Quick and Delicious Vegetarian Meals

It is specifically designed for busy people who want to serve good, healthy food but do not have much time to do so.

It contains both vegetarian and vegan recipes for all tastes and all occasions and from all around the world - pasta dishes and bruschetta from Italy, curries from India, tagines from North Africa, stir-fry dishes from China, and appetisers from the USA. There are also some traditional British favourites as well as recipes from Hungary, Lebanon, Mexico and France. The book includes:

- A complete range of dishes with snacks and canap s, soups, salads and all kinds of main courses and party food, including barbecue grills.

- Nutritional advice for vegetarians with a look at complementary proteins and balanced menu planning, plus related menus.

- Practical suggestions for a vegetarian store cupboard; for finding specialist vegetarian ingredients; and for making vegetarian stocks.

Without losing the flavour, bestselling cookery author, Judy Ridgway has found new ways to speed up the cooking time of dishes such as soups and casseroles, traditionally regarded as slow cooking. vegetarian stocks.

Judy Ridgway is a very experienced cookery writer, with extensive media contacts and first-hand experience of radio and TV. She has written more than 60 books including a significant number of vegetarian books such as the international best-selling Vegetarian Gourmet, Vegetarian Delights, Vegetarian Wok Cookery and The Vitamin and Mineral Special Diet Cookbook. Other books include The Vegetable Year, The Quick After Work Pasta Cookbook, Best Olive Oil Buys Round The World and The Wine Tasting Class for which was nominated for a Julia Child Award in America.