Product Description

"Many studies have shown that vegetarians seem to have a lower risk of obesity, coronary heart disease (which causes heart attack), high blood pressure, diabetes mellitus, and some forms of cancer." --The American Heart Association

• * Featuring 150 delicious recipes, Quick-Fix Vegetarian provides both novice and longtime cooks with practical and robust vegetarian dishes that can be prepared in less time than it takes to have a pizza delivered.
• * Written by best-selling vegetarian chef Robin Robertson, Quick-Fix Vegetarian is the answer for busy families who are looking for healthy food, fast.

Quick-Fix Vegetarian by Robin Robertson recently was named Best New Cookbook by PETA, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals. The international organization's Proggy Award (short for "progress") recognizes animal-friendly achievement in 21st century culture and commerce. No longer considered a "hippie fad," the vegan lifestyle is becoming going mainstream. In her latest book 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 this growing consumer base. In addition, Quick-Fix Vegetarian shows how to use many of the new commercial vegetarian products and includes recipe variations and tips for speedy, stress-free entertaining without sacrificing flavor or mainstream appeal.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #26081 in Books
• Published on: 2007-03-01
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 224 pages

VegNews
"Busy parents, college students with a flair for cooking or anyone who likes nutritious and flavorful meals with minimum fuss should invest in Quick-Fix Vegetarian. Thank you, Robin Robertson."

About the Author
Robin Robertson's culinary experience spans more than 25 years and includes tenures as a chef, caterer, cooking teacher, and food columnist. In addition to authoring more than a dozen cookbooks, Robertson writes for VegNews magazine and has an online cooking column at www.vegcooking.com. She lives in Virginia Beach, Va.

Customer Reviews

Really is quick fix
I am a new vegetarian and just needed some ideas of what I could make quickly and easily. This book has been very helpful. I have made about 5 things out of it so far and they have all been very fast and have tasted good, not great, but most of them have been things I will make again. The curried "egg salad" is delicious! As others have stated this is a vegan cookbook.

Good resource for a working mother
I bought this book to help me to make healthy, quick meals on very busy days while I transition my family into a new style of eating.

I had not realized when I bought this book that it was Vegan, I wish that had been made more clear in the title. I am not interested in adopting a Vegan diet, I am interested in replacing our traditional meals with healthier, meatless alternatives. Luckily I have found that the recipes offered here are indeed easy to make and good tasting, and thus still useful toward my ends. The kids do like the food (no small thing!) and and I am getting use out of the book, just perhaps not as often as I had hoped as I prefer to include dairy and eggs in my children's diets.

I recommend the book if you are looking for quick Vegan meals, or for good tasting, healthy dishes to 'fill around the edges' of lacto-ovo or omnivorous diets.

Great book, good tips
I love this book because the author definitely has the time-strapped cook in mind. Although I've found that some of the recipes have taken me a little longer than 30 minutes, I appreciate that she gives lots of tips for how to cut down the prep time even further. As far as the recipes go, the peanut-coconut tempeh sauce is wonderful, but I'd cut down the olive oil by about 1/2 in the basic pesto recipe. Overall, though, I very highly recommend this book. It's actually my #1 favorite cookbook right now. Five stars.