Don't have time to cook? Don't like to follow recipes? Cutting back on meat but don't know what to serve? Want an easy way to eat healthfully? This is the book for you. The lists, charts, and hints in this book will reward you with meals, snacks, and surprises that are as easy to make as they are delicious.
* Thinking and Feeling Like a Vegetarian, If You Want To...
“Adams and Breitman prove that we don't need a lot of time or even recipes to create delicious, satisfying vegetarian meals.”
--Neal Barnard, M.D., President, Physicians' Committee for Responsible Medicine
“Do you sometimes feel that it's difficult to eat healthfully? This book is the answer. It's quick, very to the point, and right on target. Read it, use it, and there will be two results. You will know a new level of vitality and health. And your body will thank you for the rest of your life.”
--John Robbins, author, Diet for a New America, The Food Revolution, and Healthy at 100
Whether you're curious, confused, or just plain hungry, this book caters to every need.
--Rory Freedman, co-author of Skinny Bitch
“This is the book I've been waiting for.
As a partner in a mixed marriage (one vegetarian, one omnivore), I've often wondered how to cook for both of us - and how to show my husband the fun and merit of leaving meat out of the equation. More importantly, I've wondered how to think in bilingual terms. Usually I have to grit my teeth when surrounded by meat eaters, which is most of the time. How do you explain your moral choice? The last sections of the book show, with just enough detail about the meat industry's practices, why most of us vegetarians choose a plant-based diet. And how do you explain that you're not deprived or slightly anemic? I think any omnivore who read this book would emerge reassured, piqued, and eager to get into the kitchen and try some experiments.
Another reason I like this book is that the authors, with gusto, positively encourage you to trust yourself in the kitchen, to play with your food, to experiment with quantities and ingredients. A few basic guidelines, a list of familiar and unusual ingredients, and a nudge might be all you need. Who knew cuisine could be so forgiving? Of course, there are dozens of actual recipes in the book as well, but the mood of play and variety resound from the first page to the last.
Cookbooks of all kinds should give readers this kind of self-confidence! I think that the recipe -- any recipe -- can be overvalued, treated as a kind of treasure map. I've seen some folks approach recipes gingerly, as if one little goof and you're off by a mile, like the treasure seekers in Poe's story The Gold Bug.
Besides making a valuable addition to your own shelf, How to Eat Like a Vegetarian would make a great gift.”
– Linda Riebel