Toss Your Own Salad: The Meatless Cookbook with Burgers, Bolognese, and Balls

by Eddie McNamara

"Eddie comes on strong, but behind the attitude there's an honest, stripped-down, back-to-basics approach to cooking real food. If you ever wanted to go from watching cooking shows to actually cooking, this is where you begin." - Amanda Cohen, author Dirt A Cookbook and chef/owner of the famous NYC vegetarian restaurant of the same name

Takeout food every night is great...for leaving you broke, bloated and praying for a national healthcare plan to deal with your fat ass self. Eddie McNamara wants to show you how to stop being a takeout junkie or a Gordon Ramsay wannabe who spends years learning complex knife skills you don't need. He also wants to show you how to pump up the flavor without resorting to using meat because – really - who needs to eat more meat? As Eddie puts it, "Any schmuck can put bacon on something to make it delicious." He wanted to show people how easy it was to cook delicious meatless meals for themselves rather than gorging more fat and salt on a daily basis than you'd see in a bucket of KFC. He also wanted to show people that you don’t have to be Warren Buffett to eat well. As he puts it "Brokesters have cooked filling plant-based food since long before Mark Bittman moved to Berkeley in search of a perfectly ripe avocado." That's how his popular tumblr "Toss Your Own Salad" got started and now morphed into this awesome meatless cookbook that will get you to rock out over 100 recipes for dishes like The Green Inferno Salad, Dr. Devash's Shakshuka, Nihilistic Frittata and Penne Tikka Masala with an Eddie-curated soundtrack that spans the musical range from Metallica's "Creeping Death" to Gene Vincent's "Be-Bop-a-Lula". So, stop wasting your money. Do it yourself. Let Eddie McNamara show you how to Toss Your Own Salad .

Genres: Cookbooks, Nonfiction, Cooking

413 pages, Kindle Edition

Published June 20, 2017

Reviews

[Summer · Rating 5 out of 5]

Honestly this is one of the most approachable and underrated cookbooks I've had the pleasure of flipping through. Pictures are gorgeous and make me want to eat everything which is what cookbooks are supposed to do. Can't wait to make something from this!

[Patricia Gmitrovic · Rating 5 out of 5]

9-11 police officer transformed to a foodie.
good meatless recipes with some attitude

[Jeanette · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great recipes. I love this book.

[Debra · Rating 5 out of 5]

I didn't want to like the book because, at first, Eddie was a bit too 'over-the-top' for me in his recipe introductions. What a jerk I was to think this. As I got further into the book I realized that the man is *genious* and I got to the point that I was loving those intros!! I first read the book via our library but soon realized I HAD to have this book. I'm not sure that I've ever tagged so many recipes to try as I have in this book. And I'm a pretty seasoned cook although new to vegetarianism. Thank you Eddie!!

[Dray · Rating 4 out of 5]

Every so often you come across a cookbook that speaks to you. These are honest recipes created by someone who knows how to improve life through food. I really liked (probably what spoke to me) the candor and cutting through the BS that sometimes surrounds food and recipes. Eddie, my heart and stomach are with you. Thanks.

[Maureen · Rating 4 out of 5]

I was sorry this was a library book because a lot of the recipes seemed like ones I'd like to make. Another read some day for sure.

[Kim Sessions · Rating 5 out of 5]

I knew from the cover and title that it is not your traditional cookbook. I am not vegan or vegetarian, but these recipes rock. His comments and the names of some of the recipes throughout made laugh.
My favorites are:

🥑 Avocado Toast - How to make "White Girl Pizza

Help,My-Vacation-Starts-In-Two-Weeks Kelp Noodle Salad 🌴

😋 Cauliflower Risotto That Tastes More Like Risotto than Cauliflower


My favorite recipes that I have tried so far are:

🌮 Peanut Butter Tacos

👩‍🍳 Life-Changing Butternut Mac and Cheese

🍑 Grilled Peach Panzenella

🍛The Raw Vegan Pad Thai Salad Cleanse

I can't wait to try more. This is a great book for someone looking for a little entertainment while cooking.

[Zoe123 · Rating 3 out of 5]

I like the style of the book and the layout is easy to read and use while making recipes. Unfortunately the recipes I've tried from this book have been an epic fail! I made the pumpkin oat muffins today and threw them away. Sad because I am the queen of making great muffins and I use all organic ingredients so it's pricey to throw it all out. The recipe seems too liquidy to work. I made a salad and a few other dishes. None are in my fav list, which is unfortunate, because veggie burgers are my fav dish on the planet.

[Dan · Rating 5 out of 5]

Fun to read as well as good recipes.