VEGAN EXPRESS
BY NAVA ATLAS

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Vegan Express
Broadway Books) ISBN 978-0767926171 076792617X

This Nava Atlas cookbook is a 247-page collection of 160 healthy, tasty and appealing vegan and vegetarian recipes that can be prepared in 30 to 45 minutes.

The introduction to each chapter of Vegan Express includes cooking shortcuts, nutritional information for the vegetarian ingredients and ways to combine dishes in the cookbook to create a complete meal.

Nutrition information

Each vegan recipe lists the number of calories, total fat content, amount of protein, carbohydrates, fiber and sodium. Menu suggestions recommend other recipes from the cookbook to serve with the dish.

Eight full-page color images illustrate some of the vegan dishes.

A foreword by Neal Barnard, MD, and President of Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, encourages readers to try the vegan diet as a healthier approach to eating.

Substitutes for meat

The Vegan Express introduction discusses vegetarian and vegan ingredients. For example, readers learn about tofu, tempeh (a fermented soy product), seitan (pure wheat gluten) and tofurky sausage (a tofu and wheat gluten meat substitute).

Sidebars provide tips like easy ways to dress up grains and speedy ways to prepare tofu (sauteed tofu, barbecue flavored skillet tofu, teriyaki tofu steak and cornmeal crusted tofu).

Quick vegan recipes

Orzo soup with roasted vegetables. Golden tofu triangles with rich peanut sauce. Seitan and mushrooms in paprika cream. Quinoa with cauliflower, cranberries and pine nuts. Herb garden couscous and black bean salad. Zucchini and polenta marinara. Black bean, mango and avocado salad. Vegan sour cream. Cashew butter sauce. Shiitake miso gravy. Wine poached pears with candied pecans.

Vegan Express

Contents

  • Foreword
  • Introduction
  • Speedy, Savory Soups
  • The Protein Trio — Tofu, Tempeh and Seitan
  • Glorious Grains and Bountiful Beans
  • Pasta and Noodles, East to West
  • Pizzas, Big Quesadillas and Wraps
  • Salads with Substance
  • Salads and Veggies on the Side
  • Sauces and Salad Dressings
  • Sweet Finales
  • Index

Author

Nava Atlas is the author and illustrator of The Vegetarian Family Cookbook and nine other vegetarian cookbooks.

Other books by Nava Atlas:

Vegan Soups and Hearty Stews for All Seasons


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