A plant-based life Your complete guide to great food, radiant health, boundless energy, and a better body
Book - 2016
Filled with the latest nutritional research to guide you each step of the way as you replace animal products and processed food with healthier choices that replenish your energy and boost well-being.
- Subjects
- Genres
- Cookbooks
- Published
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New York :
Amacom, Americal Management Association
[2016]
- Language
- English
- Main Author
- Item Description
- Includes index.
- Physical Description
- xviii, 332 pages ; 23 cm
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 311-324) and index.
- ISBN
- 9780814437070
- Foreword
- Preface
- Introduction
- How to Use This Book
- Part 1. Five Steps to Great Food and Radiant Health: making a plant-based diet easy and sustainable
- Step 1. Find Your Motivating Force: gathering food for the mind
- The Motivation Equation
- The Health Benefits of a Plant-Based Diet
- Constant Contact Keeps Motivation Alive
- Your Path Going Forward
- Step 2. Add Plant-Based Foods to Your Diet: welcoming new friends
- What Is Plant-Based Eating?
- Planning Plant-Based Meals
- Shopping Makes Cooking Possible
- Preparing Plant-Based Meals
- Involving Your Children in Cooking Healthy Foods
- Eating Out and Traveling
- Your Path Going Forward
- Step 3. Choose Health Over Habit: letting go of the foods that no longer serve you
- What Your Body Is Telling You... and How You Can Choose to Respond
- The Addictive Allure of Hyperpalatable Foods
- Reading Labels to Avoid Added Fat, Sugar, and Salt
- Defining a "Natural" Diet
- Foods to Include, Avoid, or Eliminate in Your Diet
- Un-Training Your Palate
- Creating Habits of Health
- Deciding What to Do with the Food You No Longer Want to Eat
- The Bottom Line
- Your Path Going Forward
- Step 4. Make Your Food Environment Match Your Biology: creating the context that guarantees success
- More Challenges to Eating a Healthy Diet
- Identifying Your Diet and Eating Choices
- The Dominant Motivations in Your Eating Decisions
- Reshaping Your Food Environment
- Your Path Going Forward
- Step 5. Cultivate Connection For the Long Haul: making your diet socially sustainable
- The Benefits of Social Support for Your Dietary Choices
- Creating a New Normal
- Your Path Going Forward
- Part 2. Ongoing Success: keeping up the momentum
- Recipes For Everyone
- Breakfast/Brunch
- Everyday Oats
- Morning Glorious
- Breakfast-and-Beyond Smoothie
- Apple-Lemon Breakfast
- Almond-Cinnamon Granola
- Green Colada
- Savory Tofu Scramble
- Sweet Potato Hash
- The Best Waffle You'll Ever Have
- Breakfast Sunshine Salad
- Breakfast Rice Pudding
- Florentine Frittata
- Snacks
- Speedy Spinach-Artichoke Dip with Snack Stick Buffet
- Teatime Cornmeal Muffins
- Oatmeal Bars
- Carrot Cake Smoothie
- Unlimited Baked Corn Chips
- Pumpkin-Oatmeal-Raisin-Carrot Cookies (aka PORCCs)
- Fresh Fruit Snacks
- Appetizers
- Oyster Mushroom Ceviche and Bitter Orange-Lime Sauce
- Cape Cod Delights
- Tasty Corn Cakes
- Summer Rolls with Red Chili-Pineapple Dipping Sauce
- Cowboy Caviar
- Jacked-Up Fruity Appetizers
- Almond-Crusted Tempeh Fingers
- Collard Wraps
- Pesto-Stuffed Mushrooms
- Sweet Blintzes
- Soups
- Corn Chowder
- Simple Split Pea Comfort Soup
- Classic Borscht
- Dr. Lederman's Black Bean Soup
- Potato-Leek Soup
- Gingery Carrot Soup
- Lemon-Rice-Kale Soup
- Farmshare Miso Soup
- Romantic Vegetable Stew
- The Best Bean Chili
- Italian Vegetable Lentil Soup
- Salads and Sides
- Blackberry Mango Tango
- Colorful Yams and Greens
- Potato Salad with Pine Nuts, Olives, and Dill
- Summer Strawberry Salad
- Tu-no Salad
- Zesty Three-Bean Salad
- Basket of Jewels with Walnut Sauce
- Colorful Crudités
- Salade Niçoise
- Skinny Red Smashed Potatoes
- Flexible Fennel Salad
- Arame, Red Onion, and Pine Nuts
- Guacamole Salad
- Sauces, Spreads, and Dressings
- Mushroom Gravy
- Homemade Ketchup
- Quick Sun-Dried Tomato Marinara
- Cashew Cream
- Del's Basic Mayonnaise
- Favorite Sandwich Spread
- Walnut-Mushroom Pâté
- Surefire Pesto
- Use-Me-All-The-Time Hummus
- Raspberry Vinaigrette Dressing
- Peanut-Lime Dressing
- Classic Italian Dressing
- Sweet Mustard Dressing
- Thousand Island Dressing
- Quick Bites
- Emergency Mini Burritos
- Curried Chickpea Salad Sandwich
- Rescue Quinoa
- Fresh Fruit Tart
- Sprouty Squash Delight
- Five Ways to Sushi
- Main Meals
- The Esselstyns' Stacked High Black Beans and Rice
- Interstellar Lasagna
- Mac and Cheeze Casserole
- Portobello Steaks
- Leftover Cobbler
- Tofu Quiche with Millet Crust
- Best Basic Southwestern Burgers
- Cauliflower au Cratin
- Carrot-Rice Casserole
- Super Easy Pizza
- Pesto Kasha Varnishkes
- Ginger Roasted Vegetables and Tempe
- West African-Inspired Sweet Potatoes and Kale
- Hearty Lentil Loaf
- Chilled Peanut Noodles
- Treats
- Rich and Creamy Chocolate Mousse
- Carrot Cake
- Strawberry Shortcakes
- Coconut Dream Whipped Cream
- Pioneer Gingerbread
- Mom and Me's Apple Thing
- Sweet Ending Baked Pears
- Two-Layer Vanilla-Vanilla Birthday Cake
- Banana Ice Cream
- Buckwheat Crepes with Chocolate
- Apple Crisp with Almond Whip
- Plum Carpaccio with Vanilla-Agave Syrup and Ginger Cream
- Ongoing Support Resources
- Acknowledgments
- Recipe Contributors
- Notes
- Index