- ISBN13: 9781557883599
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Product Description
After years of research, scientists declared that the Mediterranean diet was the best one for overall good health-and the exciting news was that it tasted great, too.
With recipes for everything from nutritious appetizers to dairy-free desserts, this unique Mediterranean vegan cookbook is ideal for vegetarians, those with a lactose intolerance, and anyone who wants to make gloriously delicious dishes without meat, eggs, or dairy. Dishes include:
¥ Sicilian Eggplant Relish
¥ Catalan Grilled Vegetables with Almond Sauce
¥ Classic Italian Minestrone
¥ Moroccan Fresh Tomato Salad
¥ Black Olive Bread
¥ Zucchini-Lemon Couscous
¥ Greek Currant Cake
¥ Braised Pears in Red Wine
¥ and moreAmazon.com Review
The medical world has been touting the health benefits of the Mediterranean diet for decades. In The Mediterranean Vegan Kitchen, Donna Klein provides more than 300 recipes suited to anyone who wants to eat a healthful diet free of animal products. Unlike many vegetarian or vegan cookbooks that simply take the meat or dairy products out of a recipe–or even worse, use tasteless substitutes–this book includes only recipes that actually exist in Mediterranean cuisine. You won’t find any grainy cheese substitutes or spongy meat imposters here.
In chapters on every course from appetizers to desserts, the author presents recipe upon recipe for flavorful and healthy dishes–all without meat, dairy, or eggs. Appetizers like Mushrooms Stuffed with Bread Crumbs, Parsley, and Garlic–given a sweet and nutty zing from the addition of a fortified wine–or Baked Black Olives with Herbes de Provence and Anise are so full flavored they certainly don’t need the richness of animal products. The Poor Man’s Pesto (so named because of the absence of cheese) that tops fluffy Potato Gnocchi proves that fruity green olive oil is the heart and garden-fresh basil is the soul of a good pesto. Desserts don’t disappoint either. Relying on fresh fruits for flavor, they are just the sort of sweet and rich concoctions we expect from the Mediterranean. Baked Pears are stuffed with a rich blend of bread crumbs, toasted almonds, and chocolate and baked in a flavorful mixture of marsala, white wine, and pear or apple juice.
An extremely helpful Meals in Minutes section offers menu suggestions for those whose schedules allow only an hour or less for meal preparation, and the nutritional information provided for each dish is a welcome bonus for health-conscious cooks. –Robin Donovan
The recipes in this book are good for vegetarians/vegans without heart disease. However, almost every single recipe uses olive oil which should not be consumed by persons with heart disease. I was hopeful this recipe book would be the one but was terribly disappointed.
Rating: 1 / 5
I thought this book was too confusing and not laid out very well ~~~2 columns on each page and the recipes not divided by the pages and no pictures. I gave the book to my sister. Maybe I’m just simple minded and don’t want to work too hard to figure out what the recipes are saying. Good luck and hope you enjoy the book if you buy it.
Rating: 1 / 5
There are so many great recipes. . . I am just getting started. Mediterranean and Vegan says it all!
Rating: 5 / 5
I tried a few of the recipes, some were good, some weren’t. There are no pictures to inspire you to try the recipes.
Rating: 3 / 5
Sometime 2005.
i’m a new vegetarian and i really like a lot of the recipes but they are pretty labor intensive. i’m not able to spend all day in the kitchen, not with a job and a baby. i wish i could. the lemon ice is good but a little sweet- no problem i’ll just use less sugar next time. i made kale with navy beans and it was awesome. i cooked wilted spinach but it made me want to gag. i don’t like spinach and i should’ve known better. i want to make more but i don’t know where to find half of the ingredients. truffles? tahini? i hate going to the grocery store because all of the oblivious idiots in there plus old people who like to torture everyone. so if i don’t recognize something in the recipe i don’t go hunting for it. that cuts about 50% of the recipes out. then there are no pictures which is not a necessity but is cool all the same. point is buy this if you have a lot of time, if you are not lazy, and are literate with an active imagination. mine is collecting dust right now.
Aug 2006 OK-I take it back. Almost everything I’ve made out of this book was awesome. It’s worth the money. After giving the book another try, I’ve realized I like almost everything in it. Often times I am surprised about how great the recipes turn out. If you are a vegan and don’t like soy, this is a cook book must have. For some reason I can’t change the stars but I give it 5.
Happy Cooking.
Rating: 4 / 5