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THE VEGAN COOK'S BIBLE by Pat Crocker Robert Rose April 2009 $24.95/trade paperback full-color photographs ISBN-13: 978-0-7788-0217-4 Sample recipe

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As winter gives way to warmer weather, many of us look to prepare healthy meals that include vegetables and fruits, foods that are lower in fat and high in nutrition. THE VEGAN COOK'S BIBLE by international award-winning, best-selling cookbook author and herb expert, Pat Crocker, is filled with delicious recipes that can be a part of anyone's healthy eating regimen. And, you don't have to be a strict vegetarian or vegan to enjoy Pat's creative recipes.

"My goal with this book was to design recipes so good that everyone who enjoys food — non-vegan and non-vegetarian cooks included — would rush to make them….I created the recipes for this book to celebrate the very best of seasonal fruits, herbs, and vegetables based on honest ingredients with no imitations. Each recipe has a new perspective and a healthy respect for today's sophisticated palates," says author Pat Crocker.

Vegan recipes offer the advantage of greater health benefits as they are low in saturated fats and cholesterol, and are high in vitamins, minerals, and phytonutrients. Recipes found within the pages of THE VEGAN COOK'S BIBLE include:

• Sweet Potato Curried Cauliflower Soup
• Avocado Vichyssoise Soup
• Green Bean, Pecan and Pomegranate Salad
• Chickpeas with Kiwi and Avocado Salsa
• Grilled Mediterranean Vegetable and Lentil Salad
• Maple and Orange-Glazed Eggplant
• Mushroom and Sweet Potato Cocktail Quesadillas
• Succotash and Corn Dumplings
• Open-Face Black Bean Tostadas
• Roasted Zucchini Shells with Almond Filling and Red Pepper Sauce
• Seasoned Chickpeas with Almonds
• Vanilla Poached Pears with Cinnamon Rice Cream
• Poached Peaches with Lavender Custard
• Pomegranate Smoothie
• Mango Pineapple Mocktail

Pat proves with each and every recipe in THE VEGAN COOK'S BIBLE that healthy vegetable recipes can be rich, varied, and delicious. Perfect for a healthy lifestyle and light warm weather meals.

In addition, Pat educates home cooks with a chapter on Healthy Living and Whole Foods that explains everything from good health guidelines to charts explaining foods that protect the digestive systems, immune, nervous and respiratory systems, to an encyclopedia of fruits, vegetables, soy, grains, herbs, and culinary ingredients.

Eat well and be well with THE VEGAN COOK'S BIBLE.

Pat Crocker is an expert when it comes to healthy eating. Culinary Herbalist is the term she coined to describe her work, her expertise, her passion for food, and her love of herbs. As a professional home economist, she has written, demonstrated, and lectured about health issues for over 25 years, specializing in creative presentations with a particular focus on herbs and food and how each affect our health. An international award-winning, best-selling cookbook author, Pat is sought out by food, herb, consumer, and horticultural organizations for her lively, entertaining, and thought-provoking presentations. Her books, The Juicing Bible, The Vegetarian Cook's Bible, and The Smoothies Bible cookbooks, and three herb books, have sold over 400,000 copies. Pat also writes articles on herbs and spices for various newspapers and magazines.

To learn more about Pat Crocker go to her website, www.RiversongHerbals.com.