Gardencuisine: Heal Yourself Through Low-Fat Meatless Eating

By Paul Wenner

Book Overview

The inventor of the Gardenburger(R) veggie patty, Paul Wenner knows about delicious, low-fat food, and in GardenCuisine he offers more than 150 sensational recipes for everything from tempting appetizers to sumptuous desserts, all of them as satisfying and high in flavor as they are low in fat and nutritionally sound.
Tired of the same old breakfast? Try a Savory Breakfast Sandwich with Fresh Fruit Toss and jump-start your day. Suffering from lunchtime letdown? Pair a Middle Eastern Pita Sandwich with a cup of Carrot Ginger Soup and treat yourself to a square of Spice Cake. Enjoy a glass of Fruity Sangria before dinner, then savor Pan-Roasted Portobello Mushrooms over Broiled Polenta and Healthy Caesar Salad; finish with Mango-Apricot Bread Pudding. Who said good health had to be boring?
With complete nutritional information for each recipe, a chapter on nutrition for optimal health, and a 21-day weight-loss program, GardenCuisine will delight everyone from already committed vegetarians to those trying to cut down on animal protein in their diet.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0684838826
• ISBN13: 9780684838823
• Release Date: April 1998
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 7.5" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

An inspiration!

I have thoroughly enjoyed Paul Wenner's story and found the combination of biography/recipe book to be very complementary. There are countless recipe books "out there" that are lacking in inspiration. This book was such an inspiration to me that I found myself quoting parts of it to family and friends. After finishing the book I googled the author to learn more about him and to see if he has written other books. Thank you, Mr. Wenner, for helping me along my road to better health through diet.

Great book!

Unlike a previous reviewer, i enjoyed Paul Wenner's inspirational story and i also enjoyed having my vegan lifestyle affirmed for me yet again... There are great recipes in the book which can also act as insipiration for creating your own recipes ( as any good book should do... )And for the sweet tooths there are the absolutely divine chocolate brownies which are free of added fat and vegan and have the most amazing texture and that even my family who think my vegan thing is extreme love them!! The brownies alone for me were worth the price i paid for the book, which is not to say that i did not enjoy it in other ways too. Like i said i found the author's story very inspirational and great to know that veggie burgers can slowly go more and more mainstream and that if you love what you do you will get to success. I appreciate the authors concern with low fat food too because i find too many cookbook authors are not concerned enough... I prefer for a recipe to have perhaps too little fat for my taste - i can always add it later... - than too much ( often the recipes that call for lots of fat taste pretty bad when you try to cook them without it unless you know what to substitute it with... So overall, i really like this book.

This is an amazing book!

Garden Cuisine is a must read for vegetarians, vegans, or anyone simply looking to limit their meat intake and read about its benefits. Its eye-opening accounts of how the meat industry operates will tug at anyones heart strings; Another bonus of this book are the fantastic recipies in the end.

Great meal ideas and sound nutrition information

This book is a great introduction into vegetarian eating. I have been enjoying GardenBurgers for a few years now but only when I made a conscious decision to change my eating habits did I purchase this book. (I have always had a hard time digesting beef and the sodium content in pork made my blood pressure high.) The "SuperSixteen" meals along with the VeggiePack and EssentialSalad are great for a person who doesn't have much time to spend in the kitchen. I also liked Paul's advice on walking, mediation, and fasting.