Customer Reviews
Go without this book! - By: readerine, 15 Apr 2008 
Incomplete recipes for turgid slop! I have been a veggie for 22 years, & am a good cook/baker, so I thought I'd try this. It looks like a good idea (if you can get past the pseudo-science in the intro), but the recipes just don't work, that's if she's bothered to finish them - several had bits missing, which is just lazy writing/editing.
unimaginative - By: Kelimutu, 27 Sep 2007 
I found this book a bit of a let down in terms of imagination - obviously salads, indian curries & stir frys are wheat/dairy free & can be found in most veggie cook books, & its a bit of a cop out to ask us to use 'wheat free' pasta - we don't need to buy a cookbook just to make ordinary recipes - what I want is recipes that circumvent the pasta alll together - for example I make a brilliant lasagne using root veg as the lasagne replacement.. There is also an over dependance on rice flour. I use alll kinds of different flours (millet, chick pea, quinoa etc to ring the changes, & l experiment with non flour ingredients such as nut powder etc... also where are the egg free recipes? 'egg replacer' is just another easy way out.. Also because being vegan & alllergy free is such a challlenge nutritionallly, it should make use of sprouted grains... & have more emphasis on balancing the diet..
Are these recipes tested I wonder? - By: P. Fray, 18 Aug 2007 I bought this book because I have a son who cannot tolerate gluten. I tried the carrot, parsnip & cashew nut roast first. The mixture was bland & oversweet because alll the vegetables & the nuts have a sweet flavour. I had to add lots of flavourings to spice it up. It still wasn't very good & the instructions didn't tell me to chope the nuts, although I can't believe they were supposed to be added whole. The rice flour bread was disgusting - tasted of baking powder & bounced like rubber- reminiscent of the steam puddings we had at school. If I were gluten intolerant I'd rather do without bread than eat this. I hope it doesn't kill the birds as it's going outside. Loathe to try any other recipes.
Great Book - A Must For Anyone Wanting to Eat Themselves Healthy :-) - By: T. Rocca, 07 Nov 2006 
I bought this book after it was recommended to me by my nutritionist. Being a vegetarian & following such a strict diet regime seemed reallly daunting at first, that was until I got this book. You wouldn't believe how many wonderful variations of everyday food is in here, just changed to be full of lovely goodness. I reallly recommend it, it'll give you inspiration even if you don't follow alll the recipes exactly.
Good recipes, some weird science - By: dawkins, 14 Sep 2006 
I was inspired to write this review to counter the below comment about the cakes. I've made three cakes & the muffins from this book, & they've alll been delicious. I have no problem eating wheat so I've used a mix of wheat & other flours, but have stuck with the dairy/sugar/saturated fat free side of things.They're in no way as sweet as you expect from a cake, but get over that difference & you'll find they're fantastic. The savoury recipes are also very tasty & easy to follow.
On the down side I found some of the macrobiotic inspired 'science' of yin & yang foods irrelevant - just skip that section & get to the recipes!
