The Chubby Vegetarian: 100 Inspired Vegetable Recipes for the Modern Table - Softcover

Justin Fox Burks and Amy Lawrence understand the challenge. As the writers behind the Chubby Vegetarian blog (and the new cookbook of the same name), "We're usually charged with bringing the quote unquote vegetarian dish," Burks said. "Bring the Tofurky, bring something meatless. But that word bothers me: 'meatless, ' like you're just doing without." I settled on a genius idea from Burks and Lawrence's new book. They toss portobello caps and thick slices of eggplant in an easy pesto; thread them with onions, roasted red pepper and provolone onto skewers; and char the whole thing, like a giant kebab, on the grill. When set on a bed of couscous, the thing lives up to its name, Roast Beast, while paying tribute to the vegetables themselves. Read more.--Joe Yonan "The Washington Post "

The Chubby Vegetarian is about how to take the natural and nutritious foods and transform them into something you and your family will crave. It's about moving vegetables from the side dish to the center of the plate and seeing the possibilities inherent in each beautiful vegetable. Most of all, it's about making delicious food that just happens to be vegetarian.From Justin Fox Burks and Amy Lawrence, "For us, eating was not always about health. In 2008, when we started our blog, we were a combined 100 pounds heavier, and now we know, a bit deluded about what we were actually eating.""We both got with the program: running, biking, yoga, and eating a diet rich in fruits and vegetables and nuts and whole grains. We're not satisfied with picking at a boring old salad everyday.""Our first book The Southern Vegetarian became a mission for helping ourselves and others that changed our lives for the better. So let's eat well and enjoy it, let's be strong and full of energy, and let's get in the kitchen and cook something awesome, and then let's pull up a chair and all share a meal together."