The Clueless Vegetarian: A Cookbook for the Aspiring Vegetarian

by Evelyn Raab, George A. Walker (Illustrator)

You're young, you're vegetarian, you're clueless. So you're a vegetarian. Or you're thinking about becoming a vegetarian. Or maybe you live with a vegetarian. Or maybe you just have to feed one occasionally. The Clueless Vegetarian is designed for vegetarians who love good food, cooked from scratch, but also want to have a life. If you've just switched to a vegetarian diet, The Clueless Vegetarian gives you the straightforward nutritional information you need to help you make good food choices (without obsessing). If you're a practicing vegetarian looking for some good old fashioned cooking, then this is your guide. There are lots of hints for concocting vegetarian versions of your favorite old recipes, and suggestions on preparing meals for the mixed household. You'll even find survival tips and cooking advice that's just plain useful for everyone, vegetarian or not. Incredibly thorough and with lots of humor, The Clueless Vegetarian leads the new-vegetarian through a whole new kitchen experience. Every recipe is coded so that you can easily identify whose a lacto-ovo vegetarian, who's a lacto-vegetarian, who's a vegan, an ovo-vegetarian or an occasional vegetarian, it's all laid out simply and straightforwardly, with no surprises. The Clueless Vegetarian is filled with simple recipes for just about everything you might ever want to eat. There are recipes for lasagna, chili and burritos, there are curries and casseroles, hearty soups and lots of great snacks. There are even some truly decadent desserts. There are lots of delicious recipes to choose

Genres: Cookbooks, Cooking, Food

216 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2000

Reviews

[Amy · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is awesome. I am on a quest to make every single thing in this cookbook. The recipes are easy to follow and everything is fairly simple. I've probably made a little under half the recipes so far and only found two my husband and I didn't like that we thought we would. I think this book is a great first cookbook to anyone escpecially someone you know who is a vegetarian. The recipes in this book are everyday recipes, nothing too hard and there is a lot of room to add your own fun tweeks.

[Jenna (Falling Letters) · Rating 4 out of 5]

It seems pretty basic, but for a newb like me it has lots of great ideas to help ‘expand my horizons’. I have only made two recipes from it so far and they were easy and delicious. The recipes are written in a friendly and straightforward tone. I particularly like that two metrics are provided (ex. 2tbsp or 30 ml of lemon juice) because that makes it easier for me to scale measurements. Recommended if you want to eat more vegetarian meals but aren’t sure where to start.

[Jennifer · Rating 3 out of 5]

My first vegetarian cookbook, and it got me through that initial "how does one make a meal without meat??" stage (primarily by reminding you of all the meatless dishes you already know and love). Oh, and there's sort of a "vegetarian ingredients for dummies" intro that I used as a constant reference for a while.

I don't use it much anymore as there's no nutritional info and the recipes tend more toward the tasty than the healthy. But there are a few dishes I go back to again and again. Pasta a la Caprese comes immediately to mind.

[Lisa B · Rating 5 out of 5]

This books makes vegetarianism easy and accessible. Full of fun, friendly facts, and more consistently excellent recipes than any other I've found. From meat-like recipes like "nearly normal" shepherd's pie, to standard meatless faves like potato soup (yum yum yum), to full on veggie deliciousness -- roasted veggie marinades-- and wonderful desserts like homemade fruit sorbet and super easy chocolate mousse, this book has many full on meals and treats for everyone. Also indicated where recipes are vegan or able to be vegan-adapted. Highly, highly recommended.

[Michel B. · Rating 3 out of 5]

There is one important problem....

This is the second ever recipe book I've bought. Usually figure that I can get whatever recipes I need much more easily online. Yet, this book's recipes seemed so good, that I figured I'd try it. First one I made today, was quite good.

.... so what's the problem? You get no nutritional content info for the recipes (e.g. how many calories per serving, how much protein per, etc). And for somebody trying to switch away from meat, etc., it's important to know that kind of stuff.

[Alyssa · Rating 3 out of 5]

I'll start with the fact that I haven't actually tried any of the recipes yet, but I did mark about a dozen or so. I thought the info in the book was good overall. We aren't planning on totally going vegetarian, but we do like to incorporate meatless meals regularly. I have it just 3 stars though because I didn't find any recipes that were super creative or inspiring. They were pretty standard. But I'll try a few of the ones that I found interesting and if I'm super impressed I may change my rating. Overall though, a good read. :)

[Nancy · Rating 3 out of 5]

Lots of what seem like good, solid recipes, but nothing I couldn't probably come up with on my own. I'm looking for "wow" and "go to grocery store now" Something different. This wasn't it. Seems like a solid little book, though. Just not what I'm looking for.

[Wanda Pedersen · Rating 4 out of 5]

A great book for those of us who are easing towards the vegetarian way of life. There are a lot of recipes in this book that I'm going to try. I do appreciate the information on ingredients that I'm not familiar with and the humour too.

[Zoe · Rating 5 out of 5]

Another good basic cookbook that contains a lot of simple, yet delicious, recipes. I lost my copy and it makes me sad.

[Jessica Harvey · Rating 3 out of 5]

A very straight forward intro to vegetarianism with a fair amount of the book dedicated to basic recipes. A few recipes that piqued my interest but otherwise a simple and short starter book.

[Jessica · Rating 5 out of 5]

Just what I like in a cookbook: humor. And lots of good recipes.