The Plant-Based Diet Meal Plan: A 3-Week Kickstart Guide to Eat & Live Your Best

by Heather Nicholds C.H.N., Tess Challis (Foreword by)

Overview

Start healthier eating and living with this guide to a plant-based diet.

To realize the benefits of a plant based diet, you need two things: an action plan that gets you started, and simple recipes that keep you going. With this in mind, holistic nutritionist Heather Nicholds created The Plant Based Diet Meal Plan—a complete 3-week meal plan followed by more than 100 easy, delicious plant based recipes.

In The Plant Based Diet Meal Plan, Heather's combines her knowledge of whole-food nutrition with her love of exciting flavors, delivering everything you need to enjoy a healthful plant based diet.

Equal parts action plan and cookbook, The Plant Based Diet Meal Plan includes:

• A Plant Based Diet Overview that features specific health benefits, guidance for deprivation-free weight loss, and the top 10 plant based superfoods
• A 3-Week Plant Based Diet Meal Plan that includes weekly shopping lists and plant based diet menus for breakfast, lunch, and dinner
• 100+ Plant Based Diet Recipe—smoothies and salads to mains and desserts that include key macronutrient information

From weight loss to improved health, The Plant Based Diet Meal Plan has the action plan and recipes to start your plant based diet today—and stick with it tomorrow.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781939754561
Publisher:	Callisto Publishing
Publication date:	02/27/2018
Pages:	306
Sales rank:	1,091,294
Product dimensions:	7.50(w) x 8.40(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

HEATHER NICHOLDS is a registered holistic nutritionist. With more than 5 million views, Heather’s YouTube channel offers recipes, nutrition advice, and motivation for finding new ways to make plant-based foods taste fantastic. Her focus is on enjoying whole foods, creating long-term healthy eating habits, and reconnecting with food as a positive source of nourishment and energy. Learn more at www.heathernicholds.com.

Tess Challis helps people create their own recipe for success, in food and in life—one doable step at a time. She’s been featured in Huffington Post, Mind Body Green, and on television networks including ABC, NBC, and CBS. Tess lives in Phoenix, Arizona, and combats the heat by drinking a bit too much kombucha.

Table of Contents

Foreword ix

Introduction xiii

The Plant-Based diet Primer xvi

1 Plants and Your Health 1

2 The Plant-Based Diet 11

3 The Food Lover's Plant-Based Kitchen 31

The Plant-Based Meal Plans 42

4 Week One 45

5 Week Two 53

6 Week Three 61

The Recipes 72

7 Smoothies and Breakfasts 75

8 Soups and Salads 105

9 Main Dishes 137

10 Snacks and Sides 189

11 Desserts 209

12 Homeade Basics, Sauces, and Condiments 225

13 Drinks 245

Appendix A The Dirty Dozen and the Clean Fifteen 257

Appendix B Conversion Sheet 258

Appendix C Blank Shopping List 259

Appendix D Blank Meal Planner 260

Resources 262

References 264

Recipe Index 267

Index 269

Editorial Reviews

"Heather's mission of saving and improving lives and the planet is a true testament of the inspiring power we each possess to make our world a much better place. The Plant-Based Diet Meal Plan is a great resource for plant novices and lovers, alike."—Marco Borges, Founder 22 Days and New York Times Bestselling author of The 22-Day Revolution

“What starts out as a simple introduction to plant-based nutrition progresses into specific guidance for transitioning to a plant-based diet. Peppered with stunning food photography, The Plant-Based Diet Meal Plan is mostly comprised of clear-cut meal plans that invite you to dive into plant-based eating on your own.”—Lani Muelrath, author of The Plant-Based Journey,The Mindful VeganandFit Quickies

“The Plant-Based Diet Meal Plan is perfect for the veg-curious or for long-time plant-based eaters who need a little help getting out of a food rut. The tips, grocery lists, and weekly menus make eating vegan deliciously easy.”—Becky Striepe, blogger at Glue & Glitter, author of Bowls!, and writer for Care2

“The Plant-Based Diet Meal Plan is a book we need. Readers often ask how to plan plant-based meals, and now I can hand them this book! Whether you are new to eating plant foods, or a seasoned ‘plant-eater,’ Heather Nicholds provides a comprehensive, nutritionally balanced 3-week meal plan. Complete with a nutrition primer, kitchen essentials, and shopping lists, this book equips you from the grocery store to the dinner table—with plant-based praises!”—Dreena Burton, dreenaburton.com and author of Plant-Powered Families: Over 100 Kid-Tested, Whole-Foods Vegan Recipes

"Whether you want a quick reboot, easy meal ideas, or are looking to transition to a plant-based lifestyle, Heather's three-week meal plan is your roadmap to better health. With the comprehensive information and delicious recipes in this book, you'll be voracious for vegetables."—Tess Masters, author of The Blender Girl, The Blender Girl Smoothies, and The Perfect Blend

"If you are embarking on a plant-based diet and need a simple action plan to start; if you are looking for easy recipes to help you maintain your plant-based journey; or if you are looking to supplement your current diet with nourishing, wholesome, and delicious plant-based meals, then you need to check out The Plant Based Diet and Meal Plan!"—Shashi Charles, creator of SavorySpin.com

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