Plant and Planet: Sustainable and Delicious Vegetarian Cooking for Real People

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Simple steps can make an impact on our planet. From BuzzFeed's Goodful, these 75 plant-based recipes plus plenty of low-waste strategies will guide you to a sustainable life you can feel good about. Goodful offers approachable recipes, tips, and guides for everyday life. In Plant and Planet, discover seventy-five plant-based recipes for meal prep, everyday celebrations, and cooking with the seasons, from Zucchini Lasagna Boats and Black Bean & Walnut Quesadillas to Caramelized Banana & Orange Parfaits, along with tons of ways to stock your kitchen, grow your own ingredients, turn your scraps into amazing treats, and more. Beautifully photographed, this cookbook is super practical and impactful, with surprising and easy ways to reduce environmental impact, shopping guides and meal plans, information about repurposing food waste, plus a guide to growing your own ingredients. You will learn how to- . Approach cooking from a seasonal perspective . Minimize packaging while maximizing flavor . Clear out your fridge and freezer to make comforting soups, salads, and other dishes Featuring contributions from experts DeVonn Francis, Lorena Ramirez, Lauren Singer, Nadiya Hussein, Kelis Rogers, David Zilber, and Ben Flanner, Plant and Planet is filled with tips and quick hits of information about the environmental impact of these recipes--all to deliver a low-stress, high-impact path to a low-waste kitchen.

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Delicious vegetarian recipes are paired with practical, real life advice for a better planet in this excellent collection.To save money and time, home cooks are offered a tantalizing selection of five-ingredients-or-fewer mealsincluding charred whole broccoli saladand ten meals that can be made in less than ten minutessuch as mushroom scallops with quick pea mash, and caramelized banana and orange parfaits. Zero-waste dishes, including a glorious grainless pie crust with whole-citrus filling, zero-waste pesto, and vegetable scrap stock, are easy on the wallet as well as the planet.Home cooks looking to eat more consciously will find this immensely inspiring and deeply satisfying.Publishers Weekly (starred review)

[A] practical guide to vegetarian cooking that takes the guesswork out of developing basic cooking skills, building a pantry, and meal planning. The first thing that makes this cookbook stand out from the pack is its focus on sustainability, including hints, tips, and expert opinions on how and why to make your kitchen environmentally friendly. The second noteworthy feature of this book is the practicality. . . . Recipes are easy and flavorful. . . . This cookbook provides a great entry point to new vegetarians that are motivated by ecology and plenty for those of us who want to audit their kitchens sustainability.Booklist

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Goodful is one of BuzzFeed's most popular verticals, known for their approachable take on wellness trends.