Author(s): Robin Robertson
Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing
Publication Date: 2007-03-01
Pages: 224
Review: Quick Fix is much more then a quick fix, its a keeper! This book is truly useful for those that are interested in becoming vegetarians, or even vegans but are also busy and always in a rush (ok, that’s most of us!). It covers a vast range of topics including setting up meals that are not only easy and fast, but healthy. Good healthy veggie meals are far better then a National Health care program. On the other hand, if its your spouse that wants to become a vegetarian or a vegan, this book will help put your mind at ease. It’s definitely one of the first books I would recommend to those moving from meat to meatless and who don’t want to spend hour in the kitchen. There are a couple of others that you could also read and gain a wealth of knowledge and recipes from:
221 New Vegetarian Dishes
Delicious, Healthy And Easy - Tom’s Vegetarian Cookbook: Easy Yummy And Nutritional Vegan Recipes
The Black Art Of Cooking: The Raw Truth
The Golden Age Vegetarian Cook Book
Vital Facts about Foods: Included: 200 + Longevity recipes & 250 Food Analyses References
For each of these books you can rely on, I love vegetables, and everything I have tried in these books was just great. In fact, between them all, I have really come to rely on them book not only for recipes, but for reference as well.The book is well laid out, very easy to read, and very easy on the eye. I have made four recipes with mixed results. The Jasmine Rice Fantasy surely could not have been tested because I needed to add an extra 3 cups of water to the rice and it took over 45 minutes just to cook using a skillet as per the instructions. It was very tasty but perhaps the author made the dish with leftover rice and guessed at the instructions for using dry rice. This leaves me wondering about the other recipes. I do not recommend buying this cookbook. I have many vegetarian cookbooks and many so-called time-saving cookbooks, but this one really lives up to it’s name. She does a terrific job of walking you through everything in the introduction too. I have made several recipes and all turned out great - in 30 minutes or less!!!I really enjoy this cookbook. I am the type of girl that can burn water. Recipes are easy and always a hit! If I had been able to check this out at the library, I wouldn’t have bought it. Vegetarian 5-Ingredient Gourmet by Nava Atlas is much better (for me) and I’ve made many more dishes from it. In addition, the Atlas book gives me ideas to take off from hers and experiment since the recipes are simple and make use of some prepared products such as salsa. If you have to buy one or are beginning to explore vegetarian recipes, pick the Atlas book.
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