Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

I like the idea of a vegan diet, but this particular diet is too difficult to follow. First, shopping is an issue. Many of the items on the list were rare items that must be picked up at a Whole Foods (such as tapioca flour). This got expensive, particularly since many of the ingredients don't appear again in the diet and now I've got a bag full of tapioca flour I've used once. Second, once you have all the ingredients, the recipes are challenging to keep up with. You have to really prepare ahead, keeping track of when you need to prepare something 24 hours in advance. You find yourself cooking all the time. One recipe, the vegan pizza, is for lunch, meaning you have to cook it the night before if you work the next day. Think about it. You've just cooked dinner, ate, done the dishes, and now you have to make a pizza. Third, you also have to adjust portions on your own. It may seem like it's all laid out for you with the shopping list and daily recipes, but you'll soon find yourself with enough lentil soup to last until Christmas if you don't resize the recipes correctly. Which means you have to adjust the amounts on the shopping list. Which means the given shopping list is practically useless. Finally, the recipes aren't that good. One recipe calls for grapes, cauliflower, pine nuts, and lemon juice. Toss for a salad. Does that sound very tasty to you? Sure, if you had all the time and money in the world and wanted to use this diet, you probably could. If you are a working stiff like me, this diet requires too much time and money. We gave up after a week.