Greetings Easy Vegan readers!

My name is Susan Daffron and I’m the author of a book called Vegan Success: Scrumptious, Healthy Vegan Recipes for Busy People (www.vegansuccess.com).

First a big thank you to Kelly for letting me do a guest post. The subject of this blog is one that I certainly am interested in, since it’s basically what our whole cookbook is about! We wrote it because after we went vegan in 1994, we struggled to find recipes that didn’t take forever to make. We’re aren’t exactly gourmet chefs, but we wanted to eat yummy food that we could make after a long day at work when we didn’t feel like cooking.

When you’re vegan, another thing you always (always!!) hear is that being vegan is too “hard” and that you’ll never get enough protein. (Even my mother said this…but then she also was worried that drinking carrot juice would turn me orange; no worries Mom, I never drank that much juice.)

Anyway, getting enough protein when you are vegetarian is easy. Many plant foods are quite high in protein, including beans, nuts, grains and various vegetables, such as broccoli and potatoes. Even carrots contain protein. Tofu contains 10-20 grams of protein and the wide range of soy foods available now are an easy way to incorporate plenty of protein in your diet.

Realistically, technically French fries are vegetarian. If you live on French fries, you won’t be healthy. The key to eating a healthy balanced diet is to eat a wide variety of different foods. When we go to the grocery store, we spend a lot of time in the produce aisle. The more different vegetables and grains you eat, the easier it is to maintain good health.

If you’re struggling for ideas on what to make for dinner, check out our book. It specializes in healthy easy recipes. You can see a few on this page:

www.vegansuccess.com/recipe.htm

and a few more on another one of our Web sites:

www.manyveggierecipes.com

Enjoy!

Susan

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