Living Vegan For Dummies

Alexandra Jamieson

John Wiley & Sons, Dec 2, 2009 - Cooking - 384 pages

The fun and easy way® to live a vegan lifestyle

Are you thinking about becoming a vegan? Already a practicing vegan? More than 3 million Americans currently live a vegan lifestyle, and that number is growing. Living Vegan For Dummies is your one-stop resource for understanding vegan practices, sharing them with your friends and loved ones, and maintaining a vegan way of life.

This friendly, practical guide explains the types of products that vegans abstain from eating and consuming, and provides healthy and animal-free options. You'll see how to create a balanced, nutritious vegan diet; read food and product labels to determine animal-derived product content; and stock a vegan pantry. You'll also get 40 great-tasting recipes to expand your cooking repertoire.

• Features expert guidance in living a vegan lifestyle and explaining it to friends and family
• Includes proper dietary guidelines so you can get the nutrition you need
• Gives you several action plans for making the switch to veganism
• Provides parents with everything they need to understand and support their children's choices

With the tips and advice in Living Vegan For Dummies, you can truly live and enjoy a vegan way of life!

Contents

• Introduction: 1
• Living Vegan in the Real World 209: 5
• Vegan at the Beginning 7: 9
• The Spiritual Side of Veganism 14 Tackling Common Questions about Veganism 16 Why on earth would you live like that? 16 What can a vegan ea...: 19
• Transforming to Veganism: 27
• Building a Healthy Vegan Diet: 35
• Transforming Food into HealthSupportive Meals: 65
• Sticking to Your Guns Staying Vegan: 77
• Coexisting with the Meat Eaters in Your Home: 99
• Planning Your Meals to Stay on Track: 109
• Comfort Foods Veganizing Meat Dairy: 123
• Tasting Is Believing Vegan Recipes: 151
• Sides and Lighter Meals: 167
• Main Course Recipes: 181
• Trying Some Ethnic Staples 190 Beans and Rice Are Nice 193 Chapter 15 Just Desserts: 197
• Walking the Vegan Walk without Being Preachy: 211
• Vegans on the Move Travel and Hotel Issues: 219
• Vegans in the Air and at the Airport 222 Requesting a vegan meal and making sure you get it 223 Carrying on your own food 223 Finding vegan fo...: 229
• Navigating Tricky Social Situations: 237
• and Postpartum Period: 253
• Bouncing Baby Vegans: 273
• Vegan Diets for Kids Tweens and Teens: 283
• The Vegan Athlete: 303
• Aging Gracefully and Veganly: 313
• Ten Reasons for Eating a Vegan Diet: 327
• Top Ten Questions and Answers about Going Vegan: 333
• Ten Ways to Make Vegan Living Extraordinary: 339
• Crystal Cartier: 344
• Index: 345

About the author

Alexandra Jamieson, CHHC, AADP, is a professionally trained vegan chef and board-certified holistic health counselor. She has appeared on Oprah, The Final Word, 30 Days, and The National Health Test with Bryant Gumbel. She was also featured in the Oscar-nominated documentary Super Size Me.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Living Vegan For Dummies; For Dummies
• Author: Alexandra Jamieson
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, 2009
• ISBN: 0470522143, 9780470522141
• Length: 384 pages
• Subjects: Cooking / Vegetarian; Medical / General