Veggie recipe book

sunpuppy · Post: # 3738Post **sunpuppy** » Mon Jun 06, 2005 10:24 am

I would like to eat more vegetarian meals (don't eat red meat anyway, but think I could probably reduce the amount of chicken I eat a bit too).

Can anyone recommend a really good veggie recipe book? Something that has easy to prepare, fairly quick recipes (the last I want to do after coming home from work is wait for hours for my dinner!

).

Andy Hamilton · Mon Jun 06, 2005 10:43 am

I would highly reccomend just going into charity shops we have picked up a stack of recipe books. Also there are plenty on the web, http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/vegetarian_and_vegan/ - good old beeb. There is a site called selfsufficientish.com with a few vegie recipes too that you might want to try, Unfortuntaley it is run by a right wally

Wombat · Post: # 3740Post **Wombat** » Mon Jun 06, 2005 11:47 am

Do you like Indian?

Andy Hamilton · Mon Jun 06, 2005 12:12 pm

Wombat wrote:Do you like Indian?

Madur Jeffery are you thinking Nev? She is pretty good.

sunpuppy · Post: # 3748Post **sunpuppy** » Mon Jun 06, 2005 3:38 pm

Andy Hamilton wrote:I would highly reccomend just going into charity shops we have picked up a stack of recipe books.

Good idea Andy (don't know why I didn't think of it myself, must be getting old), and recycling into the bargain - I'll head down to our local shops tomorrow lunchtime. I thought perhaps there may be some wonderbook that people could recommend (sort of Delia Smith for vegetarians!)

I've also printed off the veggie recipes on that website you mentioned. Am not in a position to comment on the 'wally'

that runs it as have not met him personally (perhaps a Selfsufficientish get-together could be on the cards?

), but it seems like a great site, with a lot of useful tips and friendly people on the forum!

sunpuppy · Post: # 3749Post **sunpuppy** » Mon Jun 06, 2005 3:41 pm

Wombat wrote:Do you like Indian?

Umm, I'm not very good with spicy food - I don't seem to have a very good tolerance for it.

Love the taste, but tend to go for very mild curries like kormas....

And onion bhajis are nice too, although I've no idea how you make them.

shiney · Post: # 3750Post **shiney** » Mon Jun 06, 2005 5:05 pm

Cranks Recipe Book is the best I have found. It's been around for years and you should see my copy. It's been thumbed, spilt on and all the pages are loose!

I haven't made a duff thing from it. All very tasty and I use it a lot. I do know most of the recipes by heart now, but I vote it as a winner!

sunpuppy · Post: # 3753Post **sunpuppy** » Mon Jun 06, 2005 9:16 pm

Thanks Shiney,

Will look out for that one....

shiney · Post: # 3754Post **shiney** » Mon Jun 06, 2005 9:28 pm

This must be the updated version!!!

http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASI ... 00-6732605

Just a link to the Amazon site, but I am sure you could get it on ebay or at your local book shop.

Jo · Post: # 4969Post Jo » Mon Jul 11, 2005 7:07 pm

My Cranks cook book has neary fallen apart with use over many years. A friend bought me a copy of the 'New Cranks cookbook' (which Shiney's link takes you to) as a birthday present because she knew I loved the old one so much. The 'new' one is very modern whereas the older one is sensible, easy to cook, never-fail, commonsense family recipes. The modern version of the original is at:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASI ... 03-0325245

Never done a hyper-link before so I wonder if this works....

Jo

Wombat · Post: # 4973Post **Wombat** » Mon Jul 11, 2005 9:46 pm

Sorry I didn't get back to re-posting here

Yeah the Indian vegetarian culture is very rich and varied - Madhur Jaffrey is a good example and she has put out some good stuff. My wife can't stand the heat so when I cook indian I just put in a bit of chilli powder - thats the advantage of home cooking this stuff yourself, you can put it together to suit your own tastes.

Nev