[.ca] Saucy Vegetarian: Quick & Healthful, No-Cook Sauces & ... (ISBN 1570670919)

The most versatile cookbook I own!:
The Saucy Vegetarian is the most versatile cookbook I own, which is saying a lot, considering I'm a cookbookaholic! This book is idea for beginning veggies, committed vegans and even omnivores. Joanne presents a simple and healthy way to approach meal planning. Cook a grain, bean and a vegetable and serve with one of her delicious sauces! Plus, plenty of stuff to top salad, baked potatoes, breads, etc. I also like that Joanne gives suggestions for what food to pair with a sauce--it's kind of like getting several bonus recipes in one. Some of my favorite recipes include Skordalia, Green Olive and Nori sauce, the pestos and Parisian Vinagrette. Every creative cook needs this book in their collection!

The Sauce Makes the Meal:
I have a friend who swears that the sauce makes the meal. It used to be that the mere word "sauce" gave me pause, conjuring up images of corn starch, heavy, rich ingredients, and standing in front of a hot stove stirring. Erase those images from your mind and imagine a whole book of entirely vegan sauce and dressing recipes that you can make in a blender. That means no cooking and literally seconds to a better meal. A few recipes do call for toasted nuts or roasted garlic, but those can easily be done ahead of time, and believe me, that simple extra step is well worth it. The vast majority of recipes simply call for dumping everything into the blender and flipping the switch. With the help of this book I turned out a dinner of pasta with Walnut Pesto and green salad with Sweet Basil Vinaigrette in under 30 minutes. Even my omnivorous guests wholeheartedly approved. Included are sections on planning vegetarian meals and combining and correcting flavors. Recipe chapters are: Vinaigrette Sauces & Dressings; Nut & seed Based Sauces & Dressings; Tomato, Bean & Vegetable Based Sauces & Dressings; and Creamy Tofu Sauces & Dressings. A bonus with each recipe is a list of suggestions for each using each sauce; for example, you can use the Green Ecstasy Dressing on pasta with asparagus and carrots, on shredded daikon radish with Bibb lettuce or on sliced, ripe tomatoes. This cookbook is my current favorite!

Inventive and delicious:
Lots and lots of great recipes in here - in most cases two per page so it's really packed. One thing I really like about this cookbook is that with each sause there are suggestions for what to try it on which is great for me since sometimes I page through and think yum what a great sounding sauce now what can I build around it for dinner 9'cause you can't just each a bowl of sauce :) The vinegrette dressings are excellent (e.g. tamari ginger dipping sauce, different balsamic vinegar dressings, sesame oragne dressing) but even more I love the nut and seed based dressings like the herberd tahini sauce, different types of pestos. The herb dressings and bean sauces are great too. Nothing to complain about - a great way to add new zest to some old favorites. Sometimes when I get home from work I just stream up some rice and vegetables and drizzle a little sauce that I may have made the day before on there - voila a great quick yummy dinner

GREAT BOOK!:
This book is great! Lots of sauces and dressings that you can whip up in minutes in your blender. I just made the Thousand Island dressing and it tastes better than the bottled stuff I used to consume as a child. And it is dairy-free! The No-Cook BBQ Sauce is fantastic and yummy. Joanne always includes the nutritional info for each recipe too. Everything is vegan, too! :0)

A "must" for all vegetarian kitchens,.:
Vegetarian cooks who want to spice up their results using quick, no-cook sauces and dressings will find this an exceptional guide which lacks photos but doesn't need them. From a Maple-Dijon Salad Dressing to a fiery Hot Mustard Plum Dip, this includes a wide range of winners.