Vegan Cookbook – The Essential Guide by Isabel Hood is a new addition to the Need2Know range of books.
Comprising seven chapters, the first two chapters cover an overview and background of veganism, along with a checklist of ingredients every well-stocked vegan store-cupboard should contain and a list of essential equipment.
The next five chapters contain the recipes under headings of:
Fruit and vegetables
Pulses and grains
Nuts, seeds and oils
Fresh herbs
Chilli and spice
I haven’t tried any of the recipes myself yet, but a few that caught my eye as I went through the book are:
Middle Eastern Pitta Bread Casserole (this sounds fantastic – like a lasagne, but with toasted pitta bread layered with spicy, tomatoey chickpeas)
Turkish Stuffed Artichokes
Beaumes de Venise Jelly with Grape and Banana Salad
Butter Bean Ramen
Polenta with Sweetcorn, Roasted Tomatoes, Olives and Capers
Recipe for basic nut cheese or mayonnaise
Pasta with Spiced Cashew Sauce
Walnut and Olive Pâté with Fresh Fig Chutney
Spring Vegetable Laksa
Baked Mushrooms Florentine
Sicilian Aubergine Rolls
Roasted Aubergine with Satay Sauce
Sweetcorn in Chilli and Chocolate Sauce
Wild Mushrooms Tacos
Chili Bean and Potato Turnovers
There are many, many more recipes in this book and I’m looking forward to trying them. All the recipes use fresh ingredients and don’t rely on meat substitutes. Measurements are UK friendly (in grams, tsps and mls, etc.) and, as far as I can see, all the ingredients are widely available, although there are plenty of tips and guidance for ingredients you may not be so familiar with (i.e. Vege-Gel).
The giveaway
I’ve got one copy of Vegan Cookbook – The Essential Guide to give away. All you need to do is leave me a comment and I’ll (well, an internet random number generator will, anyway) randomly choose one lucky winner.
Terms
Competition ends 9 September 2011
UK entries only
Good luck!
15 comments
I’m always on the lookout for good veggie recipes — which is why I’ve bookmarked this blog — so I’d love to take a look at this book.
Like the sound of the lasagne recipe that you mentioned.
My newly vegan sweetie would love this. Thanks!
Alway looking to try new recipes. Alot of my friends have gone Veggie to full vegan so could be useful.
These recipes look so good, I’m almost tempted to become a veggie!!
This book looks great! Would love to try out the recipes.
Sounds fab!
Definitely interested as a) need to cut down on meat consumption b) have many veggie/vegan friends and c) vegan food is cheap
always on the look out for tasty veggie recipes – these look yummy!
love good veggie cookbooks, usually nab them from charity shops for a bargain! (englishcox)
the pita bread casserole sounds amazing!!! yum 😀
Fantastic, thanks. I would love to try out some of these recipes.
Great giveaway!
Im newly vegan and would love to win this!
Those recipes do sound rather yummy!! Pitta bread lasagne sounds very interesting 🙂