Product Description

A recipe-packed cookbook written especially for vegetarian teenagers

From Apple-Date Dessert to Zesty BBQ Burgers, vegetarian cooking is more varied and exciting than ever before. Here are over 120 recipes for mouth-watering and nutritious meals, snacks, and desserts--including Easy Homemade Granola, Cold Sesame Noodles, Thai Coconut Curry, and Chocolate Coma--that are easy enough for beginning chefs to handle. You'll also find a glossary of cooking terms and unusual ingredients, complete step-by-step menus for meals the whole family can enjoy, and a chapter on college cuisine. So get ready to do some vegetarian cooking--all it takes is a little enthusiasm and the willingness to experiment, and in no time at all you'll be simmering, sauteing, and stir-frying like a pro!

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #19466 in Books
• Published on: 1999-05-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 192 pages

From School Library Journal
Grade 5 UpThis title will be in great demand. The recipes are clearly written and most contain commonly found ingredients. Anecdotes from teens enhance the clearly organized sections. Helpful hints, suggested substitutions, and complete menus all add to this attractive presentation. A How-To-Get-Your-Nutrients Substitution Chart is included to ensure a healthy diet. A tasty treat that will enhance cookbook shelves.Kathleen A. Nester, Downingtown High Ninth Grade Center, PA
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From Booklist
Krizmanic offers a great companion to her 1994 proactive A Teen's Guide to Going Vegetarian. Quotes from young adults who have made themselves comfortable as vegetarians are scattered through a palatable selection of vegan (no meat, milk, eggs, etc.) recipes encompassing everything from breakfast items to desserts. Also included are many "fast-food" and easy-to-prepare (identified by a special icon) dishes for teens who aren't crazy about spending time in the kitchen. Recipes are laid out nicely, with ingredients listed first, followed by a numbered sequence of clear instructions. Boxed insets in Krizmanic's strong, clear voice add background on vegetarianism, and there's a helpful food chart to remind readers about nutritional values. Teens new to vegetarian cooking will find the glossary of "unusual" foods helpful, as well. Stephanie Zvirin

Card catalog description
Recipes for all types of vegetarian dishes are accompanied by information and advice on vegetarian diet and quotes from teenage vegetarians.

Customer Reviews

Great for vegetarians or not
I am not a strict vegetarian and I found this book very helpful. I would highly recommend it.

Just What I Needed -- Stuff I Needed to Know
I became a vegetarian a few months ago, and coming from a carnivorous family, problems immediately arose. Suddenly, I needed to learn how to cook protein/iron rich dishes for myself and discover meat substitues. I looked through a lot of books for this, and The Teen's Vegetarian Cookbook has definately been the best.

It addresses teen-specific problems, like how to make really quick, easy, nutritious dishes, eating vegetarian in the cafeteria, and myriads of tips, info, terms, etc.

It's not so big that it's overwhealming, but it's not to small that it's limited. It's perfectly organized and easy to navigate.

It makes foods you didn't like before delicious. I used to hate tofu, but after making some of the recipes in the book, I am a fan.

There are really nice charts to help you figure out how to get all of the important daily nutrients you need, so you don't become anemic or get porous bones and such.

It talks about meat-alternatives that you most likely would never have found out about on your own.

It uses really relaxed, genuine language without ANY straining to be hip and cool to appeal to the youth -- this is so common in books for teens and it is so degrading and stupid. This book has none of that, thank God.

I've made a lot of the recipes and they turned out wonderfully. The rest of my family totally stole my marinated tofu out of the fridge the other day. Which really says something, in my humble opinion.

Great Book For Me and I'm OLD
Easy recipes for adults. Still haven't gotten my 14-yr-old, newly turned vegetarian to read it, but perhaps she'll take it to college.