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Eat Vegan On $4 A Day: A Game Plan For The Budget-Conscious Cook (2011)

by Ellen Jaffe Jones(Favorite Author)

3.64 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

1570679800 (ISBN13: 9781570679803)

languge

English

genre

Food & Cookbooks

publisher

Book Publishing Company (TN)

review 1: Great for someone with little cooking experience or with limited access to a variety of produce. The recipes tend to be very basic, and I didn't like the "savings tip" to make more servings by adding extra water. I did like the soup recipes I've tried so far, but I modified them a bit to add more flavour. The best point for me was the emphasis on cooking beans and grains from scratch; it's definitely encouraged me to do it more often to save money and to teach me patience.
review 2: I spent money on this book in the hope of saving some money on food. Not only do I think this book succeeded in helping with that goal, but I was very pleasantly surprised to discover that, overall, the recipes are very healthy. Most recipes do not call for oil, and of those that do... more, most list the oil as an optional ingredient. Salt is listed without amounts, leaving it to the cook to decide how much to add. Whole grains are used, something I particularly appreciated.Quite a bit of interesting and useful information is given before the recipes sections. The author teaches cooking classes for PCRM’s The Cancer Project. There is also a useful Resources section. Other information about the author and why she wrote the book/is involved in eating as she now does is also revealed.No photos of the recipes, and only muted color toned photos of individual foods at the beginning of each recipe section, but for this book that was fine with me. Along with keeping down the cost of the book, I could easily imagine the appearance of most of these recipes.The recipes show, in 25¢ increments (looking like quarters/coins) the cost per serving. Of course, given the various areas and places cooks/readers shop, these are obviously estimates, but I still appreciated the information.I really liked this book and it will get a place on my easily accessible kitchen bookcase. I even found a few dressings that look delicious and I rarely like salad dressings. Most of the recipes look easy to make, and some are so simple I can’t even consider them true recipes.I also loved the names of the chapters in the contents section. Chapters 4-10 are the pages with recipes.Contents:AcknowledgmentsForeword by Neal Barnard, MDIntroductionChapter 1: Where Are the Broccoli Ads?Chapter 2: Financial Planning for Food ShoppingChapter 3: Plant-Based Nutrition and Cooking 101Chapter 4: Bolster Your Budget BreakfastsChapter 5: Save Your Loot SoupsChapter 6: In the Clover SaladsChapter 7: Strike It Rich Salad DressingsChapter 8: Save the Day EntréesChapter 9: Penny Wise Spreads and SidesChapter 10: No Remorse Desserts and SnacksResourcesAbout the AuthorIndexThe recipes that I’d most like to make/eat are:from breakfasts: kid-friendly cocoa puffs, sweet potato muffins, hot wheat cereal with datesfrom soups: Cuban black bean soup, hearty potato soup, minestrone with pasta shells, calcium-rich kale soup, easy blender soupfrom salads: taboulifrom salad dressings: lemony dressing, garlic lime dressing, supersweet dressingfrom entrées: save-cash quinoa loaf, billfold saver black bean burgers, cashew-and-sunflower seed burgers, load ‘em up burritos, tasty tacos, beans-and-greens stir fry, royal stir fry, couscous and beans, penny-pincher pitasfrom spreads and snacks: potato pancakes, guacamole plus, hummus, ratatouille, wheat berry pilaffrom desserts and snacks: chocolate mousse, apple crisp, berry pudding, and 5 of the smoothies (chocolate-cherries jubilee, chocolate-almond, four-ingredient, heavenly mango, on-the-go fruit)4 ½ stars less

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