The Hairy Bikers’ Veggie Feasts: Over 100 delicious vegetarian and vegan recipes, full of flavour and meat free!
£14.20£20.90 (-32%)
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At last, vegetarian and vegan food Bikers’ style! In this brand-new collection of down-to-earth yet satisfying meat-free dishes, Si and Dave have gathered together their most hearty and warming comfort food … that just happen to be vegetarian! Triple tested, with maximum taste and minimum fuss, these recipes are simply epic.
Si and Dave have been on a mission. They’ve travelled the world to discover the very best meat-free recipes that shake off the dull and add the delicious. There’s no meaty sacrifice here, just fantastic food.
From the ultimate veggie curries to the perfect crowd-pleasing tray bakes, satisfying soups, pastas and pies to a veggie twist on burgers, barbecues and a banging breakfast brunch, The Hairy Bikers’ Veggie Feasts is bursting with meat-free delights you’ll turn to time and time again, all made with ingredients that can be bought easily and won’t cost the earth.
With savoury favourites like Chilli Bean Bake and Indian Shepherd’s Pie, snacks including Pickled Onion Bhajis and Cheese and Marmite Scones, and sweet treats like Jammy Dodgers and the ultimate Chocolate Brownies, this new cookbook will be your meat-free bible.
Si and Dave have made it even easier – and more delicious – to eat meat free. These recipes are a real turnip for the books … so get cooking and enjoy.
THE HAIRY BIKERS’ NEW BOOK – THE HAIRY BIKERS’ BRILLIANT BAKES – IS OUT NOW!
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Additional information
| Publisher | Seven Dials (29 Oct. 2020) |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Hardcover | 288 pages |
| ISBN-10 | 1841884294 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1841884295 |
| Dimensions | 20.32 x 2.54 x 25.4 cm |
by A. Shann
Overall, and so far, the recipes have been tasty and well received by others. The only reservations are that there is no nutritional guide and no indication of how long a given recipe might take to prepare. This is in contrast with, for example, Jamie’s Veg recipe book, which has both. On a plus point they include occasional tips on how you can make a recipe Vegan, where appropriate. Still we have enjoyed the recipes to date and will be using it more.
by VDK
Great tasting recipes from the guys we all love to watch. Practical tasty meals that are healthy and easy to prepare. Nice photos, easy to follow recipes and affordable.
by Sundance
I think this is a great book, particularly for those trying to transition to vegetarian and vegan meals. There’s good hearty recipes and nearly all of the ingredients are readily available in the ordinary supermarket. There’s a great section at the back covering all the basics which is invaluable as some vegi/vegan books make me feel like I don’t know how to cook at all and I’ve never even heard of most of the ingredients. For example it includes how to make flavoursome stocks and sauces plus ‘winter’ things like dumplings without using suet, ‘meat’ balls, vegan pastry and custard so that menus aren’t totally new and strange. It makes it much less daunting to get started with making the changes. There are great pictures as well which even make lettuce look good.
by Sarah M
You know what you’re getting with these two chefs…..A bankable read
by DaveS
clear, simple information with precise instructions and pictures
by Mr R G Greaves
Perfect gift for a vegetarian son in law
by je60marsh
This is a good quality book with lots of useful information as well as the vege recipes. Perfect for anyone who has decided to cut down on meat like me and my husband but didn’t know where to start. I haven’t given 5 stars because some recipes have really long lists of ingredients and I do like more simple cooking. I havent yet tried out the recipes as I have just got the book but they do look delicious
by 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:
Brunch
Salads
Soups
Snacks and light dishes
Easy Meals
Weekend Specials
Puddings and Bakes
Sides and Basics
I’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.