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The Vegan Girl’s Guide to Life: Cruelty-Free Crafts, Recipes, Beauty Secrets and More by Melisser Elliott [1616080922, Format: EPUB]

The Vegan Girl’s Guide to Life: Cruelty-Free Crafts, Recipes, Beauty Secrets and More by Melisser Elliott

  • Print Length: 224 Pages
  • Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing
  • Publication Date: November 11, 2010
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1616080922
  • ISBN-13: 978-1616080921
  • File Format: EPUB

Vegan women everywhere are banding together in their efforts to be healthy, cruelty free, and environmentally responsible. This is their handbook. Melisser (known to most as “The Urban Housewife”) presents the basics of veganism for the newbies, lots of DIY craft projects, cruelty-free beauty tips, travel advice, recipes, and more.

This book is not just for vegan girls—it’s also for anyone who’s interested in a cruelty-free lifestyle. Discover the best beauty products, fun vacation spots, plus an assortment of recipes including Jackfruit “Carnitas” Tacos, Twice Baked Chipotle Sweet Potatoes, Curried Red Lentil Veggie Burgers, Chipotle Hominy Stew, and Double Chocolate Cookies. Learn how to make recycled cake stands, find a cross-stitch pattern by Stitch’d Ink, and find out about natural beauty and cleaning products. Reading like a Who’s Who of vegan women, contributions of recipes and craft projects will be provided by some of the most respected vegan chefs and bloggers in the world (Isa Chandra Moskowitz, Hannah Kaminsky, Celine Steen, Julie Hasson, Kittee Berns, Kelly Peloza, and more).

Full of photos and quirky illustrations, this is useful information with a punk rock attitude.

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Offal: A Global History by Nina Edwards [1780230974, Format: EPUB]

Offal: A Global History (Edible) by Nina Edwards

  • Print Length: 141 Pages
  • Publisher: Reaktion Books
  • Publication Date: April 15, 2013
  • Language: English
  • ASIN: B00G2ADR6Q
  • ISBN-10: 1780230974
  • ISBN-13: 978-1780230979
  • File Format: EPUB

“Offal” has the same pronunciation as “awful”—an appropriate homophone, given that offal comprises the whole spectrum of an animal’s glands, essential organs, skin, muscle, guts, and every unmentionable in between. Yet as Nina Edwards shows in this intriguing history, offal has been consumed and enjoyed across ages and continents, often hidden by the rich variety of terms—like fois gras and sweetbread—that have evolved to veil their origins.

Edwards dissects the complicated relationship we have with offal and the extreme reactions it inspires, asking if we can enjoy a pig’s heart, a cow’s eyes, or a sheep’s brain when it reminds us so viscerally of our own flesh and blood. She explores the offal dishes that are specific to regional cuisines and holidays, such as Scottish haggis, Jewish chopped liver, and Southern states’ chitterlings. As she reveals, offal is a food of contradictions—it is high in nutrients but also dangerously high in cholesterol, and it can range from expensive haute cuisine to a cheap alternative for the impoverished. From tongue in Sichuan and gizzard stew in Rio de Janeiro to spicy cartilage in Calcutta, Offal sheds new light on the sometimes stomach-churning foods we consume.
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The Miami Mediterranean Diet: Lose Weight and Lower Your Risk of Heart Disease with 300 Delicious Recipes by Michael Ozner [1933771658, Format: EPUB]

The Miami Mediterranean Diet: Lose Weight and Lower Your Risk of Heart Disease with 300 Delicious Recipes by Michael Ozner

  • Print Length: 432 Pages
  • Publisher: BenBella Books
  • Publication Date: March 17, 2009
  • Language: English
  • ASIN: B0041D841O
  • ISBN-10: 1933771658
  • ISBN-13: 978-1933771656
  • File Format: EPUB

Obesity, diabetes, heart disease and cancer—all diseases that have been scientifically linked to diet—are at an all-time high, and the recent popularity of low-carb, high-fat diets has only made things worse. But there’s a way that’s been successful for millions of people for thousands of years: the Mediterranean diet.

In The Miami Mediterranean Diet, noted Miami cardiologist Michael Ozner updates the traditional Mediterranean diet—clinically proven to reduce your risk of heart disease, cancer and numerous other diseases—with the latest scientific findings in health and nutrition to create a diet that’s easy to follow. With more than 300 delicious recipes, from soups to omelets, from salads to desserts, as well as an abundance of evidence supporting the Mediterranean diet’s incredible health benefits, The Miami Mediterranean Diet shows you how and why to change your life for a longer, healthier, happier life.

