What if one simple change could save you from heart disease, diabetes, and cancer?

For decades, that question has fascinated a small circle of impassioned doctors and researchers and now, their life-changing research is making headlines in the hit documentary "Forks Over Knives." Their answer? Eat a whole-foods, plant-based diet it could save your life.

It may overturn most of the diet advice you ve heard but the experts behind "Forks Over Knives" aren't afraid to make waves. In his book "Prevent and Reverse Heart Disease," Dr. Caldwell Esselstyn explained that eating meat, dairy, and oils injures the lining of our blood vessels, causing heart disease, heart attack, or stroke. In "The China Study," Dr. Colin Campbell revealed how cancer and other diseases skyrocket when eating meat and dairy is the norm and plummet when a traditional plant-based diet persists. And more and more experts are adding their voices to the cause: There is nothing else you can do for your health that can match the benefits of a plant-based diet.

Now, as "Forks Over Knives" is introducing more people than ever before to the plant-based way to health, this accessible guide provides the information you need to adopt and maintain a plant-based diet. Features include: Insights from the luminaries behind the film Dr. Neal Barnard, Dr. John McDougall, The Engine 2 Diet author Rip Esselstyn, and many others Success stories from converts to plant-based eating like San Dera Prude, who no longer needs to medicate her diabetes, has lost weight, and feels great The many benefits of a whole-foods, plant-based diet for you, for animals and the environment, and for our future A helpful primer on crafting a healthy diet rich in unprocessed fruits, vegetables, legumes, and whole grains, including tips on transitioning and essential kitchen tools 125 recipes from 25 champions of plant-based dining from Blueberry Oat Breakfast Muffins and Sunny Orange Yam Bisque to Garlic Rosemary Polenta and Raspberry-Pear Crisp delicious, healthy, and for every meal, every day.

Dr. Walker provides a wealth of information on the importance of proper nutrition and enzymes in relation to our health. this book is both a cookbook and a nutritional guide that belongs in every homemaker's kitchen.

Inside Dr. Walker explains the chemical elements in foods-proteins, amino acids, carbohydrates, etc.-and also explains which food groups provide the best sources of nutrients for our bodies.

This book includes over 70 salad combinations along with a mini-encyclopedia of the most common fruits and vegetables.

Most vegan dessert books run the gamut of tried-n-true cookies, cupcakes, and pies. At her East Coast confectionery shops, Lagusta Yearwood takes vegan sweets to the next level. Sweet + Salty features over 100 luscious and imaginative recipes for caramels, chocolates, bonbons, truffles, and more for anyone looking to make their own vegan confections. With everything from the most basic caramel to bold, arresting flavors incorporating unexpected spices and flavors such as miso caramel sauce, thyme-preserved lemon sea-salt caramels, matzo toffee, and more, Sweet + Salty is a smart, sassy, completely innovative introduction to vegan confections.

The Plant-Based Family Cookbook is the perfect solution to those picky eaters and vegan diet skeptics everywhere. This book features incredibly flavorful and nourishing options that will help the whole family make healthier choices together. Each recipe is as nutritive as it is indulgent: readers will be won over by scrumptious breakfasts, as well as tempting snacks, decadent desserts and delightful weeknight meals. Parents will find plenty of enticing lunchbox options for the little ones like Crispy Tofu Nuggets with Sweet Potato Fries or Satay Dippers. The adults can entertain friends with restaurant-inspired meals and tantalizing appetizers like Filled Crispy Pancakes and Eggplant Bao Buns; and when the weekends finally roll around, families can gather around mouthwatering brunches and comforting desserts like Apple Waffles or Lemon Cheesecake with Blueberry Compote. What's more, Claire and Sarah feature recipes that can be made ahead in batches and frozen, so that they're ready to eat whenever it suits everyone's busy schedule-no more sacrificing tasty, healthy options during hectic weekdays! Whether you're looking to balance out your kids' diets or helping the whole family transition to full-veganism, The Plant-Based Family Cookbook is jam-packed with tasty options that'll win over everyone at mealtime. This book contains 60 recipes and 60 photos.

The best-selling, comprehensive guide to grilling vegetables and preparing delicious vegetarian recipes on the grill is back, featuring contemporary flavours and ingredients and the very latest in modern grilling trends. "The New Vegetarian Grill", a revised and updated edition of the classic book by Andrea Chesman, presents 250 healthy, flavourful recipes - 50 of which are brand new - for vegetarians and grill aficionados alike. "The New Vegetarian Grill" is filled with an incredible variety of vegetarian dishes designed for the grill, including appetizers and soups, fresh salads, sandwiches and burgers, tasty wraps, pizza and flatbreads, flame-kissed pasta, juicy kebabs, and grilled desserts.With Andrea's vegetable-grilling expertise, both newcomers to grilling and dedicated grill hands can create fast, easy vegetarian meals, from simple recipes for vegetables that do well on the grill to more elaborate fare suitable for any occasion. All are ideal for gas grills, charcoal grills, or even an open campfire. Favourites include: Grilled Baby Bok Choy with Lemon-Soy Dressing; Brie, Cranberry, and Pistachio Quesadillas; Grilled Portobello Salad with Roquefort Dressing; Lentil-Stuffed Pita Pockets with Grilled Onions; Vegetarian Fajitas with Chipotle Sour Cream; White Pizza with Leeks and Peppers; Tandoori-Style Vegetable Kabobs; Caramelized Bananas; and, Grilled Nectarines with Mascarpone Cream.

