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The Happy Herbivore Cookbook: Over 175 Delicious Fat-Free and Low-Fat Vegan Recipes Paperback – February 1, 2011

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Vegan chef of one of the top 50 food blogs on the Web, HappyHerbivore.com, Lindsay Nixon, gives hundreds of thousands of her followers recipes each month, showing that the vegan diet is not only healthy but delicious, too.

Now, Nixon combines some of her tastiest recipes in
The Happy Herbivore Cookbook, each made with no added fats, using only whole, plant-based foods. It's easy to make great food at home using the fewest number of ingredients and ones that can easily be found at any store, on any budget.

The Happy Herbivore Cookbook includes:

  • A variety of recipes from quick and simple to decadent and advanced

  • Helpful hints and cooking tips, from basic advice such as how to steam potatoes to more specific information about which bread, tofu or egg replacer works best in a recipe

  • An easy-to-use glossary demystifying any ingredients that may be new to the reader

  • Healthy insight: Details on the health benefits and properties of key ingredients

  • Pairing suggestions with each recipe to help make menu planning easy and painless

  • Allergen-free recipes, including gluten-free, soy-free, corn-free, and sugar-free

    With a conventionally organized format; easy-to-follow, step-by-step instructions; nutritional analyses, colorful photographs; funny blurbs at the beginning of each recipe; helpful tips throughout; and chef's notes suggesting variations for each dish, even the most novice cook will find healthy cooking easy—and delicious!
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"The Happy Herbivore Cookbook's low fat, plant-based dishes promote health in a delectable and wholesome way. Lindsay Nixon's recipes are a practical and affordable means to a nutritious lifestyle that can help prevent and reverse disease."

--
T. Colin Campbell, PhD, author of The China Study

"Home fries and cupcakes and meatball subs.... Not the healthiest though, right? Wrong! Nixon's new cookbook chock full of fat-free and low-fat vegan versions of our favorite highly caloric (and highly delicious) eats."

--
VegNews Magazine

"
The Happy Herbivore Cookbook will not only make all your culinary dreams come true but will give you a recipe for lifelong health... Jump on in, get your feet wet with all the foods you thought you'd have to set aside to get healthy."

--
Neal Barnard, MD, president, Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine

"
The Happy Herbivore Cookbook is filled with simple-to-prepare and delicious healthy recipes. We recommend that you make this part of your kitchen library. Using it often will help you preserve (and regain) your health and appearance."

--
John McDougall, MD, and Mary McDougall, founders of the McDougall Program

"
The Happy Herbivore Cookbook is down to earth and sings to my heart and mouth. Deliciously brilliant!"

--
Rip Esselstyn, author of The Engine 2 Diet

From the Author

I created happyherbivore.com to prove that food can be just as nutritious as it is delicious. This cookbook emulates that vision. These recipes, a combination of blog favorites and new creations, will proudly show you that eating healthy doesn't have to be a chore and can instead be a pleasure. Best of all, every tasty dish is made with whole foods and no added fat. Additionally, all of my recipes have been designed to be accessible to every person, every palate, and every budget. No matter where you live, you'll be able to enjoy healthy vegan meals at home quickly and affordably.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ BenBella Books
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ February 1, 2011
  • Edition ‏ : ‎ Original
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 240 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1935618121
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1935618126
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.9 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7 x 0.85 x 9 inches
  • Part of series ‏ : ‎ Happy Herbivore
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.5 out of 5 stars 1,055 ratings

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Lindsay S. Nixon is the bestselling author of the 5 vegan cookbooks, and The Happy Herbivore Guide to Plant-Based Living selling more than 284,682 books. Nixon has been featured on The Food Network and Dr. Oz. Her recipes have also been featured in the New York Times, Vegetarian Times magazine, Shape Magazine, Fitness Magazine, Bust, Women's Health and WebMD, among others. A rising star in the culinary world, Nixon is praised for her ability to use everyday ingredients to create healthy, low fat recipes that make eating well easy, affordable, realistic and delicious. Learn more about Nixon and try some of her recipes on her award-winning blog happyherbivore.com and her massively successful meal plan service Meal Mentor getmealplans.com

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Customers find the cookbook's recipes delicious, particularly praising the flavor of nutritional yeast, and appreciate that they're easy to follow and quick to prepare. Moreover, the book offers great ideas for healthier eating, features beautiful pictures for every recipe, and includes ingredients that are easy to find. Additionally, customers value its helpful content and consider it an affordable vegan cookbook that avoids added fats and oils.

