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Enjoy mindful, creative cuisine with this plant-based cookbook featuring more than 100 nourishing, feel-good, easy-to-follow recipes that combine Mexican and Dominican influences and flavors from popular Instagrammer @plantbasedrd. In this, her first cookbook, Catherine Perez, an expert chef and registered dietician known to her thousands of Instagram and TikTok fans as @plantbasedrd, provides dozens of mouthwatering recipes to make eating healthful and delicious every day. Whether you''re thinking about changing to a plant-based diet, a dedicated vegan, or just want something delicious and new to cook tonight and pack for lunch tomorrow, Peaceful Kitchen is for you. Perez helps you take the stress out of eating well with recipes that combine the Mexican and Dominican dishes she was raised on with her own delicious experimentation and the latest scientific information on nutrition. From Moro de Guandules to Breakfast Polenta with Smoky Baked Tempeh, she shows you how eating healthy doesn''t mean eating bland. Inviting you into her own life, Perez inspires you to make the kitchen a true expression of yourself--bringing your own imagination, heritage, and fun to mealtime--and show to cultivate calm as you prepare mindful, sustainable meals. Discover meals like: Zesty Mango Lime Smoothie Strawberry Shortcake Overnight Oats Caesar Salad Wraps Thai Red Curry Tofu Wholesome Date and Pistachio Cookies Dominican Sofrito and so much more! With recipes that are both nostalgic and innovative, delicious and nutritious, flavorful and filling, Perez will reshape how you eat, one dish at a time, and help you turn the kitchen into your Zen space.
About the author
Catherine Perez earned a master’s degree in Human Nutrition at Drexel University and has worked as an outpatient cardiology dietitian, a grocery store dietitian, corporate dietitian, and virtual nutrition counselor. Her education informed creative, nutritious recipes she started sharing @plantbasedrd on Instagram and on the Plant Based RD blog and newsletter. Her work has appeared in Shape, MindBodyGreen, and the Wall Street Journal.
