Tuesday, September 23, 2014

Vegan Mofo - Happy Herbivore

Next in line for review is the collection of cookbooks from The Happy Herbivore.
Lindsay Nixon is a follower of the low-fat plant based lifestyle. I love all her cookbooks, however it did take a bit of encouragement for me to purchase them. 
A friend was 'upgrading' to ebooks and I was fortunate enough to be offered to buy the paperbacks from her. I have not regretted the purchase at all!
These are some of our most used cookbooks, mainly because my daughter has an aim to cook EVERY recipe from the original Happy Herbivore book. Now if that isn't sign enough how tasty & easy these recipes are, then I don't know what is!


The range of recipes in these books is amazing. And everything we have tried so far is just delicious. 
The recipes are easy to make and require basic ingredients, nothing too flash or fancy & they are all free of added oils. My kind of cookbooks :-)
The recipes are also ones that are sure to please all taste buds, including those who are not used to eating vegan, or low free vegan. 
The books have wonderful pictures through out and have great guides to the recipes, including symbols for quick (less than 30 mins), gluten free, soy free and kid friendly recipes. The appendix at the back is one of the best ones I've ever seen in a cookbook making it really easy to find the recipes you are looking for.
Lindsay also encourages a "minimalist" lifestyle that means not creating clutter in our homes & only purchasing what we truly need.

I recently added her newest cookbook "Light and Lean" to my collection. I must admit that I am yet to actually cook any recipes from it, but I think it's another book that I'll add to my list of 'must cook every recipe' books!!! It all looks so amazing delicious. 



Now onto some recipes!
These chocolate chip cookies are delicious. They were one of the first things my daughter ticked off her list and she has been making them regularly ever since!
Another of my daughters favourites that she regularly makes is this "tofu yogurt". It's quite and easy to blend up and taste delicious.
Below is "miso gravy". I haven't experimented hugely with gravies since going vegan & have only really ever made either a store bought packet mix or my mushroom gravy. This gravy was so so delicious, it was full of flavour and we all really enjoyed it. It perfectly completed this meal of bean patties and waffle potatoes.

 

You can check out all things Happy Herbivore on her website here.
She also does plant-based meal plans for those who are interested.

12 comments:

  1. Happy Herbivore books are among my favorites. Quick, easy, low fat recipes plus lots of beautiful pictures. I also appreciate her blog and facebook postings.

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    1. Pleased to hear of another fan :-) Yes her blog is so encouraging!

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  2. You absolutely must try Skinny Mac and Cheese in Light and Lean - the best I have come across. Lindsay's books are also my most used cookbooks x

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    1. Ooooo thanks for the tip! Will def put it into our meal plan for the coming weeks! :-)

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  3. I love your daughter's goal of getting through the recipes, and her interest in cooking more generally. Definitely something to love!

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    1. I love the treats that it makes - esp now she even attempts cooking by herself!!!!! ;-)

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  4. Awesome! Getting used books is the best! I have Happy Herbivore Abroad and have really enjoyed some of the recipes in it!

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    1. It sure is! Glad you've also enjoyed the recipes from Lindsay!

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  5. Everyday HH sounds fab! I especially love the fact that it features lots of quick (30 min) meals.
    I've never had much success making gravy (I usually cheat & buy store bought too!) However, after your recommendation, I'd love to give the HH recipe a try. Do you know if it's published online anywhere?

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    1. Yes quick recipes are always handy.
      I can't find it published online anywhere sorry :-/
      Though it's similar to this one -->
      http://www.onegreenplanet.org/vegan-food/recipe-miso-gravy/

      Here's a basic gravy recipe from HH that you might like too -->
      http://happyherbivore.com/2009/07/vegan-brown-gravy/

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  6. i like that the hh series has accessible ingredients for people to get cooking instead of trying to seek them out. that is important to show that eating vegan is not hard!

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    1. Yes very good point and I completely agree! :-)

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