I am a big fan of Terry Hope Romero’s books, I have all of them - her solo books and collaborations - to date, and they’ve never disappointed me. Since I’m also a huge fan of big, hearty meal salads I was particularly excited for this book. I eat a lot of salad, especially in the Spring and Summer and though I’m usually pretty good at creating delicious meal salads or bowls sometimes after days upon days of salad eating one can feel uninspired. Enter “Salad Samurai” This is a beautiful book containing 100 creative, innovative and delicious salads. Most of them are pretty easy to make, and pretty quick to throw together although there are a few salads in the book that require making a few different components - dressing, baked tofu, steamed seitan or tempeh bacon say. Of course you can always prepare these things in advance on a day when you have time so that when meal-time rolls around everything can be thrown together.Terry writes with an easy-going, down to earth style. She’s friendly, funny, and informative. Her sense of humor really shines through and so does her passion not only for salads but cooking and food in general. Her instructions are clear and easy to follow, most of the time you can read through her directions once and not have to look at it again. Most of the recipes contain minimal ingredients and most of them are common enough to find in most well-stocked grocery stores. She’s kind enough to included recipes for various baked tofu preparations, as well as seitan, different kinds of homemade vegan bacon, croutons and other items that may become ‘salad staples.’The photography in this book is also lovely. All of them bright and mouth-watering. I only wish there were more of them, but I’m only being picky there, as it’s about 1 picture ever 2 recipes or so. Terry also includes lots of helpful hints and tips about how to make a good salad, and she gives you the skinny on the less common ingredients or on certain substitutions that can be made. All in all despite my love of her previous “Vegan Eats World” and her dessert cook books I think overall “Salad Samurai” is my favorite of her works so far. It’s just all around wonderful, and I also happen to think it’s a lot of fun.Some practical information you may find helpful is that this book does not contain nutritional information, and it does use allergens. Such as wheat, soy, nuts etc... in most cases you can work around these by swapping tofu for seitan say, or seitan for beans or one nut for another, but many of the cashew based dressings may be hard - it not impossible - to find substitutions for if you have a cashew allergy. If that’s not an issue for you then I highly recommend this book.So far I’ve tried,Back At The Ranch Dressing - Loved itLemon Tahini Dressing - Pretty GoodMarvelous Miso Dressing - Loved itClassic Croutons - Loved itMassages Red Onions - Loved itRed Hot Saucy Tofu - Loved itTempeh Bacon Bits - Loved itCoconut Bacon Bits - Loved itLentils for Salads - Loved itSteamed or Baked Seitan Cutlets - Loved itDeviled Kale Caesar Salad - Loved itThe BKT (Bacon, Kale, Tomato) Bowl - Loved itPolish Summer Soba Salad - Loved itPesto Cauliflower and Potato Salad - Loved itSeitan Bacon Wedge Salad with Horseradish Dressing - Loved itBackyard Buffalo Ranch Caesar Salad - Loved itBBQ Tempeh Dilly Slaw Bowl - Loved itMushroom, Brussels, and Barley Harvest Bowl - Loved itGrilled Miso Apples and Brussel Sprout Salad - Loved itKlassic Caesar Salad - Loved itGingery Beets and Lentils with Tahini and Agave Nectar - Pretty GoodSmoothie Granola Bowl - Loved itCoconut Carrot Cake Salad - Pretty GoodAll in all I think this is a really wonderful book, great for any salad lover, and perfect for newbie or seasoned vegans a like!