443 customers mention "Recipes quality"405 positive38 negative

Customers enjoy the recipes in this cookbook, finding them tasty and delicious, particularly appreciating the flavor of nutritional yeast.

"...recommend this recipe book to all who are looking for healthy, delicious, easy to make recipes...." Read more

"...-- they looked easy enough for weeknights, as well as healthy and tasty. The first recipe I tried was the Steak and Pepper Fajitas...." Read more

"I love it! Great recipes very easy directions and its just great to have so many options again...." Read more

"...Lindsay provides great recipes that taste good with ingredients that are easy to obtain...." Read more

296 customers mention "Ease of use"290 positive6 negative

Customers find the cookbook's recipes easy to follow and quick to prepare, making them suitable for everyday cooking.

"...a burger, a pasta dish, and several other recipes and all were quick, easy, and delicious, using ingredients I was able to find at my local..." Read more

"...web site and starting trying some of her recipes - they were Delicious, Easy and I had the ingredients!..." Read more

"...The layout is very clean and easy to follow. Lindsay also placed tips and substitute ideas when needed...." Read more

"...So, what we really need are simple, nutrient rich, and healthy vegan options that can be prepared with common ingredients and in a small amount of..." Read more

118 customers mention "Health"118 positive0 negative

Customers appreciate the cookbook's health benefits, finding it great for those trying to eat healthier and perfect for health-conscious individuals. One customer mentions it helped transform their diet, while another notes its suitability for low sodium and low fat diets.

"...Simple and affordable vegan recipes that center on being low-fat and healthy. Now for the breakdown: The Purpose:..." Read more

"...recipes that are so healthy and low-fat...." Read more

"...This cookbook proudly claims to be low fat (which i don't doubt it is), has a recommendation by Neal Barnard..." Read more

"...Lindsay recipes are perfect! Healthy, nutritious,quick to make, and the ingredients don't cost a fortune or require a..." Read more

95 customers mention "Pictures"86 positive9 negative

Customers appreciate the cookbook's pictures, which include lots of color photos for every recipe, with one customer noting the clean layout.

"...The pictures are great, there are some great recipes and enhancements of recipes on the blog...." Read more

"...the pages are slick but not stiff ( good for wiping off spills), nice photos and clear directions. Buy this cookbook!" Read more

"...Plus, the cookbook itself is beautiful...." Read more

"...For starters, it's a beautiful cookbook. Tons of full page color pictures, which for the price of this book, is rare...." Read more

67 customers mention "Ingredients accessibility"64 positive3 negative

Customers appreciate that the recipes use ingredients that are easy to find in any grocery store, with most containing 10 or fewer items, and the cookbook includes a glossary for reference.

"...Lindsay's recipes are made with easy to find, healthy, whole foods ingredients that won't blow your budget...." Read more

"...The recipes had simple, easy to find ingredients along with great advice on substitutions and approaches to abandoning meat and dairy..." Read more

"...healthy, low fat, easy, delicious, inexpensive vegan food using few ingredients. If this sounds too good to be true, it is...." Read more

"...are delicious - super, super YUMMY and easy to follow - ingredients are easy to find in most super markets and Whole Foods...." Read more

62 customers mention "Information content"62 positive0 negative

Customers find the cookbook helpful and informative, providing practical advice throughout.

"...experience with Appetite for Reduction was the complete opposite -- inspiring and delicious, worth it for the soup chapter alone...." Read more

"...The little icons at the top of each recipe are very helpful, showing if it is time consuming or not or if kids like it, etc...." Read more

"...I liked the authors happy, upbeat attitude as well, which perfectly matched the title of her book...." Read more

"...a great collection of nutritious vegan recipes that are attainable to the average person. My wife and I can't wait for the next book!" Read more

46 customers mention "Value for money"36 positive10 negative

Customers find the cookbook economical, appreciating its use of inexpensive ingredients and affordable vegan recipes.

