Saving Dinner the Vegetarian Way: Healthy Menus, Recipes, and Shopping Lists to Keep Everyone Happy at the Table: A Cookbook

by Leanne Ely

Book Overview

Your mother always said to eat your vegetables-and now you can cook them into delicious, savory meals Certified nutritionist and author of the popular Saving Dinner cookbooks, Leanne Ely has made it... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0345485424
• Release Date: May 2007
• Publisher: Ballantine Books
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.2" x 0.6" x 7.4"

Customer Reviews

veggie vittles

I have wanted for a long time to receive instruction on vegetarian cooking. I have been vegetarian since 1989. The food I would make for myself wouldn't always be so pleasing or appetizing to serve to others, and the diet revolved around the same few family friendly options. I have read other vegetarian cookbooks, however, I was daunted by the long lists of ingredients with items that I wouldn't normally buy (because we couldn't use them up before they spoil, or are too expensive), or couldn't find. I first heard about Leanne Ely from the book by the FlyLady, Martha Cilley (whose "Sink Reflections" I really enjoy). I am excited again about lunch and supper, new tastes to try. It is refreshing to be able to produce good food, pretty and bright and nutritious. I used to shop for whatever we were in the mood for and come home, and it would still seem like we really didn't have much to eat. Now, I have picked a week's worth of recipes, made a list of ingredients, and it is so refreshing to know that everything in the cart will add up to something: a good meal. The pleasure of preparing a colorful meal is dampening the urge to snack before meals, and the dishes are fulfilling. Junk food also pales when compared to fresh, healthy food on the plate, hand made.

excellant cook book

I have many vegetarian cookbooks, but this one is excellant. The recipes are delicious and family friendly. I would highly recommend this one!

A great meal planning resource

I was a little apprehensive before seeing this book, since it is easy to buy cookbooks but hard to actually use them. Well, this one is easy to use! Recipes organized by season made it easy to find something warm for a cold night or something light after a long hot day. The shopping lists for each week are well organized and the ingredients pretty easy to find in a mainstream grocery store. My family enjoyed all but one recipe of the first week, and that one was just because my husband doesn't like green peppers (not the books fault!) It's so nice to find a vegetarian cookbook that works well for meal planning. We eat no meat or fish and were so pleasantly suprised by this great book.

For the Non-Vegetarian Too!

I got this book to help prepare more meals with a vegetable and bean empahsis. I'm not a vegetarian but I do prepare a few meatless meals a week both for budget and health reasons (add to that I'm pregnant so I'm trying to add more vegetables into my diet). After going through the book I found quite a few recipes that sounded delicious and as an added bonus they are mostly quite simple to make. Many of the recipes do call for using Tofu or other meat substitutes. That makes sense for the vegetarians as they do need to get protein from somewhere however those recipes didn't really appeal to me. It's not a big deal as I'm not using the meal plan I'm just trying to supplement our diet with some new recipes. There are also some recipes using beans that I don't particularly enjoy (such as lentils and lima beans) but I will either substitute other beans or use a different recipe. Having grown up with three vegetarians I appreciate how easy this book is to use. It can be difficult cooking for vegetarians and this is a simple yet healthy meal plan that I think will really benefit vegetarian families. I also recommend it for the non-vegetarian trying to branch out in their eating habits. Beside the health benefits these recipes offer it can really help out your budget to cut out meat for a few meals!

Easy and fast and yummy!

I've been VERY pleased with the recipes I've tried from this book. The results have been delicious. Tasty is the most important thing but there are three other things I really like--the first is that the recipes are quick to prepare; the second is that the recipes do not rely on those expensive (and to my taste-awful) fake meats from the freezer section; and the third was a pleasant surprise in that these are downright CHEAP to prepare. Always a good thing.