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From: Oshawa, ON Canada

Joined: February 9th, 2009

About me: I have been vegetarian for about 20 years (and a failed vegan). I rarely follow a recipe exactly, I like to experiment (but I'll mention that in any recipe reviews). I am raising my 3 years old son as a vegetarian -- so far so good.

Favorite cookbook: American Vegetarian Cookbook (despite the name)

Cannelloni with Tomato Eggplant Sauce from 125 Best Vegetarian Slow Cooker Recipes

This was excellent. I didn't follow the recipe exactly (I rarely do). All of the recipes in this book call for frying up some of the ingredients ahead of time, which seems to defeat the purpose of a slower... read more >

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The American Vegetarian Cookbook from the Fit for Life Kitchen

By Marilyn Diamond
Grand Central Publishing - 1990

I really like this book, but I rarely follow the recipes exactly. The recipes are all vegan, and super-healthy. There is no refined sugar, and lots of hard to find ingredients, which I why I do a lot of subtitution.

While that does make it sound too difficult, if you like experimenting, it's good. I especially like it because it is vegan, so many vegetarian cookbooks rely heavily on dairy and eggs, and I like that this doesn't (and you can use dairy and eggs, if you so choose).

It's great if you are interested in learning more about vegetarianism / veganism. It introduces and explains a lot about the less than common ingredients. And it has a ton of nutritional info in it (and background info on the ethics and health aspects of vegetarianism).