"...The ingrediants are easy to find, and cheap. Best of all, all of the recipes are oil free!..." Read more

"...The cookbook is definitely worth purchasing, just be aware that Everyday Happy Herbivore is the better of the two...." Read more

"...of the ingredients are easy to find in a supermarket and therefore inexpensive. Also, the directions are clear and easy to follow...." Read more

"...Now the bad news: I wasted a lot of money on failed baked goods. I find her dessert recipes either poorly written, poorly tested or both...." Read more

27 customers mention "Oil content"23 positive4 negative

Customers appreciate that the cookbook contains no added fats or oils in its recipes.

"...I also like that they are fat free or low fat...." Read more

"...There is no added oil in any of the recipes. This is my favorite part of the book - no oils!..." Read more

"...Juicy, intensely flavorful, and ... fat-free, could it be?..." Read more

"...low for a cookbook that focuses on a whole foods, plant-based diet, no oils, and yet remains delicious. Lindsay did it...." Read more

Great Vegan Cookbook
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Great Vegan Cookbook
My wife and I have recently "evolved" our diet from high fat fried to low-fat, no red meat to vegetarian and now finally embracing vegan. During the transition, recipes were a hit-and-miss conglomeration of internet resources and my favorite traditional recipes re-vamped (from my most favoritest cookbook from years past: "The Four Ingredient Cookbook"). The positive aspects of the ever tweaking process was an ability to improvise, plus fine-tune a recipe to meet our palate. The downside was never being sure what your going to get due to your trial & error, and since most of the recipes didn't start out with a health aspect, the tweaking only made them moderately more healthy. Then by accident I happened upon @happyherbivore on twitter. That is the "handle" of a very talented Lindsay S. Nixon. Checking out recipes she had posted on her website made me curious about her new cookbook. Well "The Happy Herbivore" arrived in the mail this week from Amazon, and let me tell you; it's better than I could have imagained. Simple and affordable vegan recipes that center on being low-fat and healthy. Now for the breakdown: The Purpose: As Lindsay explains in the introduction, her goal was to: "bring healthy but delicious vegan food to others." I knew as with all "food regimens" that you typically have an option between healthy and not-so-healthy. I naively thought my wife and I had been on the "healthy" side. It took getting to just page 3 of "The Happy Herbivore" to realize how wrong I was. I was schooled on oils in an eye opening way. Another reason we had unwittingly deviated from the "healthy" side was convenience. There are so many processed foods available now for vegans, that the lure is hard to escape. I was sadly mistaken that eating a "healthy vegan diet" was somehow complicated, or required exotic ingredients or machines I could neither afford or have access to. In just 10 pages Lindsay was able in her introduction to explain the purpose of the cookbook, and all the ins and outs of making it happen. Then you get to the "meat" of the book: Recipes Broken down into logical categories, "The Happy Herbivore" is a great "Vegan Playbook". You can either do the guy thing (look at the pretty pictures to choose the meal you want) or be more dogmatic and use her handy dandy icons. On page 9 she outlines the icons you'll find for easy recipe classification. Categories are as follow: * No Cooking Required * Quick (30 minutes or less) * Fat-Free * Gluten-Free * Soy-Free * Kid-Friendly * Omni-Friendly So as your perusing the cookbook, the top of each page will have the icons that are applicable to that particular recipe. Need something quick & gluten free? Just look for recipes with the appropriate icons. You'll also notice at the bottom of each page is a nutrtition breakdown for each recipe. For an example of one of her recipes check out the "Hippie Loaf" from her cookbook "The Happy Herbivore". Conclusion: I think one of the reasons this cookbook appeals to me is because it is so similiar to the "Four Ingredient Cookbook" I had used for so many years. It uses a few simple ingredients to make a delicious meal without a lot of time and effort in the kitchen. The advantages it has over my "old fave cookbook" is the recipes are healthy and don't rely on processed ingredients. I highly recommend this cookbook if you enjoy eating good food, but don't enjoy spending lots of time in preparation of the meals. ~david
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  • Reviewed in the United States on February 18, 2011
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    My wife and I have recently "evolved" our diet from high fat fried to low-fat, no red meat to vegetarian and now finally embracing vegan. During the transition, recipes were a hit-and-miss conglomeration of internet resources and my favorite traditional recipes re-vamped (from my most favoritest cookbook from years past: "The Four Ingredient Cookbook"). The positive aspects of the ever tweaking process was an ability to improvise, plus fine-tune a recipe to meet our palate. The downside was never being sure what your going to get due to your trial & error, and since most of the recipes didn't start out with a health aspect, the tweaking only made them moderately more healthy.

