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Vegetarian Cookbooks (A-Z by title)
     

Calci-Yum! : Delicious Calcium-Rich Dairy-Free Vegetarian Recipes
David Bronfman, Rachelle Bronfman (Introduction)
$15.96

CalciYum! is a first-of-its-kind 192 page cookbook featuring calcium-rich dairy-free vegetarian recipes. Endorsed by leading members of the North American medical community and exceptionally well received by consumers and media, CalciYum! is packed with 130 delicious meal ideas from appetizing spreads, dips, soups, salads and dressings, main and side dishes, veggie burgers, pastas, desserts and beverages. Plus, CalciYum! features an ingredients glossary, calcium table, full index and insightful, erudite editorial and 16 pages of beautiful colour photographs.

 
 
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Cooking With Peta : Great Vegan Recipes for a Compassionate Kitchen
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals
$11.96

PETA has been one of the foremost organizations advocating compassion for animals. One of the cornerstones of this advocacy is the use of substitutes for meat, dairy, eggs, honey, and other foods derived from animals. Cooking with PETA will show you just how easy and delicious it is to create healthful meals without imposing on the other species of the planet.

 
 
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The Compassionate Cook: 'Please Don't Eat the Animals!'
Ingrid Newkirk
$8.79

Ever felt like a vegetarian diet was too difficult to keep up? That there is not enough variety or taste in a vegan diet? This book proves that not only is it easy to eat delicious food, but that animals do not have to suffer in any way shape or form in order for us to eat. A lot of the recipes in this book take less than 1/2 hour to prepare. They produce better food than the average restaurant. They use fresh vegetables and soy products in some of the most delicious and healthy recipies available. This book provides excellent substitutions (try the "cheesy" macaroni!). It also opens the door for those new to a cruelty free diet by illustrating & utilizing the many different types of foods available to vegetarians/vegans. It changes harmful food attitudes & patterns painlessly!

 
     

Complete Vegetarian Kitchen : Where Good Flavors and Good Health Meet
Lorna J. Sass
$15.96

The award-winning author sets out to dispel the myth that healthful cooking can't taste great. Recipes for wonderful, low-fat pastas, spicy rice and beans, and flavorful soups made without meat are accompanied by an "Ingredients A-Z" section, explaining essential facts and offering expert tips for healthy vegetarian cuisine.

 
 
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Conveniently Vegan: Turn Packaged Foods into Delicious Vegetarian Dishes
Debra Wasserman, John Peters (Illustrator)
$12.00

Learn how to prepare meals with all the new natural foods found in stores today. Here are creative ideas for old favorites like Quick Sloppy Joes, "Hot Dogs", and Beans, Lasagna, and Chocolate Pie. Discover how to use natural foods with Mexican Noodle Casserole, Spicy Mandarin Chickpeas, Orange Sweet Potato Soup, Barbecued Seitan, Mango Dressing, and Basmati Rice Burgers. This book is a fun and easy way to add fresh fruits and vegetables to your diet.

 
 
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Fat-Free & Easy : Great Meals in Minutes
Jennifer Raymond
$8.00

Fat-Free & Easy is a wonderful collection of quick and delicious vegetarian recipes that will help anyone feel and look better, lose weight without going hungry, lower cholesterol, lower blood pressure, prevent osteoporosis, and reduce the risk of heart disease, cancer, and stroke. From Buckwheat Corncakes, Aztec Salad, and Green Velvet Soup to Wild Basmati Pilaf, Holiday Tofu Roast, and Banana Cake, Fat-Free & Easy will be a highly valued addition to any vegetarian cookbook collection.

 
 
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Great Vegetarian Cooking Under Pressure : Two-Hour Taste in Ten Minutes
Lorna J. Sass
$17.50

Over 150 delicious, low-fat, cholesterol-free recipes made with today's fast, easy, and safe new pressure cookers. At-a-glance cooking charts offer timing and techniques for foods such as vegetables, beans, rice, and grains. Perfect for the health-conscious cook looking to save time without sacrificing flavor.

