Celine Steen - Hearty Vegan Meals for Monster Appetites: Lip-Smacking, Belly-Filling, Home-Style Recipes Guaranteed to Keep Everyone-Even the Meat Eaters-Fantastically Full

About the AuthorsJoni Marie Newman is a Southern California native, and currently resides in Orange County with her husband, their three rescue mutts, and Michael, the cat. She is the founder of Justthefood.com, the author of Cozy Inside and The Best Veggie Burgers on the Planet, and the coauthor of 500 Vegan Recipes and The Complete Guide to Vegan Food Substitutions. You can get in touch with her at Joni@justthefood.com. Celine Steen lives in California with her favorite dude and their two crazy cats. She is the founder of Havecakewilltravel.com, as well as the coauthor of 500 Vegan Recipes and The Complete Guide to Vegan Food Substitutions. Acknowledgments Jill Alexander, for making this project sound irresistible and for convincing us to dive into it head-first; our editor and friend Amanda Waddell, for being such an inspiration and a joy to work with; and Will Kiester, Rosalind Wanke, and Karen Levy: We couldnt have done it without your expertise and kindness! We are, as always, most grateful and forever indebted to the Official Testing Team: Courtney Blair, Monika Soria Caruso, Kelly Cavalier, Michelle Cavigliano, Anne-Laure Chevallier, Amy Gedgaudas, Jenny Howard, Annika Lundin, Shelly Mocquet-McDonald, Monique and Michel Narbel-Gimzia, Constanze Reichardt, Josiane Richer, Keri Risse, Nina Stoma, and Liz Wyman (a.k.a. Acknowledgments Jill Alexander, for making this project sound irresistible and for convincing us to dive into it head-first; our editor and friend Amanda Waddell, for being such an inspiration and a joy to work with; and Will Kiester, Rosalind Wanke, and Karen Levy: We couldnt have done it without your expertise and kindness! We are, as always, most grateful and forever indebted to the Official Testing Team: Courtney Blair, Monika Soria Caruso, Kelly Cavalier, Michelle Cavigliano, Anne-Laure Chevallier, Amy Gedgaudas, Jenny Howard, Annika Lundin, Shelly Mocquet-McDonald, Monique and Michel Narbel-Gimzia, Constanze Reichardt, Josiane Richer, Keri Risse, Nina Stoma, and Liz Wyman (a.k.a.

Missus Super Tester who tested approximately 70 of our recipes!). Joni would like to thank her Gramma Jo: My grandmother, Joann, has fed me many meals. She is solely responsible for my oversized portions and my tendency to make WAY too much food. She has cooked for many people, for many years, and through her I have been inspired to take on the world with a knife and fork! Thank you, Gramma, for inspiring me, having faith in me, and teaching me so much without even trying. I love you! Celine would like to thank her parents and Chaz for wearing their cheerleader outfits at all times, shaking their pom-poms at her even when she acts like a professional stress ball. Hearty Vegan Meals for Monster Appetites is the ultimate cookbook for dispelling forever the myth that vegan cuisine is nothing more than bird food. Hearty Vegan Meals for Monster Appetites is the ultimate cookbook for dispelling forever the myth that vegan cuisine is nothing more than bird food.

The industrial-strength recipes here will satisfy the biggest, most demanding appetites, and do it with plenty of popping flavors and rich textures. Highly recommended!DR. WILL TUTTLE, pianist, composer, former Zen monk, co-founder of the Prayer Circle for Animals, and award-winning author of the acclaimed bestseller The World Peace DietMove over brown rice and tofu, theres a new cookbook in town! Hearty Vegan Meals for Monster Appetites will make a believer out of anyone who is skeptical about vegan foodand that includes your stubborn uncle Rick, who still pronounces vegan vay-gun. I guarantee itll shut him up right quick.LAURA BECK, www.Vegansaurus.comMost of us have been there. A meat eater gleefully waves a burger in our faces, confident that we as vegans are missing out. Not so.

The tables have turned and its time for us to wave some hearty vegan fare in their faces. The difference? Theyre going to like it.TAMASIN NOYES, author of American Vegan KitchenThis is the cookbook to consult when you absolutely must impress the guests at your tablebe they dedicated herbivores or doubtful omnivores. Nobody can discriminate against delicious!MICHELLE SCHWEGMANN, co-owner of The Herbivore Clothing Company, www.herbivoreclothing.comCeline and Joni prove, beyond the shadow of a doubt, that vegan eats are not only delicious, they are hearty! Be warned, this cookbook is not for the weak of appetite!CAROLYN SCOTT-HAMILTON, www.healthyvoyager.comI challenge you to look through Hearty Vegan Meals for Monster Appetites without marking at least ten recipes to make this week. In typical Celine and Joni fashion, the photos reel you in, the recipe titles glue you to the pages, the ingredients are within pantrys reach, and there is no doubt that once you finally set the book down, your belly will be fully satisfied.ALISA FLEMING, founder of GoDairyFree.org and author of Go Dairy Free: The Guide and CookbookCeline and Joni have done it againanyone who enjoys good food will appreciate this cookbook!HANNAH KAMINSKY, author of My Sweet VeganHearty Vegan Meals for Monster Appetites is an adventurous exploration of food. As easy as it may be to overlook the exploitation and waste of animal-based meals, Joni and Celine make it even easier to empower your food choicesallowing you to indulge and eat with compassion, respect, and responsibility for your health, for the environment, and for all living things.KURT HALSEY, vegan artist, www.KurtHalsey.comCeline and Joni dish up some of the best down-home, mouthwatering, over-the-top comfort food youve ever had! The recipes will have you screaming for more!JULIE HASSON, author of Vegan DinerNeed some honest-to-goodness comfort food? This book has your fix! Loosen your belts, its time to dig in!DREENA BURTON, author of The Everyday Vegan, Vive le Vegan! and Eat, Drink & Be VeganCHAPTER 1Your Complete Prep Guide to Wicked Good Meals We know its important to plan things, and plan them well in order to be as efficient as possible come dinnertime, especially when you have one hungry mob waiting for you to bring a steaming hot plate of deliciousness to the table. This chapter is meant to help you accomplish the task of preparing a meal without tearing your hair out, or waving the proverbial white flag by picking up the phone to order some greasy food from the joint down the street.

Show that kitchen whos boss! And while youre at it, hire any willing participant to come give you a hand in whipping up something tasty: The food will not only get to the table much faster, but youll also get to spend quality time with family members or friends you barely get to enjoy hanging out with and talking to during the busy day. Bonus!