Jazzy Vegetarian Classics by Laura Theodore

Jazzy Vegetarian Classics by Laura Theodore

Classic American meals just became healthier and more delicious with Laura Theodore's vegan twist on traditional family fare. With more than 150 quick-to-prepare and gourmet-style dishes, Jazzy Vegetarian Classics features Laura's original creations, such as vegan shish kebabs and cauliflower steaks with sweet pepper sauce, and other spins on time-honored favorites, such as spaghetti and wheatballs and decadent chocolate-ganache cake. Filled with easy-to-follow crowd-pleasing recipes, this cookbook will make nutritionally dense and plant-based dishes your new family favorites.

Fun and simple to incorporate into anyone's lifestyle, Jazzy Vegetarian Classics provides 10 wholesome full-menu plans for everything from weekday meals to special celebrations such as parties and holiday dinners. Laura even includes suggestions on how to present appetizing, plant-based meals in unique and festive ways, with her Jazzy Music Pick for each menu to help set the mood.

Written for everyone--from seasoned vegans looking for innovative new dishes, to casual home cooks interested in adding one or two plant-based meals a week to their repertoire--Jazzy Vegetarian Classics includes guides to the basics of vegan cooking coupled with a glossary of common ingredients. Laura also provides simple instructions on how to use a variety of substitutes for veganizing timeless main dishes, desserts, soups, salads, and so much more.

Put on some good music and embrace a healthy, delicious, and jazzy lifestyle

"Jazzy Vegetarian Classics brings vegan comfort food mainstream in a very accessible wayWho doesn't love comfort food?" --Emily Deschanel, Star of Fox TV's hit show Bones "I love this cookbook - tasty twists on classic American cuisine. Vegan cooking is not boring and tasteless, and the Jazzy Vegetarian proves it again and again with the recipes in this book." --Belinda Carlisle "Jazzy Vegetarian Classics is a stunning masterpiece exemplifying how decadent a healthy plant-based diet can be. Laura Theodore exudes jazzy passion and beauty that will inspire you to love being in the kitchen." --Julieanna Hever, MS, RD, CPT, author of The Complete Idiot's Guide to Plant-Based Nutrition and host of "What Would Julieanna Do?" "Who knew vegan treats could be so scrumptious? Anyone who's tasted Laura Theodore's food knows. Try her new amazing dishes...with a twist!" --Ed Begley, Jr., actor and environmentalist "Jazzy Vegetarian Classics is a must-have for anyone wanting to expand their repertoire of great tasting dishes that remind you of Mom's cooking. And my favorite part---you won't have to go to some specialty market to find the ingredients." --Chef Del Sroufe, author of Forks Over Knives--The Cookbook and Better Than Vegan "[Laura Theodore's] passion for food, music, and the art of presentation is contagious. Jazzy Vegetarian Classics shows people they are not giving up anything by eating more healthfully, but rather entering a world where food is more interesting, varied, and delicious. The recipes are not just for vegetarians or vegans, but for anyone who loves and celebrates food." --Dr. Pamela A. Popper, Executive Director of The Wellness Forum and co-author of Food Over Medicine "This book gives you everything you need to plan a satisfying meal from salad through dessert, and even select music to enhance your eating pleasure... A fun read sure to inspire you to eat more whole foods - and enjoy every bite of it." --Janice Stanger, Ph.D., author of The Perfect Formula Diet "The dishes are simple, nutritious, and easy to prepare. It is a blessing that Laura Theodore is providing healthful, conscious options so that we all may enjoy classic American favorites with an eye toward health and vitality." --Gurmukh Kaur Khalsa, Internationally Renowned Kundalini Yoga Teacher, Founder of Golden Bridge Yoga, and author of The Eight Human Talents and Bountiful, Beautiful, Blissful "More and more people are interested in exploring healthful, vegan cuisine, and the Jazzy Vegetarian Classics cookbook is making it fun and easy. Eating plants instead of animals has never been so enjoyable." --Gene Baur, President and Co-Founder of Farm Sanctuary

Laura Theodore is a well-known public television personality, a celebrity vegan chef, a radio host, a cookbook author, and an award-winning actor and musician. She has been making healthy and delicious plant-based meals for over 20 years and is one of the top leaders in the plant-based cuisine movement. Laura is the on-camera host of the award-winning Jazzy Vegetarian plant-based culinary series on public television (now in its sixth season), as well as the host of the popular Jazzy Vegetarian Radio podcast radio show (now in its ninth year). Laura Theodore's Vegan-Ease: An Simple Guide to Eating a Plant-Based Diet, Jazzy Vegetarian Classics: Vegan Twists on American Family Favorites, and Jazzy Vegetarian: Vibrant Vegan Food Made Easy and Tasty are among the books written by Theodore. Laura is a significant contributor to The China Study All-Star (Recipe) Collection, and her recipes can also be found in Gene Baur's Amazon number one bestseller, Living the Farm Sanctuary Life. Laura is a Taste Award winner for Best Health and Fitness Program (Food and Diet), and she was admitted into the Taste Hall of Fame in 2016.

Laura has also received a Special Achievement Taste-Award, which she shared with Martha Stewart and Emeril Lagasse, as well as a Completely Tubular Vegetable Award from VegNews magazine. Laura is a featured plant-based culinary specialist in Netflix's new groundbreaking documentary film Food Choices. Laura has also appeared on ABC, NBC, CBS, and FOX, as well as The Talk on CBS, Insider/Entertainment Tonight (HBO Red Carpet), News 4-NBC, Fox News 8, The Better Show (BVN), and the WCBS Health & Wellness Report as a celebrity chef. Laura has written food articles for Mother Earth Living and has been published in the New York Times, New York Daily News, VegNews, Family Circle, Readers Digest, PBS Food, Naked Food, and Healthy Aging, among other well-known news, food, and lifestyle publications. Laura is a critically acclaimed singer and songwriter who has recorded six solo CDs, including Tonight's the Night, which was just re-released.

Golden Earrings, her 2009 CD collaboration with the late, great Joe Beck, was nominated for the 52nd Annual GRAMMY Awards in the category of Best Jazz Vocal Album. Laura has appeared in over sixty plays and musicals, including two years on Off Broadway in the smash show Beehive, for which she received a coveted Backstage Bistro Award. Laura Theodore is the Jazzy Vegetarian, with her love of delicious food, sympathy for animals, and enthusiasm for great music. She was rewarded with the Denver Critics Drama Circle Award for Best Actress in a Musical for her starring role as Janis Joplin in the world premiere production of Love, Janis.

SKU	Unavailable
ISBN 13	9781937856939
ISBN 10	1937856933
Title	Jazzy Vegetarian Classics
Author	Laura Theodore
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	BenBella Books
Year published	2013-09-17
Number of pages	312
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.