Student's Vegetarian Cookbook: Quick, Easy, Cheap, and Tasty Vegetarian Recipes

by Carole Raymond

Eat Your Vegetables!
Some people are vegetarians because they think a meat-free diet is good for you. Some believe it’s good for the planet. Others just want tasty food; they want it cheap, they want it easy, and they want it now. Whatever your reasons, check out this book’s 135 great-tasting vegetarian recipes, including:
Gingered Chinese Greens Stir-Fry • Banana Bread • Moroccan Stew • Beer and Aztec Rice • Chipotle-Black Bean Chili • Curry in a Hurry • Roasted Vegetable Rush • Miso-Happy Soup •Yogurt Fruit Shake • French Toast 2000 • Pita Pizza Crust • Cremini Mushroom Burger • Broiled Zucchini Parmesan • Rice Pudding Cereal • Coffee Brazil • Chapati with Confetti Salad • And much, much more!
So stop scrounging around for something to eat. With this book, you can put a great-tasting meal together in little or no time.

Genres: Cookbooks, Cooking, Nonfiction, Vegetarian, Food, Reference, Vegan

272 pages, Paperback

First published July 1, 1997

Reviews

[Laura Howard · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is the first cookbook I ever owned and I still have as a part of my cookbook collection. Simple and inexpensive recipes, with thorough explanations to boot (it’s written by a school teacher). It taught me a lot about cooking and I still use it on occasion when I want to make something really fast with ingredients I will likely already have on hand. It’s also a good one for when you have some extra vegetables or pasta etc from some other recipe and want to throw something together to use them up. I recently picked it up when I had some extra bok choy from a Mindful Miso Ramen dish I made and wanted an easy stir fry recipe to finish off the leftover bundle. I became soft with nostalgia and decided to read it cover to cover with a new set of eyes. I reveled over the recipes and kitchen skills that were once intimidating, the recipes that I had followed to a T that I would now significantly tweek to my personal liking. This cookbook will be a permanent part of my collection.

[Sarah · Rating 4 out of 5]

Trust this review as I am a "broke college student!"

I should start out by saying that I'm not really a vegetarian. I simply wanted meals that were healthy and that I could share with my vegetarian friends if I needed to.

I didn't expect to love these recipes as much as I did! They really are quick, easy, tasty, and cheap... so everything that I had searched for in a cookbook for about a year of my life while I ate ramen noodles and mooched other people's pizza and whatever other junk food I could.

In conclusion, I am now healthier, have a bit more cooking knowledge, eat better tasting food while still having time to finish homework and have money for little extras like chocolate to balance out all those veggies. Also, I lost the weight I gained from my first year and can comfortably fit into my favorite pair of jeans again!

[Carrie · Rating 4 out of 5]

Whether or not you are a vegetarian or a student, this is a very good cookbook of (as the title says) quick, easy, cheap, tasty, and nutritious dishes that serve one or two. It would also be useful for the individual who hasn't gone much further than cooking meals that come straight from a box or a can and would like to attempt to prepare meals from scratch, but isn't sure where to begin or how to go about it.

[Robin · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is my bible of vegetarian cooking. Simple, delicious, and filling -- servings for one or two people (as much as I love the Vegetarian Times' recipes, I can't make food to serve 4-8 people when I'm the only one eating -- and dividing 1/4 cup by 4 or 8 results in some strange measurements). Also recommend her Student's Go Vegan Cookbook, even though I'm not vegan.

[Fenix Fae · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great Beginner Book!!!!!!!!!!!
I am a beginner at trying to become a vegetarian, and other recipes from other books and places (not this one) have intimidated me multiple times because I've never bought raw veggies before that is usually listed, so I never know how to know whether they are a good pick or not, and this book explains that for all of the veggies it has listed and everything. It even has a small section for quick meals to make in a hurry!
I have not read all of it yet, but I have came across at least 1 recipe with a serving for 1 which is wonderful because I'm fixing for myself only!
It is easy to read and explains things well with a few vegan recipes in here also!
I love this book and will have it with me for years to come!
It even has a list of tools you would need to fix these recipes!

