Gannon - Simple recipes for joy: more than 200 delicious vegan recipes

Advance Praise for Simple Recipes for Joy

This beautiful book will transform your life. Sharon Gannon has helped countless people achieve a dramatically new level of health and wellness. Now you can put her wisdom to work as she guides you to using the power of food in ways you may never have imagined. Over many years, our research has established the surprising power of plant-based diets to help people regain their health and vitality. Sharon Gannon brings you everything you need to put that power to work.

NEAL D. BARNARD, MD, president, Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, and adjunct associate professor of medicine, George Washington University School of Medicine, Washington, DC

Sharon Gannon infuses love and spirit into every one of her incredibly delicious dishes; eat her food and feel good in your body and soul!

KATHY FRESTON, New York Timesbestselling author of Veganist and Quantum Wellness

Sharon is my GuruI like eating anything shes dishing out. Her teachings on yoga and veganism have positively transformed my life. She is not only an example of someone who walks the talk, but she excels in so many areas: teacher, philosopher, activist, artist, musician and cook, showing us all that through devotion to God one can become a Divine instrument and with Gods great love all is possible.

RUSSELL SIMMONS, godfather of hip-hop, philanthropist, and author of the New York Times bestseller Super Rich: A Guide to Having It All

Sharons food nourishes and enlightens. As a longtime devoted fan of her Jivamuktea Caf and her yoga teachings, I cant wait to experiment with her alchemy at home. Shes finally given up her secrets.

DARREN ARONOFSKY, award-winning film director of Noah, Black Swan, and The Wrestler

All one needs to do is be around Sharon Gannon for mere moments to realize that shes figured out the secret to happiness. Sharon glows with good karma, optimal wellness, and a joyful, blissful life.

CHLO JO DAVIS, Eco Spokesmama and GirlieGirlArmy.com founder

Super Green Salad, Love Smoothie, Green Machine... All enlargements of the soul with the intrinsic beauty of Sharon Gannon, the most impassioned and truthful vegan chef and yogi alive today on Mother Earth.

JOE SPONZO, personal chef to Sting and Trudie Styler, and author of The Lakehouse Cookbook

Sharon Gannons beautiful book lies at the untapped intersection of cooking, yoga, and ahimsa practices, demonstrating that preparing and consuming life-givingrather than life-takingfood is the foundation of a conscious and compassionate life.

COLLEEN PATRICK-GOUDREAU, bestselling author of The Joy of Vegan Baking and The 30-Day Vegan Challenge

Simple Recipes for Joy proves that a compassionate and healthy vegan diet leaves zero to be desired. If youve ever considered leaving animals off your plate, this easy cookbook by one of yogas masters has a lot to offer. Full of simple yet incredible meat-free recipes, Sharons recipes are based on wholesome, unprocessed foods that bring us health and vitality. She cooks from the heart, always keeping the well-being of others in mindboth human and animal. She is a tireless voice for the voicelessand a great cook too!

JENNY BROWN, founder and director of Woodstock Farm Animal Sanctuary and author of The Lucky Ones: My Passionate Fight for Farm Animals

With Simple Recipes for Joy, Sharon lets us in on the inner sanctum of her alchemical kitchen. I have had the privilege of sitting at her table since 1979, being personally served by her and eating her delicious, cruelty-free mealsand can attest to the fact that they are filled with nourishment, presented with graciousness and plenty of magic. Her cookbook provides insightful ways to improve our health, the Earths well-being, and our relationship to our fellow animals, as well as to make positive changes in our diets that will affect the whole world and could possibly save it.

DR. ANDREW LANGE, ND, author of Getting at the Root: Treating the Deepest Source of Disease

Sharon Gannon does a beautiful job of combining style and substance in life, yoga, and meal preparation. We see that lovely combination on display again with her new cookbook, Simple Recipes for Joy. While the book is gorgeous to look at, Sharons beautifully written introduction points to substantial purpose. The recipes strike a similar balance, teaching us to make delicious food that satiates our senses while nourishing us thoroughly. Sharon has taught countless yogis that the principles of ahisma and asteya, not to harm or steal from others, should guide our food consumption. With these simple recipes, she makes it easy for us to put those principles into action, while enjoying every bite.

KAREN DAWN, author of Thanking the Monkey

Buying a vegan cookbook is usually an expression of interest. Buying this one is a declaration. The activism known as peace springs from your plateand thanks to Sharon Gannon, its a delectable beginning.

KEVIN ARCHER, author of In Lieu of Heaven

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Copyright 2014 by Sharon Gannon

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Gannon, Sharon.

Simple recipes for joy : more than 200 delicious vegan recipes / Sharon Gannon ; foreword by Kris Carr.

p. cm.

ISBN 978-0-69817-011-7

1. Vegan cooking. I. Title.

TX837.G288 2014

641.5636dc23 2014009063

The recipes contained in this book have been created for the ingredients and techniques indicated. The publisher is not responsible for your specific health or allergy needs that may require supervision. Nor is the publisher responsible for any adverse reactions you may have to the recipes contained in the book, whether you follow them as written or modify them to suit your personal dietary needs or tastes.