100+ Recipes to Help Prevent and Reverse Disease - The How Not to Die Cookbook

Read this cover to cover the day we got it, and the hardest thing was picking a recipe to try first!

The use of miso in many of these recipes to replace salt is brilliant - we had the yellow rice & black beans with broccoli as our main dinner course and the miso added a salty kick that we could feel good about eating. It was shockingly delicious and packed with umami flavor. We also made the stuffed sweet potatoes with balsamic-date glaze, so good! This food doesn't TASTE like you're eating healthy, because it has sweetness or saltiness or spices, but because it's relying on "green light foods" you feel great after eating it. And that's the best part, eating something you feel great about eating because it's good for you, but you enjoy eating as much as something that isn't... maybe even more so because it's not heavy or greasy and you don't feel unwell halfway through that second helping.

I love this for people new to plant-based eating, too, because the vast majority of ingredients are common pantry ingredients that are recognizable. Aside from chia pudding, and sure, miso might be new to some fridges, these recipes are filled with plants we've been eating as staples in this country for years. They're combined thoughtfully with each other, herbs, vinegars, citrus and spices to create a meal without all the "red light" foods, and it's amazing.

Well worth buying for loved ones, particularly since there's a brief introduction that'll help outline the research behind eating a plant-based diet and its impact on chronic diseases (think How Not To Die super-cliff-notes). Give this book to anyone you care about, and they'll have the tools they need to live a longer, healthier life. And did I mention delicious? That too.

This cookbook is wonderful! The recipes are easy, no weird ingredients, and incorporate the principles of the Dr. Gregor's Daily Dozen. Best of all, the evidence based rationale for the healthy ingredient selections are incorporated throughout the book. There are some 'make ahead' staples that are needed or recommended for some recipes; however they, too, are easy and creative.
If you haven't read Dr. Gregor's How Not to Die book, I strongly encourage you to do so. I have recommended these to my friends and loved ones, and they also rave about it and have made healthy lifestyle changes.
Thank you again, Dr. Gregor!

Read this cover to cover the day we got it, and the hardest thing was picking a recipe to try first!

The use of miso in many of these recipes to replace salt is brilliant - we had the yellow rice & black beans with broccoli as our main dinner course and the miso added a salty kick that we could feel good about eating. It was shockingly delicious and packed with umami flavor. We also made the stuffed sweet potatoes with balsamic-date glaze, so good! This food doesn't TASTE like you're eating healthy, because it has sweetness or saltiness or spices, but because it's relying on "green light foods" you feel great after eating it. And that's the best part, eating something you feel great about eating because it's good for you, but you enjoy eating as much as something that isn't... maybe even more so because it's not heavy or greasy and you don't feel unwell halfway through that second helping.

I love this for people new to plant-based eating, too, because the vast majority of ingredients are common pantry ingredients that are recognizable. Aside from chia pudding, and sure, miso might be new to some fridges, these recipes are filled with plants we've been eating as staples in this country for years. They're combined thoughtfully with each other, herbs, vinegars, citrus and spices to create a meal without all the "red light" foods, and it's amazing.

Well worth buying for loved ones, particularly since there's a brief introduction that'll help outline the research behind eating a plant-based diet and its impact on chronic diseases (think How Not To Die super-cliff-notes). Give this book to anyone you care about, and they'll have the tools they need to live a longer, healthier life. And did I mention delicious? That too.

This cookbook is wonderful! The recipes are easy, no weird ingredients, and incorporate the principles of the Dr. Gregor's Daily Dozen. Best of all, the evidence based rationale for the healthy ingredient selections are incorporated throughout the book. There are some 'make ahead' staples that are needed or recommended for some recipes; however they, too, are easy and creative.
If you haven't read Dr. Gregor's How Not to Die book, I strongly encourage you to do so. I have recommended these to my friends and loved ones, and they also rave about it and have made healthy lifestyle changes.
Thank you again, Dr. Gregor!

I received my book today and have spent about two hours perusing it. As a 15 year vegetarian, a 2 year vegan and now a plant-based whole foods eater, I really can't find anything negative to say about this book other than I wish there were even more than the 100+ recipes found in the book. O.K. it is true. One does not really need to buy a cookbook anymore for the plant based whole foods type of diet. There are plenty of recipes on the internet that would work for me if I took the time look for them. I bought this high quality book for 2 reasons. First of all I support Dr. Greger's efforts in getting the word out about eating better both to benefit our own bodies and to benefit the environment. The second reason is that I can now grab a recipe from the book and feel confident that it has only ingredients that are proven to be good for my heart disease and my overall health. The book is well made with excellent photography. Now all I have to do is convince my wife to make these recipes!

