Barbara's Reviews
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Vegetarian Planet
By Didi Emmons
Harvard Common Press - 1997
Caribbean Sweet Potato Salad : page 131
I made half a recipe, using chopped fennel instead of corn kernels, which I'm not that fond of. Cooked the potatoes for less than the suggested time and added the dressing while the potatoes were still hot instead of dumping the potatoes in cold water.
This was tasty salad, but it needed spice. I think I would add a chili next time.
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Carrot,Ginger, and Beet soup : page 98
I'm not sure if it was execution or just a poor recipe, but the flavour of the soup was totally dominated by the grated orange zest. Maybe there was some pith in the zest, or I should have scraped the carrots, but the soup also has an underlying bitter note that I find unpleasant.
Unfortunately I made a whole recipe so I will be eating this for a while. Maybe if it sits for a bit, the flavours will meld andmellow a bit into a more pleasing whole.
If I make it again, I will increase the ginger and omit or drastically reduce the orange zest.
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Curried Carrot-Walnut Burgers : page 373
These are good vegetarian burgers with chickpeas, carrots, and mushrooms as the base. The burgers were easy to form and held together well during the cooking. They are quite soft in the eating, so benefit from crusty rolls as a foil. I added a lot of black pepper and next time would add some cayenne pepper give it a bit more punch.
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I wasn't sure about this recipe on day one (not unusual; I often don't taste it as well after I've been busy cooking it). But I loved it on day 2. Not part of the recipe, but I added crumbled feta cheese, which really went well.
Next time I will try some pickled lemon instead of the lemon juice and zest.
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