Plantifully Simple: 100 Plant-Based Recipes and Meal Plans for Health and Weight-Loss

by Kiki Nelson

Reclaim your health with Kiki Nelson’s all-new super simple plant-based recipes and a 28-day meal plan that will kickstart new habits and enable you to maintain your health and weight loss.Whether you want to prevent diabetes and stroke, sleep better, heal PCOS, resolve any number of health concerns associated with weight, are trying to shed those last ten pounds, or you are simply in a maintenance stage, Plantifully Simple is for you. Kiki Nelson, who lost seventy pounds on a plant-based diet and eliminated her risk for diabetes and stroke, shares the recipes, meal plans, plate-building, and mindset she adopted to reclaim her health—and keep off the weight. Here, she offers 100 all-new recipes that are as delicious as they are they depend on luscious fruits and vegetables as well as comforting and satisfying carbs so you will never be bored or hungry—or feel restricted. Kiki knows that to lose weight you need a plan, and here she offers two foolproof plans. Both can deliver results, and offer freedom and peace of mind when it comes to making food choices. Mindfully Plant-Based: An effective and liberating plan for eating low-fat plant-based foods using Kiki’s “balanced plate” method that balances starchy vegetables with fiber-rich non-starch vegetables. Precisely Plant-Based: A targeted plan for eating low-fat plant-based foods while tracking your daily calories so you have concrete data for tailoring what you eat to your body’s unique needs. Plantifully Simple is a unique resource that is at once practical and inspiring and includes the following Breakfast and Brunch: Raspberry Lemon Poppy Seed Pancakes, Chocolate Peanut Butter Oatmeal, Garden Vegetable Chickpea Omelet, Breakfast Tacos Lunch and Dinner: Sesame Ginger Cold Noodle Bowl, Butternut Squash and Kale Salad with Cranberries and Pecans, Sweet Potato Black Bean Curry, Apple Pimento Grilled Cheese with Caramelized Onions and Arugula, Hawaiian Street Cart Tacos, Spring Alfredo Pasta Sauces, Dressings, and Dips That Make Mealtime a Snap: Creamy Sriracha Dressing, Corn and Cucumber Salsa, Pimento Cheese Sauce Desserts: Heavenly Banana Brownies, Maple Pecan Pudding, Apple Caramel Crisp

Genres: Cookbooks, Nonfiction, Food

209 pages, Kindle Edition

Published July 9, 2024

Reviews

[Jeanette Durkin · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love this book! I recently became vegetarian with the goal of being vegan. I like how there's 4 weeks of meal plans along with recipes! I can't wait to try them out!

[Rachel Vryhof · Rating 4 out of 5]

3.5 stars rounded up. I adore Kiki, and her cheese sauce is life, so I was really excited for this latest release. The first half is an explanation of how to eat, and the second half is recipes. This book is very similar to Plantifully Lean, which I prefer. That book has a great section on the emotional aspects of changing your diet and the recipes are skewed to more classic dishes. The recipes in this book seem to have a more Central American and Asian lean, which didn't appeal to my family. Especially my picky eaters. And both books scale recipes for one to two servings, which can be great, or a little inconvenient, depending on your circumstances. Both books are excellent sources of information on the low fat, high carb way of eating and the photography is wonderful. Depending on your favorite foods one book will probably speak to you more than the other, so you really don't need both.

[Kelley Blair · Rating 5 out of 5]

I loved the approach Kiki takes in her health and weight loss journey.Food volume is discussed in its entirety. She goes to great lengths to help the reader understand what foods to avoid that are calorie dense. In addition what foods to consume in abundance and has a healthy perspective on setting yourself up for success. There are meal plans recipes and so much more in her latest cookbook. She spends a good amount of time on laying things out so it’s easy to see where she’s coming from. In addition the recipes don’t call for items that are hard to find they are more than likely already in your pantry for the most part. That means a lot to me especially when grocery prices are skyrocketing these days.

[OneDayI'll · Rating 3 out of 5]

I didn't get this for the calorie counting part but for the plant based and balanced meals. I am growing a LOT of veggies this year and was looking for new ideas. Also, I just eat very little meat and water looking for recipes that weren't all bean based to compensate for meat replacement. There were a lot of good recipe options that I plan to add into our meal rotation. I think my favorite was the samosa wraps. I love samosas but don't do well with fried foods...and baked doesn't taste the same. But these look delicious and with the filling in a softer wrapper will probably a better balance in texture and flavor than baked.

[Karen · Rating 5 out of 5]

Gorgeous to look at. Made me want to make almost every recipe.

The first part of the book goes over how to lose weight on a plant-based diet, including a weekly meal plan. But soon enough we get into the 100 recipes. As a vegetarian who is not too fond of cooking, I found a lot of recipes here that make me want to expand my food horizons. And I am happy that most recipes were appropriate for 1-2 servings.

Highly Recommended.

[Alayna Hammer · Rating 5 out of 5]

Even my meat eating husband loved some recipes

[K LF]

Some great recipes - take out from library again next year!

[Chickpea · Rating 5 out of 5]

Interesting read. I have made one delicious recipe so far and, if the next ones I make are as good I will change to 5 stars.

Edited: I’ve made a few recipes now and they have all been simple and delicious. A great healthy cookbook. I’m feeling better for cooking/ eating from this book for a week.

[Tammy · Rating 5 out of 5]

I'm going plant based and love that everything is explained in this book and the story about how she does meal prep and journaling her foods is very helpful I have Hashimoto's and i'm hoping this helps with my inflammation