Vegan Handbook: Over 200 Delicious Recipes, Meal Plans, and Vegetarian Resources for All Ages (Vegetarian Journal Reports Series, 2nd Bk.) (Dreamers and Schemers Series) [Paperback]

Debra Wasserman (Author, Editor), Reed Mangels (Editor)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0931411173 | ISBN-13: 978-0931411175 | Publication Date: June 1, 1996 | Edition: Updated 2010

Featuring over 200 delicious recipes, the Vegan Handbook also includes a Vegan Meal Plan and One Week Menu, a Senior's Guide to Good Nutrition, a 30 Day Menu for Those Who Don't Like to Cook, a Shopper's Guide to Leather Alternatives, a vegetarian history and much more!

Editorial Reviews

Review

Featuring over 200 delicious recipes, the Vegan Handbook is a much needed guide for the novice as well as the long-term vegetarian. The Vegan Handbook features dietary exchange lists for meal planning, a Vegan Meal Plan and One Week Menu, a senior's guide to good nutrition, a 30 day menu for those who don't like to cook, a shopper's guide to leather alternatives, and a bit about vegetarian history. Many delicious recipes abound. Start your day off like a hearty breakfast of pancakes and waffles or learn the basics of vegan cooking. There are recipes for pasta dishes and sauces, hearty recipes of potatoes, rice, lentils, beans, carrots, and greens. Holiday and party fare include delicious egg-free cakes, frozen desserts, Halloween Horrors, a Vegan Thanksgiving, gift ideas from your kitchen. Feeding vegan children has never been easier with wholesome baby foods from scratch, healthy fast foods for pre-schoolers, and fun food activities with children of all ages in your own vegetarian kitchen. The Vegan Handbook can form the basis of any vegetarian cookbook collection. --Midwest Book Review

Product Details

• Paperback: 256 pages
• Publisher: Vegetarian Resource Group; Updated 2010 edition (June 1, 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0931411173
• ISBN-13: 978-0931411175
• Product Dimensions: 11 x 8.5 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #356,767 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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20 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars collection of magazine articles, April 3, 2000

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Stephanie (Louisiana) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Vegan Handbook: Over 200 Delicious Recipes, Meal Plans, and Vegetarian Resources for All Ages (Vegetarian Journal Reports Series, 2nd Bk.) (Dreamers and Schemers Series) (Paperback)

This book is simply a collection of articles from the "Vegetarian Journal". I'm not saying that's a terrible thing, but just know that before you buy it. It was interesting to look through the first time, but I didn't really care for any of the recipes and I haven't opened it back up since the first time I read it.

12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A Great Resource Book, January 4, 2001

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Mary Chipman, Animal Rights Host @ BellaOnlin... (St. Louis, MO) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Vegan Handbook: Over 200 Delicious Recipes, Meal Plans, and Vegetarian Resources for All Ages (Vegetarian Journal Reports Series, 2nd Bk.) (Dreamers and Schemers Series) (Paperback)

I find this book to be invaluable for checking nutrition information, health concerns, and other vegan-related issues. It is always a good idea to have several sources for these particular questions, and I think this handbook is an honest resource for this information. The authors do a thorough job of researching, and they stay away from fantastic claims.

I also appreciate the stories and the historical and cultural articles. It is interesting to read about vegetarianism from these perspectives, and it gives a person a good basic background on the topic.

I am not quite as enthusiastic about the recipes, but that could be because I do a lot of my own creations when cooking. I am also not a fan of many of the "traditional" vegetarian foods, like bean-centered dishes, so I tend to steer clear of them. I will say that this book has a wide variety of dishes, and someone who is not as creative on his/her own with cooking should enjoy them.

10 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars This book is a wonderful resource., April 24, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Vegan Handbook: Over 200 Delicious Recipes, Meal Plans, and Vegetarian Resources for All Ages (Vegetarian Journal Reports Series, 2nd Bk.) (Dreamers and Schemers Series) (Paperback)

I really like this cookbook. It is very useful, especially for young vegans like me who need to cook for themselves. The recipes are easy follow, but sometimes complicated to prepare, and not always quick. I really like the poetry and biographies in it, but some of the information isn't completely true, for example, they talk about Ben Franklin being a vegetarian, but they don't add that he decided that vegetarianism wasn't for him after smelling fish.