This book is the bargain basement of vegetarian recipes:

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	• 1,001 Low-Fat Vegetarian Recipes, 2nd ed. Sue Spitler, Linda R. Yoakam Surrey Books, 2000 - 852 pages average customer review:based on 31 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Good basic vegetarian cookbook

This is just a good, basic vegetarian cookbook with lots of variety. One may not use every recipe in it, but I rarely use every recipe in any cookbook, so I don't think that is unusual. And, it IS 1001 recipes to work with. A nice addition to vegetarian cooking, and really nice to have. It is not a how to be vegetarian book, I would recommend Becoming Vegetarian for that, or The Vegetarian Way.

This book is the bargain basement of vegetarian recipes:

Having gone veggie a few years ago, this was my first non-introductory style vegetarian cookbook, and although I commend Spitler and company for the sheer quantity of recipes here, I've found the recipes to be very hit or miss. I think this is partly due to the often non-intuitive combinations of ingredients found in many of the recipes. While sometimes these out-of-place ingredients are genius (i.e. the black -not adzuki- beans in the egg rolls, or the more than liberal use of celery seed in the bleu cheese dressing), sometimes these combinations can turn what seemed like a tasty dinner into something even my dog looks askance at (like the orange juice and zest in the hummus or the cream cheese and cranberries in the savory wontons). The dishes err more on the sweet side of the palate than on the spicy side. That said, all of the dessert type foods I have tried so far have been solidly good, while the majority of the entrees required a healthy dose of crushed red pepper. My suspicion is that these recipes were generated by a crew less than adequately familiar with vegetarianism, as many of the recipes attempt to make use of meat substitutes (i.e. Mexi "meatball" soup, rigatoni with italian "sausage" and fennel pesto, "burgers" provencal, swedish "meatball" and dilled potato cassarole, etc, etc)with less than appetizing results. There are a least two problems here: first, there are plenty of amazing veggie dishes that don't try to imitate the "meat and potato" style meal (there are almost NO Indian entrees in this book), and second, nothing makes one miss the real thing more than a poor substitute. Yes, those tvp crumbles look innocent enough in the grocery aisle and are easy enough to throw into the pasta sauce, but unless you want to spend you're evening sobbing over your half eaten plate of "sausage" lasagna for your momma's home cooking, then PLEASE skip the phoneys and throw in some chopped baby bellas instead. To summarize, this book is like the bargain basement of vegetarian recipes: over-stuffed with so-so items, but amidst the bland and the out-and-out bad, there are a few gems that make this book deserving of a place on your shelf.

As a bonus for those tracking diet information: each recipe is tagged as vegan, lacto-ovo, lacto, or ovo, to make finding appropriate recipes easy, and all recipes come with calorie counts, basic nutrition information, and the exchange listings for the ADA.

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great reference

I bought this because my friend has this and made so many great recipies from here. It's huge with many great recipies that I use very often. My only complaint would be it's no frills without photos. Everything I've made is great... hard to believe it's all healthy!

One of my most used books

I'm not even vegetarian and this is one of my most used books, especially in the summer when fresh fruits and vegtables are abundant. Very tasty and adaptable recipes.

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Just because it's vegetarian doesn't mean it's low fat! In this revised edition, Sue Spitler has developed and tested over one thousand tempting creations, including 500 entrees, virtually all with less than 30% of calories derived from fat. You'll find appetizers, soups, salads, entrees, side dishes, beans and grains, pastas, pizzas, desserts, and much more. Recipes for delicious Spinach and Cheese Crepes, Italian Sausage pizza, Shepherd's Veggie Pot Pie, Dim Sum Platter, Cheddar Cheese Souffle, and hundreds of others, are easy and quick to make, and use most of the foods you've always eaten. Every recipe is coded, so you can tell whether it's lacto-vegetarian, ovo-vegetarian, or pure vegan. Vegetarian or not, you'll never run out of ideas with this book. A new chapter has been added: "Veg Express," for meals that are ready in less than 20 minutes.

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