Customer Reviews

The Single Vegan: Simple, Convenient and Appetizing Meals For One

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don't let the the dearth of pictures deter you--this is a wonderful cookbook, even if you are not totally vegan. Especially good are the Tempeh-Sweetcorn Roast, Aduki Bean Casserole, and Tomato-Olive Spaghetti Sauce. I use this book almost every day. I hardly ever use any other cookbooks and was about to give up on them entirely until I found this one. Most of the recipes have been great and even the "worst" ones were okay. I haven't even tried everything yet because I love what I have eaten so far so much I get a craving for those recipes and make them instead.

The ingredients are almost all inexpensive and easy to find, plus there aren't a whole lot of perishables to purchase and waste. The ingredients include many of the foods that are anticarcinogenic, immune-system building, etc.

This book makes me enjoy being vegan. I feel priveledged to be eating this way and feel sorry for people that think that food has to be a dead animal and unhealthy to taste great.

I actually cook from this book almost every day (as long as I have some groceries in the house)after working a long day!

I've never come back and written a review on Amazon before, but this book is so good - I just had to! I received the book for Christmas and tried a few of the receipes and loved them. This is my first week of following the "meal plan". The author makes it so easy to do all your grocery shopping and to cook simple, delicious meals. I am doubling everything and cooking for two. So far we have well enough for both of us plus leftovers for one or two lunches. When non-vegans smirk and say "ew, what do you eat?!" I am now proud to rattle off a list of gourmet-sounding recipes that sound enticing to even meat eaters, but are simple to prepare. The book is small (but has a 10 full weeks of recipes) and inexpensive - why not give it a try?

For the single person or even a couple (just double everything), this is a great cookbook. It has weekly menues for lunch and dinner (5 weeks for summer and 5 for winter) complete with a shopping list in from of each week. This certianly makes meal planning a breeze if it is folowed!! All the reciepts are even in both metic and american measurements.

I'm single, I'm vegan, the book seemed like a good fit. What I found, though, was that too many of the recipes depend on leftovers from previous days, and that overall, they require more time in the kitchen during the week than I am willing to spend. Also, this book has variations on the dreaded nut loaf (nut balls, nut rissoles), which I have learned to identify as a bad sign.

I really enjoy this cookbook and use it regularly. It is really the only vegan cookbook geared towards a single person. The recipe's are easy and tasty, though wih a British palate. Some conversions from english measurements to american measurements seem to be off. Overall i would highly recomend this cookbook and look forward to trying all of its recipes. So far my favorite is the smoked tofu a'la king (and this had to be one of the easiest of all to make!)

I bought this book on amazon when I was first going vegan. I didn't realize at the time that the book was structured as a series of meal plans. You're supposed to buy all the listed ingredients at the start of the week, and make each meal from that as you go along. I found this a little too planned for my taste. What happens when you want to go out to dinner, or feel some other burst of spontaneity? It's very structured, and allows for only one dessert a week. I don't know about you, but I need cookies in my life. Try the New Farm book instead.

I really appreciate the author for creating this cookbook. I'm new at Vegan eating. I was pretty well done with meat, but recently visited an egg and milk farm. It was pretty sick. I wasn't real optomisitc about how to eliminate these--but still enjoy food. (I do enjoy eating, don't you?) So many vegetarian cookbooks I've seen have long ingredient lists, and things you've never heard of, so that after getting it cooked, I'm weary. These recipes are simple and delicious. I'm liking not just some of them, but the majority. Therefore I can go ahead and use her wonderful and conscise shopping list, and make it even that much simpler. She has it all spelled out like kindergarten.

I love it, Thanks Leah.

This is one of my favorite cookbooks. The suggested shoping lists and planned menues were very helpful to get me started. Now I mix and match te recipes to create a perfect week's menu. The servings are usually enough for two, which the author mentions in her notes. This means that I always have a great lunch waiting for me the nex day. Now b/c I eat out or have dinner meetings, I only plan three menues from this book at a time. I highly recommend the "Irish Stew" to everyone. It's a HUGE hit with all types of eaters! Enjoy!

GO ON TRY IT. WHEN I BOUGHT THIS BOOK I THOUGHT UMM JUST ANOTHER BORING VEGAN RECIPE BOOK ; BUT IT TURNED OUT TO BE A REAL PLEASURE TO READ. THE BOOK IS DEVIDED INTO WEEKS AND AT THE START OF EACH WEEK GIVES YOU THE INGREDIANTS TO BUY.THIS IS EASILLY ADAPTABLE FOR MORE THAN ONE PERSON.THE RECIPES ARE SIMPLE IN THE SENCE THAT THE INGREDIANTS ARE BASIC AND MAKES YOU REALISE THAT THE SIMPLE THINGS ARE OFTEN THE BEST. WE FOUND SOME DISHES NOT TO OUR LIKING BUT OTHERS WERE OUT OF THIS WORLD. SO TRY THEM WITH AN OPEN MIND. ENJOY

This book was disappointing in its plain foods and repetitive seasonings - the type of book that gives vegetarian food its boring connotations. I suspect some of this is that I am used to a wide variety of fruits and vegatables as well as more spices. It does give a good shopping menu and offers ways to use a dish more than once a week. I returned the book as there was nothing I didn't already have in a more interesting recipe at home.