From veteran food writer, recipe developer, and creator of the James Beard Award-winning Jarry magazine comes an innovative approach to vegetarian cooking.
Having a well-stocked pantry paired with a choose-you-own adventure guide to creating simple yet inventive Meals is more practical for your average home cook..
Creating weekly meal plans based on intricate recipes sounds good, but it can be difficult to execute.
His methods aren\'t about subscribing to a specific dietary regimen; they are about simply recognizing and embracing the way people cook and eat today.
While Start Simple is a vegetarian cookbook--none of the recipes include meat--Volger\'s approach transcends categories.
Once these structural components of a meal are established, home chefs can throw in their own variations and favorite flavors--mixing, matching, and adding Ingredients to customize their dishes.
A crunchy garnish (cabbage, greens) is a finishing touch.
A protein (tofu, beans, eggs) is a foundation.
Volger advises readers to stock up on these Eleven building blocks instead of shopping for a single recipe.
Magic can happen with just a few ingredients: sweet potatoes, tortillas, eggs, cabbage, hearty greens, beans, winter squash, mushrooms, tofu, summer squash, and cauliflower.
In Start Simple he offers a radically new, uncomplicated, and creative approach to cooking that allows you to use what you already have on hand to make great Meals you didn\'t think were possible.
Though these Ingredients may not seem like much to make a delicious meal, recipe developer and author Lukas Volger knows it\'s all you need.
It might be eggs, some cheese, and half a loaf of bread, or a box of wilting greens, garlic, and some sweet potatoes.
What have I got to eat? It\'s a question we ask every time we open up the refrigerator or pantry door.
From veteran food writer, recipe developer, and creator of the James Beard Award-winning Jarry magazine comes an innovative approach to vegetarian cooking