Better Than Vegan: 101 Favorite Low-Fat, Plant-Based Recipes That Helped Me Lose Over 200 Pounds

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Eating healthy just got a whole lot easier.
The science is very clear. A whole-foods, plant-based diet is the healthiest possible way to eat—but veganism itself doesn’t mean health, as Chef Del Sroufe, author of the New York Times bestseller Forks Over Knives—The Cookbook, knows better than anyone. Sroufe managed to reach 475 pounds while eating a vegan diet rich in pastries, peanut butter, and potato chips. After converting to a vegan diet with minimal processed foods, sugars and added oils, he lost more than 240 pounds without giving up great food.
In Better than Vegan, Sroufe provides more than a hundred recipes that prove that the healthiest diet can also be the most delicious. Included in Better than Vegan are dishes such as:
Portobello Wraps with Spicy Asian Slaw
Gnocchi
Three Sisters Enchiladas
Lemon Berry Sorbet
In Better Than Vegan, Sroufe tells his remarkable personal journey of how he went on to lose hundreds of pounds on a healthy vegan diet and then shares the kinds of meals (with no oil and low in fat and sugar) that restored him to health.
With photographs by Robert Metzger and coauthored by Mad Cowboy coauthor Glen Merzer, Better Than Vegan offers healthy and professional cooking tips with nutritional advice to help you achieve the optimal vegan diet.
ASIN ‏ : ‎ 1939529425
Publisher ‏ : ‎ BenBella Books
Publication date ‏ : ‎ December 3, 2013
Edition ‏ : ‎ 1st
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Print length ‏ : ‎ 304 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 9781939529428
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1939529428
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.6 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7 x 0.9 x 9 inches
Part of series ‏ : ‎ 101 Favorite Low-Fat, Plant-Based Recipes That Helped Me Lose Over 200 Pounds
Best Sellers Rank: #720,132 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #2,042 in Vegan Cooking (Books)
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Customers praise this cookbook for its wonderful variety of recipes with fat and calories lowered, easy-to-follow instructions, and focus on flavors and textures. Moreover, the book presents a good understanding of vegan cooking, with ingredients that are easy to find, and includes lots of serving tips and suggestions for variations. Customers find it inspiring and easy to follow, with one customer noting it’s particularly helpful for those with diabetes and nerve pain.