The Abundance Diet: The 28-Day Plan to Reinvent Your Health, Lose Weight, and Discover the Power of Plant-Based Foods

by Somer McCowan

Overview

A groundbreaking cookbook and diet plan based on whole, plant-based food.

This groundbreaking cookbook and diet plan is for anyone who wants to take control of their weight and health through whole plant-based foods. Somer’s 28-Day Diet Plan includes a foreword by Neal Barnard, M.D. and a (optional) bonus juice feast to kick start your weight loss and health journey. The plan includes over 100 delicious recipes (all gluten-free) and is customizable to suit individual tastes. Among the delicious, nutrient-packed recipes are:

• Cheesy-Smoky-Spicy Black Bean Soup
• Tropical Colada Green Smoothie
• Grilled Eggplant and Zucchini Lasagna
• Bananas Foster Pancakes
• Blueberry Peach Tart with Apricot Crumble
• Many more…

Somer, herself, reversed severe Ulcerative Colitis through a plant-based diet, and many who have tried her plan lost weight quickly and safely, while feeling full and eating an abundance of whole plant-based foods. Part of what makes this plan so unique is that the author has simplified the method so readers don’t have to count calories.

With The Abundance Diet, readers can dramatically change their overall health, reduce their cholesterol, take control of their blood pressure, and shrink their waistline. In addition to the 28-Day Diet Plan and bonus juice feast, an entire chapter is devoted to fitness, helping the reader to incorporate exercise regardless of fitness ability.Color photos. References.Index.

Note: Four Meal Plan Menu charts were inadvertently omitted from the first printing of The Abundance Diet. You can download them from the author's and publisher's websites.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781941252062
Publisher:	Vegan Heritage Press, LLC
Publication date:	06/09/2015
Pages:	248
Product dimensions:	8.90(w) x 7.50(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

Somer McCowan is a self-taught chef who has a passion food and inventing delicious recipes. She has worked creating food in bakeries and restaurants in the U.S. and Australia. She blossomed in her own kitchen when she became vegan. Several years ago, she was diagnosed with ulcerative colitis, a severe autoimmune disease, and completely reversed her condition through the whole-foods, plant-based diet presented in The Abundance Diet. Somer loves helping others improve their health through eating the right kinds of food. She lives in Utah where she publishes her popular blog, www.vedgedout.com.

Table of Contents

Foreword Neal Barnard, M.D. ix

Introduction xi

Part 1 Getting Started

1 My Personal Journey 3

2 Your Relationship with Food 7

3 Reinventing Your Kitchen 11

Part 2 The 28-Day Plan

4 Simplify Your Menu 23

5 Meal Plans and Shopping Lists 33

Part 3 The Recipes

6 Green Smoothies 44

7 Breakfast 67

8 Salads and Dressings 85

9 Soups and Stews 125

10 Dips and Snackage 149

11 Main Dishes 163

12 Desserts 185

13 Bonus 1-3-5 Day Juice Feast 205

Part 4 Fitness and Maintenance

14 The Fitness Side of Health 219

15 Success Beyond 28 Days 225

Acknowledgments 227

Bibliography 227

About the Author 228

Index 229