The gourmet vegetarian slow cooker : simple and sophisticated meals from around the world

Cooking times -- Ingredients and resources -- India -- Mexico and the Southwest -- Asia -- Italy -- France -- Greece -- The Middle East.;"A vegetarian approach to the slow-cooker phenomenon, from the author of the best-selling Gourmet Slow Cooker series, featuring innovative and time-saving meatless recipes from Indian, Mexican and Southwestern, Asian, Italian, French, Greek, and Middle Eastern cuisine"--Provided by publisher. The Gourmet Slow Cooker and The Gourmet Slow Cooker: Volume II showed home cooks everywhere that a slow cooker is perfectly capable of turning out meals that are sophisticated enough to serve to guests. It's simply a matter of using imaginative recipes that bring together fresh, flavor-packed ingredients--and then setting the timer. In The Gourmet Vegetarian Slow Cooker , author Lynn Alley offers up more than fifty dishes, each one vegetarian, some of them vegan, and all of them delicious. The recipes are drawn from the world's great cuisines and include breakfasts, soups, main courses, sides, and desserts. Dishes, such as Spiced Basmati Rice Breakfast Cereal, Smoky Potage Saint-Germain, Polenta Lasagna with Tomato-Mushroom Sauce, Soy-Braised Potatoes, and Mexican Chocolate Pudding Cake, are each paired with a beverage that is meant to complement the meal. Whether you are a vegetarian hard-pressed to find enticing recipes for your slow cooker, an omnivore looking to expand your repertoire, or a follower of a vegetable-focused diet, The Gourmet Vegetarian Slow Cooker will help you put many delightful meat-free dinners on the table with convenience and ease. From the Trade Paperback edition.