The Hairy Bikers' Veggie Feasts: Over 100 delicious vegetarian and vegan recipes, full of flavour and meat free! by Hairy Bikers

The Hairy Bikers' Veggie Feasts: Over 100 delicious vegetarian and vegan recipes, full of flavour and meat free! Reviews

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  ANN WELLS

  Sent this book to my daughter and my granddaughter has picked out what she want to help cook, perfect.
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  Cassie

  Fantastic book easy to read and follow recipes. Wonderful recipes.
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  goodreads Customer

  A terrific offering as always from the Bikers. Lots of delicious easy to make recipes for vegetarian and vegan tastes. Sensible instructions and hints and tips. Good food brought with style and love for everyone.
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  J Hutch

  The first thing I feel I ought to point out is that this is a book written by meat eaters who are increasingly eating less meat. Anyone who knows the Hairy Bikers should be aware of their love of hearty, filling and often meat based cooking. I say this because I have seen writers berated for writing a vegetarian cookbook which isn't 'vegetarian' enough. I'm nonplussed by this criticism but have seen it frequently enough. It is vegetarian but it is written by non vegetarians, this effects the style a bit but shouldn't lead to criticism.I own many of the Hairy Bikers books and this is in their true style. All recipes are completely vegetarian and many are vegan too or adaptable. A good number (as you might expect from a meat eaters' perspective) offer meat substitutes such as tofu, tempeh and jack fruit.The book is separated into the following chapters:BrunchSaladsSoupsSnacks and light dishesEasy MealsWeekend SpecialsPuddings and BakesSides and BasicsI've only given it four stars as I don't find myself gasping with delight over many of the recipes. Perhaps that is an unfair assessment as the Bikers invariably make the kind of food that is accessible and straightforward to make whilst being tasty, this book certainly fits that bill with a vegetarian take.A couple of the recipes that did intrigue me include mushroom kievs, palak paneer, tomato fritters, fermented tomatoes and tofu bacon.Other recipes included (no doubt great) versions of classics vegetarian lasagne, mushroom bourguignon, stuffed peppers, veggie cottage pie, sweet and sour tofu, jackfruit korma etc. These didn't interest me so much as I know how to make a vegetarian version of these.The puddings chapter focuses mainly on vegan recipes and use aquafaba quite a bit as an egg substitute. Although this is interesting and I see why they are included, this did nothing for me personally and I'm unlikely to bake from this book.There's a handy basics section at the back including sides, veggie stock and how to cook pulses.I also noticed an error in labelling a recipe as vegan when it clearly isn't, so double check.All in all it is a nice book in true Hairy Biker style. I can see myself using it for veggie family meals and veggie takes on classics. It didn't wow me in the way that other books have but I don't think that is the HB's style. I'd recommend it highly as a starter veggie cookbook and if someone in your family is veggie (or vegan) and you want some family friendly recipes. It won't turn your culinary world upside down but I'm happy with that I like it anyway.
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  neil hulme

  Loads of recipes all grouped into sections (salads, soups, brunch, something for the weekend etc) so loads of choice