Book Description:
Recipes, tips, and strategies for easy, delicious vegan meals every day of the week, from America’s bestselling vegan cookbook author.
How does Isa Chandra Moskowitz make flavorful and satisfying vegan meals from scratch every day, often in 30 minutes or less? It’s easy! In ISA DOES IT, the beloved cookbook author shares 150 new recipes to make weeknight cooking a snap. Mouthwatering recipes like Sweet Potato Red Curry with Rice and Purple Kale, Bistro Beet Burgers, and Summer Seitan Saute with Cilantro and Lime illustrate how simple and satisfying meat-free food can be.
The recipes are supermarket friendly and respect how busy most readers are. From skilled vegan chefs, to those new to the vegan pantry, or just cooks looking for some fresh ideas, Isa’s unfussy recipes and quirky commentary will make everyone’s time in the kitchen fun and productive.
My Thoughts:
I saw this cookbook on Net Galley and had to have it. All my regular readers know that I am a sucker for vegan cookbooks. Whenever I see a new one, I have to try it out. I actually received it in August, so I’m late reviewing it. Better late than never though!
Soon after I downloaded this cookbook I decided to try making one of the salads because it was a hot day
and didn’t require the oven. I made the Sesame Slaw with Garlicky Seitan. First you prepare the salad, then the seitan, and then the dressing and put it all together. While Bill and I both liked the salad and the dressing, we did not care for the seitan with it. It was a weird tasting combination that just didn’t work for us. My advise is to make the slaw with the dressing as a side dish but don’t pare it with seitan and definitely do not add seitan to it. We rated it 2.5/5.
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| Ranch Salad With Red Potatoes & Smoky Chick Peas |
The next week, I tried a different salad, the Ranch salad with Red Potatoes and Smoky Chick Peas. It was so good, I made it once or more a week until the weather cooled of. It makes a great main course salad! We rated it 5/5 Pictures above.
This fall, I made the Haria Soup. I chose it because it had chick peas and eggplant, which I love. It also has lentils and pasta so it is a nice hearty soup and would be especially good on a cold winter’s day. So, I will be making it again! I rate it 5/5.
I tried making some other recipes as well. We liked some recipes better than others. I would certainly recommend it highly for some of the recipes. Overall, I rate this vegan cookbook 3.5/5.
I received the ebook version from Net Galley for my honest opinion.
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We’re not vegan but do like to eat meatless sometimes. I’ll have to look this cookbook over.
Kathy, It certainly is creative. I have a lot of vegan and vegetarian cookbooks but none of them are as origional as this.
Interesting cookbook
I am not vegan although I know my doctor would love me to be with Fibromyalgia. My husband is a meat, fish, chicken person. At time I do make some meatless dishes for myself. This cookbook sounds good. That recipe Sweet Potato Red Curry and Rice with Purple Kale sounds wonderful.
The Ranch salad with Red Potatoes and Smoky Chick Peas,that you made looks delicious. Thanks for the recommendation.