Review: Lots of quinoa recipes in here
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 01 25, 2014
This cookbook has basic vegetarian (not vegan) recipes. Some are Russian-influenced and I recognized more than a few that my grandmother, who came from Kiev, might have made herself. Beet and potato soup, cold cucumber soup with yogurt, and some mushroom dishes as well as the classic Salade Russe are in this book, though they aren't billed as Russian. However, many of the chapters start with recipes for quinoa, the high protein "superfood" from South America that cooks up like a fluffy grain and is gluten free. If you like quinoa, this book has some great ideas for ways to use it.This book has good soup recipes, so I'm happy just to have those new additions to my recipe book (ie, the Kindle.) If you don't like feta cheese or yogurt, and you want vegan recipes, this book is probably not for you. No recipe is very elaborate and none use anything you can't find in the average American grocery store.