Vegetarian Times Low-Fat & Fast

I am not a vegetarian but I love the recipes in this book. The muffuletta sandwich is awesome. I found the recipes very easy and tasty. They are also wonderful for entertaining.

I bought this book mainly because I have been a fan of the recipes in the Vegetarian Times magazine for quite some time, but wanted a collection that was more geared towards watching calories and fat without getting too complicated. So far I have not been disappointed. I have made about 10 different recipes from this book and have found all of them to be tasty, these aren't real "gourmet" recipes for the most part, but they are fairly quick and tasty. The prep time will take you longer if you aren't very skilled at chopping, but as an avid cook that has not been an issue for me. As for the comment about the nutritional info being off by quite a lot, this cookbook makes use of things like low-fat sour cream, low-fat cheese, tortillas, whole wheat buns, etc. Depending on which brand you buy of those items there can be a big difference in the calories. The nutritional software used for generating the info most likely just uses an average. I will say that I have been using their nutritional info to plan meals for my husband and myself and in the last month we have both lost weight. I have noticed that some of the recipes in this book, for instance the mexican lasagna, are also contained in the Vegetarian Times Complete Cookbook. I'm not sure yet just how much overlap there is.

I have used this book for a few years now and I love it. The recipes really are fairly fast and simple to follow. The nutritional information is provided for each recipe which really helps for people trying to follow certain diets like Weight Watchers. I recommend this book and have given it to others.

With recipes including Carribean, Italian, Thai, Mexican, and plain old American flavors, you can make gourmet quality meals much faster than using traditional recipes for similar dishes. Some newly available products, like hamburger-style "crumbles" and premade polenta tubes can make some of these recipes even faster. I just LOVE the Jamaican Jerk Tempeh served over noodles, and the vegetarian "Sloppy Joes." I'm online now to order some of the others in this "low-fat & fast" series.

This is an excellent cookbook for fast, low-fat vegetarian recipes. All of the recipes contain clear instructions and nutritional information per serving. Per serving, no recipe in the book is more than 10 grams of fat. Some of the recipes we have tried are: Quick Bean-and-Rice Burritos, Southwestern Vegetable Burritos, Fresh Noodles Lo Mein, Chinese Vegetables in Peanut Sauce, Sloppy Joes, Smoky White Bean Soup, Caramelized Onion and Fresh Vegetable Pizza, and Sesame Broccoli. All have been delicious. If you are looking for a quick, delicious, and basic vegetarian cookbook this book is for you. I would also recommend the other books in the Vegetarian Times Low-Fat & Fast series as well as 1001 Low-Fat Recipes by Sue Spitler. You won't be disappointed.