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Great Vegetarian Cooking Under Pressure | 
 enlarge | Author: Lorna J. Sass
Publisher: William Morrow Cookbooks
List Price: $31.95
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Rating:  40 reviews
Media: Hardcover
Pages: 288
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Shipping Weight (lbs): 4.9
Dimensions (in): 10.1 x 7.5 x 1
ISBN: 0688123260
Dewey Decimal Number: 641.5636
EAN: 9780688123260
ASIN: 0688123260
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Under pressure to prepare a quick, nutritious dinner? Under pressure to reduce your fat and cholesterol? When the pressure's on for a great vegetarian meal on the run, turn to Lorna Sass's second guide to the safe and delicious use of the pressure cooker. Following the phenomenal success of Cooking Under Pressure, this collection of recipes dispels the myth of the difficult-to-use pressure cooker -- which is in fact easier and faster than the microwave -- and shows how vegetarian fare can be vibrantly colorful and full of flavor! Bursting with rich soups, hearty stews and casseroles, zesty curries, and flavor-packed chilis, Great Vegetarion Cooking Under Pressure brings together over 150 recipes, most with cooking times of under ten minutes. Arrive in Provence with a two-minute soupe au pistou laced with garlic and fennel; serve up an elegant zucchini bisque with tomatoes and fresh basil in just five minutes; or prepare a polenta good enough for a palazzo in only ten minutes. There are also scores of perfect vegetable side dish recipes, with an instructive chart detailing how to prepare everything from artichokes to zucchini. Lorna Sass devotes special attention to grains -- a vital part of the healthy diet -- and shows how brown rice, millet, couscous, quinoa, and bulgur can turn from gourmet store items into staples of your pantry. Whether it's Risotto with Broccoli Rabe and White Beans in five minutes, or Mediterranean Vegetable Couscous in just six, these recipes lock in delicious nutrition without tying up precious time. There's even a section about the splendid desserts that are possible with the pressure cooker, like Banana Pudding Cake and Pumpkin Bread Pudding. Filled with informative sections about the equipment, ingredients, and language of pressure cooking, suggestions for theme menus, and mail-order resources, this compendium of high-quality, high-fiber, low-fat (and mostly cholesterol-free) dishes will become an essential guide for today's bustling cook.
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 Electric stove top has NOT been a problem at all! September 30, 2008
patti (mid-USA)
I use my pressure cooker with an electric stove top and have been for 15 years. The recipes in this book work great, as does my pressure cooker, on both my new stove in my "nice" kitchen and my vintage stove in the basement that I use for canning. I don't use a flame tamer or anything, and I've never had an issue.
Wow! September 29, 2008
J. Sipkens (Thief River Falls, MN USA)
After living in Seattle for many years, I moved back to my tiny hometown in NW Minnesota; and I starting missing the wonderful Asian restaurants in Seattle. Restaurants here are sparse, and the cuisine is mediocre. Then one day I found Great Vegetarian Cooking Under Pressure and tried the recipe for Thai chickpeas. It was EASY to prepare and I was able to make some adjustments that worked. In my small town, dried chickpeas are not available, but I used two cans of chickpeas which I rinsed carefully. Also, no store in town has any fresh basil but two teaspoons of dried basil worked perfectly. This turned out just as good as anything I ever tasted in the best Thai restaurants even though I omitted the cilantro. I'm the only vegetarian in a large family and my relatives are very scepticle of vegetarian food. When I served this over rice, they LOVED it and my home has become a favorite place for family dinners. By the way, rice cooks THE BEST in a pressure cooker. I made the Thai chickpeas ahead of time and reheated them while the rice was cooking. Perfection! Every single recipe I've tried in this cookbook has turned out scrumptious which is NOT the case with most cookbooks I've purchased where I'm lucky to find just a few recipes easy and tasty enough to be worth preparing. And most of the ingredients are easily found even in stores in a small remote town in NW Minnesota.
No pressure finding good recipes, tips and techniques for pressure cooking September 7, 2008
C. Williams (Dayton OH, USA)
If your vegan or vegetarian and you want to cook things quickly and still have great flavors and nutrition, this is the book for you. Lorna Sass takes the scary pressure cooker of old and makes it a cook friendly kitchen tool that can be used with confidence. After purchasing this book I dusted off my mothers old pressure cooker and then bought two of my own.
Lorna has placed reference tables, tips, techniques and variations for the recipes throughout the book. This is not only a great cookbook but a great reference book if your creating your own culinary masterpiece.
The recipes have great flavor, are easy to understand and use ingredients from the local supermarket. You can make Pasta E Fagioli in under 20 min cooking time or Paella Vegetariana in about 12 min cooking time. Try that in your regular cookware on your stove top.
I highly recommend this book to everyone.
Sophisticated flavors in a fraction of the time! May 22, 2008
Allison Davis (Orange Park, FL)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
If you haven't purchased one of the new generation pressure cookers because you are afraid----just go do it. Let Lorna Sass guide you. These recipes are full of complex flavors and taste like they've been simmering all day. A wonderful, healthful, high fiber and delicious dinner can be on your table in minutes. You'll wonder how you ever did without the pressure cooker AND this fabulous cookbook.
Changed my life May 21, 2008
B. Berry (New Rochelle, NY USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Lorna Sass undid the worry instilled in me by my mother and grandmother's fear of pressure cookers. The instructions for cooker use are clear as can be, and the recipes are delicious and foolproof.
I am continually amazed by how much time is saved with pressure cooking and I have made many dishes from this book that guests have asked me to cook again for them.
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