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The Vegetarian Cookbook

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This is a great cookbook for someone new to cooking. The recipes are simple enough to easily follow without being too confused if you have never been in the kitchen before. The beginning covers a lot of the basics and the different food groups and the aspects of the different ingredients.

I would definitely recommend this book for someone that wants to get their kids into cooking or an adult that has not done much in the kitchen before.

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Excellent. It’s hard to find good vegetarian recipes. They are often very complicated and involve uncommon ingredients. This was a pleasure. I’ve made several recipes and can’t wait to make more.

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I'm a little perplexed about which kids this vegetarian British cookbook is written for. It's clearly not vegan ones, since the book is *really* heavy on the dairy and eggs. It's not young ones, since these are some pretty sophisticated recipes. Most adults I know would complain about the technical steps and time involved in these recipes that don't show a single child in any photograph. While I do agree that kids can and should learn to cook advanced dishes, it kind of seems to be throwing them into the deep end to expect them to cook dishes like poached eggs in hollandaise sauce, homemade Japanese stuffed dumplings and so on. Many of these are not easy recipes for most grown ups. They are multi-step where kids are expected to use double boilers, take several hours to get the final product in some cases, and often use quite a large assortment of ingredients. No safety information or general information is provided to teach kids how to do the frying, baking, shredding, etc. that is called for, or for using tools like food processors.

The cocktail section had me laughing a little too. I'm sure kids will find them fun, but they honestly look like cocktails in martini glasses and margarita glasses with little garnishes and they even teach kids how to muddle the herbs. It's cute, and I may try one with my kids, but it honestly felt like the whole book was designed to teach children how to serve a dinner party.

Nutritional information is provided at the very end, but not sugar counts which I would have liked. One of the breakfast recipes (a bircher bowl) seemed like it would be immensely high in sugar since it was oats soaked overnight in apple juice and then there were 4 or 5 different dried and fresh fruits added and then honey on top. I was curious what the final sugar content was but it only gives sodium, protein, fiber and calories. Full color photos are provided for each dish.

The book is not suitable for most kids on special diets. Gluten is very heavily featured, as are dairy and eggs. I don't think soy is ever used at all, oddly enough for a vegetarian cookbook. Protein is mainly derived from lentils, cheese, eggs and to a lesser extent, nuts. The beginning layout shows an overwhelming amount of kitchen tools to learn like bamboo steamers, rolling pins, pastry brushes, splatter screens, flour shakers and so on. A nutritional primer is then given, which I don't necessarily agree with (they suggest that you need an equal amount of starchy carbs as vegetables, and stress the importance of dairy).

According to the inside cover, a full 22 people were on the team who produced the book and it shows. It's quite glossy and pretty. I'm just not sure it's a great cookbook for a vegetarian child just learning to cook. Two stars for "it was okay." It would have been three if there was more of a sense that it was actually created for children, or showed them cooking any of the recipes.

I read a temporary digital ARC of this book for the purpose of review.

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Every cookbook should be this fun, colorful, and beautiful! I love the layout. The images used are very helpful to understand each recipe. I love that there are pictures for every recipe - this is so important! The Museli recipe looks amazing and I have been craving this food! For more difficult recipes the cookbook has step by step photo instructions, which I think is a great idea. This is THE ideal cookbook and I love it! I almost forgot this was a vegetarian cookbook.

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Cookbook for young cooks that focuses on healthy eating, with the bright, beautiful photographs that DK is known for, and a nice selection of easy, healthy and delicious vegetarian meals. Also includes information on nutrition, basic kitchen vocabulary and descriptions of instruments.

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This is written for older kids, but it is appealing to me as an adult who, at heart, really just wants chicken nuggets and mac and cheese. Recipes are simple, the pictures are huge and inviting, and it is healthy food that will please the whole family.

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I received this book in exchange for an honest review, which has not altered my opinion of the book.

What is the number one question that vegetarians get? Where do you get your protein! Honestly, it's not that hard. One part of this book that immediately caught my eye was that there was a spread about healthy eating and how to get the nutrients needed from different types of food and it shows where the majority of nutrients come from. This book even goes into how different spices can change the flavor of a dish.

What makes this book different from all the other vegetarian cookbooks out there? Well, the way that the recipes are presented. They are bright, exciting, and look like they have been drawn in. It reminds me a bit of the show The Chef Show on Netflix because it shows each of the ingredients and what they look like before they end up in the dish. This being said, it did take quite a bit longer for my computer to load each page simply because of the amount of color and pictures on each page. Yet, that is where my complaints about this book stop.

The recipes are divided into meals which really makes the book easily accessible and due to the pictures, going to the grocery store will be much easier. I am so excited to try some of these recipes and to integrate them into my family life. 4.5 out of 5!

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