    Then by accident I happened upon @happyherbivore on twitter. That is the "handle" of a very talented Lindsay S. Nixon. Checking out recipes she had posted on her website made me curious about her new cookbook. Well "The Happy Herbivore" arrived in the mail this week from Amazon, and let me tell you; it's better than I could have imagained. Simple and affordable vegan recipes that center on being low-fat and healthy. Now for the breakdown:

    The Purpose:

    As Lindsay explains in the introduction, her goal was to: "bring healthy but delicious vegan food to others." I knew as with all "food regimens" that you typically have an option between healthy and not-so-healthy. I naively thought my wife and I had been on the "healthy" side. It took getting to just page 3 of "The Happy Herbivore" to realize how wrong I was. I was schooled on oils in an eye opening way. Another reason we had unwittingly deviated from the "healthy" side was convenience. There are so many processed foods available now for vegans, that the lure is hard to escape. I was sadly mistaken that eating a "healthy vegan diet" was somehow complicated, or required exotic ingredients or machines I could neither afford or have access to. In just 10 pages Lindsay was able in her introduction to explain the purpose of the cookbook, and all the ins and outs of making it happen. Then you get to the "meat" of the book:

    Recipes

    Broken down into logical categories, "The Happy Herbivore" is a great "Vegan Playbook". You can either do the guy thing (look at the pretty pictures to choose the meal you want) or be more dogmatic and use her handy dandy icons. On page 9 she outlines the icons you'll find for easy recipe classification. Categories are as follow:

    * No Cooking Required
    * Quick (30 minutes or less)
    * Fat-Free
    * Gluten-Free
    * Soy-Free
    * Kid-Friendly
    * Omni-Friendly

    So as your perusing the cookbook, the top of each page will have the icons that are applicable to that particular recipe. Need something quick & gluten free? Just look for recipes with the appropriate icons. You'll also notice at the bottom of each page is a nutrtition breakdown for each recipe. For an example of one of her recipes check out the "Hippie Loaf" from her cookbook "The Happy Herbivore".

    Conclusion:

    I think one of the reasons this cookbook appeals to me is because it is so similiar to the "Four Ingredient Cookbook" I had used for so many years. It uses a few simple ingredients to make a delicious meal without a lot of time and effort in the kitchen. The advantages it has over my "old fave cookbook" is the recipes are healthy and don't rely on processed ingredients. I highly recommend this cookbook if you enjoy eating good food, but don't enjoy spending lots of time in preparation of the meals.

    ~david
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    5.0 out of 5 stars
    Great Vegan Cookbook

    Reviewed in the United States on February 18, 2011
    My wife and I have recently "evolved" our diet from high fat fried to low-fat, no red meat to vegetarian and now finally embracing vegan. During the transition, recipes were a hit-and-miss conglomeration of internet resources and my favorite traditional recipes re-vamped (from my most favoritest cookbook from years past: "The Four Ingredient Cookbook"). The positive aspects of the ever tweaking process was an ability to improvise, plus fine-tune a recipe to meet our palate. The downside was never being sure what your going to get due to your trial & error, and since most of the recipes didn't start out with a health aspect, the tweaking only made them moderately more healthy.

