Forks Over Knives--The Cookbook. a New York Times Bestseller: Over 300 Simple and Delicious Plant-Based Recipes to Help You Lose Weight, Be Healthier,Paperback (2024)

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The groundbreaking New York Times bestseller that will transform your health--with 300 whole-food, plant-based recipes to help you lose weight, prevent disease, and thrive

The secret is out: If you want to lose weight, lower your cholesterol, avoid cancer, and prevent (or even reverse) type 2 diabetes and heart disease, the right food is your best medicine--and the Forks Over Knives way is your solution. Forks Over Knives--the book, the film, and the movement--is the international phenomenon that first emphasized the benefits of plant-based eating, and thousands of people have cut out meat, dairy, and oils from their diet and seen amazing results. If you're one of them, or you'd like to be, you need this cookbook.

Forks Over Knives--The Cookbook proves that the Forks Over Knives philosophy is not about what you can't eat, but what you can. Chef Del Sroufe, the man behind some of the mouthwatering meals in the landmark documentary, and his collaborators transform wholesome fruits, vegetables, grains, and legumes into hundreds of recipes--classic and unexpected, globally and seasonally inspired, and for every meal of the day, all through the year:

  • Breakfast: Very Berry Smoothie, Breakfast Quinoa with Apple Compote
  • Salads, Soups and Stews: Kale Salad with Maple-Mustard Dressing, Lotsa Vegetable Chowder, Lucky Black-Eyed Pea Stew
  • Pasta and Noodle Dishes: Mushroom Stroganoff, Stir-Fried Noodles with Spring Vegetables
  • Stir-Fried, Grilled and Hashed Vegetables: Grilled Eggplant "Steaks"
  • Baked and Stuffed Vegetables: Millet-Stuffed Chard Rolls
  • The Amazing Bean: White Beans and Escarole with Parsnips
  • Great Grains: Polenta Pizza with Tomatoes and Basil
  • Desserts: Apricot Fig Squares, Bursting with Berries Cobbler . . . and much more!

Simple, affordable, and delicious, the recipes in Forks Over Knives--The Cookbook put the power of real, healthy food in your hands. Join the Forks Over Knives movement and start cooking the plant-based way today--it could save your life!

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781615190614

Media Type: Paperback

Publisher: The Experiment - LLC

Publication Date: 08-14-2012

Pages: 368

Product Dimensions: 9.80(w) x 7.50(h) x 0.90(d)

Series: Forks Over Knives

About the Author

Del Sroufe has worked as chef and co-owner at Wellness Forum Foods for six years, a plant-based meal delivery and catering service that emphasizes healthy, minimally processed foods, produces a line of “in the bag mixes,” and offers cooking classes to the public. He has worked in vegan and vegetarian kitchens for 22 years, including spending time as a vegan personal chef. He lives, works, and cooks in Columbus, OH.Isa Chandra Moskowitz is an American cookbook author, magazine columnist, and former host of the community access cooking show Post Punk Kitchen. Her best-selling cookbooks include Vegan with a Vengeance, Vegan Cupcakes Take Over the World, Veganomicon, Vegan Brunch, Vegan Cookies Invade Your Cookie Jar, and Appetite for Reduction. She maintains the popular vegan website Post Punk Kitchen and lives in Omaha, Nebraska.Julieanna Hever, MS, RD, CPT, is known as the Plant-Based Dietitian. She is the executive director of EarthSave, International, the author of The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Plant-Based Nutrition and The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Gluten-Free Vegan Cooking, a nutrition columnist at VegNews, and the coproducer and star of the infotainment documentary To Your Health. Visit her at www.toyourhealthnutrition.com.Darshana Thacker teaches traditional Ayurvedic food preparation at Vapika Spirit in Los Angeles (www.vapikaspirit.com). Her intimate, kitchen-based classes illustrate the simple preparation of well-balanced meals planned according to the season.Judy Micklewright always had an affinity for plants but never realized their full potential, or how one day they would change her life. After battling numerous ailments unsuccessfully, it occurred to her to give a plant-based diet a try, and the results were profound. She has since set out on a path of discovery into plant-based living, personalizing the diet, and enjoying newfound vigor in her mind, body and soul. Now a mother, Judy continues to dedicate herself to unearthing tasty, plant-based good-for-you goodness.