I am also terribly disappointed with the recipes. The book has great photos, but the recipes are so bland and uninspired. The only two that I have liked are the Summertime Oatmeal (which I make regularly now) and the Spicy Asian Vegetable Soup. Many other pages just have big Xs over them. What a shame.

I wanted to LOVE this cookbook. We eat super healthy and the recipes looked amazing. In all honesty, we have made two of the mains and all I can say is they were HORRIBLE!!! There is something about the spices that gives everything this gross aftertaste. I am hoping can find other stuff in it because it does look good. But the fact that two of the recipes have been bad (Quesadillas and Stuffed Portobellos) seems like a really bad bad bad sign.

Many other cookbooks wander off theme if they try to tackle healthy eating, this book does not. Lots of accompanying materials to explain the how’s and why’s... I’ve only tried a couple recipes so far, but they have delivered on promises. Be aware that this cookbook is a companion to the original book!

Disappointed only that I am lazy. The recipes involve more ingredients (that I don't have) and what seems "easy" to the authors do not seem easy to me. However, I HATE cooking! I also have not tried any of the recipes -- so you should probably ignore this review! :)

There is no point in telling people to eat a plant-based diet unless you tell them how to: that was the aim of this book and not only does it fail miserably to do so, but I believe it will actually put a lot of people off vegan food due to the complexity and unappetising results of the recipes.

The recipes in this book are by Robin Robertson, NOT by Michael Greger. In fact, not only has he not made them himself, I doubt he’s even read them all – otherwise he would have told her to add black pepper to those recipes featuring curcumin/turmeric, to aid the uptake of the curcumin. It would be more accurate for the book to be listed as being by Robin Robertson with an introduction by Dr Greger. I wanted Dr Greger’s own recipes, an idea of how HE eats every day, since I believe he walks the plant-based walk. A tantalising few of Dr Greger’s own recipes featured in the excellent How Not To Die book and some videos he made some years ago while he still had a beard, and a couple of the recipes in the Protein Rich Soup book are based on his recipes and they are easy and delicious. Dr Greger’s recent videos feature recipes from the How Not To Die Cookbook and he seemed to have not made them before: if he had scraped a carrot and put it in the fridge before he’d have known not to do it again: it will discolour unless sprinkled with lemon juice.

Dr Greger’s own recipes work and I wanted more of those. This book is a massive disappointment. I’m not very observant and hadn’t noticed that the recipes were by Robin Robertson, so when the book arrived I spent the afternoon making the black bean burgers. Took all afternoon because you have to begin by making the savory spice blend, which itself has 10 ingredients (and even with my well-stocked larder I only had 8 of them). Many of the recipes call for you to have made other recipes first (e.g. the Ranch Dressing recipe lists 4 other recipes in the ingredients list). Anyway, I made the burgers and thought I’d try the roasted beets recipe to go with them: the recipe said 40 minutes and they were too hard to eat after 40 minutes (wish I’d searched the internet first – should have been at least 45-60 minutes). My organic beets ended up in the compost heap, and the bean burgers were dry and tasteless and I won’t be making them again. I thought the bean burgers looked familiar – because I’d made them before from Robertson’s own book and vowed never to do so again. The bean burger recipe had an error in it: it said 1.25 inches (5mm) of fresh curcumin root, but 5 mm is about one quarter inch.

As other reviewers have said, the font is tiny, perhaps 8, maybe even 6, which is especially annoying given that many of the pages are half empty. Fractions were unreadable for me without a magnifying glass. The photos are lovely – but you can’t eat photographs and my black bean burgers and beets turned out nothing like the photos. The index is also not very good, flipping through the book I noticed “Caeser” so went to the index to find the recipe – Caeser wasn’t there. Nor were gluten, organic, GMO – kind of odd, in a book supposed to be by a doctor. In fact, I find it odd that the recipes with strawberries didn’t mention to use organic strawberries, since they’re the most notoriously contaminated of fruits. I also found it odd that so many of the recipes contained things like garlic powder and onion powder instead of whole fresh ingredients.

Finally, I found a comment about cooking “a kid in its mother’s milk” really very distasteful in a vegan recipe book: I know it was a sort of joke, but it gave me a mental image which I found upsetting.