    Then by accident I happened upon @happyherbivore on twitter. That is the "handle" of a very talented Lindsay S. Nixon. Checking out recipes she had posted on her website made me curious about her new cookbook. Well "The Happy Herbivore" arrived in the mail this week from Amazon, and let me tell you; it's better than I could have imagained. Simple and affordable vegan recipes that center on being low-fat and healthy. Now for the breakdown:

    The Purpose:

    As Lindsay explains in the introduction, her goal was to: "bring healthy but delicious vegan food to others." I knew as with all "food regimens" that you typically have an option between healthy and not-so-healthy. I naively thought my wife and I had been on the "healthy" side. It took getting to just page 3 of "The Happy Herbivore" to realize how wrong I was. I was schooled on oils in an eye opening way. Another reason we had unwittingly deviated from the "healthy" side was convenience. There are so many processed foods available now for vegans, that the lure is hard to escape. I was sadly mistaken that eating a "healthy vegan diet" was somehow complicated, or required exotic ingredients or machines I could neither afford or have access to. In just 10 pages Lindsay was able in her introduction to explain the purpose of the cookbook, and all the ins and outs of making it happen. Then you get to the "meat" of the book:

    Recipes

    Broken down into logical categories, "The Happy Herbivore" is a great "Vegan Playbook". You can either do the guy thing (look at the pretty pictures to choose the meal you want) or be more dogmatic and use her handy dandy icons. On page 9 she outlines the icons you'll find for easy recipe classification. Categories are as follow:

    * No Cooking Required
    * Quick (30 minutes or less)
    * Fat-Free
    * Gluten-Free
    * Soy-Free
    * Kid-Friendly
    * Omni-Friendly

    So as your perusing the cookbook, the top of each page will have the icons that are applicable to that particular recipe. Need something quick & gluten free? Just look for recipes with the appropriate icons. You'll also notice at the bottom of each page is a nutrtition breakdown for each recipe. For an example of one of her recipes check out the "Hippie Loaf" from her cookbook "The Happy Herbivore".

    Conclusion:

    I think one of the reasons this cookbook appeals to me is because it is so similiar to the "Four Ingredient Cookbook" I had used for so many years. It uses a few simple ingredients to make a delicious meal without a lot of time and effort in the kitchen. The advantages it has over my "old fave cookbook" is the recipes are healthy and don't rely on processed ingredients. I highly recommend this cookbook if you enjoy eating good food, but don't enjoy spending lots of time in preparation of the meals.

    ~david
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  • Reviewed in the United States on February 9, 2011
    Format: PaperbackVerified Purchase
    It is refreshing to see a plant based recipe book that doesn't advertise being a diet or low-fat book, yet it's healthy!

    The best thing about the book is the author understands the concept of a true healthy plant based diet, so much that her book gets the stamp of approval by widely respected and well-known leading doctors and nutritionists who have built their research and careers on healing and reversing disease.

    There is no added oil in any of the recipes. This is my favorite part of the book - no oils! There are so many "health" or "diet" books out there that have you pouring on what they consider healthy oils, which only add fat and empty calories to the meal. When all plant foods already contain fats in their natural form.

    The provided pictures are wonderful. They are all full page, and accompany the majority of recipes. That is another key ingredient that makes this book so exciting.

    A couple of recipes I really liked are the "tuna" salad, and the cornbread. I substituted dill for the kelp in the "tuna" salad as that is what I had on hand. I also used Nasoya Nayonaise, Ff, 14-Ounce (Pack of 12) which I had on hand instead of using her mayo recipe. I haven't had real tuna salad in over a decade, and I almost thought that my next-day leftovers were the real thing, as my family had made real tuna the same day I made this recipe. I had to double check with them that they already ate all of theirs because it really reminded me of it. I also like the fact that it's so low-fat. I had developed a mock tuna salad that used seeds as the base so it was really high in fat, and it was a blessing to have a low-fat option.

    The cornbread recipe was super easy to make and very moist. I made it in a cast iron skillet just like the regular cornbread and it was perfect.

    The layout of the book is very user friendly, enjoyable to read and the format is easy on the eyes. I also like how the faux meats are in a section by themselves and not mixed in with the more whole food recipes. I liked the authors happy, upbeat attitude as well, which perfectly matched the title of her book.

    All in all a great recipe book for everyone and anyone embarking on a plant food diet. After all isn't taking the healthy route the best way to start on a plant food diet? Especially if the recipes are that delicious!
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    Reviewed in the United States on February 9, 2011
    It is refreshing to see a plant based recipe book that doesn't advertise being a diet or low-fat book, yet it's healthy!

