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3.41 AVERAGE
3.41 AVERAGE
I have been a pescatarian for 3 years, which means that I eat fish and seafood, but no red meat, pork or poultry. So that means that I eat a lot of vegetarian dishes. I am also single, so that also means that I often have to make way more food than I need.
This book is designed to address both of these issues, as it is vegetarian cooking for one or two people. There is even a handy section that has a list of suggestions for recipes in the book to help you use things like a half of an avocado, or a half a lime, or 1/2 a can of beans, knowing that the biggest problem with cooking when you are single is the leftover ingredients.
The author includes a guide to using the book, and encourages readers/cooks to merely use the recipes as a guide, not as a rule book. I tried several of the recipes. The Fusilli with Corn Sauce (whole wheat pasta, sauteed onions and corn) was fresh tasting and easy to make. The Enfrijoladas with Egg, Avocado and Onion (corn tortillas coated in a bean sauce and topped with copped hard boiled egg, avocado and onion) was a surprising mix of flavors that actually worked well together, despite my reservations. But the best was the Roasted Sweet Potato with Coconut, Dates and Walnuts. Oh so good!
This book was filled with lots of pretty pictures that made everything look so tasty! The only real negative that I have is that there were several things I'm not big on like curry and tofu, and things I'm hesitant about trying like Kimchi. So there were a lot of recipes that I didn't want to try right now-- but that's just me!
My final word: Easy recipes for weeknight dining. Interesting flavor combinations. Nothing ordinary here. If you are looking for some fresh ideas for easy vegetarian dining for one or two, grab this book!
This book is designed to address both of these issues, as it is vegetarian cooking for one or two people. There is even a handy section that has a list of suggestions for recipes in the book to help you use things like a half of an avocado, or a half a lime, or 1/2 a can of beans, knowing that the biggest problem with cooking when you are single is the leftover ingredients.
The author includes a guide to using the book, and encourages readers/cooks to merely use the recipes as a guide, not as a rule book. I tried several of the recipes. The Fusilli with Corn Sauce (whole wheat pasta, sauteed onions and corn) was fresh tasting and easy to make. The Enfrijoladas with Egg, Avocado and Onion (corn tortillas coated in a bean sauce and topped with copped hard boiled egg, avocado and onion) was a surprising mix of flavors that actually worked well together, despite my reservations. But the best was the Roasted Sweet Potato with Coconut, Dates and Walnuts. Oh so good!
This book was filled with lots of pretty pictures that made everything look so tasty! The only real negative that I have is that there were several things I'm not big on like curry and tofu, and things I'm hesitant about trying like Kimchi. So there were a lot of recipes that I didn't want to try right now-- but that's just me!
My final word: Easy recipes for weeknight dining. Interesting flavor combinations. Nothing ordinary here. If you are looking for some fresh ideas for easy vegetarian dining for one or two, grab this book!
Great book for small batch and veggie based cooking! Loved the introduction/her message and the recipes.
Majority of this book falls short of using any kind of seasonings. While many of the recipes can be creative (ex: almond butter and plum sandwich), I found many of the recipes to have multiple ingredients with too similar textures (kimchi grilled cheese) and not enough spices to bring out more individual flavors to better compliment each other.
A good variety of recipes. Most seem pretty easy and approachable . My only quibble with this is I wish it had more pictures of the recipes. Otherwise, great cookbook!
The sub-title for this book is “Bold Recipes for the Single Cook” and the book itself is full of vegetarian recipes meant for just one, which has made this cookbook absolutely invaluable for me. (More...)
Underwhelmed with this book. It has great photos, but the recipes are not ones I would use. I really dislike cookbooks that use very rare and special ingredients.
They call this a book for the single cook, but it is for everyone. What a wonderful boost to your cookbook shelf. Great recipes for those who love vegetables, regardless if you are vegetarian or not. I found new and fresh ideas in this book, just in time for spring and new vegetables.
Yonan wants good, honest food, from good farms, and he’s so over vegan restaurants that put quotation marks around half the dish titles—“cream cheese,” “chicken,” whatever. Okay, so far I’m with him. I wouldn’t appreciate that either. This cookbook is specifically for single people who need encouragement cooking just for themselves, as opposed to endless takeout or leftovers. Again, a worthwhile goal (says the homeschool mom who probably wouldn’t cook for just herself).
I picked it up because vegetables are an ongoing struggle around here. Some of the recipes looked fine, and some of them looked like a foodie had been there. Which is fine except my people have Opinions. His straightforward vegetable preparations are not that different from how I cook, except I have much less time and energy to put into it, and I just don’t like kimchi, which is not his fault. I wish more of the recipes had a picture. The book is reasonably well done and enjoyable to flip through.
I picked it up because vegetables are an ongoing struggle around here. Some of the recipes looked fine, and some of them looked like a foodie had been there. Which is fine except my people have Opinions. His straightforward vegetable preparations are not that different from how I cook, except I have much less time and energy to put into it, and I just don’t like kimchi, which is not his fault. I wish more of the recipes had a picture. The book is reasonably well done and enjoyable to flip through.
informative
medium-paced
very nice cookbook. Good for several reasons, delightful recepies-relatively easy vegetarian recepes written in a clear manner. The sizing-cooking for one. These types of recepies are hard to find, how often do i have to parse and divide down a recepe for 4. lstly, the "monologues" sections where the cook kind of takes you aside and gives a personal account on a topic, i really enjoyed these.