The Natural Vegan Kitchen delivers recipes that will encourage America to fall in love with healthy cooking. It is easy to embrace meals that taste too indulgent to be nutritious yet are still heart- and waistline friendly, and gentle on the planet. Author and cooking instructor Christine Waltermyer shows us the modern way to prepare natural food while blending the best of both vegan and macrobiotic diets. Use of high quality foods that are as close to their natural state offer more nutritional bang for each buck. Taste-tested by hundreds of students and clients, these recipes are easy to duplicate. Sections include What's For Breakfast, Appetizers, Nourishing Soups and Stews, Ballads for Salads, Radiant Grains, Spectacular Salad Dressings and Sauces, Savory Beans, The Main Dish and Casserole City, Delectable Vegetables and–last but not least–Have Your Cake and Eat It Too. Many of the recipes are gluten-free.