wester's Profile

From: Soesterberg, Utr Netherlands

Joined: September 24th, 2009

About me: I love cooking, I love eating, I love discovering new recipes. I have so many cookbooks I sometimes lose track of which recipe is where - though this site helps a bit. I have gone low-carb in 2010, so that's different recipes to explore again. This also means I may not agree with my own reviews anymore if they were written in 2009 or before. ------------------ I have a lovely husband and ten-year old twins who also love eating. ----------------- You can also find me on LibraryThing, BookMooch and EatYourBooks, using the same handle.

Favorite cookbook: The Complete Meze Table by Rosamond Man

Favorite recipe: Melissa Clark's Roasted Broccoli with Shrimp

Daond Pasha (Meatballs with Pine Nuts and Tomatoes) from The Complete Meze Table

The meatballs were very tasty, but I did not really like putting all the pine nuts together - it made for fussy cooking and I think I would prefer finding a pine nut here and there instead of finding them... read more >

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A Taste of Heaven and Earth: A Zen Approach to Cooking and Eating with 150 Satisfying Vegetarian Recipes

By Bettina Vitell
Morrow Cookbooks - 1993

I felt this soup should really have been two soups: a summer soup with lemon and mint, and a winter soup with leeks and sage.

I have tried the summer version now (no leeks and sage, white wine instead of red, and carrots instead of parsnips) and that tastes fine. When I get to make the winter version, I will leave out mint and lemon juice, and take a bit more wine to compensate for the missing lemon.

It is quite good, not too heavy and quite aromatic. It looks colorful, too.

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Sweet/spicy vegetable stew.

Makes a good soup as well, just add a bit more water and blend.

You don't have to include both carrots and sweet potatoes, either one will do. The cayenne is not needed. You can season with a stock cube (vegetable, or chicken if it doesn't have to be vegetarian) instead of tamari.

Vegan - just vegetarian if you choose to top with sour cream or yogurt.

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