Vegan Diet for Beginners: Delicious Recipes and Practical Advice for Living a Plant-based Lifestyle

Go vegan without fear and confusion with this practical guidebook.

A vegan diet offers incredible benefits for both your health and the environment. So what’s your excuse for not going vegan? The fear of change? Not sure how to cook without butter, meat, and other animal foods? The fear of never eating burgers again?! Fear not, there are delicious vegetable-based meals in your future! 

Vegan Diet for Beginners provides a practical and easy-to-understand reference to deliciously transition to a plant-based way of life. You’ll also find amazing recipes for breakfast, lunch, dinner and dessert—meals so delicious and satisfying, you won’t even miss the bacon! The recipes include:

• Down-Home Country Tofu Scramble
• Loaded Oatmeal / Creamy Quinoa Breakfast Cereal
• Nutty Fruitcake Pancakes
• Surprisingly Good Green Soup
• Walnutty Spinach Basil Pesto
• Black Bean and Roasted Veggie Tacos
• Roasted Sweet Potato and Sage Raviolis
• Dumpling, Cabbage, and Onion Casserole
• Raw Walnut Fudge
• No Bake Thumbprint Cookies

Going vegan doesn’t have to be difficult or confusing. It can be easy, healthy, and delicious! Vegan Diet for Beginners leads your way.

Joni Marie Newman is the founder of justthefood.com and the author of 10 vegan cookbooks, including 500 Vegan Recipes, The Complete Guide to Vegan Food Substitutions, Hearty Vegan Meals, and Vegan Food Gifts. Joni is well-known in the vegan community and frequently speaks at vegan conferences, cooking demos, and other events. She likes to spread the vegan love on Twitter @JoniMarieNewman.

Gerrie L. Adams has an A.A. degree with high honors from Saddleback Community College and a Bachelor of Science degree in Food Science/Nutrition. She co-founded Xengaru Fun Foods. She is the Healthy Eating Specialist for Whole Foods Market Tustin/Jamboree. In this position, Gerrie gives lectures, cooking demonstrations, and store tours in support of Whole Foods Market’s Health Starts Here program, which educates customers and team members on how to achieve optimum health through incorporating fresh, nutrient dense, low-fat, whole foods into their diet. She has been a member of the Southern California Section of the Institute of Food Technologist since 2000 and served as 2008-2009 Chair. She has also been a member of the National Association of Woman Business Owners and was awarded the 2007 Rising Star in Business by the Woman’s Sage organization. She currently resides in Laguna Niguel.