The Weekday Vegetarians
100 Recipes and a Real-Life Plan for Eating Less Meat: A Cookbook
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Publisher Description
You don’t need to be a vegetarian to eat like one! With over 100 recipes, the New York Times bestselling author of Dinner: A Love Story and her family adopt a “weekday vegetarian” mentality.
NAMED ONE OF THE BEST COOKBOOKS OF THE YEAR BY TIME OUT AND TASTE OF HOME • “Whether you’re vegetarian or not (or somewhere in-between), these recipes are fit to become instant favorites in your kitchen!” —Molly Yeh, Food Network host and cookbook author
Jenny Rosenstrach, creator of the beloved blog Dinner: A Love Story and Cup of Jo columnist, knew that she wanted to eat better for health reasons and for the planet but didn’t want to miss the meat that she loves. But why does it have to be all or nothing? She figured that she could eat vegetarian during the week and save meaty splurges for the weekend. The Weekday Vegetarians shows readers how Jenny got her family on board with a weekday plant-based mentality and lays out a plan for home cooks to follow, one filled with brilliant and bold meat-free meals.
Curious cooks will find more than 100 recipes (organized by meal type) for comforting, family-friendly foods like Pizza Salad with White Beans, Cauliflower Cutlets with Ranch Dressing, and Squash and Black Bean Tacos. Jenny also offers key flavor hits that will make any tray of roasted vegetables or bowl of garlicky beans irresistible—great things to make and throw on your next meal, such as spiced Crispy Chickpeas (who needs croutons?), Pizza Dough Croutons (you need croutons!), and a sweet chile sauce that makes everything look good and taste amazing. The Weekday Vegetarians is loaded with practical tips, techniques, and food for thought, and Jenny is your sage guide to getting more meat-free meals into your weekly rotation.
Who knows? Maybe like Jenny’s family, the more you practice being weekday vegetarians, the more you’ll crave this food on the weekends, too!
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
Jenny Rosenstrach—creator of the hugely popular family-cooking blog Dinner: A Love Story—has given us a wonderful cookbook. When the Brooklyn-based food writer and her husband decided to cut back on animal proteins in acknowledgment of their ecological costs, her two teenage daughters were not entirely on board. From that relatable starting point, Rosenstrach came up with over 100 quick vegetarian—often vegan or veganizable—recipes that even picky eaters will get behind. (Seriously, the crispy tofu and green bean stir-fry is life changing.) Her dishes are not just easy, they’re delicious, from a superfast spicy chickpea stew to a pizza that’s basically your favorite hot spinach-artichoke dip, elevated. Best of all, Rosenstrach teaches you to make some staples you can use on just about anything, like an Asian-style peanut sauce you’ll want to eat with a spoon. The Weekday Vegetarians is an amazing addition to any kitchen.
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"With a little planning... it's possible to cut back on meat and not eat cornflakes every night," writes Dinner: A Love Story blogger Rosenstrach (How to Celebrate Everything) in this inviting guide to going meatless five nights a week. Most of her riffable recipes come in "the format of a pizza, bowl, taco, pasta, salad, sandwich, or soup—all vehicles for dishes I know my family will like," and each is prefaced with a mix-and-match meal chart organized around various veggies. Canned beans, store-bought pizza dough, and packaged corn tortillas and cooked beets are staples she employs to keep cooking times in check. Of her "Seven Rules to Remember When Going Vegetarian," the most strategic is the use of "hooks" to enhance what's on the plate; this can be warm yogurt flatbread to accompany curried red lentils or Rosenstrach's oregano and olive oil pizza dressing for topping salads and savory pies. Recipes are often accompanied by tips and tricks, such as adding a quick side of marinated beans to her Greenest Pasta "if you are missing a protein hit," or stirring porcini powder into fried rice for some "meatiness." This mightily proves that vegetarian cooking is not only approachable, but fun.
