Dreena Burton - Eat, Drink & Be Vegan: Everyday Vegan Recipes Worth Celebrating

Eat, Drink & Be Vegan

Eat, Drink & Be Vegan

Everyday Vegan Recipes Worth Celebrating

DREENA BURTON

EAT, DRINK & BE VEGAN
Copyright 2007 by Dreena Burton

THIRD PRINTING: 2008

All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or used in any form by any meansgraphic, electronic or mechanicalwithout the prior written permission of the publisher, except by a reviewer, who may use brief excerpts in a review, or in the case of photocopying in Canada, a license from Access Copyright.

ARSENAL PULP PRESS
Suite 101-211 East Georgia Street,
Vancouver, BC V6A 1Z6
arsenalpulp.com

The publisher gratefully acknowledges the support of the Government of Canada through the Book Publishing Industry Development Program and the Government of British Columbia through the Book Publishing Tax Credit Program for its publishing activities.

The author and publisher assert that the information contained in this book is true and complete to the best of their knowledge. All recommendations are made without guarantee on the part of the author and publisher. The author and publisher disclaim any liability in connection with the use of this information. For more information, contact the publisher.

Text and cover design by Diane Yee, Electra Design Group
Creative direction by Lisa Eng-Lodge, Electra Design Group
Production assistance by Andrea Schmidt
Editing by Bethanne Grabham
Photography by Pamela Bethel, pamelabethel.ca

Printed and bound in Canada

Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication:
Burton, Dreena, 1970

Eat, Drink & Be Vegan: everyday vegan recipes worth celebrating / Dreena Burton.

Includes index.
ISBN 978-1-55152-224-1

1. Vegan cookery. I. Title. II. Title: Eat, drink and be vegan.

TX837.B875 2007 641.5636 C2007-903936-7

For Bridget and Charlotte, who teach me about compassion every day.

Contents

by Dr Neal Barnard

To my husband: my culinary work and cookbook writing has often meant long hours in the kitchen or on the computer. Paul, you support my work daily, and share my excitement for my ideas and accomplishments; I truly would not be able to write my books as a stay-at-home mom without your understanding and help. And to our precious daughters: thank you for having patience with your busy mom, and I hope that our healthy food choices will stay with you through all your years.

To Dr Neal Barnard: thank you for contributing the foreword to this book, and for your commitment to clinical research on nutrition. The Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine has always been a source of credible nutritional information for my family and me, and a resource I recommend for reliable facts on the healthfulness of vegan diets. To Jill Eckart: for your timely assistance and cooperation. Also, to the wondrous vegan chef and cookbook author Bryanna Clark Grogan who aided our communications: your generous spirit shines through in person as well as through your work.

To my mother: for your love and for showing me how kind-hearted and generous one person can be.

To Diane, Vicki, Davin, Trang, and Shyla, my cover models: even though we changed the cover concept for this book, the photo shoot day was fun and full of energy because of you!

To my darling girlfriends, Vicki, Trish, Tanya, Jen, and my sister Diane: you have always been the most enthusiastic samplers of my recipes, and have always shown interest in and support for all of my projects (and have understood when I havent been the most present friend through busy phases).

To Erik Marcus (Vegan.com): for your back cover endorsement, continual support of my work, and for inviting me to regularly contribute to Vegan.com. Thank you for the work you do every day to end animal suffering and promote veganism.

To Bob and Jenna Torres (veganfreak.net) for your back cover endorsement and for featuring my work on your podcast. Thank you both for the community of support you have created through your Vegan Freak forums, and for connecting thousands of vegans and vegans-in-training.

To all the individuals and groups that have supported my culinary work and cookbooks: specifically, Ryan MacMichael of Veg Blog, Joe Connelly and Colleen Holland of VegNews, Wanda Embar of Vegan Peace, Jennifer McCann of Vegan Lunch Box, Erin Pavlina, Stephanie Porter, Melanie Wilson and Vegetarianbaby.com, and EarthSave Canada.

Those who graciously offered to test some of my recipes, including Melissa, Angela, Carrie, Dori, Jess, Julie Farson, Julie Hasson, Leslie, Michelle, and Teresa.

To the Internet community that encouraged and cheered on this project. In particular, to all of you beautiful blogging people (you know who you are) who share your enthusiasm for my recipes on your blogs, as well as by commenting on mine. And, to all of the people who have emailed me through the years with such meaningful comments about how my recipes and cookbooks have positively influenced your lives. Thank you.

To Brian and Robert at Arsenal Pulp Press, for publishing what has now become my vegan trilogy! I appreciate your interest in my projects, and in vegan literature more generally. Thanks to all the staff at Arsenal Pulp Press that brought this project together, including Shyla, Janice, and Bethanne. Also, to photographer Pamela Bethel and her assistant Katie for your stunning photography and creative food image concepts. And finally, to Lisa Eng-Lodge and Diane Yee, for another stellar book design.

by Dr Neal Barnard

Eat, Drink & Be Vegan is one of a kind. It will delight both beginning and experienced cooks, as author Dreena Burton not only gives tips for making each recipe quick and easy, but also adds special notes and tips to enhance each dish. The creative and flavorful food ideas show just how special it is to dine with Dreenas helpsomething youll want to do again and again, savoring each bite and feeling great at the same time.

Vegan diets are growing more popular every year and are endorsed by many experts. Based on our research, we at the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine found that a low-fat vegan diet is a winner, whether your goal is trimming your waistline, cutting cholesterol, taming diabetes or high blood pressure, or just feeling better. Additionally, research studies by Dr Dean Ornish and his colleagues at the Preventive Medicine Research Institute showed that diets based on plant foods rather than animal products actually reversed existing heart disease in more than 80 percent of participants without the need for medications or surgery. In fact, many people with diabetes can either reduce their medications or stop them completely as a result of switching to a vegan diet, and the same is true for high blood pressure.

But dont take my word for it. Give this diet a test drive. Take a week or two and try out as many of these delicious recipes as you can. Then, when you have found your favorites, block out a three-week period to eat low-fat, vegan foods exclusively. As you get started, your body will begin to transform, and in all likelihood, youll feel better than you did when you were a kid. After three weeks, see how great you feel. By then, youll have all the tools you need for a permanent improvement to your health.

Dreena has done a fabulous job with this cookbook. I hope you enjoy these wonderful meals that will allow you to Eat, Drink & Be Vegan!

Neal Barnard, MD; President, Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine
June 2007

Although I thought it would be many years before I wrote another cookbook, I unknowingly started a new one when I created my cooking blog (