Title:

Vegan Express
(Broadway Books, 2008) ISBN 978-0767926171 0-76792617-X

Theme:

Vegan Express is a 247-page collection of 160 healthy, tasty and appealing vegetarian recipes that can be prepared in 30 to 45 minutes.

Sample 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.

Notable Elements:

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.

The introduction to Vegan Express discusses vegetarian 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).

Tone / Style:

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.

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

Visuals:

Eight full-page color images in the middle of Vegan Express illustrate some vegan dishes.

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

Claim to fame:

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

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