Easy Vegetarian Recipes

One-Dish Vegetarian Meals is a keeper! It’s also a good place for vegetarian newbies or those toying with the idea of becoming vegetarian to get their feet wet. It offers recipes for simple meals, and the fact that they are all one-dish meals takes the intimidation factor out of the cooking process almost completely.

Before diving right into the recipes, in a section entitled A Vegetarian Kitchen, Robertson gives the reader general information about what makes a healthful vegetarian diet, introduces us to a few commonly used ingredients (e.g. different varieties of rices, beans, and pastas), and gives tips on how to cook or prepare some of these foods. She also notes in this section that all the recipes in this book are “dairy optional,” and gives non-dairy alternatives for the few dairy ingredients used in her recipes. For that reason, this book is perfect for not only new vegetarians, but those interested in vegan cooking as well.

I was a little disappointed, however, that the pictures on the front and back covers were the only pictures of food the book offered. I personally find that seeing a picture of something that looks delicious inspires me to want to cook it more than anything else. However, that alone wouldn’t stop me from recommending this cookbook.

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