I've made six recipes from this cookbook and they've all been excellent. ( )

I've loved the recipes I've seen on the blog and so I was very interested to read this cookbook. I like that many of the recipes require 10 ingredients or less, one bowl or one pot, and 30 minutes or less to prepare. That's my kind of cooking! I think the blog recipes stick to those “rules” but not all the recipes in the book do, but enough do, and each recipe does show estimated prep/cook/total times. A few seem worth the extra time they take.

Gorgeous photos!

Contents:

Introduction

Resources

Methods

Breakfast

Appetizers + Sides

Main dishes

Desserts

Beverages

Minimalist kitchen

Appendix: nutrition information

Recipe index

Acknowledgments

About Us

The couple is adorable and the writing friendly/accessible.

There are too many recipes in here that I want to make to even start a list and this is one book I wish that I could own, but soon I'll be needing to give up books rather than accumulating books so I can't justify buying any cookbooks. Thank goodness for the library!

There are many great tips throughout.

I need to return the book in a couple of days but I will probably borrow it again. I haven't had time to make anything but there a few things I will probably make from it. Some of the recipes are healthy some much less so but these aren't the kinds of things I cook every day anyway so eating them every once in a while is fine and healthier than the convenience foods I sometimes eat.

Recipes such as: cauliflower rice, peanut sauce, rustic garlic + asparagus tofu quiche, The vegan breakfast burrito, pumpkin chocolate chip bread, banana chocolate pecan muffins, Orange Moroccan spiced nuts, Southwest sweet potato black bean dip, creamy broccoli + "cheddar" soup, garlic "cheddar" herb biscuits, garlic scalloped potatoes, parmesan garlic green beans, White bean posole Verde, super-thick three-bean chili, cornbread chili potpies, butterbut squash kale + quinoa bake, easy weeknight burrito bowls, cashew soba noodle salad, better-than-restaurant vegan nachos, spicy braised tofu tostadas, The best vegan enchiladas, smashed black beans green chili taquitos, Thai quinoa meatballs, hearty cocoa black bean burgers, Thai peanut burgers, pizza burgers, deep-dish pizza with tofu ricotta, butternut squash garlic mac 'n' cheese, peanut butter pad Thai, sweet potato sage raviolis, simple tomato + lentil ragu, classic vegan lasagna, 1-bowl jumbo chocolate chip cookies, chocolate-dunked peanut butter cookies, apricot hand pies, pumpkin apple upside-down cake, vegan vanilla cupcakes, strawberry swirl ice cream, peanut butter cup puffed rice bars, fresh-pressed apple cider, etc.

I appreciate that options for substitutions are given right within the recipes, and I like that it the end of the book estimated nutrition information is given for the recipes. With some of the recipes that interest me I think I would try for less sweeteners than is sometimes called for, maybe down to zero, but I tend not to like my savory foods to have a sweet taste, and even some sweet things I prefer less sweet. Not all! Give me my chocolate frosting & cake but when it comes to jam, for instance, I prefer the fruit only kinds. Buying apples, tomatoes, etc. that are naturally sweet is my preference. But I’d have to use some trial & error with these recipes.

I finished this late at night, well past the time I normally ever eat, and this book made me hungry. I should learn to read cookbooks only when I can eat, and preferably when I can actually make and eat one of the enticing recipes. Meaning having ingredients on hand, the time, etc. ( )

This is a fantastic treasure trove of vegan and mostly gluten-free recipes that are beautifully illustrated. I was thrilled to see Minimalist Baker publish a cookbook, as I've been following their vegan website for a while now. I can personally vouch for the one-bowl funfetti cupcakes, as well as many other recipes, so I'm very excited to start cooking many of the recipes that are featured in this gorgeous new, fully illustrated cookbook. I highly recommend this for anyone who is vegan, has food allergies, or is interested in clean-eating recipes. This is one cookbook I'd love to own my own copy of!

Sarah M. / Marathon County Public Library
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