Raw food recipes sometimes require soaking and/or dehydration and thus take many hours to prepare, which can be downright discouraging for would-be living foodists. Enter Alive in Five, by Angela Elliot, a small book filled with scores of recipes that take minutes to prepare but still look and taste great.
A vegetarian diet can be very healthy, but it is not inherently so. Just cutting meat out of your meals does not automatically assure you all the benefits of the vegetarian diet – in order to be healthy, you need to eat healthy food, vegetarian or not.
The Everything Vegan Cookbook offers information and a variety of recipes for new vegans, or anyone interested in cutting down on their meat, dairy, and egg consumption.
For those in the know, vegan baking really isn't so different from traditional baking - it's just a matter of knowing what to substitute for eggs, milk, butter, and other essential baking ingredients. Once you've got those figured out, the rest is a piece of vegan cake!
If you're looking for healthy and easy vegan recipes, Amanda Grant's Fresh and Fast Vegan might be just the ticket. This reissue of The New Vegan (originally published in 1999) includes 140 simple recipes divided into just five chapters.
Being a vegetarian or vegan doesn’t mean you can never again make any recipes that call for things like beef broth, eggs, or gelatin. Most animal products can be replaced with vegetarian- and vegan-friendly ingredients.
Tassajara is a remote zen center and retreat near Big Sur, California. Despite the title, Tassajara Dinners & Desserts includes recipes for every part of the meal, with a mix of classic recipes and unusual options
Sauce can make or break a recipe. You want it to be flavorful without overpowering the rest, or delicate enough to make whatever it tops taste even better. Here are my recipes for the best vegetarian and vegan sauces, from basic to exotic to the ultimate in creamy comfort food.