I love Dr Greger and had been looking forward to this book for months and it breaks my heart to give it such a lousy review, but I cannot, in all honesty, recommend it.

Considering this is the first edition it's Ok. I had high expectations when I received a copy in the mail last December. As a physician (nutritional and environmental medicine), I found this book needed a good editing before being released in the market. I found quite frustrating having to go through the entire alphabetical index, browse several pages trying to the recipe I was looking for in the beginning. Also, it would help if the author had the assistance of an experienced chef with a creative mind and good palate to assess those recipes. Most recipes are quite bland. I have two books sitting on my kitchen counter: 'How Not to Die' and 'Forks Over Knives'. So far the latter has been the favourite with my family and friends. I hope the following editions are also written to a world-wide audience, not just North American - i.e. metric system, terminology and so on.

I have tried already almost all of the recipes in this book and all turn out delicious! I have bought so many other vegan and whole food plant based cook books, which contained recipes that either tasted super bad or asked for so many exotic ingredients, which in the end were hard to get somewhere. Dr. Greger's book is refreshingly different. My entire family loves the recipes in this book. I highly recommend it for anyone, even unexperienced cooks, who loves whole food plant based food.

Terrible book! Don’t buy it! Too many ingredients and each recipe I tried required I make something from another page that required even more ingredients! The menu planning in the back did t have page numbers for the recipes so it too time to figure out what page you had to go to just to find the recipe for the menu planning, ingredients were difficult to find in a fairly populated town where we have just about everything. So disappointed,

What a Great Cook Book!!! Has Breakfast - Baked Burrito Breakfast too! Lunch, Dinner, Snacks, Dips - Artichoke-Spinach dips , Soups, Black Bean Burgers, Wraps, Ranch Dressing. Easy to make and shows you Dr Greger's foods and servings.

I do not even think this book deserves one star. I eat a whole food plant based diet and own several cookbooks I like. I am such a fan of How Not to Die, I was certain I would love the cookbook. I was very wrong, it’s awful. I have tried several recipes and I have not made anything I liked or would ever make again. I never post reviews on the store, but I felt compelled to review this book to save others from wasting their money.

Guess I had different expectations. I know how to prepare oatmeal for breakfast, and I didn't need another cookbook filled with artsy shots of food and ingredients. I was hoping to find simple, quick recipes that I could add to my collection of dinner recipes. I'm committed to a whole plant based way of eating, but the prep time is a challenge, and these are not recipes to make during a busy week.

I love the type of recipes in this book, north African, curry, classic, and yummy!
Everything I've made so far is wonderful! The ingredients are accessible and affordable. It has become my favorite very quickly.

I gave this a 3 star because of the quality of the book print. The size of the font is very small (I would estimate it to be a size 8); it would be best to have a size 12. The print contrast is very bad; more like a draft print; best to have it a black print on white paper. On a positive note, the photos are beautiful and the book is very well organized. The recipes seem to be quite good although I have not made them all yet. I have to get a magnifying glass to read the very small fractional numbers. I am quite disappointed in the cookbook print because I had planned to purchase several of these as gifts for family and friends. I do hope there is some adjustment in a second printing.

It's as good as I thought it would be. Dr. Greger with his book and youtube videos has made me a believer in healthy eating. So it's a godsend to have recipes spelled out right in front of me. It takes a lot of the work out of trying to eat right. Also, I love the pictures.

I've been eating vegan, plant-based, for years and was looking forward to trying a new cookbook...I enjoy listening to Dr. Gregor's talks but this cookbook just is lacking the in taste department in my opinion. There are maybe a dozen or so that were worth photocopying before donating this book to a thrift store. There were some clever ideas in the book though! Such as blending whole lemons to put in the freezer for future recipes and making "date syrup"... the smoothie recipes were great as well.

Guess that will teach me to flip through a book in the store before ordering it.

I am looking forward to making many of these recipes. I have a lot of vegetarian cookbooks but find myself using a few of them regularly and I can tell that this will be one of my go-to cookbooks. It includes lots of good information.

The interior of this book including the recipes look great. I am disappointed with the exterior. Near where the binding and the cover come together is peeling off. I was unable to find where to contact seller and don't wish to hassle with a return. I am looking forward to making some of the recipes.

Can't wait to actually start cooking with this cookbook - just arrived and browsed through to see what recipes I wanted to try and knew I was in trouble (good kind of trouble) when I started bookmarking every other page.

This is a Christmas gift for somebody but I have been reading it and making a few recipes before I give my gift. This is a fantastic complement to Dr Greger’s How Not To Die Book. Easy to understand and make recipes.

