The Best 125 Meatless Pasta Dishes [Paperback]

Susann Geiskopf-Hadler (Author), Mindy Toomay (Author)

Book Description

Series: The Best 125 | Publication Date: February 12, 1997

The Best 125 Meatless Pasta Dishes draws on the cuisines of many nation—as well as on the authors’ seasoned imaginations—to expand our sense of pasta’s possibilities. With its emphasis on fresh ingredients and tantalizing flavors, this book proves we can eat less meat without sacrificing enjoyment. Now you can treat yourself and your family to delicious pasta sauces, soups, salads, and baked dishes such as:

• Dried-Tomato Pesto with Mint
• Savory Pumpkin and Pasta Soup
• Shiitake and Spinach Pesto with Ginger
• Spinach Lasagna with Port
• Tortellini Salad with Roasted Walnuts
• Cold Pasta in Creamy Garlic Cucumber Sauce
• and 119 more tasty dishes!

Each Recipe Includes a Complete Nutritional Analysis!

“The authors’ love for pasta shines through in their excellent array of meatless pasta dishes—so varied you won’t miss the meat.”
—Cookbook Review

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

If for no other reason than the fact that the average vegetarian serves pasta at least twice a week, this would be a welcome addition to the vegetarian cookbook shelf. But by offering a wide variety of hot and cold recipes that take less than an hour to prepare, Toomay and Geiskopf-Hadler ( A Complete Guide to Easy Vegetarian and Seafood Cooking ) also address another concern that vegetarians, like all cooks, face: how to make interesting meals when you have no time. Especially useful are the 35 "Almost Instant Recipes," like one for dried-tomato carbonara and mushrooms paprikash, which can be made in the time it takes to cook pasta, and shortcut cooking tips. Recipe instructions are talky but accessible; per-serving nutritional breakdowns are useful; illustrations of pasta types would also have been helpful. Some cooks may be put off by the ingredient listings, in which the food is named before the amount needed. In all, however, this is a affable, practical book that may end up doing for a cook what pasta itself does: make life simpler.
Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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Satisfy Your Passion for Pasta Without Sacrificing Flavor!

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Product Details

• Paperback: 336 pages
• Publisher: Prima Lifestyles; 2 edition (February 12, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0761506454
• ISBN-13: 978-0761506454
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.5 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,141,034 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars one word: pesto!, January 8, 2000

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If for no other reason, buy this book for the Pimiento Olive Pesto recipe-- it was like a trip to Spain, esp. accompanied by a glass of dry sherry! I have 2 other books by this same team, "Vegan Gourmet" and their Mexican volume, and enjoy them all. I have well over 100 cookbooks, and revisit these frequently.

4.0 out of 5 stars Easy recipes that the whole family loves!, July 6, 1998

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This book is great! Every recipe that I have made from this cookbook and met with rave reviews from my family and friends. I especially like the quick recipies. As a working mom with two hungry kids,having recipes that I can put together quickly is a big plus.

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