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Vegan Lunch Box: 130 Amazing, Animal-Free Lunches Kids and Grown-Ups Will Love!
written by Jennifer McCann
Studio : Da Capo Press
by Da Capo Press
Publisher : Da Capo Press
Released : 2008-08-04
Availability : Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Number of Items : 1
EAN : 9781600940729
Avg. Customer Rating: (based on 15 reviews)
List Price : $19.95
Our Price : $11.91
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Product Description |
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If you think vegan lunchtime means peanut butter and jelly day after day, think again! Based on the wildly popular blog of the same name, Vegan Lunch Box offers an amazing array of meat-free, egg-free, and dairy-free meals and snacks. All the recipes are organized into menus to help parents pack quick, nutritious, and irresistible vegan lunches. Ideal for everyday and special occasions, Vegan Lunch Box features tips for feeding even the most finicky kids. It includes handy allergen-free indexes identifying wheat-free, gluten-free, soy-free, and nut-free recipes, and product recommendations that make shopping a breeze. |
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Cute concept, but not very useful... |
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Cute concept, but not very useful. The amount of effort you would need to create these lunches for kids is exhaustive. I have the cookbook, but can't really see using it much. |
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The book is not like the blog... |
I just received my copy of Vegan Lunch Box after much anticipation. I was a fan of the blog that inspired the book and for some reason expected the format of the book to be similar, which is what appealed to me. Unfortunately, the entire book is laid out in a new way.
First of all, there are virtually no pictures (save for a special insert in the middle of the book), and none to accompany the recipes. There are very few set "menus" except in sections for special occasions and a few to kick off your thinking. The recipes are divided into apps, salads, soups, sandwiches, main courses, sides, breads, desserts and beverages, which is useful, though there are a few stand-by recipes in here I think she could have skipped for most of us- veggie dogs and baked beans for example, takes up an entire page.
The recipes go perhaps a bit beyond lunch- I won't be making soups or homemade beverages for my child's lunch box- but that's ok, it makes it a bit more versatile as a book for veggie families.
What I found helpful about the original blog was the creativity of how Jennifer, the author, put the meals together in the bento lunchboxes she created. The combinations of food items and what her child choose to eat and appreciated. It's not the recipes I struggle with, it's how to put together an appealing lunch for a vegetarian child (and one that her classmates will envy!).
That said, this is a useful book and a must have for parents to new vegetarians, and does have plenty to offer the veteran as well. I just wish they had followed the format of the blog a little bit more closely. The book does mention that all the original recipes are on the blog archive- but that's why I purchased the book, so I could have that information in a book format. |
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Lots of recipes |
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I bought this to help my son and his wife get ideas for preschool lunches. They said it gave them great ideas for vegetarian lunches for their 18 month old. |
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Vegan Kids Take It To School |
From: www.BasilAndSpice.com
Book Review: Vegan Lunch Box (Da Capo Press, 2008) by Jennifer McCann
Vegan Lunch Box began with a stay-at-home mom, her desire to give her son vegan school lunches, and her blog. Jennifer McCann's Vegan Lunch Box blog has won PETA's Proggy Award for Blog of the Year, Veg News' Veg Webby Award, and a Bloggy Award for Best Food Blog. She's been going at it since 2005 and her Site Meter reads at over 2 million hits. That's what I like about McCann's book--I can refer to her blog and even leave a question or comment.
The Vegan Lunch Box has 16 glossy photos of McCann's artfully clever lunches, neatly divided in a special "bento" type of lunch box. The book contains 130 recipes, an idex for wheat-, gluten-, soy-, and nut-free recipes. Several of the recipes are ethnic. Cool ones to try:
* Mix Vegetable Wat (Spicy Ethiopian Stew)
* Tofu Fish Sticks (pictured in the book)
* Black Rice Pudding (A Traditional Thai Dessert)
Vegan Lunch Box covers the meals with: desserts, soups, salads, dressings, appetizers, snacks, dips, sides, sandwiches, main dishes, and holiday & party menus.
These recipes are designed both for children and adults, but the emphasis is on the kids. McCann offers fun-looking meal plates ideas and advice for dealing with the pick eater. She also understands the need of the vegan child to fit in at school.
The Vegan Lunch Box is 100% vegan and recipes are suitable for both vegans and vegetarians. McCann herself became a vegetarian at the age of 15, and then later moved toward veganism. Her book places great value on whole grains--oats, barley, spelt, brown rice, quinoa; protein--soy products, wheat gluten (seitan), nuts, seeds, beans, legumes; a wide array of fruits and vegetables; fortified juices and nondairy milks.
Vegetarians, Vegans, and those who would like to try incorporating a healthier diet into their children's lives, should take a look at Jennifer McCann's Vegan Lunch Box. It's a winner!
4 Stars |
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Lovely addition to every vegetarian parent's cookbook collection |
I love reading cookbooks. I'm vegetarian. And I have to fix several school lunches per day. So getting the book was a no-brainer for me. I've tried several recipes so far. Some my kids love others they don't. What became pretty clear to me is that the "5-star-rating" by Jennifer's son (the prerequisite for a lunch to get into the book) is -of course- quite subjective. And I know that food preferences in kids do change over time, so I'm hopeful.
The book is full of great ideas, some quick, some more time consuming and also some fancy lunch box stuff. I love that I can make every recipe without having to substitute meat items and it helps me to cook vegan more often (which makes so much sense ethically and environmentally). Great are the recipes from all over the world. Japanese, ethiopian anyone? |
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