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Let Them Eat Vegan! by Dreena Burton. Publisher: Da Capo (March 2012).
Cookbook. Health/Diet. 288 pages. 978-0738215617.

User-friendly, family friendly positive cookbook with recipes that should appeal to all age ranges and varied palates. Pretty straightforward recipes. She includes “Kid Friendly” and “Adult Minded” tips on certain recipes to make them more appealing for whomever you’re serving. As Dreena Burton is a stay-at-home-mom of several children there are lots of recipes that appeal to kids. “Cheesy” things. Finger foods. Bonus for an entire section devoted to veggie burgers.

The negative: I don’t have a lot of the necessary ingredients on hand. My go-to cookbook VEGANIMICON tends to use ingredients in its recipes which I have or can get pretty easily. Something like chia seeds or agar powder isn’t found at the grocery store.

I made Boulangerie beans and potatoes. White beans with thinly sliced potatoes layered on top, covered with vegetable broth (I used butternut squash soup because I had some around I wanted to use). It’s a different way to make potatoes. Yummy.

I’ll definitely try tapioca pudding, Quinoa Nicoise salad, “No-fu Love Loaf,” Mediterranean Bean Burgers, Wonder Bean Puree and White Bean Sweet Potato Pasta Sauce.

Sections: Breakfasts Bites and Smoothies; Salads That Make a Meal; Proud to Be Saucy and Dippy; Vegan Soup for the Soul; Side Stars; Your Main Squeeze; Casseroles, One-Pot Wonders, and Tarts; When Burgers Get Better; Good Pasta Belongs on a Plate—Not the Wall; C Is for Cookie, That’s Good Enough for Me; Let Them Eat Cakes, Pies, and Puddings; Dreena Dazs (ice cream)

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