1,001 Low-Fat Vegetarian Recipes, 2nd ed. (Paperback)

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Editorial Reviews

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"1,001 Low-Fat Vegetarian Recipes will wow any cook." -- Orlando Sentinel, November 2, 2000

"The dishes from other cultures and low-fat American favorites will have you reaching for this book often." -- Chicago Tribune, December 6, 2000
Chicago Tribune, December 6, 2000

"These recipes are easy to prepare and sure to satisfy...." -- Vitality, April, 2000

"This huge cookbook may be the only one you'll ever need. Sue Spitler has assembled recipes to please everyone." -- Virginia Pilot, December 6, 2000

Product Description

Just because it's vegetarian doesn't mean it's low fat! In this revised edition, Sue Spitler has developed and tested over one thousand tempting creations, including 500 entrees, virtually all with less than 30% of calories derived from fat. You'll find appetizers, soups, salads, entrees, side dishes, beans and grains, pastas, pizzas, desserts, and much more. Recipes for delicious Spinach and Cheese Crepes, Italian Sausage pizza, Shepherd's Veggie Pot Pie, Dim Sum Platter, Cheddar Cheese Souffle, and hundreds of others, are easy and quick to make, and use most of the foods you've always eaten. Every recipe is coded, so you can tell whether it's lacto-vegetarian, ovo-vegetarian, or pure vegan. Vegetarian or not, you'll never run out of ideas with this book. A new chapter has been added: "Veg Express," for meals that are ready in less than 20 minutes.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 852 pages
• Publisher: Surrey Books; 2 edition (September 30, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1572840323
• ISBN-13: 978-1572840324
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6 x 1.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (32 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #881,847 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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59 of 62 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Lots of recipes, but not much guidance, January 6, 1999

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This review is from: 1,001 Low-Fat Vegetarian Recipes (Paperback)

I consider this an "advanced" cookbook. If you're a seasoned vegetarian & are looking for new, exciting dishes, then this may be a five-star book for you. If you're just beginning vegetarian cooking, or if you're looking for quick, easy vegetarian recipes, you may find this book somewhat daunting.

For example, though the book provides a brief glossary of foods you'll encounter in the recipes (like tofu, tempeh, fillo pastry, etc.), I would've appreciated some drawings or pictures or perhaps a little more explanation and encouragement regarding these uncommon foods. I'm a pretty experienced cook and yet I was still a little intimidated, charging blindly into soy proteins & foreign foods like this.

In addtion, many of the "simple" stews and casseroles described depend on one of the book's vegetarian stocks that require 4 hours' simmering time. Furthermore, many of the recipes ask for hard-to-find ingredients like "Mesquite-flavored cooking spray," "broccoflower florets," "sprouted wheat berries," "cactus paddles," and "fat-free half-and-half."

Also, I didn't care for the way the book was organized. As with the veggie broths, many recipes ask for ingredients like smoked tofu, potato pizza crust, sun-dried tomato pesto, chorizo, mushroom gravy, tortilla sauce, etc. that require you to flip to another recipe and take additional time to prepare.

Finally, recipes for condiments or accompanyments are tacked onto entre recipes, rather than given their own chapter. Subsequently, it may be hard to locate these recipes weeks or months later, when you want to use a particular sauce or chutney apart from the entre it was recommended for.

Complications aside, this book certainly does provide a wealth of vegetarian recipes that are both interesting and inspiring. I found it useful, though, to first learn about vegetarian cooking from a more basic cookbook, and now I return to 1001 Low Fat Vegetarian Recipes when I'm tired of the usual veggie fare.

22 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars you'll never run out of ideas!, August 4, 2001

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I suppose, like the reviewer above said, that this isn't a beginning vegetarians cookbook, in the sense that it does not guide you through what it means to be vegetarian etc, etc, BUT, I'd like to point out that nowhere on the book does it say that is what it is (there are books for that). I also will agree that yes, in SOME of the recipies there are strange ingredients: fat-free half and half, cactus paddles, flavored cooking sprays... but there are over 1,000 recipies! Of course they had to get creative!

I think this cookbook is excellent, if you've been a vegetarian for awhile, and you like to cook, then this book is perfect for spicing up your everyday cuisine. The recipies are easy to follow, and so far (I've cooked a lot of dishes from this book) almost everything has been yummy. I'd like to add that if I can't find something I substitute. I use veggie bullion in place of stocks, and skim milk in place of fat free half and half, and I've never had any problems. The book has widened my scope on mixing vegetarian ingredients, enabling me to scan my pantry and whip up combinations I'd never thought of before. There is so much to chose from that you can keep it simple or get a little fancy!

Highly recommended!

22 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This is the BEST vegetarian cookbook I've found., July 26, 1999

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This review is from: 1,001 Low-Fat Vegetarian Recipes (Paperback)

1001 Low Fat Vegetarian Recipes is the best vegetarian cookbook we own. We have others that are good, a few that are pretty bland, a few others which require ingredients only found in Zamibia and perhaps in a few other remote locations across the globe. This book is absolutely the BEST. We've had it for only three weeks, so it didn't take long to become our favorite. Most recipes require easy to find ingredients, though that doesn't take away from the recipes' flavor or variety. If you are vegetarian, you won't regret the purchase.