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Vegan Planet: 400 Irresistible Recipes with Fantastic Flavors from Home and Around the World
By Robin Robertson
Harvard Common Press - 2003
Black Bean and Butternut Squash Chili : page 316
This is a delicious and slightly sweet chili that even my daughter enjoyed. I substituted peach juice for the called for apple juice because we didn't have any and it added an interesting flavour. I think next time I will use the apple juice and a slightly smaller squash or just more beans.
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Butternut Squash and Wild Mushroom Lasagna : page 381
Creamy and rich with a hint of sweetness from the butternut squash.
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Chocolate Pudding Parfait : page 506
This pudding was far too rich for my taste. It took me three days to eat one portion and I have a sweet tooth. I think cutting the one cup of semi-sweet chocolate chips by a third or even one half would still make for a nice pudding. On the plus side, it's very simple to make with only four ingredients.
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Cumin-Scented Sesame Flatbread : page 484
The sesames and cumin sprinkled on top added a wonderful flavour to this flatbread. Instead of using all purpose flour as the recipe called for I substituted Indian Durham Atta flour. As a result, the flatbread was a little sturdier and chewier. I will definitely make these again and perhaps mix the flour half and half.
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Curried Lentils with Carrots and Peas : page 306
This was good, but for me there was something a little off about the spice mix. My husband rates it a five and I have a feeling this will taste better the next day once the flavours have more time to meld.
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Flax-Berry Pancakes : page 543
Easy pancakes, nice texture. The flax seed mixuture is a pain to get out of the blender though.
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Indonesian Style Rice with Tempeh : page 235
I like a little sweetness in my savoury dishes and this hearty tempeh and rice dish fits the bill. I use an entire package of tempeh instead of just one cup. Next time I will add more napa cabbage to up the veggie content and make this a one pot meal.
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Minted Baba Ganoush : page 49
Simple and tasty but could use a little more zing.
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Sesame Broccoli Stir-Fry : page 198
Nice sesame flavour and simple to make. I added tofu and mixed in rice noodles at the end to make a complete meal out of it.
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Szechuan Hot and Sour Soup : page 75
I've always wanted to make Hot and Sour Soup at home and this was my first attempt. I was very pleased with the result. I used an Indonesian Chili paste and with only one teaspoon added it was plenty hot enough for me. I also upped the sugar from 1/2 teaspoon to about 1 1/2 teaspoons. The soup is chock full of tofu strips, bamboo shoots, shiitake mushrooms and finished nicely with a bit of sesame oil, cilantro and scallions. Yum!
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Thai- Style Coconut Soup : page 77
Delicious smooth coconut flavour combines with chili, lime and ginger. I love this flavour combination and there are tofu and mushrooms to sink your teeth into as well.
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Winter Vegetable Bisque : page 85
The perfect soup to warm up chilled bodies in the middle of winter. This pureed medley of root vegetables featuring parsnips as the star, was warmly received even by my five year old who is notoriously selective with her veggies. I found the parsnip flavour to be quite strong but will gladly make this again if my child will actually eat it.
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