Though it’s gotten better in recent years, I have a bit of a cookbook hoarding problem. I’ll admit to curling up with a cookbook in bed. The problem is with so many cookbooks, plus recipe clippings from magazines, plus the entire internet, well, I get a little overwhelmed and most of my cookbooks don’t get used. There is one, however, that I find myself going back to time and time again and that’s the PDQ Vegetarian Cookbook.
This cookbook promises healthy meals that can be made quickly without a lot of prep work. It relies heavily on frozen veggies and quick cooking grains and pastas. I guess it’s sort of the antithesis of the whole farm to table movement, but hey, when you’re tired after work, opening a can of corn and incorporating that into a healthy recipe is a lot more appealing that chopping up a ton of veggies. Plus even if the veggies aren’t fresh, having a veggie-based meal at home is much healthier than picking up take out or going out to dinner.
The back cover says the following:
• More than 240 nutritious recipes for appetizers, soups, salads, sandwiches, main courses, side dishes and desserts.
• No cutlery, graters, juicers, electric mixers, blenders, or food processors required.
• Tips on using convenience foods like ready-washed salad greens, precut fruits and vegetables, jarred sauces and ready-made crusts.
• Most dishes ready in 30 minutes – with minimal kitchen cleanup.
• Over 100 egg-free, dairy-free vegan recipes with no tofu or other substitutions necessary.
I like to think of this book as very carnivore friendly. While all the recipes are vegetarian, and some are vegan, they don’t have any strange ingredients. While I don’t mind some of the more interesting ingredients in some vegetarian cookbooks, I know that Jason prefers food that resembles what he’s used to. (For those that have asked, he’s not vegetarian anymore. It lasted for a month.) With recipes like cheese stuff shells, Tex-Mex Baked Potatoes with Chili Beans and Skillet Breakfast Potatoes, it’s probably good for kids too. Last night, I made Szechuan-Style Lo Mein Stir-Fry with Broccoli Slaw and Peanuts (only without the peanuts).
I liked this but I thought the sauce to pasta ratio wasn’t right. I’d do either more sauce or less pasta. Other than that, it was quick and tasty.
In between the time that I wrote this post and the time that I’m publishing it, I bought another cookbook. Clearly, I have a problem.
I have like a bajillion cook books and am SO bad about looking through them! Its just so much easier to search through blogs. I don’t have any really great vegetarian cook books though- this sounds like an awesome one
Hi, My name is Sarah and I am a cookbook-a-holic! We may need to start a support group. That cookbook sounds great. I am searching amazon now.
I’m a cookbook hoarder myself and I’ve never heard of this one. Thanks!
That looks great! I want to invest in some vegetarian cookbooks (not a vegetarian, but trying to go meatless a few days a week), but they have to be quick, simple and delicious recipes for my meat and potatoes husband and father!
lol, love that you purchased another cookbook in that time frame- there could be worse problems!
I have the same issue with organizing recipes and cookbooks. I use a binder system but that is all out of sorts right now. I need to get organized!
I wrote the post in the morning and then decided to buy Mama Pea’s cookbook at lunch.
Sounds like a good book!!! And tell Jason he needs to write a recap of vegetarian month!
A recap of a vegetarian month would be great! I’m going vegetarian one day a week and even that’s a pretty tough change. I’m learning a lot, though, and my taste buds are branching out! And you should see my cookbook shelf. Lord help me. My fiance asked just the other night why I kept buying them when I had too many to use much. I guess that’s a red flag for my habit.
I ordered Mama Pea’s cookbook this morning, but I love her blog so it’s not really an impulse purchase — it was a “controlled” purchase.
Your PDQ Vegetarian cookbook looks good. Thanks for your review of it. I think I’ll purchase it for a friend who needs quick, omni-friendly recipes that don’t require lots of special equipment or ingredients. Thanks for the tip.
Mine wasn’t exactly an impulse purchase. I wanted to buy it and was going to order it online but then felt the need to drive to Barnes & Noble and get it that day instead!
Wow!!! Sounds perfect for me, I don’t like cutting stuff up much.
I’m not veg, but I have several veg cookbooks.
HA! I ordered her book today, too. I’m too lazy to drive to B&N today (30 min to town) so I Amazoned it. But now I’m interested in the PDQ book. I’m eating and cooking a lot more veggie based meals lately and need all the help I can get. We are slowly moving away from the every night “meat and 3″ that is so common down here.
I have 3 or 4 cookbooks and I didn’t bring any of them with me, so that shows you how much I use them
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