Finally, the diet vegetarians have been waiting for, Have you been feeling left out lately? Many is the vegetarian or vegan who has watched their meat-eating friends with envy as they followed the Atkins diet and the pounds dropped off. There's no doubt about it: a high-protein, low-carbohydrate diet really does work. But what about vegetarians and vegans? Is it possible to follow a high-protein diet without the fry-ups or the meat? And can it really be a healthy way of life? The answer to all these questions is a resounding 'yes'. Top vegetarian cookery writer Rose Elliot has devised an easy to follow, meat-free answer to the Atkins diet. Scientifically formulated to make your metabolism stop burning carbs and start burning fat, her diet helps you to lose weight and make carb cravings, mood swings and energy lows a thing of the past. With over 80 delicious, mouth-watering recipes, top tips for losing weight and staying slim, carbohydrate counters, menu plans and an explanation of why the diet works, this is the must-have book for any vegetarian or vegan who wants to lose weight.
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Rose Elliot is Britain's foremost vegetarian cookery writer and is the author of many bestselling titles. She lives with her husband in Hampshire and London.
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93 of 96 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
While I'm neither a vegetarian or a vegan, I did want to have more vegetables in my low carb high protein diet. Rose Elliot did a great job on this book. The book is well balanced with readable information, very useful quick reference charts, menus, recipes, a few encouraging testimonies along the way. She does provide vegan alternatives to the lacto-vegetarian choices. And, best of all, it is an easy inexpensive way to lose weight on a low carb diet.
Her commonsense approach to recipes means you can make them with food typically on hand and quickly. Typically, most of the prep work can be done in a few minutes. And, you can expand on them as you learn the basic techniques. As I've worked my way through the book, one of my favorite recipes is her spaghetti squash using cream cheese with spices.
It literally only takes ten minutes to steam the squash in the microwave then fold in the cheese with spices. You can use already prepared cheese with herbs and spice mixes from the store. Or, you can use Philadelphia cream cheese and have your own ethnic flavors from Mexican to Indian, to Italian Garlic-Parmesan etc. And, you can use almost any steamed vegetable that has been thin sliced. It is a nice break from tomato sauces and there are never any leftovers.
This book is definitely a keeper!
Her commonsense approach to recipes means you can make them with food typically on hand and quickly. Typically, most of the prep work can be done in a few minutes. And, you can expand on them as you learn the basic techniques. As I've worked my way through the book, one of my favorite recipes is her spaghetti squash using cream cheese with spices.
It literally only takes ten minutes to steam the squash in the microwave then fold in the cheese with spices. You can use already prepared cheese with herbs and spice mixes from the store. Or, you can use Philadelphia cream cheese and have your own ethnic flavors from Mexican to Indian, to Italian Garlic-Parmesan etc. And, you can use almost any steamed vegetable that has been thin sliced. It is a nice break from tomato sauces and there are never any leftovers.
This book is definitely a keeper!
72 of 77 people found the following review helpful
By S. Doyle.
Format:Paperback
The concept behind the book is sound. A reduction of calories and carbs equals a reduction in weight. First the water goes and then over the 14 day period, fat. I lost 5 lbs in two weeks. This doesn't sound like much but it is the final 5 lb ceiling that I have never managed to shed despite trying long hours of exercising and any number of diets.
The recipes in this book are, sadly, incredibly bland and unimaginative with a heavy reliance on eggs and cheese (or tofu). I was so bound up that I was having painful intestinal cramps. The solution was to eat more fibre such as endive, celery, spinach or bran. But again, all consumed with little or no flavoring (the bran tasted like ground cardboard).
At the end of the 14 days, I was sick of the eggs and cheese. And there was an additional problem of what to do if you wanted to continue on a reduced carb diet. I felt I could not adapt the recipes if I wished to continue.
Many meat eaters think that vegetarians have an incredibly limited diet, lacking in variety. Most vegetarians know this is not true (although I am often amazed that some vegetarians themselves think that all they can eat is a salad). This book does not dispel that myth. There are other books available that are filled with inventive flavorful recipes(eg. Vegan Vengeance). Now all we need is one that has flavorful reduced carb recipes.
