The Cookbook Thread

[Bowwowmeow]

I just bought Vegan World Fusion Cuisine (http://www.veganfusion.com/amazon.php?vcn=google) by Mark Reinfeld and Bo Rinaldi. It has a lovely introduction by Jane Goodall, and the pictures of the chimps almost made me cry, because they are so beautiful. I've had a browse through the recipes and some of them look awfully good! I think the first thing I want to try is Sistah Jah Love Roasted Squash Soup on page 42. :eat: :chef:

[Oracl]

That looks like a lovely book. :agree:

[paul]

looks good,
so does your "Recently Viewed Products":D

[Cherie]

Hey, I have that book!!!! I can advise you on what to make...BRB

[Cherie]

summer rolls w/ peanut sauce - loved this, with brown rice inside

nirvana's nori roll - it has tempeh inside and is pretty good, though i prefer avocado only nori rolls

universal spelt focaccia dough (for pizza, too!) - a bit high-fat, but the BEST pizza dough ever

kung pao tofu - i have a few good recipes for this, and this is one of them

maple-glazed seitan - this is my fave seitan recipe

lotus coco rice - pretty good, very healthy

bamboodha's fruit crumble - very tasty and healthy, though hard to finish. it's a huge pan full! maybe half the recipe?

[Bowwowmeow]

Thanks Cherie! Its so hard to choose what to try first when I get a new cookbook.

[Blueshark]

I purchased 'Everybody's Vegan Cookbook' (http://www.amazon.com/Everybodys-Vegan-Cookbook-Joanna-Piekarski/dp/0932040500)

Contains many recipes for all meal stages - I am not a recipe person but this one looks good enough to make me want to experiment.

[dreamer]

I already had quite a few vegetarian cookbooks when I became vegan, but once I became vegan, I've mainly ignored them because I bought quite a few vegan ones I got so excited:D

I absolutely LOVE the Vegan Cupcakes Take over the World cookbook, but I'm afraid I'll end up 400 pounds if I keep making 'em. I also like her Vegan with a Vengeance cookbook. Another one I've been using a bit right now is La Dolce Vegan. I also enjoy some of the dishes from Vegan Planet, though I often have to add spices or something to really enjoy the dishes. I also have a few recipe books by Jo Stepaniak, but I haven't looked at them much since I got these newer cookbooks:rolleyes: I did really enjoy the fettucine alfreda in her The Nutritional Yeast cookbook. I guess I should also look back in my vegetarian cookbooks for recipes that are vegan too...I already seldom cook the same thing more than once every couple of months as it is. I definitely haven't gotten bored with my wonderful vegan cookbooks!

[Gliondrach]

I don't need a book to tell me how to create a dish of baked beans on toast. I have a natural ability.

[dreamer]

I don't need a book to tell me how to create a dish of baked beans on toast. I have a natural ability.
I don't need a book to tell me how to cook lots of things--including beans on toast;) I do enjoy eating foods that I probably woulda never thought to fix...like fettucine alfreda:dribble:

Another cookbook I've used quite a few times is 150 Vegan Favorites. The main problem with that book is that it has some recipes that call for honey:rolleyes: I just substitute agave nectar in those instances. I've also used Vegan Microwave Cooking a few times, though there aren't many "main dish" recipes that I find appetizing when reading the recipes:no:

[thevegantwins]

I don't need a book to tell me how to create a dish of baked beans on toast. I have a natural ability.
One thing on today's agenda for me is to find a vegan UK baked bean recipe. I want to make them from scratch. I love the Heinz baked beans but they are $1.69 (86p) a tin here and have some icky ingredients. I'd rather make the beans myself. I don't like American baked beans, too sweet.

[dreamer]

Has anyone tried the cookbook Incredibly Delicious? I can find it at Amazon, but it's not one you can "look inside" and I'm rather cautious about buying cookbooks that I can't "peak" at the recipes included.

[thevegantwins]

I never heard of it and I've seen many, many different vegan cookbooks floating around on the net. I do want to get La Dolce Vegan and probably the Mediterranean Vegan Kitchen too.

[my3labs]

Another cookbook I've used quite a few times is 150 Vegan Favorites.

My mom got me this one for xmas. Anything good I should try?

I also got the "Vegan Cupcakes Take Over the World" book. Holy crap!!!!! I've made the boston cream and the mint cupcakes so far. Fantastic!!!

[Gliondrach]

There's a lot of talk about food in this thread.

