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Quick Vegetarian Cooking

Vegetarian food often takes a lot longer to cook than it does to throw a steak on the grill. Here are some books to help you out.

 

Selected Books

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Atlas, Nava
Vegan Express
TX837.A8472 2008
Nava Atlas, a committed vegan, offers a cookbook packed with recipes that can be prepared in thirty to forty-five minutes.
 
The Vegetarian 5-Ingredient Gourmet
Atlas, Nava
The Vegetarian 5-Ingredient Gourmet: 250 Simple Recipes and Dozens of Healthy Menus for Eating Well Every Day
TX837.A8474 2001
To get down to 5 ingredients, sometimes you have to used canned or packaged ingredients.
 
Berley, Peter
Fresh Food Fast : Delicious, Seasonal Vegetarian Meals in under an Hour
TX837.B4778 2004
"Stylish, sophisticated, home-cooked meals without a fuss—is that too much to ask for?"
 
Ferrigno, Ursula
Gusto Italiano: Quick and Simple Vegetarian Cooking
TX837.F35 2001
Offering a wide range of delicious, meatless meals, this book of Italian cuisine is organized by food type: pasta, rice, beans, vegetables, salads, breads, and fruits and nuts. Each recipe stresses the freshest ingredients and is preceded by the author's advice on how to simplify and improve the cooking process.
 
Fiore, Toni
Totally Vegetarian: Easy, Fast, Comforting Cooking for Every Kind of Vegetarian
TX837.F476 2008
Toni Fiore is the host and creator of Delicious TV's Totally Vegetarian cooking show on public television.
 
Mitchell, Paulette
15-Minute Gourmet: Vegetarian
TX837.M367 1999
Vegetarian cuisine can be fast and fun!
 
Ray, Rachael
Veggie Meals: Rachael Ray's 30-minute meals
TX837.R3787 2001
This second volume in the 30-Minute Meals series offers tempting recipes for main-course veggies, veggie pastas, and salads.
 
Raymond, Carole
Student's Go Vegan Cookbook: Over 135 Quick, Easy, Cheap, and Tasty Vegan Recipes
TX837.R3792 2006
A collection of more than 100 quick-and-easy-to-make recipes for tasty, inexpensive vegan dishes. Also included are suggestions for stocking a pantry, easy meat alternatives, shopping tips.
 
Robertson, Robin
Quick-Fix Vegetarian: Healthy home-cooked meals in 30 minutes or less
TX837.R624974 2007
Vegetarian expert Robin Robertson creates recipes such as Spinach and Sun-Dried Tomato Quesadillas, Chipotle-Kissed Black Bean Soup, Mediterranean Orzo Salad, Beat-the-Clock Lasagna, Five-Minute Slow-Cooker Chili, and No-Bake Oatmeal Almond Cookies for the growing vegetarian population.
 
Sass, Lorna J.
Lorna Sass' Short-Cut Vegetarian: Great Taste in No Time
TX837.S269 1997
Lorna Sass gives advice on how to cut down on prep time in her "Ten Strategies for Short-Cut Vegetarian Cooking": used canned beans, quick-cooking grains, and pre-mix doughs and condiments for use later.
 
Sass, Lorna J.
Short-Cut Vegan: Great Taste in No Time
For those of you who don't eat any animal products, Lorna Sass has a cookbook for you too!
 
Vegetarian Times Fast and Easy: great foods you can make in minutes
It's often hard to get vegetarian meals prepared quickly. Here's a cookbook with many recipes that can be prepared in 15 or 30 minutes.
 
 

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