I've made several of the recipes in this book already, and I love them! I've found I usually want to add extra herbs, spices, and flavorings, but I'm thoroughly enjoying it. My husband does, too! And we eat knowing we're supporting our bodies for now and future. Thank you, Dr. Greger!

Great cook book, also the actual book by the same title is excellent. For those suffering from autoimmune disease of whom i read a couple reviews i would recommend the wahls protocol and accompanying cook book.

I have many bits of criticism as well as praise. A few: The intro and summary of Dr. Greger's previous book, "How Not to Die" is excellent. Anyone could pick up the cook book and understand the background readily. The photos are beautiful. It's well organized. The main dish recipes are all much more complex than anything I want to make but they look and sound amazingly flavorful. I think they will appeal to those used to eating the standard western diet. As with most cookbooks there is nothing to help with cooking for one person.. I don't like that you must have the spice blends and other "simple preparations" already on hand to make most of the recipes. In other words, a person could not take this book home and make one of the main dishes with ingredients bought in the store. A plus: I found not one typo. A major improvement would be a spiral binding. Is the book useful... yes. Am I glad I have it, yes. It's a great addition to the woefully few plant based cookbooks available. And it's a bonus that profits are donated to charity.

Great cook book, also the actual book by the same title is excellent. For those suffering from autoimmune disease of whom i read a couple reviews i would recommend the wahls protocol and accompanying cook book.

I have many bits of criticism as well as praise. A few: The intro and summary of Dr. Greger's previous book, "How Not to Die" is excellent. Anyone could pick up the cook book and understand the background readily. The photos are beautiful. It's well organized. The main dish recipes are all much more complex than anything I want to make but they look and sound amazingly flavorful. I think they will appeal to those used to eating the standard western diet. As with most cookbooks there is nothing to help with cooking for one person.. I don't like that you must have the spice blends and other "simple preparations" already on hand to make most of the recipes. In other words, a person could not take this book home and make one of the main dishes with ingredients bought in the store. A plus: I found not one typo. A major improvement would be a spiral binding. Is the book useful... yes. Am I glad I have it, yes. It's a great addition to the woefully few plant based cookbooks available. And it's a bonus that profits are donated to charity.

I own over 750 Kindle books, about 50 of which are cookbooks. "How Not To Die Cookbook" is like some cheap low budget version of kindle. All other cookbooks have links so if I see a recipe in the index, l touch the recipe and it immediately jumps to that page. NOT this one. Recipes are listed in the index with NO page numbers and NO link, so after finding a recipe - I must go to the table of contents and scroll through to find the recipe BUT you cannot see the entire name of the recipe in the table of contents. WASTE OF MONEY !!!!!!!!!!! So annoying to navigate. I haven't made a single recipe. I do not recommend the Kindle version.

How Not to Die is one of my favorite books so was anxiously awaiting the Cookbook: unfortunately this cookbook was a big disappointment since I was hoping to make the recipes that Dr. Greger and/or his family make, not someone else. I already have a cookbook by Robin Robertson and like recipes with fewer ingredients/less time-consuming. On the plus side is the list of "Daily Dozen" ingredients that are in each recipe.

If you can thrive on the awful recipes in this book, you certainly deserve to live for many, many years, because you are better than I am. YUCK. I'm an excellent cook and have been whipping up fantastic dishes for more than four decades. I know great food when I taste it, and this isn't it. I'm sure Dr. Greger is on to something with this all-veggie, no-salt, superfoods thing, but I wouldn't even want to live if I had to eat this cardboard every day--or even occasionally! You can eat healthily without re-creating a 5th-century monastery in your kitchen. I'm really bummed that I decided to get rid of this book two days after the return window.

Good book and I’m a big fan of Dr. Greger. Recipes look tasty and I’ve tried my hand at one so far. A lot of the recipes have fairly large ingredient lists, so I’m not sure how helpful they will be on a regular basis. I doubt I would ever cook the suggested meal plans as they would be too overwhelming. That being said, I’m sure I’ll try them on the weekend when I have more time. Definitely a must have book for the bookshelf.

Dr. Greger is a modern day hero. He is a steady voice of reason in a cacophony of chaos regarding health. This cookbook, is the top of a knowledge pyramid. Each ingredient is there for a health promoting reason. And thankfully the recipes are tasty.

