Eat Your Vegetables: Bold Recipes for the Single Cook [A Cookbook]
<b>This just in: <i>Eat Your Vegetables</i> has been named among the best cookbooks of 2013 by </b><b><b>The Atlantic, </b>The Boston Globe, and NPR's "Here and Now"! It's a collection of eclectic vegetarian and vegan recipes for singles, vegetarians in meat-eating households, couples who are looking for creative side dishes, and anyone hungry for plant-focused, smaller-portion recipes, from the beloved <i>Washington Post</i> editor and author of <i>Serve Yourself</i>.</b> <br><br>Whether you're a single vegetarian, an omnivore who's looking to incorporate more vegetables in your life, or a lone vegetarian in a meat-eating household, you know the frustrations of trying to shop, plan, and cook for one, two or a few. How to scale back recipes? What to do with the leftovers from jumbo-sized packs of ingredients? How to use up all the produce from your farmer's market binge before it rots?<br><br> There's no need to succumb to the frozen veggie burger. With <i>Eat Your Vegetables</i>, award-winning food editor of The Washington Post and author of the popular Weeknight Vegetarian column, Joe Yonan serves up a tasty book about the joys of solo vegetarian cooking. With 80 satisfying and globally-inspired vegetarian, vegan, and flexitarian recipes such as Spinach Enchiladas, Spicy Basil Tofu Fried Rice, and One-Peach Crisp with Cardamom and Honey, Yonan arms single vegetarians with easy and tasty meal options that get beyond the expected. In addition to Yonan's fail-proof recipes, <i>Eat Your Vegetables</i> offers practical information on shopping for, storing, and reusing ingredients, as well as essays on a multitude of meatless topics, including moving beyond mock meat and the evolution of vegetarian restaurants.<br><br> It's the perfect book for anyone looking to expand their vegetarian and produce-based repertoire -- even couples, as the dishes are easy to share and scale up. In <i>Eat Your Vegetables</i>, Yonan's charming, personable voice and unfussy cooking style encourage home cooks--both new and experienced--to take control in the kitchen and craft delicious veggie-centric meals for one.