Eating whole foods can transform a diet, and mastering the art of cooking these foods can be easy with the proper techniques and strategies. In 20 chapters, Chaplin shares ingenious recipes incorporating the foods that are key to a healthy diet: seeds and nuts, fruits and vegetables, whole grains, and plant-based foods. Chaplin shares her secrets for eating healthy every day: mastering some key recipes and reliable techniques and then varying the ingredients based on the occasion, the season, and what you're craving. Once the reader learns one of Chaplin's base recipes, whether for gluten-free muffins, millet porridge, or baked marinated tempeh, the ways to adapt and customise it are endless: change the fruit depending on the season, include nuts or seeds for extra protein, or even change the dressing or flavouring to keep a diet varied. Chaplin encourages readers to seek out local and organic ingredients, stock their pantries with nutrient-rich whole food ingredients, prep ahead of time, and most important, and cook at home.

Before Hollywood goddesses like Gwyneth and Beyoncé; before Deliciously Ella and Vegan Before Six, there was Mrs Richter, the trailblazing nutritional guru who opened the world's first ever raw, vegan restaurant. Having opened its doors in 1917, the Eutropheon served up a delicious array of soups, pies and confections, enticing diners to the table throughout the 1920s. Drawing upon a wholesome array of purely plant-based ingredients, Vera Richter s recipes rely upon choppers, mixers and the glorious LA sunshine (required to dry out her homemade pies), but never the oven or the hob. One hundred percent raw, the vitamin content of her dishes was never compromised by conventional baking or frying methods.

From cow-less ice-cream to egg-less mayonnaise, gluten-free tamales to homemade almond milk, Vintage Vegan collects over 100 of her most mouth-watering recipes for you to recreate at home. So, prepare to step away from the oven and back in time. Guaranteed to make you glow from the inside out while shedding a few pounds in the process Vintage Vegan provides a tantalizing taste of the Roaring Twenties that s sure to leave you hungry for more.

Who knew vegetables could taste so good? Vegan powerhouses Isa Moskowitz and Terry Romero bring a brand new edition of this beloved vegan cookbook to celebrate its 10th anniversary. You'll find 25 new dishes and updates throughout for more than 250 recipes (everything from basics to desserts), stunning color photos, and tips for making your kitchen a vegan paradise. All the recipes in Veganomicon have been thoroughly kitchen-tested to ensure user-friendliness and amazing results. Veganomicon also includes meals for all occasions and soy-free, gluten-free, and low-fat options, plus quick recipes that make dinner a snap.

Whether you adore vegetarian food or simply need to whip up an exciting meal for a vegetarian visitor, this is the book for you. What is more, you won't need a long list of complicated ingredients to prepare enticing recipes such as mushroom stroganoff, mixed bean and tomato chilli, creamy red lentil dahl and passion fruit souffle. With just a few basic items from the storecupboard and four or less ingredients for each recipe, you can make more than 170 delicious dishes. The recipes may be simple, but they don't compromise on quality, and this instructive cookbook shows you how to get the maximum flavour out of the few ingredients that you need to buy. It also advises you on how to benefit from the many excellent ready-made products available on the market, such as pastry, stock or curry paste. With these handy time-saving ingredients, you can create lavish home-made meals with minimum fuss.

Sunday Times bestseller Award-winning cook Anna Jones blazes the trail again for how we all want to cook now: quick, sustainably and stylishly. In this exciting new collection of over 200 simple recipes, Anna Jones limits the pans and simplifies the ingredients for all-in-one dinners that keep things fast and easy. These super varied every night recipes celebrate vegetables and deliver knock-out flavour but without taking time and energy. There are one-tray dinners, like a baked dahl with tamarind-glazed sweet potato, quick dishes like tahini broccoli on toast, one-pot soups and stews like Persian noodle as well as one-pan fritters and pancakes such as golden rosti with ancho chilli chutney. Onebrings together a way of eating that is mindful of the planet. Anna gives you practical advice and shows how every small change in planning, shopping and reducing waste will make a difference. There are also 100 recipes for using up any amount of your most-eaten veg and ideas to help you use the foods that most often end up being thrown away. This book is good for you, your pocket and the planet.

