Customer Reviews

Vegan Homestyle

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Review by Joy:

This beautiful Vegan Cookbook rivals any "regular" cookbook, with delicious recipes -- well illustrated and made simple by editorial comments. My husband and I enjoy preparing and eating these wonderful foods, and were excited to see nutritional analysis after each recipe to help plan balanced meals!

Other cookbooks do not contain educational comments for a healthy lifestyle from the author/cook and her doctor/chemist husband that are like 10 days at their Emerald Valley Wellness Clinic! It's hard to believe they've added this wealth of information as a priceless bonus!

(Note: Another comment said it isn't a "Vegan Cookbook" because of including honey in some recipes. I note the Hansens' editorial comments make it clear how those who prefer to avoid honey can make appropriate substitutes. "Vegetarian" would be a misleading label considering the focus of recipes and healthy lifestyle comments.)

I'm privileged to have enjoyed many recipes in this cookbook for five years -- they contributed to total turn-around of effects from the massive heart attack I suffered. As promised, now we can replace our ear-worn Lifestyle notebook with this wonderful, sturdy, handy-sized volume. I hope to hear many more miracle stories as people learn and prosper with this lovely creation!

I have to write and say that I LOVE this cookbook. I have been very skeptical about cooking vegan (without the use of dairy) and have been hugely pleased with each recipe I have tried. I don't even notice that I am not using dairy products. My favorite recipe is the lemon creme pie. I love surprising everyone with the "secret" ingredient that makes this pie great. I also like that I can feed my 18 month old anything in this book and feel good about it. I used the recipe for the apple cake to make her 1st birthday cake and she really enjoys the healthy waffles and burgers. Kay did a wonderful job with making each recipe healthy AND pleasing to the tastebuds!
My only objection is that it is hard to find recipes cross referenced in this book. You have to know the EXACT name of the recipe you are looking for and it may not be found in the index under the name it is given in the recipe. For instance, the sour cream recipe is needed for the fajitas, but no page number is given to find that recipe and then when you try to look it up in the index, you don't know that it is actually called "Tofu Mayonnaise" with an increase of lemon juice to make it sour cream. There are several of these complications in this book and if Kay cross referenced this book better, it would be 5 stars for me!!!!

Thank goodness Ms. Hansen took the time to compile and create this wonderful recipe book. The meals are as delicious as they look in the well put together and beautifully photographed effort. Having been a Vegan for over eight years I know it is sometimes difficult to come up with good quality meals and this will be in use in my kitchen for years to come.

OK, I left it on my footstool, and the bunny nibbled it up a bit! Just shows she has good taste! This is a great vegan cookbook, you don't even miss the dairy and meat. I bought one for a friend, and we are both waiting for volume #2!!

I was interested in knowing more about a vegan diet and Vegan Homestyle is really an informative resource. There's a whole section about how to use and consume gluten; it shares some really basic and more elaborate ways to prepare tofu. There are even recipes for 'from-scratch' soy meat and tofu mayonaisse.

Hands-down, my favorite recipes from the book are all the different ones for potatoes - even one for an amazing Shepherd's Pie that is hearty and delicious - homestyle cooking for sure.

I have made and eaten a lot of the recipes in this book and think they are wonderful. I added onions and garlic to the perfect mashed potatoes and they are perfect, even for the meat eater in our household.

I think the recipes in this cookbook taste soooo good. My family loves them. They are not difficult either. I think this is an excellent cookbook.

I purchased this book a couple months ago because of its deceptive title: "Vegan Homestyle". I sold the book to a vegetarian who didn't mind the fact that it's not a vegan cookbook as she's not vegan.

I understand that some "vegans" may eat honey, but then can we also say that some vegetarians eat chicken ?? Why call yourself a certain name, when you don't belong to that category ?

Veganism is taken very seriously by people who believe in not consuming ANY animal products whatsoever, and this includes honey, milk, cheese, eggs and ANY kind of animal flesh.

If you eat eggs, dairy and honey but you don't eat meat (including fish and chicken of course) then you are VEGETARIAN, not vegan.

I think that any form of vegetarianism is awesome, but publishers and authors should not use the word "vegan" when a book contains animal products, as they will soon lose all credibility.