The base of the pyramid is Dr. Greger’s Nutritionfacts.org, a vast summary of published articles concerning nutrition science. Much of the information concerning nutrition in the media is based on “tobacco science” self promotion of meat, dairy and eggs. Dr. Greger educates a willing pupil to understand the profit motive of bending truth. And it takes some ‘truth dexterity’ to present science to promote meat, butter, eggs, cheese and smoking.

Much of his information is also available in his podcasts, YouTube videos, live Facebook question and answer sessions, etc. Gleaning all this information together, he published his popular book, “How Not To Die”.

I received my preordered book HNTD Cookbook two days ago.

The HNTD Cookbook is beautiful and inspiring. Today I made Yellow Rice & Black Beans with Broccoli on page 152. I made it in my instant pot in two steps. It came out like a delicious creamy risotto. Will make this often. Other favorites so far are the Ranch Dressing, Vegetable Broth, Savory Spice Blend, Date Syrup, and Black Bean Burgers. Yay

I’ve followed Dr.Greger's Daily Dozen suggested in HNTD for almost a year. Without counting calories and eating freely I’ve lost twenty pounds. I’ve changed my palate and don’t add salt, oil or sugar to my food. I have great energy for my 60 plus years and heal quickly if injured. I credit my good health to Dr. Greger for making available the facts that I had long searched for.

How Not To Die? Don’t die of diseases related to clogged arteries and fatty cell surfaces. Let every cell of your body receive good nutrition, with every beat of your unclogged heart.

I have been following Dr. Greger's dietary recommendations since buying his original book "How Not to Die" six months ago. My blood pressure is down 30 points and I feel great. The new cookbook is a perfect adjunct to the book. The recipes are specifically designed to utilize the key food groups that Dr. Greger recommends. The recipes are easy to follow, simple, quick to prepare and delicious. Best of all they make the whole "What's for dinner..?" problem way easier to solve.

This is a beautifully illustrated book. There is a glossy photo beside every recipe which tends to entice people to try the dish. This book would be a great gift for the beginner as the recipes are rated according to skill. The recipes are practical & easy to make. I would say that there is a sampling of everything that a beginner needs to get started. I do like the fact that there is a meal planner at the end of the book.
Let us not forget that the recipes are actually Robin Robertson's.
I have many cookbooks that Ms. Robertson has written that are worthy of praise.
I gave the book a rating of 4 stars because I have been cooking for years & I am always looking for new & different recipes which I did not find. I wanted more soy free & fat free variations to be of benefit for me. I would have like to have seen labels describing SF, GF, freezer friendly, etc.
Even so, I am still glad that I bought the book & I will still enjoy making the dishes.

My husband and I were huge fans of Dr. Greger's book so I had to pre-order his accompanying cookbook. We have made about 10 recipes from it and they have all been AWESOME! I think my favorite recipe so far has been the Curried Chickpea Wraps. We also enjoyed the Black Bean Burgers, Lentil Shephard's Pie, Sweet Potato Hash, and Moroccan Lentil Soup.

The recipes are simple and delicious and each one features a full-page photo so you know how the dish should look when you're done. I also like that Dr. Greger included recipes for kitchen staples like date paste, savory spice blend, etc. and his tip for lemon and lime juice has been a game changer! This was one of our most used cookbooks of 2017.

Recipes look good. Just tried oatmeal so far and it came out well but I still like to eat food hot. I think doctor should also do study on Ayurveda which suggests to eat food hot for better digestion. Anyway I have to try salads and smoothies and see how they turn out.

This is my favorite of all my cookbooks. Most of The recipes are so easy. I tried one the first day. I plan on making 99% of them soon.
I have no regrets buying this beautiful book. Very very happy. I am a big fan of Dr Greger and his advice is changing my life for the better. I bought How Not To Die book in audible and now the cookbook.

The How Not to Die Cookbook by Michael Greger with Gene Stone offers a plethora of plant-based recipes that are easy and interesting. Greger makes the recipes accessible even for those who aren't adventurous cooks. While he does include some ingredients that might be unfamiliar to some, they are relatively easy to find. In addition, The How Not to Die Cookbook includes a handy guide to tell you which items on Dr. Greger's Daily Dozen from How Not to Die, you can mark off after eating it. I've only made a few recipes from The How Not to Die Cookbook thus far, but all have been successful and delightful. I look forward to making many more of the recipes in this cookbook. For those who find cooking plant-based meals overwhelming, this cookbook simplifies it in a reassuring manner. I've shared some of these recipes with several people who don't eat a plant-based diet who were surprised at how tasty the dishes were. The How Not to Die Cookbook is a great addition to any cookbook collection regardless of how one chooses to eat.

