ADVANCE PRAISE FOR
Trs Green, Trs Clean, Trs Chic
Rebecca Leffler shares her savoir faire for keeping healthy, with French-inspired beauty tips along with tasty salads, soups, dips, and tonics votre sant!
David Lebovitz, author of My Paris Kitchen
Rebecca manages the rare feat of bringing together glamour, a playful tone, and a good appetite. Like a good friend, she shares the best of her French and American influences through tips and delicious recipes that are sure to inspire a fresh and healthy new you.
Clotilde Dusoulier, author of The French Market Cookbook and Edible French
Rebecca Leffler is a bright light in the world of wellnessshe has a lot of fun all while helping you eat and live healthier and cleaner. This book is a treat!
Drew Ramsey, MD, author of Fifty Shades of Kale
If youve ever assumed that healthy eating means bland, crunchy, or flavorless food, think again. Rebecca Leffler has set out to prove that green cuisinefood thats wholesome, unprocessed, and veggie-centriccan be sophisticated, fun, andabove all elsetrs chic. With her colorful, creative recipes, and cheery voice, Leffler marries the art of living fashionably with the art of living well.
Gena Hamshaw, certified clinical nutritionist and author of Choosing Raw
A fantastic combination of delicious recipes, beauty tips, and yoga exercises for any time of the year.
Rachel Khoo, author of The Little Paris Kitchen and My Little French Kitchen
Rebeccas Lefflers book Trs Green, Trs Clean, Trs Chic is witty, and full of delicious recipes, its true. But she has created so much more than a cookbook: this is truly a green, healthy, and happy lifestyle guide with fabulous beauty tips, energizing yoga postures, and even playlists to make your days shine! Her sense of humor and passion for all things wholesome will surely inspire you to put a green, French twist on just about everything. Cest magnifique!
Sarah Britton, author of My New Roots
This is the instruction manual for the It Girl who wants to live a green and glamorous life. Trs Green, Trs Clean, Trs Chic is sassy and witty, and packed with beautifully designed meals that will keep a girl energized, radiant, and ready to strut her stuff! Rebecca Lefflers book is this generations French Women Dont Get Fat.
Dana James, MS, CNS, CDN, BANT, AADP, founder and director of Food Coach NYC
Rebecca Lefflers haute approach to green cuisine and everything in between makes Trs Green, Trs Clean, Trs Chic a must-have for anyone who wants to embody the eco-friendly, green lifestyle. Her tasty and health-affirming recipes work wonders on the skin and promote optimal wellbeing. Nestled in colorful pages are hip lifestyle tips that speak to Rebeccas expertise, style, and passion. Its a great primer for anyone who wants to live a green and glamorous life!
Latham Thomas, maternity wellness expert and author of Mama Glow: A Hip Guide to Your Fabulous Abundant Pregnancy; www.mamaglow.com
TRS GREEN,
TRS CLEAN,
TRS CHIC
Eat (and Live!)
the New French Way
WITH PLANT-BASED, GLUTEN-FREE RECIPES FOR EVERY SEASON
Rebecca Leffler
Photographs by Sandra Mahut
TRS GREEN, TRS CLEAN, TRS CHIC: Eat (and Live!) the New French Waywith Plant-Based, Gluten-Free Recipes for Every Season
Copyright 2014 Hachette Livre (Marabout)
Translation 2015 Rebecca Leffler
Photographs copyright 2014, 2015 Sandra Mahut
First published in French in 2014 as Green Glam et Gourmande by Hachette Livre (Marabout).
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Leffler, Rebecca, author.
[Green, glam & gourmande. English]
Trs green, trs clean, trs chic : eat (and live) the new French way with plant-based, gluten-free recipes for every season / Rebecca Leffler ; photographs by Sandra Mahut.
pages cm
Includes index.
ISBN 978-1-61519-251-9 (pbk.) ISBN 978-1-61519-252-6 (ebook)
1. Vegan cooking--France. 2. Seasonal cooking--France. 3. Cooking, French. 4. Gluten-free diet--Recipes. 5. Gluten-free foods. I. Title.
TX837.L4413 2014
641.5944--dc23
2014040394
ISBN 978-1-61519-251-9
Ebook ISBN 978-1-61519-252-6
Cover design by Anna Goldstein
Cover photographs by Sandra Mahut
Author photograph by Ola Rindal
Text design by Pauline Neuwirth, Neuwirth & Associates, Inc.
Manufactured in China
Distributed by Workman Publishing Company, Inc.
Distributed simultaneously in Canada by Thomas Allen & Son Ltd.
First printing February 2015
10987654321
Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food.
Hippocrates
Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants.
Michael Pollan
OK, as long as its trs chic and trs delicious.
Rebecca Leffler
Contents
INTRO
Sant! Cheers to your health!
Sant! In French, sant means cheers, but its also the word for health. While it may seem ironic to yell about health in the midst of drinking wine (likely while eating bread, cheese, meat, and pastry), good health and enjoying la vie arent mutually exclusive. France may be known for its exquisite pastries and cream sauces, but in fact there is a lot to learn about health from the French way of eating. The French typically eat in moderation and, instead of depriving themselves, enjoy small portions of things like butter, chocolate, and crme.
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