    The best thing about the book is the author understands the concept of a true healthy plant based diet, so much that her book gets the stamp of approval by widely respected and well-known leading doctors and nutritionists who have built their research and careers on healing and reversing disease.

    There is no added oil in any of the recipes. This is my favorite part of the book - no oils! There are so many "health" or "diet" books out there that have you pouring on what they consider healthy oils, which only add fat and empty calories to the meal. When all plant foods already contain fats in their natural form.

    The provided pictures are wonderful. They are all full page, and accompany the majority of recipes. That is another key ingredient that makes this book so exciting.

    A couple of recipes I really liked are the "tuna" salad, and the cornbread. I substituted dill for the kelp in the "tuna" salad as that is what I had on hand. I also used Nasoya Nayonaise, Ff, 14-Ounce (Pack of 12) which I had on hand instead of using her mayo recipe. I haven't had real tuna salad in over a decade, and I almost thought that my next-day leftovers were the real thing, as my family had made real tuna the same day I made this recipe. I had to double check with them that they already ate all of theirs because it really reminded me of it. I also like the fact that it's so low-fat. I had developed a mock tuna salad that used seeds as the base so it was really high in fat, and it was a blessing to have a low-fat option.

    The cornbread recipe was super easy to make and very moist. I made it in a cast iron skillet just like the regular cornbread and it was perfect.

    The layout of the book is very user friendly, enjoyable to read and the format is easy on the eyes. I also like how the faux meats are in a section by themselves and not mixed in with the more whole food recipes. I liked the authors happy, upbeat attitude as well, which perfectly matched the title of her book.

    All in all a great recipe book for everyone and anyone embarking on a plant food diet. After all isn't taking the healthy route the best way to start on a plant food diet? Especially if the recipes are that delicious!
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  • Jan G.
    5.0 out of 5 stars Mein neues Lieblingskochbuch
    Reviewed in Germany on March 3, 2012
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    Da ich nach 20 Jahren als Vegetarier nun vegan lebe, habe ich mir in den letzten Monaten auch etliche vegane Kochbücher zugelegt. "The Happy Herbivore" ist mein absoluter Favorit: Die Rezepte sind nicht nur frei von tierischen Produkten sondern dazu auch noch gesund, d.h. vollwertig und fettarm (völlig ohne Verwendung von Margarine oder Öl) - was man den Gerichten aber in keiner Weise anmerkt. Im Gegenteil hat alles, was ich bis dahin daraus gekocht oder gebacken habe einfach nur in jeder Hinsicht hervorragend geschmeckt, ohne dass ich *irgendetwas* vermisst hätte.

    Dazu kommt, dass die Zutatenlisten überschaubar sind und sich der Großteil der Zutaten leicht besorgen lässt, was das Kochen einfach macht. Unüblich für ein amerikanisches Kochbuch sind die vielen, gut aufgenommenen, Fotos, die Lust darauf machen, die Rezepte auszuprobieren: Aus keinem Kochbuch habe ich bisher so viele Rezepte innerhalb so kurzer Zeit nachgekocht!