The latest book from the bestselling author of The Vegetarian Athlete's Cookbook

Grounded in scientific evidence, Vegetarian Meals in 30 Minutes is part nutrition guide and part cookbook with over 100 recipes to show you how to eat well and improve your performance through simple and delicious vegetarian cooking.

Bestselling author Anita Bean demystifies sports nutrition, debunks the myths surrounding a vegetarian diet and covers popular topics such as what to eat before and after exercise, how much protein you need and which supplements actually work.

Vegetarian Meals in 30 Minutes will help you gain the confidence to create quick, tasty and nourishing meals that will support your training goals.

15-Minute Vegan features 100 brand new vegan recipes that can be prepared in mere moments. Using ingredients that are available in supermarkets, the recipes are as easy as can be - from shopping to cooking to serving. The book starts with Katy's introduction to vegan cooking and cooking, with advice on the equipment you need to make your cooking go faster, plus essential storecupboard ingredients. In chapters covering Breakfast, Light Bites, Mains, Essentials and Sweet Stuff, Katy offers 100 straightforward recipes and tips about preparation, freezing and storing. Whether you're already eating vegan or just want to try something new, nothing could be simpler and faster than 15-Minute Vegan.

Food pioneers & founders of award-winning streetfood van Wholefood Heaven, David & Charlotte Bailey are back with this new book focusing on the different ways to cook natural, unrefined and unprocessed vegetarian food on an open fire.

Exploring a growing market for cooking vegetarian food outdoors, the Baileys bring their expertise and show you a wide variety of techniques and recipes for a vegetarian friendly barbecue menu.

Fresh Veggie BBQ includes more practical elements of barbecuing:

· the exploration of different woods to use

· the basics of how to build and light a fire

· the different equipment available and variations for charcoal, gas and indoor cooking.

So whether cooking on gas, burying packed parcels into hot coals or serving up the perfect summer salad, you'll be able to create a delicious summer feast.

Celebrating a healthy outdoors lifestyle with rustic, unfussy food and lots of charred, smoked, woody and robust flavours that meat-eaters and vegans alike will devour, recipes include Sticky Tempeh `Ribs', Miso-glazed Aubergine, Shiitake and Smoked Tofu Skewers, Ember-roasted Pumpkin Tagine and Chipotle Barbecue Sauce.

For ease of use, chapters focus on the different techniques for cooking with open heat to produce starters, mains and desserts. So whether you have a Dutch oven (Cauldron/Potjie Pot), Skillet/Chapa Barbecue grate, want to cook with skewers or use the cooling embers and ash, you'll know exactly where to turn to.

There are also chapters on Salads, Sauces and Sides and Drinks to make your veggie BBQ sizzle!

A clear, approachable guide to the world of sesame, from halva and tahini to togarashi, gomasio, and furikake, with 100 vegetarian-forward recipes, from the co-founder of popular tahini outfit Seed+Mill, based in New York City’s iconic Chelsea Market. With its delicious nutty taste, nutritional density, and long shelf life, the sesame seed is a tiny ingredient with an enormous cultural impact and a deeply rich history. In Sesame, Rachel Simons, co-founder of Seed + Mill, a popular tahini and halva spot in New York City's Chelsea Market, celebrates the evolution, history, and diversity of this classic ingredient. Whether it's in the form of a seed, tahini (a ground sesame paste), sesame oil, or halva (a soft, fudge-like candy made from sesame paste), readers will learn to incorporate sesame in 100 traditional and modern global recipes, including:

• Sweet & Salty Sesame Challah  
• Pear and Pistachio Breakfast Loaf with Sesame Streusel  
• Radicchio Tahini Caesar (The Ultimate Date Night Salad)  
• Lemony Orecchiette with Sesame Pangrattato  
• Gomasio-Crusted Salmon Skewers  
• Tahini Swirled Pavlova with Labneh, Berries & Halva Flakes

Through vibrant photography, evocative storytelling, and contributions from a slate of noted chefs and food luminaries across the country, including David Lebovitz, Yossy Arefi, and Zoë François, Sesame is a loving culinary tribute to the sesame seed: how it has transformed dishes, how it has been translated by different culinary cultures, and how it has tied people and places together through generations.

Whole grains and fresh greens are food soulmates that offer a winning combination for health, vitality and climate-friendly cooking. From power breakfasts to grain bowls, warming soups and stews to satisfying salads, Nina Olsson's inspirational collection of versatile and tasty meat-free recipes makes for quick and easy bowls of goodness. Each recipe features nutrient-rich sources of fibre, vitamins and minerals that not only reduce the risk of stroke, type 2 diabetes and heart disease, but also contribute to better weight maintenance and are naturally anti-inflammatory. Grains and greens have never been more delicious and nutritious.