Appetite For Reduction: 125 Fast and Filling Low Fat Recipes- The First Impression

Appetitive For Reduction: 125 Fast and Filling Low-Fat Recipes is written by Isa Chandra Moskowitz, which is also the author of Veganomicon and runs the website Post-Punk Kitchen, a goldmine for vegan recipes. It goes without saying that these are 125 recipes in this book, all ranging between 200 and 400 calories per serving. They are all plant based, low in saturated fat and sugar, and high in fiber. There are many gluten and soy-free options available for those with dietary restrictions. 

There are eight chapters in this book dedicated to different food groupings:
1: Full-On Salads
2: Totally Stuffable Sides
3: Rub-Your-Tummy Veggies
4: Main Event Beans
5: Sink-Your-Teeth-Into Tofu and Tempeh
6: Talk Pasta to Me (& Noodles)
7: Soul-Satisfying Soups
8: Comfort Curries, Chili, and Stews

There is a section explain nutrition and all of the recipes have the nutrition information per serving. Gluten-free, soy-free, items taking 39 minutes or less to cook, and recipes with downtime are all labeled with recipe icons. 

Veganomicon- The Review

In an attempt to broaden my food horizons and to ween myself off of processed, prepackaged vegan and vegetarian foods I ordered two cookbooks, Veganomicon, as suggested by my friend Christi Gregurich, and Appetite For Reduction: 125 Fast and Low Filling Low-Fat Vegan Recipes just because the sheer number of positive reviews caught my eye. I didn't realize until the books were delivered into my hot little hands that these books shared an author- Veganomicon was composed by Isa Chandra Moskowitz and Terry Hope Romero, while Appetite for Reduction was written by Isa Chandra Moskowitz. I have yet to make anything in either of these books because I haven't been grocery shopping since I've gotten them, but I've had a chance to thumb through them and here's my first impressions of Veganomicon. My impressions of Appetite For Reduction is coming tomorrow, y'all!

One of the first things I noticed about Veganomicon was the vast variety of recipes. There are over 250 recipes organized into !seventeen! different categories-
1: Snacks, Appetizers, Little Meals, Dips and Spreads
2: Brunch
3: Salads and Dressings
4: Dressings
5: Sammiches
6: Vegetables
7: Grains
8: Beans
9: Tofu, Tempeh and Seitan
10: Soups
11: Casseroles
12: One-pot Meals and Stove-Top Specialties
13: Pasta, Noodles and Risotto
14: Sauces and Fillings
15: Breads, Muffins and Scones
16: Cookies and Bars
17: Desserts

Woo, that's a mouthful. Also included are guides for lower-fat cooking, how to cook a vegetable,a grain and a bean, cooking and prepping terminology, menus, and pantry staples. There's something in this massive cookbook for everyone, and is ripe with information for the beginning vegan. Besides- its name is inspired by Evil Dead 2- what's not to love? There's a wide range of cuisines represented in this cookbook, and I'm pleased that they don't depend on synthetic meats, which totally ick me out. No mature way to say it. Fake meats suck. So far my first impression has been overwhelmingly positive- but we haven't put this cookbook to the real test yet. I'm looking forward to testing out some of these recipes in the upcoming weeks.