Main Street vegan : everything you need to know to eat healthfully and live compassionately in the real world

A holistic health counselor and author of the best-selling Creating a Charmed Life shares practical advice for gradually shifting to a vegan lifestyle, providing recommendations for becoming an informed consumer while sharing 40 vegan recipes.;Decide that you can do this -- Recipe: My mom's wacky cake -- Start where you are -- Recipe: Lentil-spud burgers -- Retire from dieting -- Recipe: Grandma's lasagna (raw) -- Propel yourself with plant protein -- Recipe: 3-bean and quinoa salad -- Recast the entrée -- Recipe: Neat loaf -- Find out what other vegans eat -- Recipe: Baked chee spaghetti casserole -- Amaze your doctor -- Recipes: Oh-so-good mashed potatoes and easy mushroom gravy -- Save your money as well as your life -- Recipe: Cheapish chili -- Take a bird's-eye view -- Recipe: Veggie-edamame pot pies -- Know the beings behind bacon and burgers -- Recipe: Classic quiche -- Let fish off the hook -- Recipe: Mock tuna salad -- Outgrow your need for milk -- Recipe: Uptown pizza -- Get your calcium where the cow got hers -- Recipe: Gena Hamshaw's collard wraps -- Thrive with the five fitness food groups -- Recipe: Casablanca couscous -- Go green -- Recipe: Corpus Christi cornbread -- Go greens -- Recipe: All hail the kale salad -- Go the whole way with whole foods -- Recipe: Back-to-basics grains- brown rice and millet -- Veganize your kitchen -- Recipe: Scrambled tofu -- Supplement with vitamin B12 (and maybe a few other nutrients) -- Recipe: House dressing -- Move your body, manage your stress, and poison yourself less -- Recipe: ALT, the BLT alternative -- Dine out -- Recipe: Savory stuffed mushrooms (from the candle café) -- And cook out -- Recipes: Spicy coconut lime grilling sauce, Asian peanut glaze, and all-American fat-free marinade -- Wake up and smell the breakfast -- Recipe: Nick's holiday pancakes -- Joyfully juice -- Recipe: Kris Carr's "make juice, not war" green juice -- Have a drink if you want one -- Recipes: Adair's no-place-like-home chocolate martini, and at-the-bar choco-hazelnut martini -- Eat soy and wheat- or skip one or both of them -- Recipe: Peanut butter "minus" cookies -- Rethink macho -- Recipe: Working man stew -- Replace cruel cosmetics and household cleaners -- Recipe: Chef John's spa smoothie -- Choose fashion with compassion -- Recipe: Catwalk cobbler -- Bring the kids along -- Recipe: Krispy kale chips -- Walk the walk -- Recipe: Mock chicken noodle soup -- Don't sweat the small stuff- at least not in public -- Recipe: Better fruit gel-oh -- Invite people over -- Recipe: Hot "cheesy" vegetable dip -- Win friends and influence omnivores -- Recipe: cool dilly tofu dip (or dressing) -- Love the people who wish you'd just eat some meat -- Recipe: pumpkin pie -- Travel tastefully -- Recipe: chickpea curry -- Engage in a little activism -- Recipe: chocolate chip cookies -- Grow older better -- Recipe: shangri-la soup -- Engage your spirit -- Recipe: seitan stroganoff -- Go the distance -- Recipe: chocolate mousse. Hollywood celebrities are doing it. Corporate moguls are doing it. But what about those of us living in the real world—and on a real budget? Author and holistic health practitioner Victoria Moran started eating only plants nearly thirty years ago, raised her daughter, Adair, vegan from birth, and maintains a sixty-pound weight loss. In Main Street Vegan , Moran offers a complete guide to making this dietary and lifestyle shift with an emphasis on practical "baby steps," proving that you don’t have to have a personal chef or lifestyle coach on speed dial to experience the physical and spiritual benefits of being a vegan. This book provides practical advice and inspiration for everyone—from Main Street to Wall Street, and everywhere between. "Finally, a book that isn't preaching to the vegan choir, but to the people in the pews—and the ones who can’t fit in those pews. This is a book for the Main Street majority who aren’t vegans. Once you read this, you'll know it's possible to get healthy and enjoy doing it—even if you live in Paramus or Peoria."— Michael Moore "A great read for vegans and aspiring vegans."— Russell Simmons "Yet another divine gift from Victoria Moran. Main Street Vegan covers it all—inspiration, information, and out of this world recipes. This book is a gem."— Rory Freedman, co-author Skinny Bitch "Main Street Vegan is exactly the guide you need to make changing the menu effortless. Victoria Moran covers every aspect of plant-based eating and cruelty-free living, with everything you need to make healthy changes stick."— Neal Barnard, MD , president, Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, and NY Times bestselling author of 21-Day Weight Loss Kickstart "A great book for anyone who's curious about veganism. It shows that not all vegans are weirdos like me."— Moby Hollywood celebrities are doing it. Corporate moguls are doing it. But what about those of us living in the real worldand on a real budget? Author and holistic health practitioner Victoria Moran started eating only plants nearly thirty years ago, raised her daughter, Adair, vegan from birth, and maintains a sixty-pound weight loss. In Main Street Vegan , Moran offers a complete guide to making this dietary and lifestyle shift with an emphasis on practical baby steps, proving that you dont have to have a personal chef or lifestyle coach on speed dial to experience the physical and spiritual benefits of being a vegan. This book provides practical advice and inspiration for everyone from Main Street to Wall Street, and everywhere between. Finally, a book that isn't preaching to the vegan choir, but to the people in the pewsand the ones who cant fit in those pews. This is a book for the Main Street majority who arent vegans. Once you read this, you'll know it's possible to get healthy and enjoy doing iteven if you live in Paramus or Peoria. Michael Moore A great read for vegans and aspiring vegans. Russell Simmons Yet another divine gift from Victoria Moran. Main Street Vegan covers it allinspiration, information, and out of this world recipes. This book is a gem." Rory Freedman, co-author Skinny Bitch Main Street Vegan is exactly the guide you need to make changing the menu effortless. Victoria Moran covers every aspect of plant-based eating and cruelty-free living, with everything you need to make healthy changes stick. Neal Barnard, MD , president, Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, and NY Times bestselling author of 21-Day Weight Loss Kickstart A great book for anyone who's curious about veganism. It shows that not all vegans are weirdos like me. Moby