My husband bought me this book from Costco as he wants to convert to my whole food plant-based way of eating and loved How Not to Die. (Actually, it scared him straight.) Unfortunately, Dr. Greger is in the camp that uses nuts and avocado and other fats that my “reverse diabetes” menus cannot accommodate. He also uses date syrup and some other sweeteners I don’t use. None of these ingredients/foods are harmful, but I can’t use them at this stage.

Also, there are a lot of ingredients in the recipes and sometimes he buries another whole list by listing another recipe as one ingredient. Again, if you have lots of time and make his special spice mix, umami sauce, etc. and always have them on hand, you will be in great shape. The photos are awesome and the variety of healthy plant foods incorporated into recipes is good.

I made the Mac and cheese and was underwhelmed. There are better offerings out there, free, for example on the John Mcdougall and Forks Over Knives websites.

Hands down best cookbook I have ever owned. This cookbook along with his book "How not to die" have not only ghaged the way my family and I eat but it has changed our lives! Thanks Dr. Michael Greger!

I bought this wonderful book when it was released the day after my birthday. It's definitely the very best gift I ever bought for myself. The photos are great and really show off the recipes which going through the book, I find I shall be making at least 99% of them as everyone uses foods that I use every day. After being veg for 26 years after years as a vegetarian, I have to say that this is the best cook book ever and lots of gluten free recipes which I need. Thanks Dr. Greger even though we had to wait a whole year, it's worth the waiting. ??

Has great information for beginners of plant based diets. The recipes are disappointing though. I have been transitioning to plant based for 6 months Found other cookbooks to be better suited for my taste and needs. Love the info provided but was disappointed in the “cookbook” part of it

Recipe developer Robin Robertson did a fantastic job creating recipes that make it easy to meet Dr. Greger’s Daily Dozen recommendations. I’ve tried breakfast recipes, soups, salads and main dishes. They’ve all been wonderfully tasty, full of veggies and surprisingly quick and easy to prepare. The black bean burgers are the best burger recipe I’ve ever tried. I had given up making burgers because the results were rarely worth the effort, but now I finally have a go-to recipe. In addition to the great recipes I’ll make again and again, I learned tricks and nutritionally superior swaps I’ll apply to everything I make. I especially appreciate the chapter of basics and staples. Now I always have the savory seasoning mix in the pantry, date paste in the fridge and blended lemons frozen by the tablespoon in the freezer to boost flavors and add nutrition. I’ve also learned how easy it is to sneak fresh grated turmeric into dishes. This book is a worthy addition to any wfpb kitchen.

Loved the book How Not to Die and love Dr. Greger. Cookbook has lots of fussy prep and many steps; one of the burgers took fifteen ingredients. I prefer a quicker, simpler style with spices that already come in bottles and I don't have to make them ahead myself. Most recipes did not appeal to me either in the pictures or the ingredients.
I did like the Esselstyn Cookbook, if you like Italian I loved Chloe's Vegan Italian Kitchen, and a Spiral Cookbook I picked up called Vegan recipes quick and easy, 3 books in one: Quick and easy, Main dishes, desserts by Publications International.
I will donate How Not to Die Cookbook to the public library, perhaps it will introduce someone to Dr. Gregor and his great website.

I was a little disappointed with this cookbook. I am a big fan of How Not to Die so I might have built it up too much. This is just not an allergen friendly book. I’m allergic to soy and nuts and most of the recipes contain miso paste or nuts. I’m usually good about finding substitutions, but the redundancy of these two ingredients just made a lot of the recipes feel too much like work. I’m also not a fan of books that have you make your base ingredients at the beginning of the book to use all throughout the cookbook. I.e date syrup, different seasoning blends, etc. just tell me what I need to do for that recipe alone. It’s still a good cookbook, just not one I’d purchase for my collection vs. getting it from the library.

Spectacular photography combined with fairly easy highly nutritious recipes. Just flipping through the book will make you more healthy because you will want to try a lot of really healthy recipes! Bought several for people on my gift list this year.

Have made three recipes since I received this book--all delicious. I would highly recommend if you are looking for awesome Vegan recipes. If you are looking to eat healthy, I would also recommend this cookbook. Looking forward to making the chocolate pudding for Valentine's Day! Thank you, Dr. Greger, for this research. Since I've become Vegan, in just a little over 5 months, I have lowered my LDL 26 pts, and my overall cholesterol 42 pts.--all withOUT medication.

