food writer, editor and stylist for over 20 years, but her interest in vegetarianism extends far beyond that. She was the editor of Vegetarian Living magazine for five years and has written many books and articles about vegetarian food, healthy eating and children's diets for both trade and consumer magazines. Nicola is particularly interested in the healing aspects of food and is a strong advocate of organic foods. Nicola Graimes's other published works include: Wholefoods (Southwater), The Detox Diet Cookbook, Vegetarian, Kitchen Doctor: Healthy Foods (all by Lorenz Books), Brain Food For Kids, Great Healthy Food For Vegetarian Kids, Gimme Five (all Carroll and Brown), Easy Juicing, 365 Low-carb recipes (both by Duncan Baird).
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19 of 19 people found the following review helpful
By Anastasia P.
Format:Paperback
I have quite a few excellent vegan cookbooks, and this one was my last purchase. It is the first cookbook anyone should get, and it makes an excellent present to people who have little or no cooking experience, whether vegans or not.
Overall, it makes a first-time cook very eager to try the recipes immediately, and makes experienced cooks prepare more dishes than can be consumed in a day (that is what happened to us). And despite its small number or recipes (just over 50) it contains plethora of techniques, ingredients used, and dishes -- even ice cream without an ice-maker -- which lead you to inadvertently conceive of creative adaptations of the recipes.
Also contains an introduction to the whys of veganism, vegan sources of nutrients, advice on the replacement of animal products, daily menu ideas, stocking your pantry, pregnancy and children dietary advice, and more practical information, all these in the first 16 easy-to-read well illustrated pages.
Last but not least, the size and weight of the book is most convenient to spread open over the kitchen counter and throw glimpses while you cook (it stays open in the page you want it to).
Amazing value for money.
Overall, it makes a first-time cook very eager to try the recipes immediately, and makes experienced cooks prepare more dishes than can be consumed in a day (that is what happened to us). And despite its small number or recipes (just over 50) it contains plethora of techniques, ingredients used, and dishes -- even ice cream without an ice-maker -- which lead you to inadvertently conceive of creative adaptations of the recipes.
Also contains an introduction to the whys of veganism, vegan sources of nutrients, advice on the replacement of animal products, daily menu ideas, stocking your pantry, pregnancy and children dietary advice, and more practical information, all these in the first 16 easy-to-read well illustrated pages.
Last but not least, the size and weight of the book is most convenient to spread open over the kitchen counter and throw glimpses while you cook (it stays open in the page you want it to).
Amazing value for money.
11 of 11 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Great easy to use vegan cook book. The best part is none of the recipes call for hard to find items or are a foot long list like some books I could mention! Every recipe I've tried from it has turned out tasty and like the pictures. Would recommend to new and old vegans alike.
22 of 23 people found the following review helpful
By Stig
Format:Paperback
First published in 2000 this is still the best as an all-rounder.
For someone who, not put too fine a point on it, hates cooking, I recommend this because the recipes are: a) EASY to follow b) glossy pictures to entice you along the painful process and c) doesn't use expensive ingredients.
The whole veganism idea (which isn't the reason I started vegan) is explained in the first few reference styled pages and is EXCELLENT for those who want a quick intro and what to substitute things with.
The only criticisms I would have (if I had any) is that I'd have liked more recipes to show a wheat-free alternative than pasta or bread, and also for recipes without a clear protein product to have one. This can easily be remedied by knowing your proteins / wheat substitutions which can be found easily on the net, and adjusting the recipe accordingly.
For someone who, not put too fine a point on it, hates cooking, I recommend this because the recipes are: a) EASY to follow b) glossy pictures to entice you along the painful process and c) doesn't use expensive ingredients.
The whole veganism idea (which isn't the reason I started vegan) is explained in the first few reference styled pages and is EXCELLENT for those who want a quick intro and what to substitute things with.
The only criticisms I would have (if I had any) is that I'd have liked more recipes to show a wheat-free alternative than pasta or bread, and also for recipes without a clear protein product to have one. This can easily be remedied by knowing your proteins / wheat substitutions which can be found easily on the net, and adjusting the recipe accordingly.
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dissapointing
okay so this was cheap and did have niceish pics which many vegan cookbooks don't.
BUT... the recipes are rubbish, unimaginitave and this book has been sat on my shelf doing... Read more
BUT... the recipes are rubbish, unimaginitave and this book has been sat on my shelf doing... Read more
Published 19 months ago by Mrs. J. Taylor
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Wonderful Book
This book is brilliant! There are loads of photos, several to each recipe, and the ingredients are all really easy to find. Read more
Published on 14 Dec 2010 by sarannity
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Vegan Cookery
No one in family is a vegan but I bought this book because the cover looked inviting
The recipes featured are imaginative and look as is they will add tasty alternatives... Read more
The recipes featured are imaginative and look as is they will add tasty alternatives... Read more
Published on 20 Sep 2010 by D. Johnson
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It works!
We purchased this book because we are on a particular diet and not because of any particular principles. Read more
Published on 6 Sep 2010 by L. Piper
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Great vegan recipe book !
I have just started a vegan eating plan , having been a vegetarian for most of my life. I found this book very helpful as it not only has great recipes ,it also has
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Published on 31 Aug 2010 by val
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Disappointing and for ABSOLUTE beginners only
I bought this book because I was particularly looking for vegan main courses, and given it advertised itself as '50 inspirational recipes', I assumed that a good proportion of them... Read more
Published on 11 Aug 2010 by alimarcam
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Reliably fabulous recipes
This is my favourite cookbook of all time (I have an older version), and I'm not even a vegan. Every recipe I've used from this book has turned out wonderfully. Read more
Published on 3 Aug 2010 by T. Roddie
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vegan recipes
the reason ive give this a 5 star is because it was very hard to find one.ive got mine to come i can`t wait to get it.read everyones veiw on it i just had to have. Read more
Published on 12 April 2010 by Mrs. T. Hutchinson
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VEGAN RECIPES
The best vegan cookbook I have come across. I use it regularly and share recipes with family and friends. Beautiful colour photographs accompany each recipe. Read more
Published on 20 Jan 2010 by CChapman
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Vegan Cook Book
An excellant cook book with simple straight forward receipes. Useful background information and good photos assist greatly with food preparation, cooking and presentation.
Published on 11 Jan 2010 by Gjwilson
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