The Vegetable Dishes I Can't Live Without by Mollie Katzen

The Vegetable Dishes I Can't Live Without Reviews

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  Happyreader

  Mollie Katzen is such a veggie pusher. She is bound and determined to make you eat your veggies and she'll mix the veggies with whatever flavors will lure you out of the veggie closet. She'll mix the veggies with fruit, nuts, miso, vinegars, whatever. She doesn't care. Just make them yummy and eat them. Just a sampling: roasted asparagus with pomegranate-lime glaze, avocado-strawberry saladita,roasted beets with tart pink grapefruit glaze, braised Brussels sprouts in maple-mustard sauce,deep-flavored shiitake slaw. Mollie is definately the queen of the veggies.
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  Thomasin Propson

  Sooo many delicious sounding recipes!
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  Georgetowner

  I’m a big Moosewood and Mollie Katzen fan, but this book has really unusual vegetable recipes. Very few of them interested me enough to even try making them.
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  Lauren

  Some interesting recipes.
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  janus

  to tell the truth, i've only browsed through this book, but i see its purpose and i like it. as for the day, it was rainy and a good day to spend in a bookstore.
  
  the font looks like handwritten script; it takes a little while to get used to it.
  
  as for the recipes, most of them looked good like the southeastern asian style eggplant with chiles, red onion, and mint. i would make that without hesitation.
  
  then there are a few odd ones, like bok choy, broccoli rabe, shittake mushrooms, and roasted garlic. i think this combination is excessive, and the addition of rabe is a bit confusing. bok choy, shittake, and garlic is fine: it is light and the flavors are subtle. rabe, from my experience, is a very robust taste, and still somewhat bitter even after parboiling.
  
  another odd one is broccoli, apples, and red onion in honey mustard marinade. come to think of it, the combination would make a nice salad (even a warm one). as for a stir-fry, it sounds a little too sweet: honey mustard AND apple?
  
  this cookbook suggests ideas. after all, a recipe is simply an idea for a meal; the directions are there for precision. some of the ideas are fine and others are questionable, fine. as for why i like this book,
  
  it's made me think harder about cooking than usual. you see, there's nothing wrong with disagreeing with an author, as long as you learn something out of the argument.
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  Tracy

  I appreciate a book that provides exactly what the back cover promises: inspiration for adding more vegetables to our plate; ...tasty and healthy side dishes, many of which you can even serve as standalone meals.
  
  Molly Katzen's Cauliflower Gratin with Capers and Bread Crumbs gave me an entirely new cauliflower experience--tender-crips texture, mellow-nutty flavor with a condensed essence of milky-sweet goodness.
  
  There's a recipe for using up broccoli stems so you don't have to feel guilty about using only the crowns in another recipe.
  
  The recipes are organized alphabetically (from artichoke and arugula to tomato, mixed vegetables & zucchini). And the format is casual and relatively inexpensive (for a cookbook) so you won't feel terrible if you dribble a little caramelized onion-orange marmalade on one of the pages.
  
  When I have produce in the vegetable drawer that must be used up before it goes past its prime, I turn to this book for ideas. Excuse me now, I have to go to my kitchen to whip up a batch of arugula-pecan pesto. (Honestly, that's what I'm going to do, right now.
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  Crystal

  This is another example of a cookbook I picked up from the library, thinking I'd find a few good recipes I could copy down, only to discover that I liked so many of the recipes it'd be more efficient to just buy the cookbook.
  I love vegetables. I think of them as food, even the star of the show, not a side, so this cookbook definitely caught my eye. And when I got it home and perused through it more thoroughly, I was further charmed. the recipes are interesting and full of complex flavor and texture combination, as well as being quite healthy. And while the recipes flavor and texture may sound complex, the recipes seem relatively easy to prepare. I'm excited to try recipes like "Broccoli, Apples, and Red Onion in Honey-Mustard Marinade", "Chile Cabbage with Shiitakes, Sweet-Crisp Onions, and Tofu", and "Stir-Fried Eggplant in Ginger-Plum Sauce", among others.
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  Morgan

  I came across this book in my attempt to find some good veggie receipes. It's phenomenal. This book has so many amazing finds. I've made 4 things from it thus far, and they've all been wonderful. (My favorite has been the North African Carrots. They're like candy.) The receipes are unique and surprising, but don't call for lots of extreme indgredients. I usually have most of it on hand (although she does seem to like walnut oil). I can't recommend this cookbook highly enough. I definitely want to make everything in it at least once. Hey, she might even make me a mushroom lover (but I doubt it.)
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  Cherie

  A Oh, yum! Another fantastic cookbook by Mollie--geared around veggies. In my kitchen, veggies will often simply get steamed and served with salt and pepper or maybe some herbs. This cookbook offers heaps of suggestions on tons of fantastically delish-mah-tish recipes for veggies (also including some tips for those of you, ahem, BostonBill, who do not eat veggies!, on how to incorporate more veggies into your life!), mostly side dishes, but not all. Oh, so good. If you have a CSA membership, I highly recommend this b/c you will now find various endive recipes! Mmmm!
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  Michelle

  This is a great cookbook. The dishes are not complicated, and Molly Katzen's explanations make every one fun and easy to make. As a vegetarian, I've been trying to get away from the cheese and starch routine, and this has been invaluable.
  
  I highly recommend the ginger-coconut carrots, honey mustard brussel sprouts and lemon-peanut green beans. YUM.
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  LemontreeLime

  Even though I might not make alot of the recipes in this one, i found myself holding on to Katzen's book while i cleaned out my cookbook shelf. No photos, just quirky hand lettered and drawn recipes that make you feel like you are snooping in someone elses secret cookbook. I will give this one another chance to win me over.
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  James

  A pretty good cookbook but a bit repetitive, there are a fair number of dishes with only small variations in ingredients. It is organized by main ingredient which is nice, if you have a bumper crop of veggies there are several recipes you can choose through. No nutritional information. She's written better books, get those first.
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  Tamara

  No pictures. Boo. Eye candy is a must for cookbooks.
  
  I might try:
  
  Cauliflower Cheese Appetizer
  Cilantro-Walnut Pesto
  Feta-Walnut-Stuffed Cucumbers
  Fennel with Almonds, Grapes, Olives, Dried Figs & Cheese
  
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  Catherine Woodman

  This is the best thing that Molly Katzen has written since the Moosewood Cookbook--some great dishes in here--classic things that you would make over and over again every summer, and the layout and design is like her best work--highly recommended and whimsical to boot.
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  Stephanie

  The thing about Mollie Katzen's cookbooks is that the recipes work. I tried the Asparagus Crepes with Mushroom Sauce. Delicious! I served them at a party and they were a hit!
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  Tara

  No pictures of the finished dish always makes me sad! But the charming handwritten and illustrated look of it is as appealing as the recipes look DELICIOUS!
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  GoldenjoyBazyll

  Nice book for the veggie lover however... it is expensive for the amount of receipes. Her other books are a better value.
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  Angelene

  My new favorite cookbook!
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  Sarah

  No pictures, unfotunately, but the descriptions were mouth-watering.
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  Holly

  If you think vegetables are boring to cook - check this book out! An oldie that i went back to and am glad did!
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  Sarah

  As a veggie lover this collection of recipes tickled my fancy. Delicious sounding side dishes arranged by vegetable are highlighted.
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  Sara

  I totally love her other cookbooks. This one just seemed like a hodgepodge of ideas just thrown together. I was a bit disappointed.