This cookbook is fantastic! The science behind the benefits of whole foods plant-based eating is within the original How Not to Die book and on the Nutrition Facts website.

Pros:
- Almost all recipes have a beautiful photo
- Recipes are pretty straightforward
- Includes an intro on why this style of eating is beneficial
- Uses so many ingredients I've been trying to include in my daily menu

Cons:
- Have to stock up on dates to make date syrup to make the sweeter recipes, but I appreciate the whole foods option they provide
- Just a few recipes only show a photo of the main ingredient
- Wish this was published 20 years ago!

Favorite cookbook! I just finished a Holistic Nutrition course with Dr Gregor, and was excited to see this book come out. Everything I've made so far from it is delicious. Uses more 'normal' ingredients compared to Forks Over Knives cookbooks, and the meals are filling and tasty. Love the desserts best ;) I recommend!

I have read several dismissive comments re: low ratings for the book because it fai mg s to include the nutritional value of each dish. The people objecting to this oversight understand that there are many, many people who are on restricted diets due to life-threatening conditions, such as kidney disease or diabetes, who cannot simply eat a whole foods diet. They have to carefully count, not calories, but mg of sodium, potassium, phosphorus, sugar, etc.

Just got this cookbook as a gift and I'm so excited to receive it. The photographs are great and the recipes look really interesting. Looking forward to spending the evening drooling over each recipe.

Love this cookbook, haven't cut anything out of my diet, Im only adding foods I wouldn't normally have the courage to make myself. Simple things like, chia seeds (Thank you Costco), black eyed peas, tofu, chickpeas added to normal basics I eat every day. Delicious. Thanks for helping me beat an American diet, I feel wonderful!

I’m sure the recipes are fine but when I buy a book “new” I certainly don’t expect the book to come damaged. For the price, this is not the quality I expected. AND it is difficult to contact the seller. Disappointed to say the least.

I am working my through this book. I am a newbie to this plant based life and this book is really helping me along. As I grow more confident, I may even get creative with these recipes. I appreciate this book because it lays the information out in a digestible way. It is more than a cookbook really and it has made plant based cooking less intimidating.

I am a very experienced and excellent cook. I can tell you this is THE lousiest cook book I've ever seen. Almost EVERY recipe harkens back to ingredients in the front of the book that you have to spend considerable time making yourself. For example, date syrup. If you don't want to make date syrup, throw this book in the trash. The photography is superb, but the recipes are all disappointing. I reviewed each recipe and cannot find ONE that I think my family will eat. I don't mind spending time in the kitchen, but this diet is not doable for anyone who works outside the home or otherwise doesn't have hours to devote to cooking. As others have mentioned, many of the ingredients are just plain funky, such as miso paste and nutritional yeast. Also, red kale. A LOT of the recipes call for these ingredients. Say what? No thanks! There are easier ways to go vegetarian and even vegan, especially with the number of options available today. It's fine to have some recipes with weird ingredients, but in a major cook book advocating a significant lifestyle change, most of the recipes should have been friendly to the everyday cook. Unfortunately, I will not be keeping this book. Don't waste your money unless you already use ingredients like nutritional yeast to cook.

This cookbook is amazing. What I love about it is that there are no processed ingredients or oils and the recipes are delicious. Nice pictures and easy to follow directions. A must have in any vegan's kitchen.

The pictures alone will make you nuts—think instant salivation. I've seen many cookbooks in my years (and I'm up there in years) and this is the hands down best ever. The recipes are love. As well as health. Bon apetit everybody.

100% of the proceeds Dr. Greger receives from all his books is donated to charity.What about the co-authors ???? Dr. Greger is the only source of free non bias health news-
My concern is this maybe changing -the new book recommendations you buy food from Whole Foods and the book seems to reflective the co-authors views-one co-authors books recommends Salt Fat Sugar & Oil ????? - the new book also includes a link to the co-authors and the books the co-author sells-What is next a link to buy tickets to go on a boat cruise??
I'm 76 years old, the only doctor I have total confidence in is Doctor Gregor ,I have put my life in his hands,NOT MY LOCAL DOCTORS-That recommended eggs and bacon in the morning and steak and potatoes for dinner-his co-authors seems to be professional writers that are using his good reputation to promote them self and their views, while making money off his good reputation -this concerns me-- can they destroy Doc Gregers reputation???