[thevegantwins]

There is a new vegan cookbook out called Skinny Bitch in the Kitch. I haven't read it but I read the review in the NY Times and it pissed me off. Not only are the 2 writers approaching veganism from a sexist point (veganism will help a woman lose weight, be skinny and therefore, beautiful), they didn't even write the recipes. They hired a cookbook consultant to create the recipes. Also, they are hypocrites because I heard in their first book, Skinny Bitch, they stress the importance of avoiding processed foods and eating whole grains, fruit and veg but in their 'cookbook', most of the recipes call for meat analogs, vegan cheeze etc.

[thevegantwins]

I just took a cookbook out of the library, Student's Go Vegan Cookbook. I'm looking for cheap, easy recipes. I'll review it later. I also got, from another library, Ani's Raw Food Kitchenby Ani Phyo. I like this cookbook but some of the stuff is annoying like making a sun burger and dehydrating it in the Arizona sun for 8 hours. :rolleyes:

[Jippia]

Last year, I bought some books by Linda Majzlik (Vegan baking, a vegan taste of the Middle East, of Eastern Europe, of Greece and of the Caribbean) and I made my entire Christmas dinner from the Middle Eastern cookbook. I like them a lot. It is easy to follow the recipes and my in-laws loved the things I had made for our Christmas dinner.

[Gliondrach]

Must have been some interesting dishes. Any Armenian ones?

[Matt]

I have Vegan With A Vengeance as well but can't say I've experimented much.... only made pancakes, potato gnocchi and pesto using her recipes so far.

Another to recommend is "Easy Vegan Cooking" by Leah Leneman - it has 350+ recipes and deserves a mention as it gives measurements in grams and ounces, as well as cups (which I don't trust!) and also shows which ingredients may be known differently in the UK and US (eg. cornflour vs cornstarch, chickpea flour vs gram flour etc).

My only gripe is that neither book contains pictures, and if I'm cooking a dish that I've never had before I like to have some vague idea of what it's supposed to look like.... although considering that would probably add a tenner to the price so I shouldn't complain!

[cutekittypunk]

I haven't completely made the switch from vegetarian to vegan, but i do enjoy my vegan cookbooks more than the vegetarian ones.

the thing i'm having a problem with is chocolate -especially white chocolate - i love it.

i'm trying to quit eating granulated sugar as well. last year i completely quit white sugar and just ate natural cane sugar... but now i'm trying to quit that too and just eat agave nectar or pure maple syrup...

anyways, the cookbooks i have are: Eat, Drink and be Vegan; Vegan with a vengeance (which i love); vegan cupcakes take over the world (converted others to this book as well); and v-con.

the other things i really like as a vegetarian is cheese. and a few months ago i tried the vegan thing drinking only soy milk and eating no cheese... i was pregnant at the time and found it very difficult as the vegan cheese just did not appeal to me.

so now i'm back to trying it again - only this time instead of trying vegan cheese - i don't like it - i'm going to try other things on my sandwiches. i'm not really a baked beans kind of girl... so i found a lovely recipe in the v-con book: it's mediterranean style cashew - cucumber dip - and it's very yummy thickly spread between two slices of whole wheat toast - I couldn't be happier!

anyone have the nut cookbook from the vegparadise people? i'm curious about that one?

[Gliondrach]

Which vegan cheese have you had? Cheezly? That's nice.

[cutekittypunk]

Which vegan cheese have you had? Cheezly? That's nice.

i tried a few different kinds... i didn't like any of them... i'd rather not eat those fake cheeses - i'd rather just eat something else you know.

maybe if i'm ever in the states or some place where they sell a lot more variety - then i'll try some other stuff...

but for now - i'm content.

[Gliondrach]

I usually don't eat any of these manufactured alternatives to animal products but cheezly is nice to have occasionally.

[LetsEat]

Hi all, new here, first post. I am just starting, after being veggie. There must be about 50 cookbooks I found on Amazon I put in my wish list. It gets really confusing weighing in all the oponions posted there. I wanted something not focussed on 'subbing' this or that and/or based on soy or 'fake this or that'. I do like fake meat, yes, it's just expensive, and I wanted to get started, so I choose the Supermarket Vegan by Donna Klein. Things look easy and simple so far.

Ruth in Texas

[Bowwowmeow]

Welcome Ruth! :blinkwave: It's great to have so many vegan cookbooks out there now. I used to have to go by vegetarian ones and even omni ones when I was first starting out. It's so nice to see it becoming more mainstream as time goes by. :)

[Gliondrach]

Hello Ruth. :wave:

There are lots of great recipes here in various places.

[Gliondrach]

Duplicate post. It took such a long time to work that I pressed 'post' again but didn't get the message that it was the same message I'd posted in less than 5 minutes.

[LetsEat]

thanks for the welcomes. I LOVE your recipe's here. I spent some time going thru them. It's a work in progress I relish! :) Sorry for the bad pun.

