The Oats, Peas, Beans & Barley Cookbook [Paperback]

Edyth Young Cottrell (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 2004

"The Oats, Peas, Beans and Barley Cookbook" is much more than just another cookbook. Author Edyth Young Cottrell, a research nutritionist from Loma Linda University, teaches how to create delicious entrees, breads, desserts, vegetables, and more with natural unprocessed foods. Also learn soybean "magic" where you can make various things including milk, cream, mayonnaise, whipped topping, cottage cheese and a soy concentrate that can be used in pies, cookies, breads and entrees.... No Cholesterol, Low Refined Sugar, Low Fat.

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An all-time classic cookbook updated and more timely than ever, with more than 157,000 in print.

A comprehensive vegetarian cookbook with nutritional tables for each recipe. Balanced nutrients from simple, inexpensive natural food sources.

More than 450 recipes, 100 main dishes, breads as protein food, high-protein waffles with as much protein as an 8-ounce steak, "meat-and-dairy-like" products from soybeans. Desserts without sugar, vegetables, food preservation, nutritional guidance.

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About the Author

Edyth Young Cottrell, research nutritionist at Loma Linda University School of Health, presents outstanding recipes, nutritionally analyzed, and a dietary philosophy of pleasure and health with nature's most economical foods.

Author of The Oats, Peas, Beans & Barley Cookbook.

Product Details

• Paperback: 267 pages
• Publisher: TEACH Services, Inc.; 2 edition (January 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1572582618
• ISBN-13: 978-1572582613
• Product Dimensions: 5.5 x 8.5 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #442,256 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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32 of 34 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Vegetarian Standard, October 23, 2001

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J Keistler "[e-mail]" (Lake Jackson, Texas USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Oats, Peas, Beans and Barley Cookbook (Paperback)

I bought my first copy of this book when I became vegetarian in the early seventies. At that time, the vegetarian world was still considered exotic, with many people in this country refusing to believe one could eschew meat and survive. We were heavily into protein combining; looking back on it now we can wonder what the problem was! So many of the vegetarian books and cookbooks at that time combined the vegetarian diet with a heavy dose of whatever philosophies and religious beliefs and practices the author believed. This drove many away from vegetarian practice.

Mrs. Cottrell's books are none of these. They provide simple and easy-to-follow vegetarian recipes without a lot of extra baggage. Being from Loma Linda University, I assume her basis for vegetarianism was religious, but as a nutritionist she also obviously had health reasons for vegetarianism also.

Also, a defect of so many of the earlier vegetarian cookbooks (and still found in some now!) was the inclusion and use of exotic ingredients that the average American either can't find locally or afford. Mrs. Cottrell's recipes use everyday ingredients that we can all find in our grocery stores. Coupled with that is the use of ordinary cooking methods, nothing strange to the average cook.

Another aspect of vegetarian cooking that Mrs. Cottrell stresses is its economy. I've known many vegetarians who spent more on unusual and atypical ingredients than they would have for meat. Not here. I was in college at the time I bought this book, and was watching every penny. This book is a great aid for economizing and still making healthy food.

This book has remained on my bookshelf for twenty-five years, and I'd recommend it for anyone interested in cutting down on their meat consumption, or becoming vegetarian. I'd also recommend it for anyone interested in lowering their food bill, yet still eating well.

20 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Keeping it real..., December 15, 1999

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This review is from: Oats, Peas, Beans and Barley Cookbook (Paperback)

I grew up with the recipes from this book and am so happy to see that it is still in print. Try the garbanzo bean waffles (with some pure Vermont maple syrup, of course) -- they are unbelievable! All recipes are excellent and easy. My only complaint is that some are a bit on the bland side, but this can be easily remedied with a little creativity and an extra ingredient or two.

12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Ten stars for anyone interested in non-meat eating, January 3, 2006

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First bought this book at an SDA bookstore in Fresno in 1975 and its one of the best non-meat cookbooks I own and recommend. The recipes are easy to follow, great tasting and something someone in some rural area can make because the items are found in the smallest of grocery stores. The book is copyrighted so I cant post a recipe, but encourage folks to find a used copy or see if your local library can get a copy.