It’s been a while since I’ve done a cookbook review of sorts! Are you a fan of one-dish recipes? (Yayyy for hardly-any-cleanup!) A couple of my friends took on a vegan challenge last month and recently finished it off, but these recipes definitely would’ve been good inspiration for them! :P
Power Plates
Genre:Ā Food/Cooking
Pages:Ā 248
The book starts out with a number of a discussion of different noteworthy ingredients and a guide on how to use the book to cook in bulk (hooray for meal prep),Ā make freezer-friendly recipes, pack and transport the noms for portable meals, and build well-balanced meals!
Power PlatesĀ is divided into the following chapters:
- Breakfast
- Salads
- Soups
- Bowls
- Skillets and Stovetop
- Bakes
The breakfast section includes everything from Shortcut Steel-Cut Oats (with different topping suggestions for each season), Everyday Breakfast Tostadas, Creamy Breakfast Polenta with Stewed Fruit and Hemp Seeds,,, Salads include Sweet Potato Salad with Tempeh and Maple Mustard Dressing, Masala Lentil Salad with Cumin-Roasted Carrots, Roasted Kabocha Salad with Barley and Lemon Miso Vinaigrette, Sesame Citrus Soba Salad… *-*
Annddd since it’s still soup season–the soup chapter includes all kinds of deliciousness to try out–Curried Tomato Stew with Chickpea Dumplings, Spicy Cabbage Soup with Rice and Chickpeas, White Bean Soup with Leeks and Roasted Cauliflower, West African Peanut Stew with Sweet Potatoes and Chickpeas…
And bowls!! If you’ve been here a while, you mighttt remember my review of Bowl + Spoon (hello, delicious bowls of food!)–Harvest Bowls with Spelt Berries, Cider-Glazed Tempeh and Roasted Root Vegetables, Umami Bowls with Roasted Portobellos, Tofu and Spicy Miso Dressing, Thai Peanut Noodle Bowls with Spicy Lime Tofu and Crisp Vegetables, Green Goddess Bowls…
Skillets and Stovetop includes recipes like Roasted Zucchini Tacos with Corn and Tofu, Kimchi Fried Rice, Aloo Gobi with Green Beans… and Bakes includes Home-Style Stuffed Shells, Sweet Potato Nacho Fries, Vegetable Harvest Pie with Tempeh…
There’s even a section with different meal plans at the end of the book using the recipes in this book!
There are 100 different recipes in here–all vegan, and possible to concoct in one dish! Each recipe contains a short intro, the ingredients, instructions, serving size, and suggestions for toppings/accompaniment! I’m looking forward to trying these recipes out–I’d definitely recommend this to anyone who’s looking to adopt a vegan or vegetarian lifestyle! It’s a no go if you wanted dessert recipes though. :P
- Do you follow a vegan or vegetarian diet?
- What’s your favorite vegan recipe?
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I do not follow a vegan or vegetarian diet, but I think incorporating some of these recipes would be a good idea since they are bound to be a lot healthier for you. But a cookbook with no desserts? LOL That’s okay…I don’t really need the dessert anyway. :)
-Lauren
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haha, yeah! I tend to go meatless whenever I feel like I’m not getting enough veggies (or when I’m feeling poor ._.). I’m with you on the desserts–I totally thought the “baked” chapter would have desserts, but I was sadly mistaken. :P
Farrah recently posted…Power Plates
I am a huge fan of one dish recipes. I hate cleaning up after cooking itās the worst, so one dish recipes are perfect for little ole me. I would love curried tomato stew with chickpea.
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Me too!! The less cleaning I gotta do, the better! *-*
I am almost vegetarian, just not really motivated to go the rest of the way to 100%. And one dish recipes, definitely! I cook that way more often than not.
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Tis the best way to go! :D!!
Wow love the photos in this cookbook! Also those recipes look hella tasty! Awesome review :)
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Thanks, Abbey! :D I can’t wait to try em’ out!!
I received this book to and I can’t wait to try out some of the recipes
Yay! That’s awesome! They have so many delicious-lookin’ ones in there–I’m not sure which one I want to start with first!
This looks great! Iāve given up meat for Lent and my daughter is vegan so I need to get in on this one.
Yay! I bet you’d love this then! *-*
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I love one pot recipes. I hate cleaning up tons of dishes. Were the recipes good?
I havenāt tried out a recipe yet (still deciding which one to start with ._.). I can keep you posted though (they look super good *-*)!
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No desserts??? Well, you just lost me (LOL). I am the polar opposite of vegetarian, but this sounds like there’s a lot of great options I could still enjoy.
Kimberly Hatting recently posted…Hmmm…Shall We Runfess?
hahaha, sorry!! I figured that was an important piece of information to include in my review! (I was surprised that there weren’t any either.) There still were lots of tasty-lookin’ recipes though!
Farrah recently posted…My Winter Skin Care Routine
I just got the Run Fast Eat Slow cookbook and haven’t made one thing yet. It makes me wonder if I should return it, actually. I love cookbooks, though! This one looks awesome.
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Aww, I’m on this endless mission to eventually try a ton of recipes in all the cookbooks I own, but…my collection keeps on growing and the amount of free time I have keeps decreasing! SOMEDAYYYY…
Farrah recently posted…My Winter Skin Care Routine
Oh my, those all sound delicious!! I’m also starving for dinner right now so they sound even better right about now! HA! :) I need to find that cookbook STAT! YUM!
Chelsea recently posted…February Runfessions
haha, it’s just about lunchtime for me right now and everythingggg is sounding delicious right now! *-*!!
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I’m not vegetarian or vegan, but it looks like this book has a lot of great recipes! I’m going to have to check this one out!
Michelle @ Running with Attitude recently posted…Runfessions for February
Yay! I hope you like it! :]!
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We try to eat meat-free a couple night/week, so this looks like it might have some good ideas!
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I’ve been trying to do that too (partly also to save money, hehe). This has so many recipes I wanna try!
Farrah recently posted…My Winter Skin Care Routine
l love to look through real cook books all the time for inspiration
Deborah Brooks recently posted…February Runfessions
Me too! <3!
Farrah recently posted…My Winter Skin Care Routine
That looks like a yummy cookbook to try! We lean towards plant based eating, but still do eat some animal products a few times a week.
Thanks for sharing your review :)
Anytime! :]! I’ve been trying to do a few more plant-based meals per week (partially to save money, haha) but I’m still a big fan of chicken/fish!
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