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Vegan Lunch Box: 130 Amazing, Animal-free Lunches Kids and Grown-ups Will Love!
If you think vegan lunchtime means peanut butter and jelly day after day, think again! Based on the wildly popular blog of the same name, Vegan Lunch Box offers an amazing array of meat-free, egg-free, and dairy-free meals and snacks. All the recipes are organized into menus to help parents pack quick, nutritious, and irresistible vegan lunches. Ideal for everyday and spec...more
Paperback, 304 pages
Published
August 5th 2008
by Da Capo Press
(first published January 1st 2006)
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vegans, especially those with children and those who bring lunches to work
I loved this book mostly because it is fun to read. I especially enjoyed the little stories the author (a vegan mother) told about her family & life. The photos of the lunches she's made for her son to take to school are also fun to look at; I wish that there were more photos. In my opinion, most of the lunch menus are more varied/labor intensive than most people would be willing to follow daily for their child's school lunches or their lunches to take to work or other on the go meals. But these...more
Same disclaimer as before: I am not vegan. Or vegetarian. Just an eater looking for inspiration :)
This book was excellent for idea-finding and I now have a list of quick, easy, tasty lunch options for my family. In fact, I sat down tonight and planned this week's lunches and everyone will be enjoying hot packed lunches with proteins, fruits, veggies, grains and dairy! It was easy to convert the recipes to accommodate our food choices (although I'm sure that it wasn't Jennifer McCann...more
This book was excellent for idea-finding and I now have a list of quick, easy, tasty lunch options for my family. In fact, I sat down tonight and planned this week's lunches and everyone will be enjoying hot packed lunches with proteins, fruits, veggies, grains and dairy! It was easy to convert the recipes to accommodate our food choices (although I'm sure that it wasn't Jennifer McCann...more
Some great ideas here (and wonderful visuals - I need a bento box!) and I love the author's blog! However, I agree with other reviewers that Ms. McCann places too much emphasis on processed fake meat and soy cheese products. It may be easy for me to say (since I'm not actually vegan), but I didn't expect to see quite so many store-bought items.
It looks like her next book, Vegan Lunch Box: Around the World, may address these concerns and move the emphasis back to home cooked legumes,...more
It looks like her next book, Vegan Lunch Box: Around the World, may address these concerns and move the emphasis back to home cooked legumes,...more
This is the BEST cookbook that I have ever read, and, of course, the BEST vegan cookbook that I have ever tried. It's perfect for me--I try to eat vegan, but I am not an especially skilled cook, nor do I enjoy lengthy, complicated recipes. It turns out that a cookbook for busy parents who want to create simple lunch box meals is PERFECT for me. Every recipe that I've tried has worked, and everything has been delicious. I love the cherry chip brownies, I love the injera bread, I love the sauteed ...more
I really wanted to like this book far more than I did. Unfortunately, McCann relies so heavily on faux-meat substitutes that I found very few of the recipes relevant to me as an adult or to any children I may have. For all her talk about health, highly processed soy meat is hardly any better than the chicken nuggets other children bring to school. Recipes relying on whole foods, however, were more interesting, and her suggestions for creating meals around a theme were fun and novel. I especially...more
It was okay, I didn't like that at least half if not more of her recipes seemed to be store bought, packaged vegan alternatives to meat (like vegan lunch "meat" or soy "cheese") - I wanted ideas for recipes I could make, not just a list of foods to buy for lunch that are ridiculously expensive, highly processed & packaged soy based meat substitutes.
And if going vegetarian/vegan is about getting away from animal products then why purchase foods designed to taste & ...more
And if going vegetarian/vegan is about getting away from animal products then why purchase foods designed to taste & ...more
I don't have kids, but I checked this out from the library in hopes of finding a few recipes that my non-vegan husband would enjoy. I found several that I liked and even a few that he would eat. One of our favorites is Sneaky Momma's Pasta Sauce. My husband didn't know there was kale in it until I told him. So, I consider that a sucess!
I sometimes feel that Jennifer McCann compromises health for veganism, and is a little too reliant on soy products, and this kind of commitment is not necessarily an option for working mothers (McCann was a full-time stay-at-home mom when she wrote this)... but her work is very creative, and I think she's doing a great thing in trying to improve kids' health.
so. its a great little book with lots of great ideas for fabulous little lunch menus. there were a handful of recipes that we are trying over the holiday break (and perfecting) for inclusion in next semester's school lunches. gave three stars, because as a cookbook it wasn't all that exciting. the recipes are okay. the format so-so.
could see how it would be ENORMOUS help for the huge set of lunch-makers that gets stuck in PB&J mode.
could see how it would be ENORMOUS help for the huge set of lunch-makers that gets stuck in PB&J mode.
I found some really great recipes and recipe ideas that even my family ate! I just wish some ingredients were more readily available or substitutions were mentioned. I've checked this one out of the library several times and may just have to buy it one day.
