CHEF STEVEN PETUSEVSKY INTRODUCES FLAVORFUL AND HEALTHY VEGETARIAN CREATIONS

Perfect for Prediabetes, Diabetes, and Heart Health THE AMERICAN DIABETES ASSOCIATION VEGETARIAN COOKBOOK: Satisfying, Bold, and Flavorful Recipes from the Garden, by renowned chef and cookbook author Steven Petusevsky, is the perfect kitchen companion for those who want to live a healthier lifestyle, with over 150 recipes for designing and preparing delicious and satisfying vegetarian recipes inspired by global cuisines. Motivated in large part to improve his own health and a recent diagnosis of prediabetes, Chef Petusevsky, former National Director of Creative Food Development for Whole Foods Market and author of The Whole Foods Market Cookbook, approached the American Diabetes Association with the idea of developing a cookbook for those who wanted to prepare vegetarian dishes as well as adopt healthier eating habits. Perfectly suited to those looking to improve their diet, THE AMERICAN DIABETES ASSOCIATION VEGETARIAN COOKBOOK offers dishes that are low in saturated fat, calories, and processed carbohydrates. New and experienced vegetarian cooks will discover such delightful dishes as Pan-Seared Spicy Asparagus with Shiitake Mushrooms, Steve’s Super Bowl of Garden Chili, and Sweet Potato and Apple Latkes, to name a few—and all recipes include complete nutritional information, including exchanges/food choices. “You don’t have to sacrifice flavor for health,” Chef Petusevsky says. “What’s terrific about the recipes in this book is that they are easy to make, have incredible flavor, and will never bore you or your friends and family.” The recipes in THE AMERICAN DIABETES ASSOCIATION VEGETARIAN COOKBOOK rely on simple, fresh, and seasonal ingredients and explore how they relate to each other through taste, texture, color, and flavor harmony. Sweet, sour, salty, spicy, and bitter are the primal elements of taste that, when carefully balanced, resonate together to make every forkful tasty and enjoyable. Chefs know this as the Asian 5-Flavor Principle, which universally guides our taste buds. There was a time when stocking a vegetarian pantry was a challenge for everybody. Thankfully, it is getting easier, with access to large supermarkets, natural foods grocers, or ethnic markets. Chef Petusevsky presents Vegetarian Pantry 101, detailing the wide variety of choices available nearly everywhere today and explaining that a vegetarian pantry is really an evolution from ordinary pantries into a collection of favorite herbs and spices, condiments, dried pastas, legumes, vinegars and oils, grains, alternative proteins, and more. Whether starting a new family tradition or rekindling a relationship with healthful, flavorful, and wonderful vegetarian meals, THE AMERICAN DIABETES ASSOCIATION VEGETARIAN COOKBOOK will find a favored spot in America’s kitchens.