Go plant-based with Steph and Adam, YouTube’s most popular meal preppers.Eating a plant-based diet–one that embraces veggies and ditches the meat, eggs, and dairy–is one of the easiest ways to improve your health. Whether you’re ready to go entirely vegan or just want to incorporate more plant-based meals into your diet, Steph and Adam will show you how to plan and prep ahead, so your meals are … are ready to go when you’re ready to eat. Flexible meal plans include all your favorite foods and flavors, from mac and cheese to mashed potatoes, all made with plant-based, whole-food ingredients. * Over 60 plant-based recipes for breakfasts, mains, snacks, and desserts * Get-started guide walks you through the basics of plant-based eating * Soy-free, grain-free, and paleo-friendly tags make it easy to find recipes that fit your diet * Flexible build-a-meal strategies let you choose your favorite flavors * Easy-to-follow meal plans take the guesswork out of what to make * Nutritional information for every recipe to help manage macros and achieve diet goals.
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Some Gorgeous-Looking and Sounding Recipes, But…
Meal prep books are certainly big these days. I have found them based on a variety of diets and food preferences. This one is right in my wheelhouse because I am a vegetarian who dabbles in veganism at times. Let me first talk about those things I liked, which are many. The book is bright and colorful, starting from the introductory pages and continuing this through the recipe section that has a picture for every one. Many of the recipes sound like excellent flavor combinations. The authors have a tip section in the introduction to help set up your success, and the meal prep plans themselves are highly detailed. I actually think that bulk cooking directions like these not only teach you to make a particular prep plan but also help you understand how to streamline your process when you want to do something similar with your own recipes. The book covers all meals as well as has a section of the staples, including three fascinating recipes that use cashews as a dairy substitute and a variety of sauces. There are three duo plans, where you prepare two recipes, that the authors state should take you less than an hour to do. There are also two plans, one for each author, where they give some favorite recipes to do all in one plan. They have different approaches to meal prep and eat slightly different foods, even though they both eat a plant-based diet. These are much longer plans, more detailed with more recipes. Each plan includes a shopping list and a plan of attack.
My chief complaint about the book is that the authors don’t tell you how to reheat the prepared dishes. Most meal prep books I’ve read not only include storage instructions, which these authors do, but also have specific directions about how to best reheat the food. These directions are not given with the individual recipes nor are they included in the introductory section (as generalities). I think this is a big drawback to this book. I also thought this book had some very complex recipes. When I think of a meal prep book, I think of one with simple ingredient lists and not a lot of component recipes. The duo plan recipes are more straightforward, but the plans for each author are certainly more complex, especially Steph’s, which I imagine would take a fair amount of time to prepare. So if you truly wanted to work either of their plans in total, be prepared for a very long afternoon and make sure to have plenty of storage room in your refrigerator.
All in all, I liked the interesting-sounding and beautiful-looking recipes, but I am not sure how much I was sold on this as a meal prep book because of some of the lacks I just mentioned. Also, I just felt like something was missing from this book, but I can’t quite put my finger on it.
I received a free copy of this book, but that did not affect my review.