Healthy Vegan, Happy Body by Tess Challis

Healthy Vegan, Happy Body by Tess Challis ISBN-13: Paperback: 304 pages Publisher: Berkley Prime Crime Released:

Source: review copy from the publisher.

Book Description, Modified from Goodreads:
Go healthy vegan! When you have the foods you love every day, eating healthy is hassle-free. Reap the many benefits of a healthy vegan diet--extra energy, reduced inflammation, and even financial savings! Healthy Vegan, Happy Body can help you discover the uniquely satisfying flavors of a plant-based diet with recipes like Pad Thai, World’s Healthiest Mac and Cheese, and Mint Chocolate Chip Nice Cream. With go-to information on a healthy vegan lifestyle and recipes that minimize salt, oil, and refined flours and sugars, becoming a healthy vegan using vegan cookbooks has never been so easy or tasty.

Inside one of the most comprehensive vegan cookbooks, you’ll find: Make the transition to healthy eating fast and simple using the included tips to set up your kitchen with pantry essentials and nourishing staples. Find the perfect dishes for you with clearly marked labels to show whether recipes are gluten-free, leftover-friendly, fast to prepare, and more. Look for numerous recipes that eliminate salt, oil, sugar, and other processed foods, plus tips for making other recipes WFPB-friendly.


My Review:
Healthy Vegan, Happy Body is a vegan cookbook that focuses on healthy, tasty recipes. The recipes used minimally-processed, whole-food, plant-based ingredients. She started by talking about how to make plant-based foods that are tasty and fulfill your nutritional requirements. She also talked about the health benefits of eating this way and some basic vegan cooking information, like making nut milk and cooking grains or beans. She didn't use white flour or refined sugar and generally used minimally processed ingredients. She did use some high quality, healthy oils to add flavor, but she didn't use excessive amounts of oil, salt, or sugar. I found a lot of recipes that I'm interested in trying that look both healthy and tasty.

Most of the recipes served 4 to 6 people and took around 20-60 minutes to make. Almost all of the ingredients in the recipes should be easy to get. She included 13 recipes for smoothies, juices, and shakes; 16 recipes for breakfast; 16 recipes for snacks and sides; 15 recipes for salads; 12 recipes for soups and stews; 13 recipes for rolls, tacos, and wraps; 16 recipes using noodles or rice; 9 recipes for special occasions; 15 recipes for deserts; and 14 recipes for staples (sauces, dips, seasonings).

The recipes provided the preparation time, cooking time, how much is made, ingredients, instructions, cooking and substitution tips. Each recipe was labeled with one or more of the following: 30 minutes or less, plan ahead, gluten-free, leftover friendly, nut free, wfpb (no salt, oil, or refined sugar). Each recipe included "per serving" information on calories, fat, carbohydrates, fiber, protein, sodium, and iron. There were only two or three pictures of finished recipes per each section of recipes.


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