My favorite recipe from this book is the Mexican bowls with black beans in red velvet mole sauce. The use of herbs, spices, and bold flavors is abundant, which is important for low-fat cooking and also exactly how I like to cook in general. As these recipes are already low-fat, the chemistry of the recipes works really well for making an oil-free version (and adding whole food fats in whichever way I please). However, I do prefer to use oil in a limited manner since it’s halfway to being a processed food. I love to load up my diet with healthy fats like nuts, seeds, olives, avocado, and coconut. Now, I don’t necessarily think of myself as someone who eats “low fat”. There are a full range of appetizer, dip, entree, breakfast, salad, and dessert recipes, plus exhaustive cooking and pantry stocking guides.Īppetite for Reduction. Similarly to Veganomicon, this cookbook runs the full gamut of recipe styles (minus desserts), but the overarching theme is that everything is low-fat. I also like a lot of the salad dressings. Some of my favorites are the classic potato latkes and the cheater baked beans. If you are looking for a reliable vegan recipe for just about anything, you’ll probably find it in this cookbook. Veganomicon. Some might call it the bible of vegan cooking. (The ones I’m missing are Vegan Cupcakes Take Over the World Vegan Cookies Invade Your Cookie Jar and Vegan Pie in the Sky). I own four of Isa’s books but I definitely plan to slowly collect all of them. The other thing you need to know is that Isa is one of the best writers out there, with a playful and humorous tone but also a tremendous way of incorporating cooking tips and tricks in a clear & concise manner. Isa’s recipes are known for straight up always working, and reinventing classic flavors with a twist. Isa‘s books deserve their own category on my list because they are absolutely the pantheon of vegan cookbooks. Note : Most of the cookbook cover photos I was using for this page have become broken links, so thank you for your patience with this image-less page while I work on updating them □ Isa Chandra Moskowitz Books Those thoughts are the good, the bad and the ugly!Īll cookbook pictures on this page are links to the book’s Amazon page. I’ve also listed, when available, places where you can find some recipes excerpted from the cookbook and more in-depth cookbook reviews. Here is a rundown in no particular order, of what’s on my cookbook shelf (including my virtual eCookbook shelf as well!), with some of my thoughts about each. I’d much prefer to flip through a cookbook than a beauty magazine! Over the years I amassed quite a collection, especially since going vegan, as I found myself more enthusiastic about cooking than ever before.
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