Sue Spitler

A brilliant book for vegetarians of all types -- every recipe is keyed with little icons informing the reader whether it is vegan, lacto-ovo, lacto, or ovo-vegetarian. Many of the recipes which aren't vegan look easy enough to veganize or soy-ize if you are lactose intolerant, anyway.

This book has seventeen yummy chapters covering everything from appetizers to desserts with whole chapters also devoted to specific types of ingredients -- grains, beans, egg & cheese, etc. The "Veg Express" show more chapter promises dinner in 20-30 minutes and that quite appeals to me as many of the vegetarian recipes I enjoy don't get made often as they tend to be more time consuming or fussy than their meatier compatriots. Also, this book as an enormous detailed index that fair makes me swoon everytime I browse it.

I liked that this book offers complete nutritional information for each recipe as well as explanations about different ingredients -- the author doen't presume her readers know everything about all things veggie and, well, nutritional breakdowns are always a plus (it's one of the three things I look for in a cookbook along with a good index and photographs).

I made four recipes from this book and they're all repeaters:

Potato Kugel (page 493) with Mushroom Gravy (page 716) made an excellent Sunday supper one rainy weekend. The leftovers were great for work the next day with a little salad and some sliced fruit.

Roasted Mushroom Salad (page 298) made a nice work lunch. The mushrooms and orzo had a very pleasing texture and the dressing gave everything some zip (I tend to be heavy handed with the pepper -- your version may be less zippy).

Artichoke Tortellini Bake (page 829) worked well as a prep-ahead casserole. All the flavors worked well together and I think it tasted even better for lunch the next day.

All in all, I am quite in love with this fat paperback and can't wait to get my hot little hands on the new edition. show less

1,001 Best Slow-Cooker Recipes: The Only Slow-Cooker Cookbook You'll Ever Need
I am one of those that is skeptical about cooking in the crock pot unless it's a stew. I can't imagine who will eat it all seeing as there are just 2 of us.
The possibilities are just endless with this cookbook. Love this book for the fact it lists the nutritional information for EVERY recipe-nice we won't have to guess what's good for our bodies.
Sad part is there are no pictures to accompany the recipes. With 1001 show more recipes you can take your time finding your favorites first.
There are many categories everything from drinks, appetizers, stews, soups and desserts and everything in between. show less

A handful of the 1001 recipes in this book are really simple and you almost wonder why the author bothered to print them. At the same time, the book offers tons of ideas--you never have to make the same thing twice if you don't want to. I think of this as an everyday cookbook. There are a number of recipes in the book that we've made many times, but I don't think there are too many that we'd make for company.

This book is great...filled with easy, quick, healthy recipes. I've gotten many of my weeknight staples from this book! The chickpeas with sizzling sage is phenomenal, as is the tortilla soup.