Cookbook Review - The Veggie Queen: Vegetables Get the Royal Treatment

Are you interested in learning how to include more vegetables in your diet? Why not learn some new ways to prepare your favorite veggies, along with new and interesting recipes for some vegetables that you might not have tried before? The Veggie Queen: Vegetables Get the Royal Treatment by Jill Nussinow, M.S., R.D. is packed with simple instructions for unique and tasty ways to create delicious vegetable dishes that every member of your family is sure to enjoy.

Just about everyone needs to increase their consumption of fresh, healthful vegetables. The more ways we know how to prepare vegetables, the more likely we are to cook and eat them on a regular basis. The recipes you'll find in The Veggie Queen: Vegetables Get the Royal Treatment make it easier than ever to enjoy fresh veggies prepared at home. The great variety of recipes provides a great way to encourage your family to eat more vegetables and to try new types of veggies.

The book's chapters are organized by season, so that readers can easily select recipes that will use the freshest seasonal vegetables available at any given time. Dishes prepared with veggies that are available year round are in a separate chapter from the recipes prepared with seasonal items. Additionally, you can find recipes for your pressure cooker in a separate chapter.

Examples of Recipes

This book goes beyond the basic vegetable recipes that most people know how to make and that can be found in so many different cookbooks. The Veggie Queen: Vegetables Get the Royal Treatment truly has unique recipes that you're not likely to find elsewhere, along with preparation instructions so simple that anyone can prepare them. Some of the tasty and interesting recipes you'll find in the book include:

• Baked Sweet Potato Rounds with Cranberry Orange Relish
• Cabbage and Red Applie Slaw
• Carrots with Honey, Lime, and Dill
• Garlicky Green Bean Potato Salad
• Roasted Potato, Mushroom, and Asparagus Salad
• Roasted Vegetable Fajitas
• "Unstuffy" Stuffing with Mushrooms and Walnuts
• Many other delicious dishes

About the Author

Jill Nussinow, the Veggie Queen, holds a Master of Science degree and is a registered dietician and is a true expert when it comes to preparing and enjoying nutritious vegetable recipes. She has more than two decades of experience working as a culinary educator, writer, consultant, and speaker. She also has released two instructional cooking DVD's , Creative Low-Fat Vegan Cuisine: Simply Healthy Meals and Pressure Cooking: A Fresh Look Delicious Dishes in Minutes . For more tips from the author, visit her blog, Veggie Queen Adventures.