minutemeals Vegetarian: 20-Minute Gourmet Menus [Paperback]

Evie Righter (Author), MinuteMeals Chefs (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 29, 2002 | Series: Minutemeals

Delectable and different vegetarian meals on the table in just 20 minutes.

This innovative collection of menus breathes new life into vegetarian cooking. minutemeals makes cooking easy-they have it down to a system:
* 80 enticing gourmet menus-complete with dessert
* tips from minutemeals chefs with each menu
* complete nutrition information
* most-requested menus from www.minutemeals.com

Plus, great tips from Molly Katzen, Curtis Aikens, and Didi Emmons

Use the minutemeals system to have dinner ready in just 20 minutes:
* The menu gameplan organizes the meal effortlessly; just follow the simple step-by-step plan and create a gourmet meal.
* Each menu also has a handy at-a-glance shopping list for a quick in-and-out at the store.
* There is a list of ingredients from your pantry-things you most likely have on hand-no shopping needed.
* luckyforyou and headsup tips round out the menu with helpful advice to make the recipes even easier.

Editorial Reviews

From the Back Cover

Delectable and different vegetarian meals on the table in just 20 minutes.

This innovative collection of menus breathes new life into vegetarian cooking. minutemeals makes cooking easy–they have it down to a system:

• 80 enticing gourmet menus–complete with dessert
• tips from minutemeals chefs with each menu
• complete nutrition information
• most-requested menus from www.minutemeals.com

Plus, great tips from Molly Katzen, Curtis Aikens, and Didi Emmons

Use the minutemeals system to have dinner ready in just 20 minutes:

1. The menu gameplan organizes the meal effortlessly; just follow the simple step-by-step plan and create a gourmet meal.
2. Each menu also has a handy at-a-glance shopping list for a quick in-and-out at the store.
3. There is a list of ingredients from your pantry–things you most likely have on hand–no shopping needed.
4. luckyforyou and headsup tips round out the menu with helpful advice to make the recipes even easier.

Product Details

• Paperback: 192 pages
• Publisher: Wiley; 1 edition (August 29, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0764566083
• ISBN-13: 978-0764566080
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 8 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #761,321 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

10 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Should be titled "Take-Out", June 18, 2004

By A Customer

This review is from: minutemeals Vegetarian: 20-Minute Gourmet Menus (Paperback)

I was hoping for creative meals not based on tofu and beans alone. What this book does is give you a shopping list for foods already prepared (store bought biscuits, bottled dressing, shredded carrots from the salad bar- not kidding- canned apricots, prepared pie crust, washed salad greens, cookies, etc.) I do not buy a cookbook expecting "recipes" for "Coffee Floats with Amaretti Cookies" that tell me to buy coffee ice cream, amaretti cookies, and strong coffe or root beer. "When ready for desert, fill each glass with cold coffee or root beer and serve at once with straws. Pass the cookies as an accompaniment." (which cookies I have been instructed to "Arrange ..on a serving plate.")
A gigantic "duh!" for this book and an insult to one's intelligence. Don't waste your money on this one.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Lifesaver for woking girl veg, February 19, 2006

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BekaBug (Maryville, TN United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: minutemeals Vegetarian: 20-Minute Gourmet Menus (Paperback)

I love this book. I use it several times a week. People frown on using storebought prepackaged items, but if you have a job where you work 16 hours a day, cooking a nutritious meal from scratch is almost impossible. I use fresh and/or organic ingredients whereever I can. I highly recommend this book to anyone who has little time to cook, is on a budget, or is starting out as a vegetarian.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Loving this cookbook!, February 17, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: minutemeals Vegetarian: 20-Minute Gourmet Menus (Paperback)

If you're vegetarian and tired of your meals always being centered around tofu, beans, pasta, or cheese and you don't have the time to cook or imagination left to combine dishes to make a well rounded meal, this cookbook may be the answer! Not only are the meals found in this cookbook interesting and a cinch to prepare, the come with a tasty side dish and dessert! Now, I look forward to the 20 minutes I spend making dinner instead of the 2+ hours it usually takes--slaving away in the kitchen under the direction of other vegetarian cookbooks (like Moosewood, etc.).

A word of caution: the ingredient combinations lean toward the adventurous. If you have kids, I recommend one of my other favorite quick vegetarian cookbooks: Better Than Peanut Butter and Jelly by Wendy Muldawer and Marty Mattare. It doesn't have the same cool total menu format that Minutemeals does, but there is a section in the back with menu ideas, including one for a slumber party.

Bon Appetit!