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The Rancho La Puerta Cookbook : 175 Bold Vegetarian Recipes from Americas Premier Fitness Spa
Elegant, if slightly bland, healthy vegetarian fare (
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40 /50 )
The recipes in this book definitely lean toward the elegant side. Its hard to go wrong with something like Curried Mango-Peanut Yogurt Dip or Carrot-Ginger Salad with Pineapple. The recipes tend toward the exotic and the healthful, including things like Vegetable Barley Soup, Garden Sweet Breakfast Bread, Chinese Dumplings with Chives and Ginger, and Mango Tomatillo Salsa. This book stresses fresh vegetables and salads, and the recipes tend to be fairly light fare in general. You probably wont get a lot of use out of this cookbook if your grocery store doesnt carry good produce; plan these recipes for just after your grocery shopping so that produce is in the best possible condition.
There are some ingredients that might be a little difficult to find depending on where you live. I have trouble finding tomatillos, for example. Most ingredients are fairly common, however. The books layout is fantastic. Commentary is very easy to tell apart from ingredients are very easy to tell apart from instructions, and instructions are nicely numbered.
While many of the tastes are a touch exotic, to my taste buds they dont take things far enough sometimes and end up tasting a bit bland. Of course I love strong flavors, so to some people this may be a plus; you can always adjust seasoning to taste if you want more flavor. These recipes are vegetarian but not vegan--you will find dairy and eggs in here.
Certainly if youre on a diet this is a fantastic way to serve elegant, impressive dishes that wont pile on the pounds.
