Stuff Every Vegetarian Should Know

Name: Stuff Every Vegetarian Should Know
Brand: Penguin Random House NZ
SKU: 9781683690054
Price: 24.99 NZD
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By Katherine McGuire

Series: Stuff You Should Know

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Stuff Every Vegetarian Should Know by Katherine McGuire is a compact guide designed to help readers transition to a fresh, plant-based lifestyle. It offers practical advice on selecting meat substitutes, creating complete proteins, dining out, and overcoming common challenges such as persistent hunger after switching diets. This handbook includes sample shopping lists, health benefits of vegetarianism, and easy recipe ideas, making it an accessible resource for anyone looking to embrace a greener, healthier diet.
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Book Hero Magic created this recommendation. While it's new and still learning, it may not be perfect - your feedback is welcome! IS THIS YOUR NEXT READ?

This guide is ideal for beginners, those curious about vegetarianism, and long-time vegetarians seeking practical tips and inspiration for a sustainable, plant-based diet.

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From the bestselling STUFF series comes this pocket-sized guide to eating a fresh, plant-based diet.

This pocket-sized handbook to becoming a vegetarian has everything you need to start a healthy and tasty plant-based diet.

Ready to try a diet that's greener, healthier, and better for the planet? Here's an easy and approachable guide to the world of eating, cooking, and living meat-free. Featuring chapters on everything from choosing the right meat substitutes and building a complete protein to dining out and troubleshooting the "Help, I'm still hungry!" stage, this pocket-sized book's tips and tutorials will take you from wannabe veggie to vegetarian extraordinaire.

Plus sample shopping lists, health benefits of going meatless, and recipe ideas to keep you on track for a long—and healthy!—vegetarian life.

Stuff Every Vegetarian Should Know covers topics such as:

How to Stock Your Shelves
How to Make Recipes Vegetarian
How to Make an Amazing Stir-Fry
How to Cook Dried Beans
5 Great Bacon Substitutes
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Praised as "a useful starting point for anyone seeking to reduce their meat consumption" by The Washington Post, this book offers approachable solutions to the challenges of going vegetarian, according to Taste for Life Magazine. Culination Magazine calls it "an invaluable resource for beginners, the veg-curious, and long-time vegetarians alike."

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781683690054

Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 26 September 2017

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Quirk Books

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 15.0mm

Width: 94.0mm

Height: 126.0mm

Weight: 150g

Pages: 144

Collections

Cook Books & Recipes Cooking & Food Education & Reference Katherine McGuire Mindset & Self Help New Year, New You Non-Fiction Penguin Books Science & Nature Self-Help & Personal Development Series: Stuff You Should Know Vegetarian Cook Books

About the Author

Katherine McGuire has been a happy vegetarian for 20 years and counting. She has kept to a plant-based diet in over 10 countries, but she does most of her eating in Philadelphia.

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