The recipes in this book are, sadly, incredibly bland and unimaginative with a heavy reliance on eggs and cheese (or tofu). I was so bound up that I was having painful intestinal cramps. The solution was to eat more fibre such as endive, celery, spinach or bran. But again, all consumed with little or no flavoring (the bran tasted like ground cardboard).
At the end of the 14 days, I was sick of the eggs and cheese. And there was an additional problem of what to do if you wanted to continue on a reduced carb diet. I felt I could not adapt the recipes if I wished to continue.
Many meat eaters think that vegetarians have an incredibly limited diet, lacking in variety. Most vegetarians know this is not true (although I am often amazed that some vegetarians themselves think that all they can eat is a salad). This book does not dispel that myth. There are other books available that are filled with inventive flavorful recipes(eg. Vegan Vengeance). Now all we need is one that has flavorful reduced carb recipes.
23 of 23 people found the following review helpful
By SC
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I've been a vegetarian for 17 years, but never paid much attention to how much protein I was getting in my diet...I figured it all worked itself out. After my second child I was having trouble losing the last few pounds of baby weight, so decided to give this diet a try. It took a few shopping trips to revamp my pantry, and some prep work baking/preparing low carb snacks for those binge moments...but I feel less bloated and after 2 weeks have lost 5 lbs (I don't really need to lose any more than that.) The Low Carb pizza is delicious, along with the Chocolate Almond Bark, Spinach Bread, Tomato Cheddar Soup. A few of the prep time estimates have been off (and I have small children distracting me in the kitchen) but overall the food has been tasty and easy to prepare. I wasn't so crazy about the Nut Loaf and the hot cereals are a bit glue-like...but there are so many other things to try, I think I might try to stick to this diet for a while. One warning re reducing carbs: the first week I did feel light-headed and dizzy, but after I made it past 7 days I've been fine (and added a few more low carb servings, which probably helped.)
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5.0 out of 5 stars
vegetarian health and weight loss
I love this book. I lost lots of weight on high protein diets in the past but have trouble on a vegetarian diet. Read more
Published 1 hour ago by connie mercier
3.0 out of 5 stars
nice idea
nice idea, not an interesting read. I was on the Fat Flush Plan very successfully a few years ago and now have discovered since then that i have an allergy to milk products. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Lisa
2.0 out of 5 stars
Easily Find Same Info on Internet
Honestly, it's just another diet book with some recipes in it. I've been a vegetarian for many many years, and didn't find anything new or "ah-ha!" in this book. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Caroline Johnson
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I found the first half helpful
I'm looking for a book about the nutritional elements of vegetarianism. I want to know how to do it and get enough protien. Read more
Published 3 months ago by Cheryl
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Helpful
I have found the information very useful in this book. Although I do not follow a strict vegetarian lifestyle I do mainly eat vegetarian and this book has helped me expand on the... Read more
Published 4 months ago by SUSAN THOMPSON
5.0 out of 5 stars
Lose weight fast
If you want to try a lower carb diet and you are a vegetarian this is the book for you. The diet is just lower in carbs starts you off at 20 carbs that is phase 1 then gradually... Read more
Published 5 months ago by Pamela Mears
3.0 out of 5 stars
idk
I guess my wife got this. I don't really believe in diets. I think she got some tips from it.
Published 7 months ago by ...
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great book
I lost 50 lbs on the Adkins Diet when I used to eat meat. I had it down to a science losing .5 lb/day without even trying (seemingly) because I had the diet down to such a science,... Read more
Published 10 months ago by Cindy
5.0 out of 5 stars
Finally!
I was THRILLED to find a book with a vegetarian diet that works. Being a non-animal eater I found I was eating WAY too much in the way of breads and pastas therefore gaining... Read more
Published 11 months ago by VSgirl
3.0 out of 5 stars
A lower-carb, not no-carb, regime
Rose Elliot's book offers vegetarians workable suggestions for pursuing the normally meat-and-fish rich low-carb diet (sometimes referred to as the `Atkins diet'). Read more
Published 13 months ago by The Guardian
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