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Kristen Suzanne's EASY Raw Vegan Entrees: Delicious & Easy Raw Food Recipes for Hearty & Satisfying Entrees Like Lasagna, Burgers, Wraps, Pasta, ... Cheeses, Breads, Crackers, Bars & Much More!

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1 star:		(5)

 

 

Kristen's Raw Vegan Entrée's is another wonderful book filled with delicious recipes.
One of the great things about this book is that it offers recipes that will appeal to everyone. She offers non fat and low fat recipes, and if you're someone like me who can't tolerate high amounts of nuts, she offers many recipes that use seeds or a combination of nuts and seeds that are not too heavy. For this reason, I found her book to be more budget friendly than some other recipe books I've purchased. Another bonus is that her recipes are typically not more than 4 servings. I usually only cook for 1 or 2 people and I found her recipes very easy to cut in half.

Of course, her recipes are always flavorful and satisfying. Her Hearty Garden Burgers are excellent and go great on top of her Famous Marinara with Pasta. I love making pizza with her Addictive Savory Mustard Bread (I also love to just eat it plain it's that good), and I always have one of her pestos or pates in the fridge. I would have to say my all time favorite raw recipe would have to be her South of the Border Burrito topped with the Cheezy Nacho Sauce. This dish never fails to amaze me and my friends and family love it. It's definitely a must have for every raw kitchen or for anyone looking to move towards a vegan or healthier lifestyle.

I am a collector of books on raw food, and when I saw Kristen's website and her books, I knew I just had to add them to my collection! Definitely a good decision, as her books are really excellent. She really knows her RAW! Her recipes are very easy to follow; they are easy but so delicious and gorgeous, and she has a lot of recipes that are different from other raw books. I find the variety refreshing.
The Entrees book is fabulous; the Lasagne is to LIVE FOR! There are so many choices it is hard to decide which one to make next! All of her books are like that. The Hemp book is fabulous also...and don't even get me started on the Holidays book!
I definitely give her books 5 stars. I don't think anyone could possibly be disappointed with Kristen's raw books!

I bought this book back when it had 13 reviews and all but two of them were from reviewers who gave all her books 5 stars and only reviewed her books.

I read her blog a bit beforehand and she seems quite nice. I figured well, she probably has friends and family with some integrity to be truthful. Worse comes to worse, at least I can write a review about it. So here it is. Finally.

Caveat: I'm not a raw foodist. I'm an omnivore who is interested in incorporating more vegetables in my diet in interesting dishes, and general healthy eating. I almost exclusively buy cookbooks related to healthy cooking. The exception being asian food (even then I try). This review is also based on 4 recipes. Also, when I bought this book I had two other raw food cook books:

The Raw Food Revolution Diet by Cherie Soria, Brenda Davis, and Vesanto Melina
Everyday Raw by Matthew Kenney

I made one thing from Raw Food Revolution (bought because of the seemingly overwhelming good reviews, also by suspiciously single-review persons). It was a soup. It was ok. I'm sure she has more, but I'm a visual "cook". I'm inspired by images to cook. Plus, the recipes didn't sound very appealing to me. I'll try more and write a more appropriate review for Ms. Soria's book one day.

The Everyday Raw required ingredients and a dehydrator which I didn't have so that stayed on the shelf.

So by default I ended up going for Kristen's book all the time. As I mentioned I've only made 4 recipes.
The first was the marinara. This wasn't too bad. It's a tad astringent (acidic?) for my taste buds.

I enjoyed the pesto. I made that twice. The first time was really good. The second time...maybe it went off? because for some reason the smell started to turn me away. Be warned! The odor is EXTREMELY pungent. I took it to work once and everyone stared at me :(

The turnip ravioli was also very good. I made it three times. I have to ensure the turnip slices are completely soaked to the point of transparency otherwise it still has a raw taste. It does require quite a bit of work and time.

The fourth dish was a complete miss. It was so bad I couldn't finish it and I finish everything. It was the burger. I was really really looking forward to it as it sounded like a non-raw-foodist she gave it to really liked it. And I love veggie burgers. I'm wondering what I did wrong. It was mealy in texture, sloppy, and sweet. I've never had a sweet burger so the taste was just wrong. Perhaps I don't like the dates? (I hope not or I'm hosed for a lot of raw food recipes).

That fourth dish was where I stopped. It was such a disappointment and expensive I got discouraged. In addition the other recipes haven't really inspired me or I didn't have the needed tools (dehydrator).