 
 
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Heart of the Home; A Vegetarian Cookbook for People Who Want to Make a Change But Don't Know Where to Start
Ann B. Jackson
$11.99
 
 
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The Light Body
Marita Rose Collins, Gina Rowan (Illustrator)
$15.96

A great cookbook for the health-minded who don't want to sacrifice taste! Marita Collins is a cooking instructor, cookbook author and founder of the Traveling Gourmet cooking school. This book has a hint of Macrobiotic and a Southwestern Flare. Some of the recipes are involved, but well worth the time spent. Order now, our operators are standing by!

 
 
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Melody of India Cuisine : Tasteful New Vegetarian Recipes Celebrating Soy and Tofu in Traditional Indian Foods.
Laxmi Jain, Manoj Jain (Contributor)
$11.96

Melody of India Cuisine is a spectacular innovation in Indian Cuisines celebrating the vegetarian and nutritional virtues of soy, blended artistically in superb traditional Indian cooking with more than 150 innovative recipes including curries, kookris, ghundis, parathas, pooris, raitas, chutneys, and more! Clear instructions with explanatory drawings make it easy and interesting to prepare these wonderful dishes. A nutritional analysis accompanies each recipe. You can also make your own soy milks, tofu, and other delicious soy products at home. Melody of India Cuisine will make the palate sing!

 
 
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The Millennium Cookbook : Extraordinary Vegetarian Cuisine
Eric Tucker, John Westerdahl, Sascha Weiss
$15.96

Millennium, arguably the best vegetarian restaurant in San Francisco, finally shares its secrets. This book entices the accomplished cook to explore exquisite dishes that will surprise and delight any dinner party--even if your guests are not vegetarians. Try appetizers like Cabbage and Shiitake-Filled Spring Rolls with Plum Sauce, or Grilled Portobellos with Herb-Tofu Aioli and Red Onion Marmalade. Experience the Indian-inspired Baked Madras-Glazed Tofu with Saffron Basmati Pilaf and Peach-Lime Chutney, or the Curry-Crusted Tempeh with Pomegranate Sauce. You won't want to skip dessert: Chocolate-Almond Midnight will indulge even the most finicky chocoholic.
Some of the dishes are simple to prepare, but most are intricate and time consuming and include subrecipes, making this book best for artistic cooks who revel in new, inventive recipes.. All recipes are vegan--no meat, eggs, or dairy--and most are very low in fat. Nutritional breakdown is provided for each recipe, and the food photos are gorgeous. The Millennium Cookbook is an impeccable gift for the inspired cook in your life. --Joan Price

 
 
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The Peaceful Palate : Fine Vegetarian Cuisine
Jennifer Raymond
$12.00

The Peaceful Palate is a very appealing collection of low-fat, healthful, dairy-free and egg-free recipes for every course from breakfasts, sandwiches and soups to gains, main dishes and desserts, Author Jennifer Raymond is a committed animal products free vegetarian who presents colorful and tasty alternatives to mainstream cooking.

A compendium of imaginative recipes made with simple, accessible ingredients, these dishes have innate flair, dash, and imagination. A perfect example is Quick Confetti Rice, made with cooked brown rice, water, frozen corn and peas, red bell pepper, curry powder and raisins. the Peaceful Palate is delicious, easy, low fat, healthful, and imaginative. Other appealing examples are Winter Squash with Peanut Sauce, Yams with Cranberries and Apples, Pasta with Broccoli and Pine Nuts, and Neat Loaf, (made with cooked brown rice, chopped walnuts, mushrooms, onion, bell pepper, carrots, wheat germ rolled oats, spices and seasonings.

