Mollie Katzen's Vegetable Heaven: Over 200 Recipes For Uncommon Soups, Tasty Bites, Side-by-Side Dishes, and Too Many Desserts by Mollie Katzen

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Notes about Recipes in this book

• Sesame carrots

  • wester on April 15, 2010

    Hard to believe that such "ordinary" vegetables can combine to something as lovely as this. A wonderful balance of sweet and bitter, with a lot of depth and fragrance. The preparation isn't difficult in itself, but it does take some intricate timing - I had to take the cabbage off the heat for a while. I didn't have tahini so I used sesame seeds instead.

• Orange, beet, and fennel salad

  • wester on May 19, 2010

    A good variation on beetroot and orange salad. The fennel adds a nice crunch and a nice pale pink to go with the dark red of the beetroot and the deep orange-red of the orange. The taste of this salad is actually quite subtle but its color is not. Children will love the looks of this salad - dark pink on red on pale pink. Next time I will cut the beetroot much finer, possibly even julienne it. The beetroot is brilliant as a very present background in this salad, but it's not so brilliant to get a great big mouthful of just beetroot. I don't think this salad will suffer too much if you use precooked beetroot instead of roasting your own.

• Cauliflower kukus (Persian omelette)

  • wester on July 26, 2010

    There is some promise to this recipe, but it's not been fulfilled yet - it was a bit bland this first time. Next time I will definitely brown the cauliflower a bit, and the breadcrumbs too. It was too much for my muffin cups - I used about two thirds of the amount and then they were full. With this smaller amount the baking time was shorter as well - at the first try at about 25 mins they were definitely cooked, a bit shorter might even be better.

• Fantastic bulgur dish

  • wester on September 03, 2010

    Nice but a bit plain.

• Coconut rice

  • wester on September 03, 2010

    This one smells great. Nicely complex, vaguely Asian. Would go well with Thai, or Indonesian, food, although the other flavors can be very simple, an omelet or some fish, and a salad. Make sure not to overdo the lime juice.

• Cauliflower in tomato curry

  • wester on September 03, 2010

    A simple, mild but tasty curry. Vegan. I would put a bit more spices in, but I like my spices outspoken. In my experience, the amount given will not serve more than 4 people, but maybe it will if you add some of the accompaniments given. The time needed to make this recipe is 40 to 45 minutes, not 30.

• Orange vinaigrette

  • wester on September 03, 2010

    Different and good, tart with just a hint of orange.

• Arugula salad with orange vinaigrette

  • wester on September 03, 2010

    Lovely salad, good balance of sweet, bitter and acidic, fragrant, with a nice hint of orange.

• Tomatillo-chile soup

  • Waderu on September 11, 2010

    I used half poblano, half red bell pepper. I added some refried black beans to make it thicker and give it more protein

  • Waderu on October 09, 2010

    next time was just as great, used black beans instead of refried.

• Mexican chocolate cake with buttercream mocha

  • Couture911 on September 19, 2010

    Good, but not worth the effort to make again.

• Fusilli with sweet and hot peppers, white beans, lemon, and olives

  • Breadcrumbs on October 28, 2010

    This would be good w chx.

• Black-eyed pea and squash soup

  • wester on December 05, 2010

    Good, different from other squash soups, just not brilliant.

• Simplest tomato salad

  • wester on August 15, 2011

    As the book itself says: a minimalist recipe for enhancing tomatoes' natural brilliance. You do need very good tomatoes for this, but it does make them just that bit better, a fuller, "meatier", flavor.

• Roasted tomatoes

  • Queezle_Sister on September 17, 2011

    page 98

• Sesame stars

  • wester on September 23, 2011

    The children loved making these, and eating them. I halved the amount given, and it still was two baking sheets full.

• Orange chocolate chip cookies

  • cupcakemuffin on October 13, 2011

    These are nice, soft cookies with a subtle orange flavor. The suggested yield does result in fairly small cookies, so you won't get as many if you make these larger.

  • michalow on January 01, 2013

    I like the flavors, but texture is too fluffy for my taste. Will borrow the idea and add orange zest to my favorite chocolate chip cookie recipe.

• Bitter greens with sweet onions and tart cheese

  • wester on November 22, 2012

    Nice but nothing special.

• Tortilla soup

  • michalow on January 01, 2013

    This soup is flavorful and delicious. A few steps could be skipped to speed things up -- ie, peeling the tomatoes -- but do be sure to make the corn-cilantro stock!

• Persian kidney beans

  • michalow on January 01, 2013

    A good balance of sweet/tart/spicy. Serve alongside some greens for a slightly bitter component.

• Santa Fe stew

  • michalow on January 01, 2013

    This was a miss. Tasty ingredients that should have worked together, but did not blend well at all.

• Chickpea and sweet potato koftas

  • michalow on January 01, 2013

    Really nice. Mixture keeps well in the fridge for a few days, so you can fry up a couple of patties now, then a few more later. Can also form the patties and freeze before cooking.

Reviews about this book

• ISBN 10 0786862688
• ISBN 13 9780786862689
• Linked ISBNs
  • 9780786884094 Paperback (United States) 4/1/2003
• Format Hardcover
• Language English
• Countries United States
• Publisher Hyperion
• Imprint Hyperion

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