Discover the Richness of Vegetarian Cooking!

Following a vegetarian or vegan diet doesn't mean you have to sacrifice taste or nutrition. Canadian dietician Vesanto Melina and professional chef Joseph Forest have collaborated to bring you this brand new collection of the best-tasting, healthy vegan and vegetarian recipes. No matter where you are on the food spectrum - from near vegetarian to vegan - inside you will find tasty, nutritious, and easy-to-prepare recipes for every occasion.

Inside you will find:

• All-new, extensive nutritional analysis for every recipe, including diabetic exchanges
• Updated nutrition guidelines for a balanced vegetarian diet that are in line with the Dieticians of Canada and American Dietetic Association's standards
• Identification and definitions of key vegetarian ingredients to help simplify cooking and shopping
• A complete listing of companies that provide high-quality nutritional foods Includes 150 recipes

This updated edition also includes new raw food recipes, creative flavor tips, and meals to support heart health, diabetes and weight management. With over 150 easy-to-prepare dishes, Cooking Vegetarian has everything you need to enjoy a healthy vegan or vegetarian lifestyle.

VESANTO MELINA is a registered dietian, was trained at the University of Toronto and the University of London, England, and taught nutrition at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver and Seattle's Bastyr University. She was a coordinator for the vegetarian section of the Manual of Clinical Dietetics (Dietitians of Canada and the American Dietetics Association) and is co-author of the nutrition classic Becoming Vegetarian (now in eleven countries and three languages), as well as Cooking Vegetarian, Becoming Vegan and Healthy Eating for Life to Prevent and Treat Cancer. Vesanto is widely known in the media—press, TV and radio. She is an internationally known speaker and has presented workshops on the topic of vegetarian nutrition to over 1,800 dietitians throughout. North America. Vesanto received the prestigious Clintec award for leadership in dietetics. She regularly consults for government and industry and for individual clients. To complement her scientific expertise is Vesanto's joy in creating food that is healthy, delicious and simple to prepare. Her website is www.nutrispeak.com.

BRENDA DAVIS is a registered dietitian in private practice, an author and an internationally acclaimed speaker. She became a committed, ethical vegetarian 13 years ago when she was moved to explore the consequences of food choices beyond personal health. Brenda completed an honors degree in Human Nutrition at the University of Guelph, followed by an internship in Ottawa Ontario. She has worked as a public health nutritionist, clinical nutrition specialist, nutrition consultant, academic nutrition instructor, and is currently the Past-Chair of the Vegetarian Nutrition Dietetic Practice Group of the American Dietetic Association. Brenda is co-author of three books—the best-seller, Becoming Vegetarian, its companion, Becoming Vegan, and the newly released Dairy-free and Delicious. She answers nutrition questions on the VegFamily website. Brenda lives in Kelowna, British Columbia with her husband Paul, and two teenage children, all are vegetarians.

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JOSEPH FOREST is a professional chef with 25 years experience in fine dining restaurants, hotels and as a caterer to Hollywood film crews and stars in the Vancouver film industry. His specialty is -special diets' where he applies his knowledge of nutritional theory and natural food ingredients. Some of his accomplishments include appearing on television, radio and numerous cooking stages as public spokesperson for Yves Veggie Cuisine in addition to co-writing Yves -The Good Cookbook', and re-writing -The Herbal Detox Cookbook For Cleansing' for Wild Rose Herbal College, Calgary. He currently works as Kitchen Manager for Edenvale Retreat and Conference Center; a learning center catering to international health conscious individuals and groups

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