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

Who wrote the book Forks Over Knives? ›

Who founded 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.

How do I make a best selling cookbook? ›

These are the key steps to take when writing a cookbook.
  1. Choose Your Concept. As mentioned above, owning your concept is a vital stage of the process. ...
  2. Plan Your Structure. ...
  3. Create A Proposal. ...
  4. Write Your Recipes. ...
  5. Test Your Recipes. ...
  6. Edit The Text. ...
  7. Finalise The Design. ...
  8. Proofread And Index.

What is the 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.

Why is it called Forks Over Knives? ›

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.

Is Forks Over Knives factual? ›

If there's one food documentary out there that deserves a major science-backed debunking, It's the plant-based anthem, Forks Over Knives (2011).

How does Forks Over Knives meal planner work? ›

Every week you receive a new meal plan based on family size, intolerances, meal types, and other personal preferences. Swap out recipes by adding your own or browsing our library of 1,450+ whole-food plant-based recipes with ratings and comments to help you find new favorites.

How old is Forks Over Knives? ›

Forks Over Knives is a 2011 American documentary film which argues that avoiding animal products and Ultra-processed foods, and instead eating a whole-food, plant-based diet (whole grains, legumes, tubers, vegetables, and fruits), may serve as a form of chronic illness intervention.

What is the most sold cookbook of all time? ›

Betty Crocker's Cookbook (originally called Betty Crocker's Picture Cook Book) by Betty Crocker (1950) – approx. 65 million copies. When the Betty Crocker Picture Cook Book was published by the fictional Betty Crocker in 1950, its sales actually rivaled those of the Bible.

How much do chefs make from cookbooks? ›

For sold cookbooks, royalties are often in the range of 8 percent to 10 percent of the cover price. The advance the publisher gave the author is an advance against future royalties, so publishers pay themselves back before authors see any money.

Who is the best selling author of cookbooks? ›

Best Sellers: Cookbooks
  • Start Here. ...
  • Joshua Weissman: Texture Over Taste. ...
  • More Is More. Molly Baz.
  • Seafood Simple: A Cookbook. Eric Ripert.
  • Natasha's Kitchen. Natasha Kravchuk.
  • Skinnytaste Simple. Gina hom*olka and Heather K. ...
  • The World Central Kitchen Cookbook. José Andrés and World Central Kitchen.
  • Shabbat. Adeena Sussman.

What is the documentary Forks Over Knives about? ›

Is Forks Over Knives vegan or vegetarian? ›

Sustainability eating site Eat Drink Better has positive things to say about this diet, noting that Forks Over Knives is essentially a way to go about the vegan diet in a smart way that sustains your health. Why base your diet on plants? The creators of this diet are Alona Pulde, MD, and Matthew Lederman, MD.

When was Forks Over Knives filmed? ›

From spring through fall of 2009, filming of Forks Over Knives took the crew from Los Angeles to New York to Beijing and beyond.

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