    Einziger Nachteil: Das Buch verwendet - logischerweise - amerikanische Maßangaben, so dass man etwas umrechnen muss, aber diese Hürde ist schnell überwunden (und einen Stern abziehen will ich dafür auch nicht, da es ja nicht Schuld der Autorin ist, dass man in Deutschland "Gramm" und "Milliliter" anstelle von "cup", "ounce" und "tablespoon" gewöhnt ist).
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  • Jenny
    5.0 out of 5 stars I'm a big fan
    Reviewed in Australia on February 26, 2015
    Format: KindleVerified Purchase
    I'm a big fan of Lindsay's cooking and blog recipes. I purchased this one just to get her cookie recipe and of course it was well worth it! We don't just double the batch we triple it and freeze the extra portion to use as snacks during the week. I don't add sugar as the apple puree I use had added sugar and it is a healthy snack for the kids for the week. I love knowing there is no hidden nasty in their snack. Of course I'm slowly working my way through her other recipes in the book but these are definitely worthwhile. I think I have all her books now!
  • M. Howard
    5.0 out of 5 stars Great book
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 10, 2011
    Format: PaperbackVerified Purchase
    I've had this book for a couple of weeks and love it. It's crammed full of healthy low-fat plant-based recipes with delightful photos. (So many vegan recipe books don't have a single picture). I've made a few meals already - the spicy sausage is great as are the black bean chocolate brownies and chocolate chip cookies. Can't wait for the next book.
  • luv_pugs
    5.0 out of 5 stars LOVE this book. HIGHLY recommend
    Reviewed in Canada on December 20, 2012
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    I bought this book after stumbling across the authors blog and discovered that she cooks and bakes very similar to the way I do--no added fat. Unfortunately not all of my own recipes I attempt to replace the fat with turn out. So when I found out she had a cookbook I purchased it immediately, because I was so happy to find a book that was not only vegan but where the recipes contained no added margarine, oil or shortening, but instead whole foods. I have had this book about a week and have been making 1-3 recipes from it daily and have to say that everything I have made thus far has been very tasty. I have also gotten my family and boyfriend--none of whom are vegan, but rather pretty much pure carnivores-- to try all the recipes I make from this book and they have all enjoyed the meals and snacks I have been preparing!

    I want to address one of the reoccurring negative complaints of this book:
    -Many people comment saying some recipes in this book aren't really a recipe because the author uses onion powder or garlic powder. I have to completely disagree with these comments because I find this to be a pro, not a con. One of the reasons so many people don't cook or bake is because no one has the time to do it. I think using spices rather than chopping and dicing all the time is actually a great idea, and the recipes still taste amazing. There is nothing more daunting than a recipe with an ingredient list as long as the page telling you to chop this, dice that, julienne all this, but you don't find that in this book. And trust me, there isn't anything missing from these recipes, they taste amazing.

    Pros:
    -the author uses everyday ingredients. I rarely have to make special trips to the grocery store for these recipes as all the ingredients are staples in my cupboard. And being a student on a budget, I don't have that stocked of a pantry, so this is saying something.
    -the recipes are easy to adapt. If you like extra spicy or prefer more of a mild taste, it is easy to modify these recipes to your preference
    -it makes great portions. The recipes are great for at least 2-4 portions sometimes, which is great if (1) you are super hungry and just cooking for yourself or (2) you have leftovers for the next day, but its not like an obscene amount of leftovers which is nice.
    -WHOLE FOODS are used! You won't find any white flour, or processed sugar in these recipes, so when you eat the food you know it is healthy for you. I don't think people should every associate guilt with food. I believe you can eat great tasting food that is just as nutritious as delicious and this recipe book does just that.
    -Easy-to-follow lay out: I have read a lot of cookbooks over the time and sometimes there are just paragraphs everywhere with teeny tiny font and I mess the recipe up because I lose my place when reading the never ending directions. This book is short and to the point and that is exactly what I need. It is also difficult to mess these recipes up because the directions are short and to the point.
    -Spices, spices, spices! I love how the author relies on spices for flavour, not fat. There is so much flavour in the recipes in this book, even my carnivore boyfriend and family members love them. Relying on spices is not only way healthier for you, but it makes the recipe super adaptable to your taste.

    Cons:
    NONE! I absolutely can not say enough wonderful things about this book!

    Summary: If you are looking for a healthy vegan cookbook that uses everyday ingredients with easy to follow directions, then this book is for you.
  • Amazon Customer
    5.0 out of 5 stars Great every day recipes
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 10, 2013
    Format: PaperbackVerified Purchase
    I have recently turned vegan and I was looking for a book to help me learn how to make some new vegan recipes. I wasn't looking for anything too fancy just everyday food. I have been very pleased with this book and it has several bookmarks in it already with recipes that I want to try out. I cook something new on my day off every week and so far I have made the banana bread and the soul burger, both were wonderful but the banana bread was amazing. I even took some to work and my coworkers couldn't believe it was healthy and vegan, it was seriously yummy! Next week I am going to try and make some of her sauces and maybe the meatloaf! I can't wait to get stuck in and I'm already looking at her other books since I'm so happy with this one.