Customer Reviews

Vegetarian Times Low-Fat & Fast: 150 Easy Meatless Recipes

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This is an excellent cookbook for fast, low-fat vegetarian recipes. All of the recipes contain clear instructions and nutritional information per serving. Per serving, no recipe in the book is more than 10 grams of fat. Some of the recipes we have tried are: Quick Bean-and-Rice Burritos, Southwestern Vegetable Burritos, Fresh Noodles Lo Mein, Chinese Vegetables in Peanut Sauce, Sloppy Joes, Smoky White Bean Soup, Caramelized Onion and Fresh Vegetable Pizza, and Sesame Broccoli. All have been delicious. If you are looking for a quick, delicious, and basic vegetarian cookbook this book is for you. I would also recommend the other books in the Vegetarian Times Low-Fat & Fast series as well as 1001 Low-Fat Recipes by Sue Spitler. You won't be disappointed.

This book has some good recipes however they aren't always fast. How can you prepare a meal quickly if you have to blanch tomatoes and wash and stem and chop 2 pounds of spinach? Some of the items in this book are fairly quick, and the rest could be modified to be much faster. But isn't that the job of the editors/authors? Most of these recipes have been culled from past issues of Vegetarian Times. This cookbook will be shelved until I have more time to cook! It was a disappointment. A really great cookbook for busy cooks is Vegetarian Express by Nava Atlas and Lillian Kate. They REALLY mean business !

Planning and cooking dinner has always been enjoyable for me.When I took a new, full-time job I wondered how I'd find the time tocook every night. This book is all about efficiency. The recipes in this book are fast, inexpensive, healthful and delicious. The smoky white bean soup, mexican pizza, and noodles lo mein have been particular favorites. Ingredient lists are short and contain mostly common items, making grocery shopping quicker and less expensive. But what I'm most amazed by is how truly fast these recipes are without sacrificing flavor. This book is a must-have for busy vegetarian cooks.

With recipes including Carribean, Italian, Thai, Mexican, and plain old American flavors, you can make gourmet quality meals much faster than using traditional recipes for similar dishes. Some newly available products, like hamburger-style "crumbles" and premade polenta tubes can make some of these recipes even faster. I just LOVE the Jamaican Jerk Tempeh served over noodles, and the vegetarian "Sloppy Joes." I'm online now to order some of the others in this "low-fat & fast" series.

I use this cookbook every week and love the recipes. I have been vegetarian since 1995 and have a large collection of vegetarian cookbooks, but this little book is my all time favorite. I use it at least twice a week. The recipes are full of flavor and attractive. Some of my favorites recipes are Vegetarian Stew with Dumplings, African Sweet Potato Stew, Texas Red Chili, Taco Salad, and Chinese Vegetables in Peanut Sauce. My husband is not a vegetarian, but he enjoys these great dishes as much as I do. The recipes use everyday ingredients and make wonderful leftovers.

Regarding the review that this cookbook only has beans and pasta - well that may be a valid opinion, but those foods are staples in the vegetarian diet, as are nuts, tofu, and eggs (for lacto-ovo vegetarians like me).

This book is excellent for quick, cheap meals. The ingredients that most of the recipes call for can be easily found in the grocery store and are not expensive. As a grad student on a very limited budget, it has allowed my wife and I to eat full, healthy meals prepared quickly and at a low cost.

This is a great book to have on nights where you want dinner on the table within 30 mintues. There are lots of helpful tips about ingredients, substitions, as well as a nutritional break down. New vegetarians will find this book especially helpful and those of us who have been vegetarian for awhile i'm sure will find new ideas. I know I did.

I am not a vegetarian but I love the recipes in this book. The muffuletta sandwich is awesome. I found the recipes very easy and tasty. They are also wonderful for entertaining.

This is an excellent cookbook - especially for the beginner vegetarian who does not have alot of time for cooking &/or doesn't really know how to cook; my only negative comment is that some of the recipes are not really low fat like the Thai Noodles which calculates out to have 41% fat! The majority of the recipes are low fat though- you just need to check the serving info first. All the recipes that I have tried really are fast and delicious!

I have used this book for a few years now and I love it. The recipes really are fairly fast and simple to follow. The nutritional information is provided for each recipe which really helps for people trying to follow certain diets like Weight Watchers. I recommend this book and have given it to others.