Cook book question: Just HOW good are the Moosewood cook books?

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evan

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The reason I ask, is that I need to introduce more vegetables in our diet!

Also, I need recipes I can trust and that I know will taste good.

Also, I'm looking for more recipes for vegetable soup. I watched a Nigella Lawson show the other day and she said one way to bring more vegetables into your diet is to start every dinner with vegetable soup.

I think the idea is brilliant and I would like to try it.

Can you recmend the Moosewood cook books or are there better books out there that I should buy instead?

 
Evan, everything I have made

(edit: sorry! Missed the cap: EvaN!)
from the Moosewood books has been quite tasty. The General Sri Wasano's Indonesian Rice Salad has been a staple for me to carry to potluck's for 20 some years now.

I too am working to incorporate more vegetables and fruits into my diet. I am doing a lot of veggie and fruit on the grill, then seasoning it in different ways. plain with just a sprinkle of sea salt, a very light olive oil and vinegar dressing, so light that it is barely even noticeable that there is a dressing, etc.

I'm also doing lots of big "everything and the kitchen sink" stir fries (using mostly homemade stock instead of oil) that I serve with a combination of either whole wheat, brown rice, or pin oats, or a 100% whole wheat pasta. I top it with a piece of grilled fish or chicken, or sometimes stirfry the chunked meat into the vegetables with lots of fresh herbs from the garden and spices. I use LOTS of fresh garlic and ginger and it creates wonderful intensity in the flavor. Also minced citrus peels add a lot of flavor.

For fruit, I'm preparing bowls of cutup fruits for dessert after dinner. We aren't used to eating fruit as dessert, but finding it very refreshing and it's also satisfying the craving for something a little sweeter wrapped around chocolate, which is always the danger at my house. Also, the cutup fruit is being packed with the veggie leftovers and salads into the lunchbox for mid afternoon snacks.

 
i agree. you'll find there are lots of moosewood books out there. of course they're not just

about veggies...lots of rice, grains, lentils, egg dishes, tofu, etc. you'll find 'moosewood' books and 'mollie katzen' books. i think she penned the first book from the restaurant - moosewood cookbook, and many more excellent books including enchanted broccoli forest, still life with menu, and vegetable heaven (they're all great). the restaurant has also put out many cookbooks. i use their 'low-fat favorites' alot.
you'll find great salad and soup recipes in all of these books, and tons of veggie main dishes as well.
i find the recipes reliable and flavorful, with alot more variety than you might expect.

 
Hi Eva, I just bought Madhur Jaffrey's "World Vegetarian"

which won a James Beard Foundation Award for Excellence. I checked it out from the library first and loved it. It isn't just vegetables though, it is also has a lot of emphasis on whole grains. I like how it is arranged; by dried beans, vegetables, grains, dairy, soups/salads/drinks, and sauces and flavorings. Then within those groups she lists the country where they are from.
Also above I recommended "The Victory Garden" by Marian Morash. I love that book also. Look back in the NFR chat about tomatoes.

 
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