[Cara · Rating 4 out of 5]

I bought this book back in 2007. When I was thinking about becoming a vegetarian. The recipes are very simple and not over the top. They are very easy and simple ingredients that you can get anywhere. It is not the most delicious set of recipes, but they are cheap and a great into.

[Jon Allanson · Rating 4 out of 5]

A straightforward presentation of some cooking basics and many relatively simple recipes. I look forward to trying some of these out.

[Bunnyhugger · Rating 4 out of 5]

I haven't perused this book since I became a vegan 5 years ago but pulled it out of my home library today. The recipes are not very cheese or egg heavy at all, and most non-vegan items can be replaced quite easily (soy instead of milk etc). I think I made my very first curry tofu scramble from this book. It has a good stir-fry section (especially for when you need fresh ideas on this most basic standby of veggie cooking!), a section for bean meals (which is making me hungry imagining them) as well as curries, grains, and pasta dishes. I intend to try out some of the soups (none of which require a food processor thankfully), probably the corn and potato chowder. I currently have a blueberry cake baking in the oven - it was a very easy recipe. Overall, I say this is a solid cook book which I'd recommend to people looking for healthy, easy recipes.

[LemontreeLime · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good introductory cookbook, designed for someone who wants to figure out how to eat veg fast. I read these cookbooks because i'm trying to eat healthier, and looking for recipes that are quick easy and are something I will actually eat. There's about 10 recipes I know I'll try for sure in this book, and I suspect I will be making them more than once.

[Michaela C]

Simple and budget friendly recipes for anyone wanting to eat less or no meat. I used this alot when I was a vegetarian, then when I ate plenty of meat but wanted to add vegetarian meals to my diet. Now I'm using for my family to transition.

Good recipes anyone can enjoy..even the non veg's.

[Stefka · Rating 5 out of 5]

Favorite cookbook EVER.
It's all that the title promises: quick, easy, cheap, and tasty. Not gourmet, but that's what blogs are for. It also gives small amounts-- one or two servings-- so you don't end up with 6 servings of leftovers.

[Susan · Rating 3 out of 5]

Purchased for my daughter the vegetarian. I skimmed through it and it looked like a good choice for high school and college vegetarians who need to learn to eat more than bread and jam. My daughter, however, turned out to be her mother's child and does not cook either.

[Jeanette (Ms. Feisty) · Rating 1 out of 5]

I am so disappointed in this book. I bought it because I liked her Student's Go Vegan Cookbook, but I have not yet found one decent recipe in this one! I have an older version, so maybe some of the flaws have been fixed in the revised one?

[Michele · Rating 3 out of 5]

Very basic... definitely for the vegetarian who is just learning how to cook on their own as evidenced with recipes for steamed vegetables :) But has some very tasty combinations that I wouldn't have thought of - like black bean sweet potato quesadillas...yum!

[Tuscany Bernier · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a great book for new vegetarians. It has a handful of recipes but they're all designed for a new-veggie kitchen. Easy to prep recipes (like less than 10 minutes usually) and with easy-to-find ingredients, I'd rate it a 4 out of 5. It's pretty good but not the best I've found out there.

[Astrid · Rating 2 out of 5]

Some of the recipes in this book are delicious! Some are honestly not so good. But the book does stay true to the principle of eating cheaply and quickly without eating total junk food.

[BRAIN_QUEEN · Rating 4 out of 5]

i don't think this one is as good as the student's vegan cookbook but eh its good stuff.

[Victoria · Rating 5 out of 5]

Simple and easy and cheap and quick and healthy and meat-free meals that are great for a students or a poor educators budget! By far my favorite ever cookbook!!!

[Shana · Rating 4 out of 5]

My copy of this book is falling apart I've used it so much.

[Vegetarian · Rating 5 out of 5]

Awesome

[Allison · Rating 4 out of 5]

I feel like this is a cookbook I will continue to go back to again and again. There are SO MANY wonderful and delicious-looking recipes that I want to try!

[Cecile · Rating 3 out of 5]

The recipes won't make you feel like you've become a Michelin-rated chef, but they are easy.

[Jamie · Rating 3 out of 5]

Decent recipes, even for a non-vegetarian just looking for some healthy meals.