Plant-Based Kitchen

Oat milk is the latest trend in healthy gut food, and this easy-to-use cookbook helps you enjoy its benefits with more than 100 delicious recipes-all naturally free of dairy and lactose. Oat milk, as a vegan alternative to cow's milk, is gaining widespread popularity due to its delicious flavor and impressive nutrient profile as an excellent source of calcium, Vitamin D, and heart-healthy fiber. Plus, it's naturally free of lactose, making it ideal for anyone with dietary restrictions, allergies, digestive distress, and other gut troubles. These 100 recipes will make oat milk an everyday ingredient in all the foods you crave-without compromising flavor! You'll find a wide array of mouthwatering, easy-to-make dishes, including rich desserts, snacks, smoothies, and of course main meals. Recipes include: • Delicious breakfasts, such as Strawberry Almond Overnight Oats, Vegan French Toast, and Spinach-Artichoke Strata • Lunches and dinners, including Black Bean Cakes, Spicy Eggplant and Brown Rice with Oat Milk, Mediterranean Stew with Creamy Polenta, and even Nachos • Soups, salads, and sides, from Butternut Squash Soup and Curry Chickpea Salad to Green Bean Casserole and Creamed Spinach • Dips, sauces, and spreads-Red Lentil Dip, Chipotle Spread, Vegan Date Caramel Sauce, and Chocolate Hazelnut Butter • Yummy desserts, including Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies, Peach Blueberry Cobbler, and Vanilla Cake with Chocolate Frosting • Plus a special "Oat Milk Coffeehouse" section with recipes for fantastic lattes, and another section with baked goods to accompany the coffees Kim Lutz is the author of several cookbooks, including Welcoming Kitchen,Super Seeds, and Ancient Grains. She is the creator of the allergy-friendly website Kim's Welcoming Kitchen, and writes the column "Help! There's a Vegan in My House!" in Gluten Free& More magazine. Kim Lutz lives in Chicago.

Now even vegans can eat burgers, dogs, sausages, and more, thanks to a variety of new alternative meat products! Enjoy all the benefits of this healthy lifestyle trend -health, environmental, and ethical-with the 100 delicious recipes in this easy-to-use cookbook.   Alternative meat products that taste like real beef and pork, but without harming a single animal, are fast creating millions of "carniverts." The Vegan Meat Cookbook caters to that hungry audience with 100 recipes using trendy texture-based proteins made from soy, pea, and other plant-based alternatives. Illustrated with mouthwatering photos throughout, it provides background on these products, including those from well-known companies Beyond Meat and Impossible Foods; reviews the health benefits of a plant-based diet; and provides tips for buying and preparing these alt-meats. Try a hearty Brat Sausage Skillet Stew made from Beyond Meat Beyond Sausage Brats along with potatoes, apples, Brussels sprouts, and cabbage. Or dig into Meatloaf Muffin Parmesan, a scrumptious dish with plant-based ground beef, mushrooms, chia seeds, pepper, spinach, and vegan mozzarella and sauce. With recipes for breakfast, appetizers, main dishes, sides, snacks, and more-each with nutritional information-this book makes vegan living easier and more delicious than ever! Isabel Minunni is a cook, recipe developer, food writer, and photographer. She created the popular food blog Bella's Banquet (bellasbanquet.com), and has won numerous food and baking competitions, including being named 2014's "Best Italian Chef" by Chef Jeff Mann and Maggiano's Little Italy restaurant chain. She is the author of The 28-Day Pegan Diet, also from Sterling.

Move beyond all-purpose flour with the first comprehensive cookbook that covers a wide range of alternative flours-not just one!   Alternative flours-like chickpea, oat, spelt, or almond-have many advantages for the home cook. They add complex flavors, and bring a host of nutrients, including protein, fiber, and minerals like iron and calcium, to just about every dish. Alternative flours are also versatile, making it easy to create plant-based quiches, frittatas, cakes, bread, and so much more. This groundbreaking cookbook features more than 100 simple recipes that will expand your vegan repertoire in exciting ways-such as Chocolate Glazed Donuts, Savory Sausage Cheese Muffins, Gluten-Free Beer Bread, Sheet Pan Fajitas, Sesame Almond Noodles, Almond-Crusted Tofu, Barbecue Seitan Sandwiches, Pineapple Upside-Down Cake, Gluten-Free Chocolate Cake, Orange Cranberry Cookies, and much more! Kim Lutz is the author of several cookbooks, including The Oat Milk Cookbook, the first in Sterling Epicure's Plant-Based Kitchen, and Ancient Grains.  She is the creator of the allergy-friendly website Kim's Welcoming Kitchen, and writes the column "Help! There's a Vegan in My House!" in Gluten Free & More magazine.