This new revised edition of the trusted guide to vegetarian family cooking is better than ever with recipes for quick, healthy, tasty, kid-tested meals—many of them totally new for this edition. The vegan information has been expanded, too, with plenty of helpful tips on incorporating vegan choices into a diet. This is one recipe book that belongs in every earth-friendly kitchen.
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131 of 138 people found the following review helpful
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Format:Paperback
As an adult I have been delivered from the Midwestern home of my childhood (meat and potatoes, cream of mushroom soup casseroles, ice cream every night before bed) to the beautiful land of Oregon where outdoor markets and co-op shopping are plentiful. Over the past ten years I have been exploring vegetarian options and a healthier lifestyle but it can be difficult to get beyond some of the complex recipes, expensive ingredients or bizarre taste combinations that seem to frequent vegetarian cookbooks and co-op shelves.
This wonderful book is geared to suit children, who can be notoriously picky eaters, but it also works well on an adult level. It is a great introduction to quick, simple vegetarian meals that introduce a few basic items without overwhelming the taste buds or the wallet. For both adults and children it is possible to move into a healthier lifestyle gradually, one recipe at a time, one meal per week...when we can sit down as a family and each find something new that we like on our plates then I think we become much more open to making healthy choices habitual.
The book also includes some great recipes for slumber parties, Halloween parties and many ideas for re-vamping typical kid foods (hot dogs, macaroni and cheese, brownies) into healthier options....
75 of 79 people found the following review helpful
By Cathy_H
Format:Paperback
I wish I'd found this book years ago not for my kids, but for me. The meals are easy to prepare, and I LOVE the section on packable stuff. Also, the recipes are visibly labeled: vegan, vegetarian, vegan option. Helpful for me since I don't do dairy.
Many, many thanks to the authors for putting together a clear, concise "idea book" of quick meals that can be put together with normal vegetarian staples rather than exotic ingredients.
50 of 51 people found the following review helpful
By K. Hickman
Format:Paperback
First off, being 7 years and innumerable cookbooks into parenthood, I am automatically suspicious of ANY cookbook claiming to have recipes "your kids will love!" It's a marketing gimmick; no one can truly claim it because kids are so darn different and impossible to predict or categorize. I'd love a cookbook to be honest and say things like, "three actual kids liked this recipe", or better yet, "three out of ten kids said they liked it after we shoved it down their throat five times in two months." I would buy that book. I digress.
When my 6-year-old told us she wanted to be vegetarian, we were supportive. We're major meat eaters but we all agreed we could go meatless more often and adjust some of our family habits to accomodate her. I'm a decent cook but haven't worked much with tofu and I thought I'd check out a few veg cookbooks to get some more ideas. This one looked promising from high reviews. My daughter's somewhat picky, and like most of us eats with her eyes first, so I told her when the cookbook came we could look through it together and try what looked good.
But there are NO PHOTOS. NONE except the cute front cover. It's printed on b&w text paper, like a regular book with no pictures. There are some unrelated kid scribbly drawings in there to take up space between recipes, but no photos! We were both bummed.
So then we resorted to reading through the recipes. I was still hopeful until I got a few pages in. Really? They took up print space to write a recipe for stirring applesauce and brown rice together? "Rice Surprise", page 27. Or "Firefighter French Fries", p.46, which is cutting up sweet potatoes into strips and baking them. Yeah sweet potato oven fries are good but I don't need a cookbook to tell me how to make them. I must be a better cook than I thought. Or how about "Apple Dips", p. 88 (apple slices with peanut butter.
My favorite, and most confusing, might be "Eggless Humpty Dumpty Salad", p.40. It's like an egg salad made with tofu instead of eggs, and I quote directly, "The combination of mashed tofu and turmeric gives this dish the consistency and color of egg salad. In fact, some people won't even notice it has no eggs!" Raise your hand if your kid thinks turmeric tastes like eggs just because it's yellow. Why not...just make egg salad with eggs? It's not a vegan cookbook, although many recipes in it are vegan, and each recipe is clearly labeled "vegetarian" or "vegan." But many of the recipes have eggs. Just not the egg salad.
I am pointing out the ridiculous extremes, it's true. I concede there are some recipes that look OK. But I'm ticked about the lack of photos and the general simplicity (toaster waffles spread with peanut butter and bananas, hey thanks for that revelation! And some of the other recipes, that look like actual recipes, just don't sound that good to me, and how can I serve something up I don't like myself? (Like "Okra Casserole for Busy People", p.82 - canned okra, brown rice, green chilies and plain tomato sauce, eew!) It's not the lack of literal meat that bothers me - I WANTED a veg cookbook. But there are few spices, even salt & pepper, or appealing flavor combos, or really anything in here I can imagine my kid "loving." Oh, well, back to the search function.
