Cover -- Praise for Better than Vegan -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- Foreword -- My Story -- 1 My Battle with Food -- 2 Diet Is a Noun, Too -- 3 Cooking with Plants -- Recipes -- 4 Sauces, Dips, Creams, and Dressings -- Cauliflower Purée -- Chipotle Cream Sauce -- Hollandaise Sauce -- Creamy Leek Sauce -- Garden Fresh Tomato Sauce -- The Best Date Syrup Ever -- Low-Fat Mayonnaise -- Jalapeño Mayonnaise -- Maple Cream -- Creamy Dijon Vinaigrette -- Cucumber Dressing -- Ranch Dressing -- Thousand Island Dressing -- Ginger-Miso Dressing -- Mango Salad Dressing -- The Best Mushroom Gravy Ever -- Chili Gravy -- 5 Breakfasts -- Mango-Ginger Smoothie -- Cocoa-Almond Smoothie -- Banana-Maple Granola -- Fruit and Spice Breakfast Bars -- Basic Oatmeal -- Oatmeal with Poached Rhubarb -- Big Fat Breakfast Pizza -- Breakfast Burritos -- Del's Big Breakfast Casserole -- Mr. Benedict -- Spinach "Ricotta" -- Spicy Seitan -- 6 Appetizers -- Traditional Low-Fat Hummus -- Spinach-Wasabi Hummus -- Artichoke and Basil Hummus -- Fava Bean-Red Pepper Hummus -- Lemon-Kalamata Hummus -- Cracked Black Pepper Hummus -- White Bean Spread -- Chestnut and White Bean Spread -- White Bean Pesto -- Spinach-Artichoke Dip -- Ajvar (Serbian Red Pepper Spread) -- 7 Soups -- Basic Soup Stock -- Creole Corn Chowder -- Creole Spice Blend -- White Gazpacho -- Chilled Tomato Bisque -- Chilled Sweet Potato Bisque -- Cream of Mushroom Soup -- Turkish Red Lentil Soup -- Succotash Soup -- Spicy Black Bean-Sweet Potato Stew -- Smoky Black Bean Bisque -- Watercress-Potato Soup -- Southwestern Corn and Potato Soup -- 8 Wraps, Sandwiches, Pizza, and Flatbreads -- Zucchini Pritti-Hummus Wrap -- Portobello Wraps with Spicy Asian Slaw -- Black Bean Burritos -- White Bean Veggie Wrap -- Hot and Sour Ratatouille Calzones with White Bean Pesto.

Whole-Wheat Pizza Dough -- Red, White, and Green Pizza -- Sun-Dried Tomato Pesto Flatbread -- Hummus, Pesto, and Tomato Flatbread -- Southwestern Black Bean and Pesto Flatbread -- Smoky Black Bean Flatbread -- 9 Entrées -- Tropical "Chicken" Salad -- Gado Gado -- Black Bean Burgers -- Scalloped Potatoes -- Mushroom Tacos with Chipotle Cream -- Sweet Potato-Black Bean Enchiladas -- Three Sisters Enchiladas -- Adzuki Bean Tacos -- Bangkok Noodles -- Summer Pasta with Veggies and "Cream" -- Gnocchi -- Pasta with Curried Squash Sauce -- Creamy Pasta and Broccoli -- Penne with Mushrooms and Peas -- Del's Stuffed "Beast" -- Baked Tofu -- Sukiyaki -- Bibimbap -- Mushroom Bourguignon -- Hot and Sour Eggplant Ratatouille -- 10 Side Dishes -- Balsamic-Glazed Brussels Sprouts -- Eat Your Greens -- Mustard Greens -- Tangy BBQ Baked Beans -- Potato Salad -- Coleslaw -- Cilantro-Lime Slaw -- Jicama Slaw with Creamy Poppy Seed Dressing -- Cornbread -- Parsnip Mashed Potatoes -- Simple Candied Sweet Potatoes -- 11 Desserts -- Very Berry Ice Cream -- Lemon-Berry Sorbet -- Sweet Potato-Brown Rice Pudding -- Chocolate Pudding -- Fig Deltons -- Pineapple Sherbet -- Index -- Acknowledgments -- About the Authors.