 
 
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Short-Cut Vegetarian : Great Taste in No Time
Lorna Sass
$12.80

Vegetarian magician Lorna Sass pulls another carrot out of the culinary hat with this book. (Of course it's a carrot--this is a vegan cookbook!) This short and snappy book will wow you with Mushroom Barley Soup that cooks in 15 minutes, an almost instant Chickpea Curry, an inspired Vegetable Paella, Tortilla "Sushi," and more. In addition to the recipes, Sass names specific products useful for making speedy, tasty meals and recommends ingredients to keep in the pantry and freezer so there's always something to work with in the house. To prove that quick, good eating doesn't depend on recipes alone, Sass offers time-saving principles: adapt them and you'll quickly move from needing recipes to easily creating your own.

 
 
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Simply Natural : All Time Favorite Recipes from the Kitchens of North America's Best Natural Foods Restaurants
Lesley Sussman, Sally Bordwell
$13.56

Simply Natural takes you into the kitchens of more than 60 top natural foods restaurants via the chefs' favorite recipes. Even the most novice cook will enjoy the culinary adventure of mixing and matching the (mostly veg) recipes from around the country.

Start with the Spicy Sesame Noodles from Bela Vegetarian Restaurant in Northhampton, Mass. Move on to the Sourthern Fried Tofu from Unicorn Place Fine Vegetarian Cuisine in Atlanta. For an exotic accompaniment, try the Savory Indian Sweet Potatoes from Ithaca, New York's Moosewood Cafˇ. And cap it all off with the Fruited Couscous Cakes of Manhattan's Sacred Chow.

In addition to the recipes, it doubles as a restaurant guide, with information such as addresses, hours, price ranges and descriptions about each restaurant.

 
     

Soy of Cooking : Easy to Make Vegetarian, Low-Fat, Fat-Free, & Antioxidant-Rich Gourmet Recipes
Marie Oser, Suzanne Havala (Introduction), Neal D. Barnard
$13.56

Endorsed by many prominent health professionals, inc. Ornish, & McDougall Soy of Cooking features 172 delectable dishes, appetizer to dessert. Over 30 new and traditional soy products are defined and used to create enticing recipes, all under 5 grms of fat per serving. nutrient analysis & soyfood exchange information.

 
 
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The Uncheese Cookbook
Joanne Stepaniak
$9.56

The classic cookbook for vegans and lactose intolerant people looking for that cheezy flavor without eating unhealthy dairy products.

 
 
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The Vegan Gourmet
Susann Geiskopf-Hadler, Mindy Toomay
$12.80

The Vegan Gourmet provides an appealing array of recipes for appetizers, soups, entrees, and side dishes, including Porcini Mushroom Stroganoff, Curried Eggplant and Garbanzo Patties, Black Bean Puree with Fresh Guacamole, and many more! Each recipe includes a full nutritional analysis and other resources indispensable to vegans and vegetarians alike. To top it off, many recipes carry an "Almost Instant" designation and require 30 minutes or less to prepare.

 
 
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150 Vegan Favorites
J. Solomon
$11.20

Bestselling cookbook author Jay Solomon concocts easy-to-make, delightful meals with healthful, all-natural ingredients. The results are so delicious that people won't miss the artery-clogging meat, eggs, or dairy products that these dishes avoid. Recipes include: Stove-Top Quinoa Pilaf, Warm Southwestern Couscous with Black Beans, Jasmine Burrito with Refried Black Beans, Herb-Roasted Potatoes, Rice Puddings, and more.

 
 
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Vegan Vittles
Joanne Stepaniak
$9.56

Inspired by the rescued animals at Farm Sanctuary, this cookbook has simple and very tasty vegan recipes.

 
 
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Vegetarian Times Low-Fat & Fast Asian : 150 Easy Meatless Recipes
Vegetarian Times Magazine (Editor)
$12.80

The first cookbook of its kind--a collection of recipes for all meatless Asian dishes--Vegetarian Times Low-Fat & Fast Asian covers everything from stir-fries and noodle dishes to Thai food and sushi. Every dish featured can be prepared in 20 to 30 minutes, and each recipe includes a complete nutritional breakdown. 30 line drawings. Satellite media tour.

 
 
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