Recipes rely too heavily on "faux-meat/dairy" foods for my taste. I think this is better for kid than adult lunches. I understand giving kids fake meats/cheeses, so that they can fit in with their non-vegan friends. In general, I'll probably continue to bring leftovers, but I did get some good ideas for "snacky" type foods to bring to work.
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I recently started working full-time, and despaired over the fact that I had no idea what to bring with me for lunch. I ate a pb&j sandwich every single day between first and fifth grades, and I didn't want to go there again. So I picked up Vegan Lunchbox, and found a lot of helpful ideas and concepts for kids and confused adults alike. My only problems with the book were the fact that many recipes seemed overly long and involved for a book about lunches. There were also many anecdotes about...more
This is definitely not just for kids. It includes many tasty ideas that are helping to lift me out of the lunch doldrums and away from being lazy and buying lunch when I'm out.
Too much emphasis on ready made stuff and a lot of the recipes are a bit long winded and fiddly. It's not really practical unless you have a lot of free time on your hands.
This book gave me some great ideas for lunches, for me (I'm a vegan) and my son (who isn't a vegan, but a vegetarian). However, I knocked a couple stars off because most of the recipes call for fake meat or cheese products, and I like to use those sparingly. Also, some of the ingredients are very hard to find,and I am blessed with 4 natural grocery stores within a half hour of my house. I would still recommend this book to any parent searching for lunch ideas, though.
I used to follow the Vegan Lunch Box blog, so when I saw the book, I had to check it out. The menus weren't really ones I would follow, but the recipes are a great resource. I'll definitely be trying quite a few of them.
I really loved this book and thought it had good ideas for my sack lunches until I lost it!
I wasn't expecting this book to be terribly relevant to my cooking or life-style, and indeed this book met my expectations. I'm sure people who feel pressed for time or who have young children that they're trying to raise vegan would get a lot from this book. However, I found that it relies too heavily on pre-packaged food products that I don't use. I mainly cook from scratch and most of these recipes are focused on quick, easy and fun. That said, there are one or two recipes in here that I will...more
Some interesting ideas, like how she offers menus in the first section of the book
We're not vegan, so a lot of the recipes didn't appeal to me at first glance. But there are some wonderful veggie recipes in here (roasted chickpeas!), great ideas for fun lunches, and excellent information about how to keep your kids interested in healthy food when their friends are all eating cafeteria pizza most days.
Gave me a lot of healthy and creative meal ideas.
Simple, easy to make, and fun :)
Cute ideas even if you aren't vegan.
I read the Vegan Lunch Box blog, so a lot of this wasn't new to me, and I was a bit annoyed at what seemed to be a lot of vegan lunch "meat" or soy "cheese" that were included. A good way to be inspired, though, when you don't want to eat or make the same lunch day after day.
I needed something to up the variety in my lunches and this definitely did it. Lots and lots of great ideas to make your lunches more interesting. It's split up into really helpful sections too like the super-easy-to-make-before-you-leave section, the make-it-the-night-before section, etc.
There's also an awesome section of photos in the middle of the book for lovers of food porn. No matter how hard I try my lunches will never look as good as the ones in those photos.
There's also an awesome section of photos in the middle of the book for lovers of food porn. No matter how hard I try my lunches will never look as good as the ones in those photos.
Excellent ideas, cant wait to try some of them!
Everything I make from this book rocks. She uses quite a bit of meat replacements, but I usually substitute with real meat. I'm guessing the point is so vegan kids won't feel like an odd ball at the school lunch table. The blueberry lemon scones were to die for. The menu plans have made my life easy. Abby is homeschooled, so I usually plan two days a week to make the longer meals together in the morning. yum yum.
Yeah, I really like this one a lot. Found it while browsing the AADL. I have no interest in becoming vegan, but I love this book for the individual lunchbox menus that you can modify pretty easily. (Plus I'm all pumped about it after getting my Bento box for Christmas). I'm all about healthful eating. Someday, if I have kids, they'll thank me for doing research on this kind of stuff early.
This is a great "idea" book when you're trying to sell veggies to a toddler! Don't wait for school years, a lot of these recipes can be adapted for the family dinner table.
Note: to the person who wanted more photos - you can see photos of pretty much everything on her blog, which also offers lots of free recipes and funny stories. Just google vegan lunch box. :-)
Note: to the person who wanted more photos - you can see photos of pretty much everything on her blog, which also offers lots of free recipes and funny stories. Just google vegan lunch box. :-)
This book is adorable!
All recipes are easy, quick, kid-friendly and especially bento-friendly. I have tried most of the recipes and liked them all and make a lot of the recipes very often.
It's also a very un-vegan book in a way that it doesn't rely too much on fake meats and has been a hit with veggies and omnivores alike.
All recipes are easy, quick, kid-friendly and especially bento-friendly. I have tried most of the recipes and liked them all and make a lot of the recipes very often.
It's also a very un-vegan book in a way that it doesn't rely too much on fake meats and has been a hit with veggies and omnivores alike.
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