Happy Herbivore Holidays & Gatherings: Easy Plant-Based Recipes for Your Healthiest Celebrations and Special Occasions

by Lindsay S. Nixon

Overview

Bestselling vegan author Lindsay S. Nixon brings “healthy” and “holidays” together in her new book, Happy Herbivore Holidays & Gatherings, filled with easy recipes that celebrate and define our favorite occasions throughout the year. Whether you’re planning an elaborate Thanksgiving, a no-fuss dazzling New Year’s Eve party, an omnivore-approved potluck for Super Bowl Sunday, or a lazy Sunday brunch with friends, this is the only cookbook you’ll need. Including more than 130 recipes with new and old favorites, Happy Herbivore Holidays & Gatherings guarantees you’ll have a healthy, festive, deliciously memorable meal—whatever you’re celebrating!

Twelve different special occasions are covered in detail with more than two dozen menus and detailed, step-by-step instructions, so your party planning is easy and effortless. Nixon’s fuss-free, fast recipes are also weeknight practical, so you can enjoy all her hearty main dishes, savory sides, and sweet treats all year long.

True to Lindsay’s beloved “everyday” cooking style, Happy Herbivore Holidays & Gatherings focuses on using only whole, unprocessed plant foods with no added oils or fats, or wacky, hard-to-find ingredients. She makes it easy to impress guests while also celebrating health—and without breaking the bank.

Say yes to Portobello Pot Roast, Thanksgiving Loaf, Hot Chocolate Muffins, Mini Corndog Bites, BBQ Sliders, Cauliflower Hot Wings, Cherry Tart Brownies, Lemon-Rosemary Meatballs, Beet Salad, Banana “Cake” Pops, Mini Soy-Free Quiche, and more. With Happy Herbivore Holidays & Gatherings, your healthy, hearty dishes will be the life of the party!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781940363264
Publisher:	BenBella Books, Inc.
Publication date:	11/04/2014
Pages:	304
Sales rank:	272,334
Product dimensions:	6.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

Lindsay S. Nixon is the bestselling author of the Happy Herbivore cookbook series: The Happy Herbivore Cookbook, Everyday Happy Herbivore, and Happy Herbivore Abroad. As of September 2012, Nixon has sold more than 150,000 cookbooks. Nixon has been featured on Dr. Oz and TheFoodNetwork.com, and she has spoken at Google. Her recipes have also been featured in The New York Times, VegNews, Vegetarian Times, Women's Health, Oprah.com, Bethenny.com, Fitness.com, Bust.com, WebMD.com, Shape.com, among many others. A rising star in the culinary world, Nixon is praised for her ability to use everyday ingredients to create healthy, low-fat recipes that taste just as delicious as they are nutritious. Learn more about Nixon and try some of her recipes on her award-winning site HappyHerbivore.com.

Editorial Reviews

"Lindsay Nixon adds her newest cookbook, this one for your holiday planning of the big family feast... In this case, we can walk away from the table with health—and what better way to enjoy life with family and friends. Give this book a try and you will see for yourself."
—T. Colin Campbell, author of The China Study, and Karen Campbell

"Happy Herbivore Holidays & Gatherings provides you with simple recipes to share the joy of great-tasting, healthy cuisine with your friends and family. It’s a go-to resource for those special occasions, or anytime!"
—Brian Wendel, Forks Over Knives

"Somehow, Lindsay Nixon has done it again. Her food is healthy, familiar, easy, and delicious. You'll eat this food simply for the joy of eating, but will be bettering your health at the same time. Of all the prescriptions I give to my patients, Lindsay's cookbooks are among the most important."
—Thomas M. Campbell, MD co-author, The China Study and author of The Campbell Plan

"Lindsay’s newest book exceeds all of our expectations for creative holiday meals. Meals you make for your family and friends from Happy Herbivore Holidays & Gatherings will speak louder than words about the many reasons to eat healthy foods."
—John and Mary McDougall, bestselling authors and founders of The McDougall Program

"Lindsay Nixon’s FIFTH cookbook answers everyone’s question: 'Whatever can I cook for holidays and special occasions that is delicious and still plant-based and no oil?' Her satisfying and innovative recipes here will make each holiday and special occasion absolutely memorable."
—Caldwell B. Esselstyn, Jr., M.D. and Ann Crile Esselstyn, author of Prevent and Reverse Heart Disease

"Lindsay continues to hit it out of the plant-strong park with her latest edition of delicious, party happy, Happy Herbivore recipes."
—Rip Esselstyn, New York Times bestselling author of My Beef with Meat

"Lindsay Nixon and I had similar childhoods . . . we both came from families where food was the focus of every celebration. Lindsay brings all that love and every joyful memory with her into this, her latest cookbook, Happy Herbivore Holidays and Gatherings, and better yet, she does it with delicious, healthy plant based meals that we can all embrace."
—Del Sroufe, author of Better Than Vegan and Forks Over Knives—The Cookbook

From the Publisher

01/01/2015
After covering vegan comfort foods, quick dishes, foreign cuisine, and low-calorie living, Nixon (Happy Herbivore Abroad) applies her same no-fuss approach to special-occasion meals: holiday feasts, romantic dinners, breakfast in bed, brunch, BBQs, and kid-friendly gatherings. This fifth book in the "Happy Herbivore" series tackles one occasion per chapter, starting with a suggested menu list before segueing into the recipes and abundant photos. As always, Nixon's recipes are straightforward, simple, and made without added oils or fats. Extras include party planning tips, basic nutritional information, glossaries, additional recipe suggestions from her other books, advice on navigating events as a vegan, and helpful indexes. VERDICT Nixon promises no-nonsense, no-weird-ingredient cooking, and she delivers. Although fans may recognize some repeat recipes from the author's previous works, this is still well worth checking out for her spin on celebratory meals. Vegan foodies may find the simple approach uninspiring but have several other excellent titles to turn to, such as Joy Pierson et al's Vegan Holiday Cooking from Candle Café, Nava Atlas's Vegan Holiday Kitchen, and Jennifer Katzinger's Gluten-Free and Vegan Holidays.—Jude Baldwin, Coll. of the Siskiyous, Weed, CA

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