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Conveniently Vegan: Turn Packaged Foods into Delicious Vegetarian Dishes: member book reviews

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The basis for this book is to help vegans cook healthy, inexpensive meals while taking advantage of convenience foods available like frozen vegetables, jarred sauces, vegan meat substitutes and canned beans.

The recipes are mostly very simple, making this book an excellent choice for a beginning cook as well as for people who want to eat healthier. They have few ingredients and very short, straightforward instructions. Most are very quick to put together too, so they are great for busy folks. To help keep things quick, almost all of them need only one or two pots or pans. That's a real time saver at clean up time.

There is lots of information in the book about the more obscure ingredients, and even a list of recipes that have the most calcium or iron for those concerned about getting enough of those nutrients. And a fantastic feature is a dual index listing recipes first by ingredient, and then by course, like desserts.

The Menu Ideas chapter would be great for someone new to eating vegan to see how to put together balanced meals. And each recipe comes with a nutritional analysis. There are quite a few recipes that are similar to meat recipes that would help a new vegan transition over without missing too many foods. Some of those include various lasagna recipes, sloppy joes, burgers, hot dogs and beans, and stuffed peppers.

Some recipes: Black Bean Watercress Sauté; Sautéed Amaranth, Peas and Onions; Quinoa Sweet Potato Patties; Couscous Lettuce Rolls; Pasta with Onion Sauce; Mexican Noodle Casserole; Thai Yellow Vegetable Curry; Potato, Apple & Sauerkraut Dish; Avocado Dressing; and Mandarin Orange, Avocado & Cucumber Salad.

Category: vegan, healthy, quick & easy
ISBN: 0931411181
Publisher: The Vegetarian Resource Group
Publisher website: http://www.vrg.org/
Date published: 1997
Edition: Second. Revised in 1999.
Description: softcover
Illustrated: some cartoon drawings of vegetables
Photographs: none
Pages: 208
Number of Recipes: 150
List Price: US$ 15.00

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