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Farmacology: Total Health from the Ground Up by Daphne Miller M.D. [0062103148, Format: EPUB]

Farmacology: Total Health from the Ground Up by Daphne Miller M.D.

  • Print Length: 304 Pages
  • Publisher: William Morrow
  • Publication Date: April 16, 2013
  • Language: English
  • ASIN: B0089LOISW
  • ISBN-10: 0062103148
  • ISBN-13: 978-0062103147
  • File Format: EPUB

In Farmacology, practicing family physician and renowned nutrition explorer Daphne Miller brings us beyond the simple concept of “food as medicine” and introduces us to the critical idea that it’s the farm where that food is grown that offers us the real medicine.

By venturing out of her clinic and spending time on seven family farms, Miller uncovers all the aspects of farming—from seed choice to soil management—that have a direct and powerful impact on our health. Bridging the traditional divide between agriculture and medicine, Miller shares lessons learned from inspiring farmers and biomedical researchers and artfully weaves their insights and discoveries, along with stories from her patients, into the narrative. The result is a compelling new vision for sustainable healing and a treasure trove of farm-to-body lessons that have immense value in our daily lives.

In Farmacology you will meet:

  • a vegetable farmer in Washington State who shows us how the principles he uses to rejuvenate his soil apply just as well to our own bodies. Here we also discover the direct links between healthy soil and healthy humans.
  • a beef farmer in Missouri who shows how a holistic cattle-grazing method can grow resilient calves and resilient children.
  • an egg farmer in Arkansas who introduces us to the counterintuitive idea that stress can keep us productive and healthy. We discover why the stressors associated with a pasture-based farming system are beneficial to animals and humans while the duress of factory farming can make us ill.
  • a vintner in Sonoma, California, who reveals the principles of Integrated Pest Management and helps us understand how this gentler approach to controlling unwanted bugs and weeds might be used to treat invasive cancers in humans.
  • a farmer in the Bronx who shows us how a network of gardens offers health benefits that extend far beyond the nutrient value of the fruits and vegetables grown in the raised beds. For example, did you know that urban farming can lower the incidence of alcoholism and crime?
  • finally, an aromatic herb farmer in Washington State who teaches us about the secret chemical messages we exchange with plants—messages that can affect our mood and even keep us looking youthful.

In each chapter, Farmacology reveals the surprising ways that the ecology of our body and the ecology of our farms are intimately linked. This is a paradigm-changing adventure that has huge implications for our personal health and the health of the planet.

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Healthy Slow Cooker Cookbook for Two: 100 “Fix-and-Forget” Recipes for Ready-to-Eat Meals by Pamela Ellgen [162315720X, Format: EPUB]

Healthy Slow Cooker Cookbook for Two: 100 “Fix-and-Forget” Recipes for Ready-to-Eat Meals by Pamela Ellgen

  • Print Length: 164 Pages
  • Publisher: Rockridge Press
  • Publication Date: March 8, 2016
  • Language: English
  • ASIN: B01B76FDPC
  • ISBN-10: 162315720X
  • ISBN-13: 978-1623157203
  • File Format: EPUB

Save time, money, and energy when you serve a nutritious homemade dinner for two with The Healthy Slow Cooker Cookbook for Two.

Watching your weight? Short on time? Looking for a slow cooker cookbook that features healthy, flavor-packed, ridiculously simple recipes that are truly “fix-and-forget”? Look no further than The Healthy Slow Cooker Cookbook for Two, where you’ll find nutritious, flavorful, no-fuss slow cooker recipes that will easily transform into mouth-watering meals―perfectly scaled for two.

The Healthy Slow Cooker Cookbook for Two preps you for hands-off cooking, with:

  • Over 100 Recipes using affordable and natural ingredients
  • Hands-Off Prep featuring easy-to-follow recipes with fewer than 15 minutes of prep time for most dishes
  • Healthy and Helpful Tips for substituting ingredients to suit low-sodium, low-carb, and low-cal diets, plus nutrition labels to suit specific dietary conditions for every dish

Recipes include: Pumpkin Spice Oatmeal, Ginger Carrot Bisque, Chicken Pot Pie, Cuban-Style Pork Street Tacos, Tempeh-Stuffed Bell Peppers, Barley Primavera, and much more!

The must-have slow cooker cookbook for health-conscious couples and busy professionals.