Post Punk Kitchen Forum

I searched and didn't find a thread for this. Does anybody else have it?

I haven't made anything yet; it seems boring. But I'm finally trying to watch my diet and eat healthy full meals (and follow WW) to get back to my pre-surgery, pre-sit around all day and eat cookies weight.

What's good?

I have it. Also haven't made anything from it yet. A few of the salads look really good though.

The pizza crust recipe in that book is the best I have ever made at home.

There's an artichoke spinach dip that I really liked. Like any other diet book, most of the food is underseasoned.

I have it! I actually set a goal last weekend to make every recipe in the book. I like that the recipes look simple and fast to prepare, with easy ingredients.

So far I made the curry popcorn, and the creamy fruit smoothie. The popcorn was pretty boring but the smoothie was excellent! We used fresh blueberries from our yard.

As I make more of the recipes I'll post back here. I may up the seasonings per mollyjade's comment, but I'll try to stick to the recipes otherwise.

I have this - nothing looks particularly inspiring.

I made a sort of soba/udon noodle salad or something from it, and it was pretty bland and uninspiring. I'm confused as to why he used a seemingly nonvegan dietician who specialises in diabetes for the recipes, rather than an actual vegan cookbook author (like previously).

I used to make Robyn Webb recipes back before I was vegan, and I liked them. I don't know what happened to the seasoning in this book. I don't think it's just the lack of oil.

I've been making more from this cookbook lately. I noticed that most of the recipes don't even call for any salt, so I always add some. I also usually add a little extra spice or seasoning. I'm enjoying mastering the technique of steam frying! It doesn't even seem to change the taste.

I made the tempeh sloppy joes yesterday, and they were excellent with a little bit of added chili powder and liquid smoke. And, I made the stuffed pablano peppers the other night, and they were amazing (with some added salt and pepper haha). I did increase the cooking time though so the pablano's would be a little softer. The recipe said to cook them for only ten minutes which didn't seem like enough to cook a spicy pepper and have it be edible.

I have it too, and after looking through it, thought "meh". Made the blueberry pancakes - they were undercooked in the middle and honestly just so-so. Isa's "Perfect Pancakes" are called perfect for a reason.

Also made the veggie lo mein. It's also "meh". I get that the book is trying to be "healthy", but I think some flavor and excitement is lost with the so-so recipes.

Diet/health cookbooks are always like this, and I don't get it. Herbs and spices are super healthy, why not use lots of them? Does the mythical "average" American eater only like bland food?

I made the wild rice pilaf with roasted garlic & stuffed it into red bell peppers and my husband & I really liked them. I used lots of roasted garlic. I also made one of the burgers (with walnuts, I think?) and they fell apart and Ryan said they were the worst things I'd made in 10 years of marriage (but he still ate them).

I've made a few recipes out of this book and I concur that they are mostly okay. Nothing to write home about - I think the soups are probably the safest bet for a good outcome.

The cream of asparagus soup and Hopi corn and chili soup were good. The garlicky pinto bean and pasta bake was okay. The vegetable lo mein was okay. Spicy pumpkin oatmeal was gross. Chocolate cherry nirvana was delicious!

My mum got this out the library for me. Any recipe suggestions?

Here's an earlier thread about it: viewtopic.php?f=32&t=12968&p=388496&hilit=get+healthy+go+vegan#p388496

Add more seasonings to things!

Take it back and get another book?