I’m a really fussy eater when it comes to eating vegetables, but this cookbook inspires me to eat healthier everyday. By eating more vegan/vegetarian, I have already lost six pounds in two weeks. Really good cookbook!

Gave it as a gift to a friend. Says she loves it. Have to prep a lot of the meals and doesn't hurt to add extra ingredients here and there. A good health cookbook with good tips and tricks. Geared more toward vegan eating but does have options for meat.

Where is the Nutrition Facts.
This is not acceptable. Dr Greger failed to include the Nutrition Facts. I find this extremely lazy and inconsiderate. I for one would like to know how many calories, carbohydrates, fiber, sugar etc..are in these recipes. If you do not care about these thing then you will like the cookbook.

This cookbook is amazing. What I love about it is that there are no processed ingredients or oils and the recipes are delicious. Nice pictures and easy to follow directions. A must have in any vegan's kitchen.

The pictures alone will make you nuts—think instant salivation. I've seen many cookbooks in my years (and I'm up there in years) and this is the hands down best ever. The recipes are love. As well as health. Bon apetit everybody.

100% of the proceeds Dr. Greger receives from all his books is donated to charity.What about the co-authors ???? Dr. Greger is the only source of free non bias health news-
My concern is this maybe changing -the new book recommendations you buy food from Whole Foods and the book seems to reflective the co-authors views-one co-authors books recommends Salt Fat Sugar & Oil ????? - the new book also includes a link to the co-authors and the books the co-author sells-What is next a link to buy tickets to go on a boat cruise??
I'm 76 years old, the only doctor I have total confidence in is Doctor Gregor ,I have put my life in his hands,NOT MY LOCAL DOCTORS-That recommended eggs and bacon in the morning and steak and potatoes for dinner-his co-authors seems to be professional writers that are using his good reputation to promote them self and their views, while making money off his good reputation -this concerns me-- can they destroy Doc Gregers reputation???

I’m a really fussy eater when it comes to eating vegetables, but this cookbook inspires me to eat healthier everyday. By eating more vegan/vegetarian, I have already lost six pounds in two weeks. Really good cookbook!

Gave it as a gift to a friend. Says she loves it. Have to prep a lot of the meals and doesn't hurt to add extra ingredients here and there. A good health cookbook with good tips and tricks. Geared more toward vegan eating but does have options for meat.

Where is the Nutrition Facts.
This is not acceptable. Dr Greger failed to include the Nutrition Facts. I find this extremely lazy and inconsiderate. I for one would like to know how many calories, carbohydrates, fiber, sugar etc..are in these recipes. If you do not care about these thing then you will like the cookbook.

It is a mystery to me that a cookbook written by a doctor/nutritionist has no information at all about the nutritional content (calories, protein, etc.) of any of the recipes. Many people need this information for everything they eat everyday. There are many good vegetarian, low fat, low sodium cookbooks on the market. Unfortunately this is not one of them.

Beautiful cookbook and recipes look great, although I have not had a chance yet to make any of them. But I was very surprised and frankly very disappointed to find that Dr Greger failed to include the Nutrition Facts for a serving of each of his recipes. Just because we are vegan does not mean that many of us do not want or need to still track various things such as calories, carbs, sugars, etc.

I was unimpressed by this book. Dr, Greger does not address autoimmune diseases at all. I don't have CV disease, diabetes, lung disease, etc. I have RA, Sjogrens, Fibromyaligia. What about what is right for me to decrease inflammation? He does not address the inflammatory causes of many diseases including heart disease or lung diseases. New theories on heart disease definitely focus on inflammatory aspects. Not even looked at in his book. He is selling a plant based regimen based on what vs. paleo????????Who backs him????? How does someone decrease inflammation on this diet? if you're vegan already the recipes seem fine and some are yummy.

He also introduces ingredients non-vegans might find unfamiliar like nutirtional yeast????? What is that and why is it better than other nutrients? It is a processed food isn't it? I am looking for ways to decrease my inflammation. Soy and gluten are definitiely not in the scope of ok products yet Dr Greger seems to think they are healthy. Really? Soy for someone with inflammatory disease? A definite no, no. I guess this book is meant for healthy people already because it is a waste of money otherwise.

I bought this for my aunt for Christmas....she unexpectedly died two days later in her sleep. This book sat unwrapped under the Christmas tree the night she died in her easy chair. It taunted the family until my uncle finally said, "will someone put this damn book away?!"

The cookbook itself is great....but yeah...the recipiant died 2 days later.