Cookouts Veggie Style!: 225 Backyard Favorites - Full of Flavor, Free of Meat [Paperback]

Jolinda Hackett (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 18, 2011

Hamburgers, hot dogs, and barbecue ribs.

Sounds like the perfect all-American cookout—unless you're a vegetarian. With more people adopting a mainly vegetarian diet, the choices might seem limited for all those great outdoor parties. Whether it's a barbecue or a picnic in the park, it's time to get creative with meatless summer meals! Inside are mouthwatering recipes such as:

• Grilled Seitan with Apple Salsa
• Creole Slaw
• Grilled Eggplant Panini
• Halloumi Skewers with Parsley & Lemon Salsa
• Barley Burgers on Rye Bread

Forget boring Boca burgers and bland pasta salad! This book shows you how to make delicious, unique, and fresh vegetarian meals so you'll never miss the burgers and dogs again!

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About the Author

Jolinda Hackett has been vegetarian for nearly twenty years and a vegan for almost ten. She is the About.com Guide to Vegetarian Food and the author of The Everything Vegan Cookbook.

Product Details

• Paperback: 240 pages
• Publisher: Adams Media (May 18, 2011)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 144051240X
• ISBN-13: 978-1440512407
• Product Dimensions: 7 x 0.7 x 8.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #542,849 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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28 of 30 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Kindle Vegan Review July 1, 2011

By FullTime RVer

Format:Kindle Edition|Amazon Verified Purchase

OK, I'm fed up with people who don't know the difference between Vegan & Vegetarian complaining about the "Non-Vegetarian" recipes in this book because they contain cheese, or eggs, etc. So here goes my review:

1) The Kindle version is very easy to navigate with the table of contents sending you to a specific chapter and then the chapter contents sending to a specific recipe. This is my 6th Cook Book on my Kindle and it is by far the best laid out! Great Job!

2) The Vegan recipes are noted with a little, easy to see, leaf symbol for those of us that prefer a plant based diet. Again, Great Job!

3) The recipes are straight forward and contain tips to help even the beginner without wasting the time and energy of the more experienced chefs in trying to put them together. In short: great book for both expereinced and non-expereinced cooks! Again, Great Job!

4) The recipes make use of common spices found (or should be found) in vegan/vegetarian pantry. Again, Great Job!

5) To quote from the book "If you love your toaster oven almost as much as you love your microwave, stop....it's not for people who just want to thaw out whatever was on sale in the freezer section at the big-box grocery store." In other words, if you've come to realize that no matter what the ads say big-box stores don't care what you eat as long as you buy from them and they have no real plans to help you stay or get healthy (just take a look at what walks in the doors, or note that they ALL have a pharmacy) then you will find this book very useful.

6) The recipes do use oils and fats, but not all of them, and they are used in reasonable portions (not typical US portions).... If that bothers you then you need to learn how to minimize the use of oils and fats and not blame the author. I prefer less fat and just adjust the recipes accordingly, but find that these recipes rarely need much help in that regard.

Overall, a very good book, with the author able to meet the needs of vegans and vegetarians with some great suggestions. The only negative I have found is in the comments about grills regarding cooking over a real fire. A good gas grill can and does produce excellent flavor. But that is a very picky observation on my part! Read more ›

19 of 20 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Delicious, easy recipes June 30, 2011

By Rooster123

Format:Kindle Edition|Amazon Verified Purchase

I found the recipes to be simple and yummy. In response to another reviewer,I would like to add that (at least according to Wikipedia) non-animal based rennet is often used in N.American cheese-making:

"There are many sources of enzymes, ranging from plants, fungi, and microbial sources, that can substitute for animal rennet. Cheeses produced from any of these varieties of rennet are suitable for lacto-vegetarians to consume. GMO-Microbial rennet is used more often in industrial cheesemaking in North America today because it is less expensive than animal rennet, whereas cheese from Europe is more likely to be made from animal rennet due to tradition."

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful

4.0 out of 5 stars Finally I know how to cook vegetables on my BBQ June 30, 2011

By Raven

Format:Kindle Edition|Amazon Verified Purchase

Finally, a book that focuses on cooking vegetables on the grill.

The introduction provides an excellent overview of how to use different kinds of grills from charcoal to indoor electric. As pretty much a beginner to grilling, there is enough information here to get me started and maybe even experiment beyond the scope of the recipes included in this book.

Some of the recipes in this book are pretty standard fair, but there are some rather unusual ideas: I never imagined you could cook nan bread (from scratch) or popcorn on the grill. Mushrooms and avocados seem to dominate the recipes in this book; which is great if you like that sort of thing. There is a special leaf mark to indicate vegan friendly recipes. These recipes are not as easy to modify for allergies as some cookbooks.

The formatting for the Kindle is okay. There are several different interactive table of contents (one at the beginning for each chapter, and one at the start of each chapter for the different recipes). I'm not certain if this layout makes things easier or more difficult to use as a cookbook.

I've been long seeking ways to cook something more than fish and tinfoil potatoes on grill. I can't wait to try the recipes.

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Idea For A Cookbook July 2, 2011

By annettedb

Format:Kindle Edition

What a great idea for a cookbook! And, by the way, I've been a vegetarian all my life (my mom is a vegetarian so I was raised that way) and I always eat parmesan made with vegetable or artificial rennet. The previous reviewer who said that parmesan cheese should not be in a vegetarian cookbook is incorrect, as long as one shops carefully.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful

4.0 out of 5 stars Great Recipes Needing Pictures December 19, 2012

By KodaBear

Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase

This book has some delicious recipes that are not too difficult to make and some that are complicated. We enjoy the variety. However, the cover makes you think there will be pictures with the recipes. There are not. The book has very few pictures. I like having a picture so I know what I am aiming for. If this does not bother you this book is wonderful.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars What a treat July 10, 2011

By D. Farrow

Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase

I need another cookbook like I need more stress... :)
All the same, this book was being offered from free (Kindle edition) so why not?
What an awesome little book it is!
The recipes are simple and flavorful, and everything we made has been great.
The only downside, which is not the authors fault, is the way the Kindle layout of this book makes it hard to follow sometime.

3.0 out of 5 stars Needs more pictures June 6, 2013

By M. Alexander

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I purchased this book as a gift for a friend. Recipes are good and varied; however, it really needs more pictures.

3 of 5 people found the following review helpful

4.0 out of 5 stars Maybe Not Vegan, But It Fits Us Well Enough July 5, 2011

By Thomas Sobieski

Format:Kindle Edition|Amazon Verified Purchase

First some facts:
Cooking is one of my favorite hobbies and I'm always on the lookout for the new and different (yet tasty) recipe.
Neither my wife nor I are vegan or vegetarian, but we certainly try to limit red meat and eat your basic metric crap load of vegetables.

What I usually do is to find recipes on the net for something interesting to eat, maybe Google for more iterations of the recipes, and cherry pick ingredients, herbs and spices to suit our tastes. Hey, it has worked so far and my wife loves my cooking.

This book has given me a ton of ideas, many of which are new to me, some that are different versions of older ideas. So, I'm very satisfied with it.

Only gave it 4 stars though. Needs more tofu. LOL