Hearty Vegetarian Soups and Stews [Paperback]

Jeanne Marie Martin (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 1, 1991

Wholesome and filling, yet low in calories and cholesterol, these tempting soups and stews are made with a cornucopia of fresh vegetables, whole grains, legumes, and zesty herbs and spices. There are recipes for hot soups, chilled soups and hearty stews, all made with vegetarian soup stocks so delicious you'll never miss the meat. There's a complete shopping guide, an ingredient substitution chart and lists of tasty alternatives to meat, dairy products and wheat, for allergies or special diets.

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About the Author

For over thirty years, Jeanne Marie Martin has been a nutrition consultant, teacher, writer and lecturer on natural foods and wholistic lifestyles. She is the author of Vegan Delights: Gourmet Vegetarian Specialties, The All Natural Allergy Cookbook, Hearty Vegetarian Soups and Stews and Jeanne Marie Martin's Light Cuisine, and co-author of several titles, including Return to the Joy of Health with Dr. Zoltan Rona.

Product Details

• Paperback: 96 pages
• Publisher: Harbour (January 1, 1991)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1550170503
• ISBN-13: 978-1550170504
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.5 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,266,709 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2.0 out of 5 stars so short it's more like a brochure than a cookbook, November 2, 2009

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This review is from: Hearty Vegetarian Soups and Stews (Paperback)

First I must say it's a great idea for a cookbook...those who want an entirely meat-free or mostly meat free diet have great success on hearty and taste soups and stews...I cook them year round even though I live in the heat of Texas. Afterall, I eat them indoors in the air-conditioning and it's wonderful comfort food!

Because of this, I had great hope for this cookbook, however I think it needs more work. It's more of a booklet than a cookbook. It would be fine at only 96 pages if each of those contained a recipe, but instead there were all kinds of other tips and stories and clip art and suggestions filling up the pages and then, to make matters worse, the recipes were printed in a very large font so that what would normally take up only one page of a recipe book filtered out into several so that, in its entirety, you received VERY few recipes in this cookbook--especially because the pages are not normal width either! (How to soak beans really doesn't need a few pages anyway for the endless bean soups)It seems recipes were stretched out more than needed in order to complete the book or get it out?

However, the large font was good for me in that I didn't need any reading glasses at all! (grin)

Add to that that many of the recipes I tried were bland or can be found anywhere. I love cream of broccoli and cream of asparagus soup and miso, for example, but since they can be found on any recipe website you open and this contains so few recipes, I wished that there were some hearty and unique recipes I couldnt find elsewhere that also weren't ones I wouldn't want like the cold celery soup and the carrot and beet soup.

I think a quick trip to the internet website and I could print out the 7 recipes I kept from the book...I saved these and put in my recipe binder.

However, the book is easily enough to understand for even the most novice of cooks so it may be a good starter soup book...if it's reprinted with more recipes I'd also give it another shot.

Also: No nutrional information if that matters to you