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Vegetarian Cooking for Everyone
By Deborah Madison
Broadway - 1997
This is a good one for Thanksgiving. This recipe introduced me to and began my love affair with parsnips. The garlic cloves are incredible. The beets add a nice pop of color to the dish. I often use yams in addition to the sweet potatoes and I quarter whole onions instead of using small ones or shallots.
I think of it as a main dish but my husband feels like it's more of a side. He's not a vegetarian, so what do you expect? But I do feel that it needs something to go along with it.
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Maybe I'm being a little unfair to this recipe. I made it only once. The problem I had was that the fritters didn't really stay together very well. I'm not sure if I didn't salt and drain them enough or what, but they were wet and fell apart pretty easily.
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This is a nice one with a lot of flavor. It's a good one to have if you're sick of tomato sauce with your pasta.
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This is a good recipe and it's nice to try something different with the pasta. I'm apparently not a big fan of capers which is why I'm only "meh" on this one.
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This is a nice, fresh tasting recipe. The lemon is a nice flavor, but I think it could probably use a little more than she calls for to give it a bit more kick.
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This is a nice dish and there's a pretty color picture of it in this book somewhere. However... there isn't anything all that special about it. I went out and bough saffron for this recipe too and now I'll probably be finding other recipes to use it in.
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These are DELICIOUS! This is my ultimate "I'm showing off" recipe for when I have guests or for special occasions. These things are also beautiful when they come out of the oven. They're a little bit labor intensive, but SO SO SO worth it. But make no mistake, this isn't a "healthy" vegetarian recipe. There's a ton of butter and cream and cheese in this one. This recipe will spike your cholesterol. There's a reason why it tastes so good.
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The pizza dough comes out pretty good - but pretty heavy and bread-y. It could also use a little salt.
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This pizza sauce is sublime. It's very simple and very basic, but sometimes the best recipes are.
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This dish has a very nice flavor to it. The only thing I don't like is that it calls for carrot juice which isn't exactly easy to find. I usually buy a little bottle of Odwalla Carrot Juice for this recipe, but it doesn't use all of the juice so I always have some carrot juice left over. I don't know about you, but I don't usually drink carrot juice, so it ends up going to waste.
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One of my very favorite dishes in this book! It's so beautiful and bright when it's done. I love the flavor of the beets especially when paired with the lemon. The lemon adds such a nice zing to this. YUM!
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This is a nice risotto to have in the spring (as she even suggests in the book). It has a nice fresh, light flavor to it.
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This is a very heavy cheesy dish, but it's very rich and flavorful. It's great for a cold day.
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This is a great way to make tofu. It might not be "authentic" but it reminds me of the tofu that you usually get in East Coast Chinese restaurants (and that's harder to find out here on the West Coast). I always make this when I'm making stir-fried vegetables. I often add minced garlic and grated ginger in for some extra flavor.
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These are a delicious toothsome treat. A nice change from your every-day pancakes.
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This is a great basic waffle recipe. Sometimes I add a little molasses, nutmeg, and ground cloves to give them more of a gingerbread flavor.
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