What People are Saying

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“Pure elegance. Del’s recipes show just how sophisticated plant-based cooking can be. If you think gourmet can’t be healthy, be delightfully disproved with this book.”
Lindsay S. Nixon, author of The Happy Herbivore Cookbook, Everyday Happy Herbivore and Happy Herbivore Abroad

"The recipes in this book are versatile, simple to prepare and, most important, tasty."
VIVMag

"Forks Over Knives meals are good for the body—and the pocketbook."
Indianapolis Star

"The arguments for a plant-based diet in a resource-strapped world are increasingly convincing: It's cheaper, better for the environment, and can be a healthier option."
Philadelphia Inquirer


"[Sroufe's] mean green smoothie is a nutrient-rich, fiber-filled, antioxidant-packed dream."
Chicago Tribune

“These recipes are so delicious . . . you’ll never miss the fat.”
Our Hen House

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FAQs

What is the book Forks Over Knives about? ›

100+ tasty plant-based recipes. The Forks Over Knives Plan shows you how to put this life-saving (and delicious) diet into practice in your own life.

What is Forks over Knives' diet? ›

A whole-food, plant-based diet—which is what Forks Over Knives advocates—is centered on whole, unrefined or minimally refined plant foods and excludes or minimizes meat, dairy products, eggs, and highly refined foods such as bleached flour, refined sugar, and oil.

How many recipes does Forks Over Knives have? ›

In the years since, with the help of many talented plant-based chefs, we've amassed an archive of over 1,000 delicious healthy vegan recipes!

What is the oldest cookbook still in print? ›

The first recorded cookbook that is still in print today is Of Culinary Matters (originally, De Re Coquinaria), written by Apicius, in fourth century AD Rome. It contains more than 500 recipes, including many with Indian spices.

Why is it called Forks Over Knives? ›

For Wendel, the idea quickly morphed into Fork Over Knife and then Forks Over Knives. “Once I had it in my head, that was it,” Wendel says. The title concisely captured the film's central message and served as a call to action: “Fight disease by changing what you eat, and you can avoid going under a surgeon's knife.

Who runs Forks Over Knives? ›

Brian Wendel is the founder of Forks Over Knives and creator and executive producer of the groundbreaking 2011 feature documentary film Forks Over Knives.

What are the negatives of a plant-based diet? ›

Plant-based diets carry some risk of inadequate protein, vitamin, and mineral intake. But these risks are readily overcome by choosing the right vegetarian foods and, when necessary, supplements. For example, soy, quinoa, and nuts are good sources of protein, and tofu, lentils, and spinach are good sources of iron.

Can you lose weight on a plant-based diet? ›

Looking at observational, interventional, and meta-analytic research, it appears that plant-based diets are effective tools for losing body weight and maintaining lower body weight.

Can I eat eggs on a plant-based diet? ›

Eggs can and should be part of a plant-based diet, and these five suggestions showcase how easy it is to incorporate the incredible egg into your plant-forward dishes.

How does Forks Over Knives meal planner work? ›

Forks Meal Planner is a plant-based meal planning tool created by the plant-based experts at Forks Over Knives. Each week, subscribers receive a curated meal plan for the week that includes easy-to-make breakfast, lunch, dinner, snack, and dessert recipes.

Is Forks Over Knives still on Netflix? ›

If you haven't seen it, the time is now: It leaves Netflix Wednesday, July 15. Forks Over Knives was among a slate of game-changing food films like Super Size Me, Food, Inc., and Fed Up, which called out big food companies and United States food regulators for “poisoning” consumers.

Does Forks Over Knives have an app? ›

The Forks Over Knives app is currently the bestselling food and drink app on the iTunes store, and we're so happy our Android readers can now get in on the action too.

What is the oldest book still being printed? ›

The oldest extant printed book is a work of the Diamond Sutra and dates back to 868 CE, during the Tang Dynasty.

What is the oldest dish? ›

Nettle Pudding

Originating in 6000 BCE, England; it is the oldest dish of the world that's rich in nutrients. Nettle pudding is made with stinging nettles (wild leafy plant), breadcrumbs, suet, onions, and other herbs and spices. This dish is steam cooked until it attains a mousse-like consistency.

Are cookbooks still a thing? ›

Food memoirs and cookbooks are consistently among the strongest areas of the book industry. “Cookbook sales in the U.S. grew 8% year-on-year between 2010 and 2020, with sales numbers boosted even further by the pandemic,” wrote Kate Gibbs in a 2022 story in the Guardian.

What is the main message in the Forks Over Knives documentary? ›

Forks Over Knives examines the profound claim that most, if not all, of the chronic diseases that afflict us can be controlled or even reversed by rejecting animal-based and processed foods.

Where are the people from Forks Over Knives now? ›

They've authored a best-selling book called FatMan's Favorites Fast and Easy Whole Food Plant-Based Recipes and own a veggie burger business called FatMan Foods. They also do weekly live videos and teach cooking classes.

Who were the doctors in Forks Over Knives? ›

Dr. Alona Pulde is a family practitioner, and Dr. Matthew Lederman is a board-certified internal medicine physician.

Is The Knife of Never Letting Go a children's book? ›

The Knife of Never Letting Go is a young adult science fiction novel written by British American author Patrick Ness.

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