Vegetarian 5-ingredient

“Nava Atlas has solutions for maintaining sophisticated flavors in the dishes she creates and still manages to keep the ingredients healthy.” —Cooking Light

Eating healthfully is a challenge for those with fast-paced lives. In The Vegetarian 5-Ingredient Gourmet, Nava Atlas pares meal preparation down to the essentials, using just a few high-quality ingredients in each delicious dish. Focusing on whole foods and fresh produce (with a little help from convenient natural sauces and condiments) she serves up a varied range of choices for everyday fare.

More than 250 recipes include soups, salads, and pastas; grain, bean, and soy entrees; wraps and sandwich fillings; simple side dishes; fruit-filled finales; and more. The full-flavored fare made from five ingredients or less includes Curried Red Lentil and Spinach Soup; Greek-Flavored Potato Salad; Black Bean Nachos Grandes; Baked Barbecue Tofu and Peppers; and Miniature Fresh Fruit Tarts. Filled with ingenious shortcuts and sprinkled with kitchen wisdom and tips throughout, The Vegetarian 5-Ingredient Gourmet also offers the reader dozens of menu suggestions to help make meal planning effortless.

From sophisticated (Mixed Greens with Pears, Cranberries, and Goat Cheese) to kid-friendly, (Peanut Butter Noodles), here are recipes to suit every taste. Nava Atlas makes it simple for busy families or active singles to eat the kind of high-nutrient foods everyone needs and to enjoy the robust flavors everyone craves.

Eating healthfully is a challenge for those with busy lives; take-out and makeshift meals sometimes seem like the only option. Nava Atlas to the rescue! Focusing on whole foods and fresh produce, "The Vegetarian 5-Ingredient Gourmet" serves up a varied--and very delicious--range of choices for quick, healthy dining as well as weekly menu planners, shopping lists, and nutritional analyses for each of the 250 recipes.

Nava Atlas is the author of Vegetariana, Vegetarian Celebrations, and Vegetarian Soups for All Seasons, among other vegetarian cookbooks. She has also contributed frequently to Vegetarian Times and other natural health magazines. Visit her web site, “In the Vegetarian Kitchen” at www.vegkitchen.com. Nava lives in the Hudson Valley region of New York with her husband and two sons.