When my 6-year-old told us she wanted to be vegetarian, we were supportive. We're major meat eaters but we all agreed we could go meatless more often and adjust some of our family habits to accomodate her. I'm a decent cook but haven't worked much with tofu and I thought I'd check out a few veg cookbooks to get some more ideas. This one looked promising from high reviews. My daughter's somewhat picky, and like most of us eats with her eyes first, so I told her when the cookbook came we could look through it together and try what looked good.
But there are NO PHOTOS. NONE except the cute front cover. It's printed on b&w text paper, like a regular book with no pictures. There are some unrelated kid scribbly drawings in there to take up space between recipes, but no photos! We were both bummed.
So then we resorted to reading through the recipes. I was still hopeful until I got a few pages in. Really? They took up print space to write a recipe for stirring applesauce and brown rice together? "Rice Surprise", page 27. Or "Firefighter French Fries", p.46, which is cutting up sweet potatoes into strips and baking them. Yeah sweet potato oven fries are good but I don't need a cookbook to tell me how to make them. I must be a better cook than I thought. Or how about "Apple Dips", p. 88 (apple slices with peanut butter.
My favorite, and most confusing, might be "Eggless Humpty Dumpty Salad", p.40. It's like an egg salad made with tofu instead of eggs, and I quote directly, "The combination of mashed tofu and turmeric gives this dish the consistency and color of egg salad. In fact, some people won't even notice it has no eggs!" Raise your hand if your kid thinks turmeric tastes like eggs just because it's yellow. Why not...just make egg salad with eggs? It's not a vegan cookbook, although many recipes in it are vegan, and each recipe is clearly labeled "vegetarian" or "vegan." But many of the recipes have eggs. Just not the egg salad.
I am pointing out the ridiculous extremes, it's true. I concede there are some recipes that look OK. But I'm ticked about the lack of photos and the general simplicity (toaster waffles spread with peanut butter and bananas, hey thanks for that revelation! And some of the other recipes, that look like actual recipes, just don't sound that good to me, and how can I serve something up I don't like myself? (Like "Okra Casserole for Busy People", p.82 - canned okra, brown rice, green chilies and plain tomato sauce, eew!) It's not the lack of literal meat that bothers me - I WANTED a veg cookbook. But there are few spices, even salt & pepper, or appealing flavor combos, or really anything in here I can imagine my kid "loving." Oh, well, back to the search function.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
5.0 out of 5 stars
Diamond in the Rough
While this book seems to be written for parents, I have found it to be an excellent addition to my household without children. Read more
Published 2 months ago by MIBirder
3.0 out of 5 stars
Boring, Tasteless Recipes with Flashy Titles
I was really disappointed in this cookbook. The recipes are beyond boring. They are easy, sure. They are also totally BLAH. Read more
Published 3 months ago by Maya Cointreau
3.0 out of 5 stars
cookbook
Its a nice cookbook ! My Son liked a few of the receipes , but he never asked me to fix them again . I will to fix them again to see if he'd try it again .
Published 4 months ago by Cindy Asmore
4.0 out of 5 stars
Good primer for vegetarian meal planning
Pros:
Love the huge number of recipes.
Cons: Focus to heavily on wheat-based products such as: breads and bagels
Wish:
Had more recipes involving... Read more
Love the huge number of recipes.
Cons: Focus to heavily on wheat-based products such as: breads and bagels
Wish:
Had more recipes involving... Read more
Published 5 months ago by B. Humphrey
3.0 out of 5 stars
Good, but basic
I liked this book and think that is does have a lot of good recipes and ideas in it, but as someone who grew up vegetarian, there wasn't anything in this book I didn't already know... Read more
Published 6 months ago by BookGirl
4.0 out of 5 stars
This one is pretty good!
I actually use one a lot. I have some little offspring and they can be picky little eaters. I really like these recipes, and much like the rest of my cooking, I incorporate a lot... Read more
Published 7 months ago by LittleDropOfPoison
4.0 out of 5 stars
great ideas, simple to do
We are raising our son vegetarian (2 1/2 years old), and the fact that he dislikes the textures of many vegetables makes it difficult to find a variety of items to include in his... Read more
Published 8 months ago by PsbFixit
5.0 out of 5 stars
Im in love with this book!
I use this book practically every day. I have tried several recipes from it and some of them are complete gems! Read more
Published 14 months ago by JK
3.0 out of 5 stars
Nothing new for vegetarians
Though the recipes in this book are good, they're nothing new if you're familiar with vegetarian cooking. It was mostly everyday foods with meat substitutes (ie. Read more
Published 21 months ago by 4140shopper
4.0 out of 5 stars
Great List
As someone who loves peanut butter, this was hard for me to write :).
That said, this was great for my nephew. Read more
That said, this was great for my nephew. Read more
Published on March 21, 2011 by Amanda