[Tabby]

I've been experimenting with cake recipes, my other half and I have a really sweet tooth. Any suggestions that aren't from 'Vegan with a vengeance'? They would be much appreciated.

[Gliondrach]

Long time no see (or read from) Tabby. :wave:

There are quite a few in 'Vegan Cooking' by Leah Leneman. I forgot I had that book until I remembered it just now. I've had it for more than 20 years but never used it. It has 128 pages and cost the princely sum of £1.50.

Orange Cake

4 oz (100 grams - using the Napoleonic system) raw cane sugar.
1/2 teaspoon sea salt.
7 oz (200 grams) 81 per cent or 100 per cent plain wholemeal flour.
1 teaspoonful bicarbonate of soda.
4 tablespoons vegetable oil.
2 tablespoons pure orange juice.
Grated rind of one small orange.
1/3 pint (200ml) water.

1. Mix the flour, sugar, salt and soda together well in a large bowl.
2. Add the oil, juice, rind and water. Mix with a fork until all the dry ingredients are moist. Do not beat.
3. pour the mixture into 2 greased (and, if desired, lined with greaseproof paper) sandwich tins.
4. Bake in a moderate oven at 350 F. 180 C. (Gas mark 4) for 30 minutes, or until the top of the cake springs up when lightly pressed. Leave to cool thoroughly.

Note. This cake is nice sandwiched with margarine mixed with raw cane sugar and pure orange juice and topped with an orange-flavoured glace icing.

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Caramel Icing

5 oz (150 grams) raw cane sugar.
4 tablespoons soya milk.
2 oz (50 grams) polyunsaturated margarine.
1/2 teaspoonful vanilla essence.

1. Mix the sugar, soya milk and margarine in a saucepan.
2. Bring to the boil stirring constantly. Boil for 2-3 minutes.
3. Remove from the heat and beat until lukewarm.
4. Add the vanilla essence and beat to a spreading consistency.

[Tabby]

:wave: Thanks Gliondrach, yeah, I've been away a while. Lots of lovely things going on with me but it's kept me busy.
The orange cake sounds yummy:chef: I may make that one for valentines day. Thanks again, any other suggestion gratefully received.:hungry:

[LetsEat]

Back to reading this thread. I saw a youtube with a reciipe from The 30-Day Vegetarian [Paperback] by Nancy Parker

I normally wouldn't have looked at it but the recipe was Vegan, it was a tofu 'roast'. I looked inside of it from Amazon as best as I good. I can't tell if that is the only thing good, but it was tofu mashed with some seasonings in it, then done in a cheesecloth to form a bowl, then weighed down to drain. Then a stuffing (again, vegan) was put inside then inverted, it looked like a bowl, then baked. oh my it looked good.

I would not have looked at it, it sounded like a newbie book, but at least that one thing is good sounding. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GeSQNtDH7Js

[Pantera]

Has anyone bought Appetite for Reduction? That's the next book I have my eye on, but wondered if it's worth buying??

[Gliondrach]

Never heard of it until you mentioned it but it does look very good. Lots of good reviews.

I would buy it if I was a cooking-type.

[Pantera]

I love Vegan with a vengence and Veganomicon but many of the recipes use a lot of oil and soy. I think AFR is designed for weight loss and has less fat.

[mole]

Thrive: The Vegan Nutrition Guide to Optimal Performance in Sports and Life is a great book, inexpensive and is packed with unique recipes that do not use soy, wheat or gluten. It isnt necessarily a cookbook, but does have great recipes and good information on sports performance for vegans. I have tried a number of his recipes and found them to be very tasty.

The author Brendon is a ironman triathlete from Canada but he speaks all over the US.

http://www.amazon.com/Thrive-Nutrition-Optimal-Performance-Sports/dp/0738212547/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1314507189&sr=8-3

[ninjajane]

I've got appetite for reduction, my first non asian vegan book and I like it. The cajun bean balls, sundried tom and walnut dressing and buffalo tempeh are fab.

The mushroom paprika's were horrid but I used some wine that was horrid :(

The ingredients repeat them selves a lot so once you have a standard set of ingredients you can find quite a few recipes to try without buying more.

[Bladerunner]

Will you be trying the mushroom paprikas with better wine or has the bad experience put you off them, ninjajane?


Bladerunner :)

[Gingerbreadman]

I've got appetite for reduction.

I like the Veggie pot pie stew but find this book quite uninspiring, I prefer Veganomicon and the Happy Herbivore books

[ninjajane]

no I don't think I'd try that one again, why waste good wine? lol I might look for a vegan goulash recipe instead.