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Buy The Whole Soy Cookbook, 175 delicious, nutritious, easy-to-prepare Recipes featuring tofu, tempeh, and various forms of nature's healthiest Bean by Patricia Greenberg available and for sale on Brightsurf
| View Larger Image | The Whole Soy Cookbook, 175 delicious, nutritious, easy-to-prepare Recipes featuring tofu, tempeh, and various forms of nature's healthiest Bean
by Patricia Greenberg
| | List Price: | $16.95 | | Price: | $12.71 | | You Save: | $4.24 (25%) |  | | Available: | In stock soon. Order now to get in line. First come, first served. | | | | | Sales Rank: | 428946 | | Studio: | Three Rivers Press | | | Binding: | Paperback | | Number Of Pages: | 240 | | Publication Date: | January 27, 1998 | | Publisher: | Three Rivers Press |
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Product Description
Now that medical research has confirmed that soy really can lower your cholesterol, slow bone loss, fight heart disease and cancer, and even moderate the symptoms of menopause, here are 175 delicious ways to incorporate soy products into your diet.
These mouthwatering recipes--from potatoes au gratin, pizza, meat loaf, brownies, cheesecake, and ice cream to tiramisu, fajitas, and Cajun red-hot jambalaya--are inspired by old favorites and classic dishes from the world's best cuisines. All of the recipes are meat- and dairy-free, making them perfect for every health-conscious cook as well as eaters with special needs.
In The Whole Soy Cookbook, you'll learn how to buy and cook all soy products, including soy milk and flour, tofu, miso paste, textured soy protein, and tempeh. You'll even learn how easy it is to add or substitute healthy soy products for the meat protein in any favorite recipes. (You'll never miss the meat.)
Whether you are a vegetarian, vegan, diabetic, are lactose-intolerant, or just want to cook healthful meals, you'll love The Whole Soy Cookbook's selection of easy-to-prepare, protein-packed, naturally low-in-fat, and cholesterol-free recipes. |
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If you're craving to learn all about soy and how to incorporate soyfoods into your diet, you will find The Whole Soy Cookbook truly satisfying. Beginning with a thorough explanation of the different types of soy foods and how to use them, this comprehensive guide boasts more than 175 innovative (and flavorful!) recipes using soy. All are meat- and dairy-free. Every recipe includes a nutritional analysis (including calories, protein, carbohydrate, fat, cholesterol, fiber, and sodium). For those of you who want more than recipes from a cookbook, author Patricia Greenberg provides suggestions for getting the optimum nutrition from soy following today's accepted standards for a healthy diet. Interesting (and possibly surprising) charts compare the nutritional statistics of meat and dairy products to their soy analogs. The Whole Soy Cookbook is packed with instructions on how to use soy in everyday cooking. Handy side bars are peppered thoughout, offering suggestions for entertaining, variations to the recipes, as well as tips that will inspire you to get creative. The recipes range from simple to exotic: Enjoy comfort foods such as Soy Caesar Salad, Tofu Pot Pie, and Cream of Tomato Soup, or have some fun in the kitchen with Wild Mushroom Crepes, Soy Olive Bread, Tofu with Mexican Mole Sauce, Kung Pao Tempeh, and Tofu Chocolate Mousse. Greenberg also incorporates the use of meat and dairy substitutes in many of the recipes such as Soy Sausage Rolls, Soy Sausage Tortilla Pizzas, Soy Sloppy Joes, Country Soy Sausage Stew, and Soy Meatloaf. It's easy to appreciate the versatility and potential for flavorful, healthy food using soy with The Whole Soy Cookbook. Mail order sources and a conversion chart are also included. --Gretel Hakanson |
CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 4.0 based on 27 reviews)
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Misguided claims 
This book makes some pretty false assumptions based on hyped, unscientific claims. Go to the reviews for "The Whole Soy Story," by Kaayla T. Daniel, and you will get previews of a book that alarmingly shows soy products to be a danger to health. Evidence is mounting that soy is an anti-nutrient, that in fact it is an extremely unhealthy substance. The way soy is manufactured, processed, and chemically altered, it has no remaining "food" value to speak of.
August 27, 2005 | |
Not as good as I hoped 
Far too many of the tofu recipes in this book consist of taking a block of tofu, slicing it, frying the slices and then covering them with sauce. (Tofu with Mole Sauce, I'm looking at you!)
Other recipes fail because they simply try to replace meat with tofu or tempeh, rather than trying to be completely new recipes in which the soy product can shine on its own, rather than as a substitute.
So far, there are only 2 recipes that I would recommend - the Spinach Burgers and the Brown Rice Pilaf. The rest? Meh. I'm still looking for a really good tofu cookbook.
January 24, 2005 | |
Healthy cooking with great flavor 
I purchased this book shortly after switching to a vegetarian diet. What a life saver, especially to the novice vegetarian!
Most vegetarian cookbooks I had found relied upon excess cheese for protien. Or worse yet, many books that claim to be vegetarian use such things as chicken broth, fish, shellfish, and other products which contain animal products (which in my book is NOT vegetarian).
This book is different from the others. It shows many ways to use soy products; not relying just upon tofu, but introducing tempeh, soy milk, and soy cheese. Yes! There is more to a vegetarian diet that just tofu (which is quite good when prepared correctly). And the variety of recipes are quite nice. The recipes cover salads, main dishes, and even some desserts. You can prepare an entire meal just from this book.
The instructions are easy to follow and the resulting food is quite tasty!
July 22, 2004 | |
Whole Soy Joy
What a pleasure! -- a creative, easy-to-follow, healthy cookbook with recipes that TASTE GREAT! Greenberg leaves no soy question unanswered, from Soy Split Pea Soup to Tofu Tiramisu. The recipes are clear and very innovative, covering ethnic foods from all over the world, like Pumpkin Tofu Cheesecake and Soy Potstickers. Every recipe also provides nutrition information on calories, carbs, cholesterol, fiber, sodium, etc. As a food historian, I appreciate the intelligence and attention to detail in this book and what must have been years coming up with and testing all these creative recipes. An appendix on where to get soy products and information is also very helpful, as are the comparisons between soy products and dairy, other beans, etc. It's a great book for when you want to eat healthy but don't want to compromise on flavor. Mangia!
February 10, 2004 | |
Lots of neat ideas
I bought this cookbook a few years ago when I had just decided to eliminate eating meat/fish etc from my diet. At the time I wasn't "ready" for all the tofu etc but I gradually grew to love it and I'm so glad I keptthis cookbook around. It has so many tasty recipes - there are nice bean salads, hearty stews, a paella, desserts etc. Each recipe has nutritional contents too. One thing that turns some people off is that many of the recipes that are take-offs on previously meat-laden recipes are called by their meat names (e.g. Soy Sausage Potato Chowder or the Soy Meat Loaf). It doesn't phase me though and sometimes helps me to get my husband to try it. Lots of interesting recipes for tempeh. Some recipes (like the curried eggplant) use soy yogurt too. Its a fun cookbook and so far so good in terms of being tasty. Definitely recommend this one!
November 22, 2003 | |
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