Vegetarian 5-Ingredient Gourmet

Eating healthfully is a challenge for those with fast-paced lives. In The Vegetarian 5-Ingredient Gourmet, Nava Atlas pares meal preparation down to the essentials, using just a few high-quality ingredients in each delicious dish. Focusing on whole foods and fresh produce (with a little help from convenient natural sauces and condiments) she serves up a varied range of choices for everyday fare.

More than 250 recipes are included for soups, salads, and pastas; grain, bean, and soy entrees; wraps and sandwich fillings; simple side dishes; fruit-filled finales; and more. The full-flavored fare made from five ingredients or less includes Curried Red Lentil and Spinach Soup; Greek Potato Salad; Black Bean Nachos Grandes; Baked Barbecue Tofu and Peppers; and Miniature Fresh Fruit Tarts. Filled with ingenious shortcuts that take the stress out of meal preparation and sprinkled with kitchen wisdom and tips throughout, The Vegetarian 5-Ingredient Gourmet also offers the reader dozens of menu suggestions to help make meal planning effortless. Nutritional analysis accompanies each recipe.

From sophisticated (Mixed Greens with Pears, Cranberries, and Goat Cheese) to kid-friendly, (Peanut Butter Noodles), you’ll find recipes to suit every taste. This book makes it simple for busy families and active singles to eat the kind of high-nutrient foods everyone needs (whether vegetarian or not), and to enjoy the robust flavors everyone craves.

Broadway Books | Paper | 272 pages | $17.95

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Reviewers raves for The Vegetarian 5-ingredient Gourmet

In print:
Nava Atlas' newest book features an appealing collection of 250 recipes with pared-down ingredient lists. There are also menu suggestions, so if you're wondering what goes well with the asparagus and red pepper pizza, you learn that the perfect side dish is dilled barley and green bean salad. -New York Daily News

This offers really simple, nourishing recipes along with nutritional information. From chapters such as "Essential Soy" to "The Zen of Grains and Beans," there are many creative vegetarian and vegan recipes from Atlas, the author of eight vegetarian cookbooks. -Steve Petuvesky, South Florida Sun-Sentinal

We love that this book debunks vegetarianism's tofu-only stereotype with simple but flavorful recipes like Southwestern Salsa Pasta, Roasted Red Pepper and Artichoke Pizza, Spinach and Feta-Stuffed Potatoes. Calling for a minimum of ingredients, these meals are quick and easy-but more sophisticated than typical veggie fare. -Health

Here's a way to ease into a more vegetarian diet...Most recipes are quick and all are definitely easy. What more could you ask for on a busy weekday night? -Philadelphia News

There's nothing worse than coming home from a long day at work only to have to think about preparing a nutritious dinner for you and your family. Sometimes you need someone else to do the thinking for you, and make it quick and easy, to boot. Atlas has done this...by creating and simplifying 250 meatless recipes that have five ingredients or less...The wholesome alternatives to makeshift meals or takeout make this cookbook worthwhile for today's busy lifestyle. -Taste for Life

Many practical tips make this book a good resource for the growing number of people who, for environmental and nutritional reasons, are interested in using locally grown, seasonal produce as much as possible. You really don't have to be a strict vegetarian to love this book. -School Library Journal

On the web:

Nava Atlas, a noted cookbook author/illustator, has now stepped to the plate with a very clearly-written, thoroughly-tested, and useful new book…I strongly recommend this book! -Mollie Katzen, bestselling author, Molliekatzen.com

Use Nava Atlas, author of many popular healthy cookbooks...as an atlas for navigating a quick escape from the kitchen. Her 250 recipes each contain 5 ingredients or less and do, in fact, manage to be just as "gourmet" as the book title promises. Additional treats are the well-matched multicourse menus Atlas suggests. -Lisa Messinger, The Food Paper, www.thefoodpaper.com

If you're caught in the super-quick veggie-burger, pasta and convenience food cycle, Nava Atlas might just be able ot help you break out of it with her new book...This book of 250 simple recipes, pared down to 5 ingredients or fewer, is a great addition to any busy person's cookbook collection -Tiffany Refior, About.com

From on-the-go singles to working parents, everyone wants fast and easy recipes that get them in and out of the kitchen in a hurry. Going beyond the usual "quick and easy" approach, The Vegetarian 5-Ingredient Gourmet focuses on simplifying, resulting in delicious foods that nourish both body and soul. -Global Gourmet, www.globalgourmet.com

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