My excellent friend Somer McCowan’s first book is out this week! The Abundance Weight loss plan: The 28-day Plan to Reinvent Your Health. This groundbreaking cookbook and eating regimen plan is for anyone who desires to take control of their weight and health through whole plant-based foods. Somer’s 28-Day Weight loss plan Plan features a foreword by Neal Barnard, M.D. and a (optional) bonus juice feast to kick start your weight reduction and health journey. The plan includes over 100 delicious recipes (all gluten-free) and is customizable to suit individual tastes.
Somer trained in restaurants and bakeries in the USA and Australia. After going vegan, she reversed severe ulcerative colitis, and plenty of who’ve tried her plan lost weight quickly and safely while feeling full and eating an abundance of whole plant-based foods. She blogs at www.vedgedout.com, where her vegan cheese balls have taken the vegan world by storm! Her story also features on ForksoverKnives.com and Chooseveg.com
The book isn’t nearly Smoothies, there are hot meals which you could distribute over the day. It takes the guess work out of planning the 28 days of eating whole foods, still stay full, feel brisker and awesome while doing it. the book offers creative ways to enjoy some traditional foods with a lower calorie content. That is a eating regimen book but additionally for anyone concerned about improving their overall health. The recipes are based on whole ingredients.
The primary few chapters speak about relationship with food, identifying negative eating patterns, recommendations on simplifying the menu, extending lifetime of fresh produce, meal plans, shopping lists, reducing food waste, budgeting and more. Then the recipes that cover Breakfast, Smoothies, Soups, Salads and Dressing, Dips and Snacks, Mains, Dessert, and a chapter on fitness and lengthening the plan beyond 28 days. Pick up the 28 day meal plan copy here!
The Publisher is making a gift of a replica of the book to at least one blog reader! Enter the giveaway to win a replica of the book by leaving a comment on this post about your favorite Summer recipe that’s whole food based and keeps you full! Somer can be making a gift of 5 signed copies on her blog.
Initially I assumed that I won’t be the audience for the book. I don’t drink smoothies, esp greens, as they don’t work well with my tummy. I’m not particular about counting calories and such. But, as I read through the book, I continue to learn stuff that I can apply to my lifestyle and already found certain patterns that I can modify. Eating healthily (and deliciously) at all times makes a difference in how I feel. The soups, stews, dressings, snacks, mains and dessert are going to maintain me occupied for some time! Preview the book on the Look Inside feature on Amazon for access to the primary few chapters and sample recipes to assist you to determine!
I made the Moroccan lentil stew because I at all times have the ingredients available and it was so good!. I also made the vegan egg salad. (below)
And a few cashew ranch dressing to serve with roasted sweet potatoes for snack. The smoothies will show up on hubbs Summer breakfast. I’m loving the soups, stews and mains like Chiles relenos casserole , African peanut stew, Cheesy Cauliflower and Potato Bake, Grilled Eggplant and Zucchini Lasagna, Bananas Foster Pancakes, Raw Pad Thai, BBQ Roasted Chickpeas!, Blueberry Peach Tart with Apricot Crumble.
Even whenever you think you may have tried red lentils in all ways possible, there are recent ways to eat them, like this delicious Moroccan Lentil Stew! Calmly spiced, tomatoey, zesty and just perfect hot or cold! We served this with some multigrain garlic bread.
Print Recipe
Moroccan Lentil Soup Recipe from The Abundance Weight loss plan.
My Australian sister-in-law Annette made this soup for us while her family was here vacationing in the USA. Here’s my interpretation of her soup, which is well the preferred soup recipe on my website. (Recipe from The Abundance Weight loss plan, © 2015 by Somer McCowan. Utilized by permission from Vegan Heritage Press LLC.)
Servings: 4
Calories: 358kcal
Ingredients
- 6 cups (1410 ml) vegetable broth
- 2 cups (320 g) onions chopped into 1/4-inch dice
- 2 medium carrots sliced into 1/4-inch rounds
- 2 large cloves garlic minced or pressed
- 1 teaspoon ground coriander
- 1 1/2 (1.5) heaped teaspoons ground cumin
- 3/4 teaspoon (0.75 teaspoon) ground turmeric
- 3/4 teaspoon (0.75 teaspoon) smoked paprika
- 3/4 teaspoon (0.75 teaspoon) ground cinnamon
- 3/4 teaspoon (0.75 teaspoon) ground ginger
- 28 oz (793.79 g) can crushed tomatoes
- 1 1/2 cups (288 g) split dry red lentils picked over and rinsed
- 1/3 cup (20 g) chopped parsley
- 1/3 cup (20 g) chopped cilantro
- Juice of 1 large lemon
- 1 teaspoon sea salt or to taste
- 1/3 teaspoon (0.33 teaspoon) ground black pepper
Instructions
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Heat 1/4 cup of the vegetable broth in a big soup pot over medium-high heat. Add the onion, carrot, and garlic and sauté, adding additional broth as essential to maintain the vegetables from burning. Sauté until the onions are softened and translucent, about 5 minutes. Add the coriander, cumin, turmeric, smoked paprika, cinnamon, and ground ginger. Sauté the vegetables and seasonings for 1 to 2 minutes to permit the flavors to bloom. Add the remaining vegetable broth, crushed tomatoes, and lentils and produce to a boil.
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Cover the pot and reduce the warmth to a simmer. Cook for half-hour or until the lentils are fully cooked. Add the parsley, cilantro, and lemon juice and stir to mix. Season with the salt and pepper. For texture variation you’ll be able to pulse the soup a number of times with an immersion blender. For extra brightness, squeeze a further slice of lemon over each bowl.
Notes
Dietary values based on one serving
Nutrition
Nutrition Facts
Moroccan Lentil Soup Recipe from The Abundance Weight loss plan.
Amount Per Serving
Calories 358
Calories from Fat 9
% Each day Value*
Fat 1g2%
Sodium 386mg17%
Potassium 1477mg42%
Carbohydrates 68g23%
Fiber 27g113%
Sugar 15g17%
Protein 22g44%
Vitamin A 6245IU125%
Vitamin C 39.4mg48%
Calcium 162mg16%
Iron 8.8mg49%
* Percent Each day Values are based on a 2000 calorie eating regimen.
This giveaway is open to US only. To enter, please leave a comment on this post about your favorite Summer recipe that’s whole food based and keeps you full! A winner might be picked on June 18th midnight.
