Vegetarian Meals On The Go Hardcover – May 1, 2002

The book is relatively concise and full of recipes that look & taste delicious. Additionally, I am recommending it because it is unlike any other cook book I have for several reasons: First, it is written by a woman who is not a recipe-book writer by profession, but instead a mother of 8 children who has been a vegetarian for 35+ years. As such all of the recipes have been created & refined by her (some with input from her children) and there seem to be few to none of what I would call `filler' recipes that you find in the books of people who work in test kitchens and churn out bizarre things that look good in photos and seem easy to make but turn out to be anywhere from bland to outright bad.Additionally, Ms. Rodgers is very knowledgeable about the healing properties of foods, combining foods, etc. and reading the wealth of information she provides before, after, & in-between the recipes (albeit concise enough to peruse & learn from with ease) could enlighten even the most zealous of health nuts. Among this info:women, meat/dairy, & osteoporosis; why to always eat raw salads before (not after) a meal, details about the evils of aluminum, why not to use cornstarch (and alternative thickeners), fruit combinations including but not limited to: always eat melons alone, eat raw fruit 30+ minutes before or after a meal but never with vegetables/grains, etc., what kinds of combos produce intestinal gas, why apple cider vinegar is the only vinegar the human digestive tract finds agreeable & how all other types actually interfere with the digestive process, hidden sources of MSG (she is adamant about Always Read your Labels), why you should Always buy organic peanuts (if you buy nothing else organic, because they are rotated with cotton which is the most heavily-sprayed agricultural product & they tend to absorb these residues up to the point where they can actually become carcinogenic), how to keep pasta from clumping while boiling, what foods are acid-forming (body doesn't like) vs. which are alkaline, why, if your soy cheese is made with casein (extracted from milk & used in the manufacture of wood glue) you had just well not buy it, that the highest mineral content of vegetables lies just under the skin, why not to eat iceberg lettuce, why to eat spinach raw & never cooked, tricks for ripening a rock-hard avocado, why you should NEVER use/eat canola or cottonseed oil, how to make delicious flavored vinegars of your own, that `the grain-and-dairy combination is one of the least-friendly-to-our-body -combinations we can create,' why you should never ingest/cook with/etc. water from the `hot' tap, apple cider vinegar as a low-cost and effective (more so than water) vegetable wash, why yogurt/dairy & fruit together hamper digestion, why you should not eat raw fruit after a meal, thinking it is the `ideal dessert,' how Chocolate & THC (in marijuana) have almost identical effects in the brain (also contained in Michael Pollan's book, The Botany of Desire The Botany of Desire: A Plant's-Eye View of the World, which I also highly recommend) and a wealth of other information.It's short & to the point enough that you can read all the text & recipes in ~2-3 hours and almost everything in it seems very good & different from your standard vegetarian cook book fare (I have 10+ vegetarian cook books and this is by far the best). Also it is 100% vegan except for the fact that she is a huge fan of clarified butter--ghee--which she explains about & how to make & which I'm sure could be substituted with a truly vegan alternative in almost if not every case. Another reviewer thought this (i.e. the relative absence of eggs & dairy products) was a negative aspect of the book, but honestly (although I am not 100% vegan) I appreciate the added heath and conscientiousness of her animal product-free recipes, and find them a welcome change from the excessive amounts of cheese-based vegetarian `meals' offered by typical cook books.This is The Best vegetarian cookbook I have found--and this woman is a published expert on Handwriting! One of these West-Coast Renaissance women. You should definitely get this book.Mmmm,Jay

I bought this book as a gift for a single-mom friend with a one-year old who is more of a veggie-and-fruit baby.The moment I received the book I considered getting a copy for myself. It looked very appealing and the design (inside) was really well thought out and modern. It was easy to use and fun to go through. The recipes were easy and the instructions brief enough that anyone can follow them, if you ask me.I definitely can recommend this book and will most likely get a copy for myself shortly. It seems to be idea for children, if you care about healthy nutrition, also.

Great cook book with delicious recipes and easy to follow directions. I am giving it four stars because it tends to go on about ingredients and health benefits so there are relatively few recipes. (The "101" is a little bit deceptive because quite a few are extremely basic sauces and dressings, not meals.) If you are already a vegetarian this recipe book may be disappointing. On the other hand, this is the perfect book for anyone who is not yet a vegetarian but would like to be.

I love this book. It has good innovative recipes for a new vegetarian but do not be deceived. Over two thirds of the recipes need more prep time than they tell you. Most of the soups take two or three steps before you even begin the recipe and even more of the recipes are needed to be eaten right after preparation. So you cant take these meals as your walking out the door unless you have spent much time over the stove or you have time in the home to cook and are eating it as you walk out the door. I got this cookbook looking for quick and easy meals I could take to work and there was nothing special about this book above any other cookbook I could have gotten.

Wonderful book...gave this to my daughter years ago and recently found it had become a favorite of hers. When it went missing, I was happy to find a replacementBTW, the author of the book is a noted graphologist and has developed a wonderful alphabet that’s great for self improvement

I'm not a big fan of recipe books, but I do love books that teach you more about cooking. Sure, they has a lot of great recipes, but the author provides a lot of great information about how to cooking vegetarian food and how to have a healthy diet. I find it very helpful and useful.

The introduction was informative which included tips to begin vegetarian cooking: herbs to enhance your food, helpful kitchen equipment, how to for selecting beans, etc. But I did not enjoy the recipes and I prefer more pictures of the end product.

I am really enjoying cooking from this book. The pictures are beautiful and everything I have made so far tastes really good. My pickiest eater helps himself to seconds and thirds. That NEVER happens!!! And, really, the recipes are rather simple. But, I certainly wasn't coming up with the tastes on my own. I feed many teens as they pass through my house. It gets their stamp of approval!!!!