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Say Goodbye to Your Excuses and Hello to Easy, Healthy Recipes

We all want to eat healthier and feel better, but we don't always know where to start-and stepping into the kitchen can feel overwhelming.

Sound familiar? Shut Up and Cook! provides simple, healthy recipes for all lifestyles, dietary habits, and tastes.

After noticing how certain chemicals and ingredients were impacting her family's energy and well-being, author Erica Reid realized prioritizing health begins in the kitchen. In Shut Up and Cook!, Erica-a healthy-living expert, mother, and wife to legendary music mogul LA Reid-shows you that creating nourishing meals can be inspiring and fun! Shut Up and Cook! features 101 healthy, everyday recipes with adaptations to suit your health needs that are easy for any level of experience including:

* Rice-Free Cauliflower Sushi Rolls
* Chocolate Chip Cookies with Crispy Kale
* Game-Day Buffalo Chicken Wings
* Dairy-Free Challah Vanilla French Toast

With the right tools and Erica by your side, you can cook wholesome, delicious food. Set aside the reasons why you can't be healthier and shut up and cook!

Contents:

Introduction: Stop Talking. Start Cooking.

Helpful and Healthful Cooking Tips
The Tools
The Food and Ingredients
Foods You Won't Find
Basic Principles of Buying and Preparing Your Food

Recipes
Breakfast
Blueberry or Chocolate Chip Spelt Muffins
Carrot Raisin Muffins
Summer Watermelon Fruit Bowl
Antioxidant Fruit Salad
Dairy-Free Challah Vanilla French Toast
Granola Brittle
Cozy Millet and Brown Rice Porridge
Saturday Morning Spelt and Oat Pancakes
Huevos Rancheros (Egg or Extra-Firm Tofu) with Black Beans
Vegetarian and Vegan
Snack-Time Tofu Dip with Crudites
Cauliflower Rice Salad with Green Beans and Chickpeas
Home-Run Gazpacho
Rice-Free Cauliflower Sushi Rolls
Garden Arugula Green Bean Salad
Orange and Fennel Salad
New York Bowl
California Bowl
Backyard Pickled Vegetables
Load 'em Up Vegetable Stir-Fry
Harvest Acorn Squash with Cinnamon Maple Syrup
Mother Earth Collard Green Wraps
Zucchini and Carrot Pasta
Soul-Warming Black-Eyed Peas
Yum-Yum Black Beans
Black Bean Mango Salad with a Kick
Coconut Rice
Avocado Carrot Salad
Kelp Noodle Stir-Fry
Fry-Free Veggie Spring Rolls
Tofu Veggie Burritos
Black Bean Burgers
Canada Cauliflower
Poultry
Bun-less Turkey Burgers
Mama's Turkey Meatballs
Game-Day Buffalo Chicken Wings
City Jerk Chicken
Chicken in the Garden, LA's Favorite
Turkey Tacos
Turkey Bacon Wrapped Asparagus
Family Turkey Meatloaf
Mom's Bliss Pelau Chicken, My Way
Lamb and Other Meats
Mom's Staple Kielbasa with Sauerkraut
Rosemary Lamb Chops
Savory Lamb Burgers
Fish
Ginger Salmon
Miso Cod en Papillote
Salmon "Sushi" Rolls
Gluten-Free Salmon Pea Pasta
Dressings and Sauces
Avocado Dressing
Lemon Dressing
Herbed Salad Dressing
Maple Cider Vinaigrette
Teriyaki Sauce
Plum Sauce
Soups
Broth
Green Soup
Cauliflower Soup
Black Bean Soup
Soothing Butternut Soup
Shredded "Soup-Kitchen" Chicken Soup
Pizza
With Love, Arianna and Addison's Pizza
Pesto Avocado Pizza
Three-Cheese Veggie Pizza
Snacks
Double-Dip Black Bean Dip
Toasted Nori and Sea Salt Popcorn
Nana's Rolls, My Way
Gypsy Girl Guacamole
French-Style Radishes with Nondairy Butter
Garlic Boost Spread
Sweet Potato Fries with Rosemary
Honeymoon Salsa
Parsnip Fries
Modern Focaccia Bread
Chips: Zucchini, Mushroom, Brussels Sprouts, and Beet
Desserts
Chocolate Chip Cookies with Crispy Kale
Grandma's Nondairy Sweet Potato Pie
Guilt-Free Doughnuts
Nondairy Strawberry Ice Cream
Watermelon Granita
Pineapple Lemon Granita
Sugarless Sweet Apple Pie
Childhood "7Up (R)" Bundt Cake
Raspberry Strawberry Soup
Decadent Chocolate Truffles
Balsamic Strawberries with Basil
Soy Butter Rice Krispies (R) Cups
Cinnamon Saturday Apple Crisp
Vegan Cheesecake
Drinks
Raspberry Sorbet with Sparkling Water
Cooling Watermelon Juice
Avocado Kale Smoothie
Tropical Fruit Smoothie
Green Juice

Acknowledgments
Recipe Index
About the Author