Vegetarian Recipes in this Book

The ingredient information and prep and cooking procedures in other chapters in this book—especially in the chapters on vegetables; potatoes; legumes, grains, pastas, and other starches; and salads—give you tools you can use to build creative and satisfying vegetarian menus. Many of the recipes in those chapters can be used by vegetarians without modification. In fact, this book contains more than 450 vegetarian recipes, comprising more than 275 main recipes and 175 additional recipe variations. The main recipes are labeled with a small icon, shown in the margin. Look for the icons in the Recipe Table of Contents and also next to the recipe titles in the body of the text. Among the vegetarian recipes in this book, some are suitable for vegan diets and are indicate by a V superimposed on the vegetarian icon.