I would give it 3.5 stars based on the recipes I tried. It loses the other stars for there not being enough images (the book doesn't come with any but you can see them online) and it's a ridiculously thin and small book for what I paid. I was shocked when I received it.

A suggestion for the author: I think posting pictures online is a fair alternative to incorporating them in the book to keep costs down (hopefully the pdf has them incorporated). If you're going to host pictures online, why not take a picture of every recipe?

I liked this cookbook but I don't understand why there are no pictures in it. There are 8 pics on the internet but none in the book. I find that strange especially since she puts in a nice first chapter about raw basics. If you are a beginner don't you think you would want to know what the food is supposed to look like in the end? I have a hard time cooking or un-cooking in the first place. This book is good. It just needs some nice photos. A picture is worth a thousand words right?

The recipes are great but I bought 5 of her recipe books at one time and am disappointed that each book has the same first 25-30 pages. These are small books of 74-90 pages so that means each book has few recipes that are actually related to the title (Smoothies, Salads, etc). Essentially I paid for the same recipes 5 times. I must assume she makes more money by selling repeat pages in each of the small books. Five stars for the recipes but paying over $50. for all the repeats takes the thrill off of my purchase. Poor book strategy and I would not advise purchasing these books.

OK ITS LIKE THIS. I AM LEARNING SO MUCH ABOUT RAW VEGAN FOOD FROM THIS AUTHOR. SO FAR THIS HOLIDAY I HAVE LOST 3 POUNDS EATING RAW AND HEALTHY. I LOVE THE "FAMOUS MARINARA WITH PASTA" BECAUSE IT MAKES YOU FAMOUS WHEN YOU SERVE IT. THE KIDS LOVE THIS ONE. AND THEY HELP ME MAKE IT. IT IS REALLY EASY TO DO AND I HAVE NO FEELINGS OF GUILT EATING SECONDS. I MADE THE "GOURMET ITALIAN QUICHE TARTS" AND MY FAMILY LOVED THEM. I MADE THEM FAST AND PUT THEM ON A SILVER PLATTER. THE LOOK AND TASTE WERE SO GOURMET. YOU ALSO HAVE TO MAKE THE "HURRY MY CURRY VEGETABLES". I AM STILL GOING THROUGH THE BOOK BUT I HIGHLY RECOMMEND THIS BOOK FROM KRISTEN SUZANNE.

This is a great tool to have in your box when it comes to raw foods. There is a wealth of information about food, which helped me understand food prep in a new way! The recipes truly are very easy to make and have even pleased my meat loving friends.

Not only am I still learning my way into a new RAW lifestyle... but I am also a new VEGAN!! I am soo super excited that Kristen has shown that being RAW/Vegan can be fun! Great Tasting!! (For Sure!!) and probably the healthiest lifestyle one can obtain! Kristen's Entrees are simply the best! The recipes are much easier and less time consuming to follow than many others that I have had experience with. My family loves it when I make recipes from Kristen's book. The ingredients in each dish are so taste-bud grabbing!! I can't explain it... they're just sooo dang good!!! Kristen proves that her love and passion is in the creating of amazing RAW/Vegan dishes.

I have many of Kristen's books because they generally have the same easy-to-follow theme with healthy ingredients. Some of the recipes in this book require a little bit more patience than the others because they involve making full entrees and some require dehydrating. The lasagna (delicious), burger (super delicious) and ravioli (really, really good), have more steps/ingredients involved than her other books. But the result is worth it and again, Kristen hits a home run with her amazing combination of flavors while still keeping it simple. I've made the burger countless times; and it still amazes me how delicious it is. It does take a little time to make because I like to add a little homemade 'mayo' and other sides to go with it. Overall, I think others will like this book; it has a lot to offer.

I find what helps me from getting bored with my raw routine is to try at least one or two new raw recipes a week. So, I was so excited to get Kristen Suzanne's books. I absolutely love the Easy Entrees book. Kristen Suzanne's recipes are unique and feature wonderful flavor combinations I've not seen in other raw books. One of my favorite raw dishes of all-time is in this book - Kristen's Famous Marinara with Pasta. It's so easy to make and very satisfying. One of my new favorites is Kristen Suzanne's Addictive Savory Mustard Bread. It truly is addictive! I was also really impressed with the Hearty Garden Burgers - yum! Kristen's recipes are always straightforward and the directions are thorough and easy to follow. I definitely recommend this for those just starting out with raw food and those who've been raw foodies for awhile.