You either love it or hate it.....or so the story goes!
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You either love it or hate it.....or so the story goes!
This is where I got my free sample kit.
I made the lemon gem cupcakes today. The icing was runny. The cupcakes had to be refrigerated for a few hours after to get it to set. Does anybody have any idea what's up with the runny icing?
I think it'd go well with all sorts of grains, preferably brown rice.
I bought this book yesterday - although I'm mainly raw these days, certainly on week days, I like to cook when we have guests and also at the weekends for myself and Corum.
I think the recipes look great - it is only the 3rd vegan cookbook I have, I usually veganise vegetarian recipes.
Some of the ingredients are not familiar to me and a few Americanisms I don't understand!
I'm doing the bean and roasted garlic soup for Corum tomorrow.
There are also some close-to-raw recipes, Hemlock- I strongly recommend making the Mango Summer rolls (only the noodles need to be cooked/soaked in hot water)!
Yes I saw that - it looked fantastic, thanks:)
I made the chickpea gravy today (I also made a huge mess.) I put some over brown rice and veggies and was pretty happy with it. I like the Chicago Diner Cookbook's gravy recipe better, but I'm sure the chickpea gravy is way better for me.
I've just borrowed this from the library but didn't like the 'feel' of any of the recipes :o . I found the dialogue a bit sort of 'young' aswell :o . To be fair I rarely use recipes, i just get loose ideas from books :rolleyes: .
Then it's a very good book, there are so many recipes that I tweaked quite a lot and use for everything.
Ok I really should stop defending the book, right?
I'm supposed to be getting this cookbook. It's going to be my first vegan cookbook. Yay! I want to get the Cupcake one too. I think that'll be nice. I got it from this vegan website HerbivoreClothing.com. I got a pink Koala shirt too. It's so cute.
Gals, the countdown is on for the next book...amazon tells me it'll be out by the end of October.
Ooo ooo what's it called?
it's called Veganomicon!
Oh Wow! I'm going to get this book ASAP. I only have one vegan cookbook called "Tofu Quick and Easy" by Louise Hagler. Unfortunately, I didn't realized that it was a low-fat, low-salt tofu book. No wonder there's no taste in the recipes I use in that book. Vegan With a Vengeance here I come.
Here are some of my favourites from the book.
Raspberry Blackout Cake. Best cake EVER. I've been told by several omnivores that this is the best cake they have ever had.
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Chocolate Thumbprint Cookies.
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Sparkled Ginger Cookies.
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yummy alisa!
It always amazes my that the thumbprint cookies come out just like my grandma did them!
Someone mentioned that the muffins didn't come out right but I haven't had any problems. The Fauxstess Cupcakes are worth the work!!! Non-vegans really like these! They really aren't that hard. I skip the squigglies because I tried those and failed! They don't need them anyway, they are just decoration.
I mentioned it. I think they were just to stodgy. I prefer cherrys muffin recipe. I add a bit of alpro yogurt after twinkles recommendation and they work perfect. I guess i like my cake to be a little lighter and they turned out to weighty, might have been my cooking skills though :o
I haven't used this book for ages now. I really enjoyed making some of the recipes but i dont use any in my everyday cooking. I still think the carrot cake is the best cake ever though.
I just got this book yesterday. I know...I can't believe that I have been vegan for over a year and did not own a copy of this book either. But last night my boyfriend and I had veggie burgers and i made the sweet potato fries, and this morning I made the best scrambled tofu I have ever tasted with recipes from this book. I really look forward to making several things I have seen while poring over it. Any suggestions?
my suggestion is: make everything :D
i concur
Thanks guys...I plan to make as much as possible...that ginger macadamia coconut carrot cake looks amazing! I really want to try the moroccan tagine with spring vegetables, the jerk seitan, the curried split pea soup...so many things look good. And I am still drooling over my scrambled tofu from this morning...
Sorry if this has been answered before, but I can't be arsed to read through 8 pages.
Has anyone seen the UK version compared to the US version? I would like the UK version for the measurements, but reviews on Amazon said it wasn't a nice as the US one (poor typeface & no piccies)
Can anyone confirm that the UK version is good?
Thankee
I made the peanut butter cookies and they ended up really soft and fell apart. Did anyone else make them?
i've got the UK version. true, no piccies, but clear directions etc. i do find the division in this book a trifle peculiar, but everything i've made comes out very tasty. totally re-inspired the vegan-cook in me :)
amanda
Great, thanks! I think I will go for that because cups don't make sense. How can you measure non-liquid stuff in a volume measure???
Thanks pavotrouge, maybe it was the cornstarch? I'd never made peanut butter cookies before then, vegan or otherwise so I just followed the book recipe. Do you remember how you tweaked the recipe? I'll try some of the other ones that people are raving about, it was the first one I tried so it was a little discouraging, especially in a household of non-vegans that were skeptical how they'd turn out to begin with...
there's cornstarch in the recipe? for sure (can't be bothered to look it up)? then try leaving that out, I never used cornstarch for those cookies...
I can't really tell how I tweaked it, when I "make" recipes I just sorta look at the ingredients list and get started and estimate the amounts. Sorry :(
Just got this one and loveit! The chocolate thumprint cookies have been a wild hit and are super easy and quick to make :)
I love this book!
I make the coconut pancakes at least 2 sundays a month: They are the only vegan pancakes that I've been able to make gluten free!!! I use a combo of rice, buckwheat and arrowroot flower.
The Brooklyn Pad Thai will knock your socks off!!!! I had to get my husband to take it away or I would have eaten till I burst!
Onely complaint: Too many baked goods/desserts. But then, I'm a diabetic celiac (and yes, I CAN'T EAT ANYTHING :( :( :( )
I just got this book and I have friends (omnis) over for dinner this week - can anyone recommend one of the recipes for this? It can't be anything too spicy unfortunately.
Ta!