Lauren Lovatt 
Mind Food [EPUB ebook] 
Plant-based recipes for positive mental health

Mind Food is a delicious and revolutionary invitation to eating whole foods, with a mind-nourishing twist – inspired by years of research around how food can make us happy and boost our moods.
Founder of the Plant Academy and the woman behind 
Feed Your Mind Candy, plant-based chef and food educator
Lauren Lovatt mindfully reconnects readers to the adage of ‘we are what we eat’ in this appetising new-wave cookbook. 
Drawing on her own experiences of mental health, Lovatt presents an
empowering approach to food and wellbeing which is nourishing, sustainable and
good for both us and the planet.
Focusing on
hero ingredients of plants, whole grains, healthy fats, legumes, and tonic herbs,
vibrant vegan recipes offer
emotional balance with a splash of creativity, and a sprinkle of magic!
With
recipes presented by season in order to make the most of
freshly-grown produce and to maximise the benefits according to our different needs at each time of year, ideas in this book include:
 

• Flavourful and brain-boosting  kimchi and black bean tostadas;


• Delicious pumpkin arancini,   filled with healthy fats and rainbow vegetables; 


• A destressing CBD stir-fry  with wild rice, ginger and sunflower seeds; 


• An energy-boosting mind food fry-up of qi beans, scrambled tofu, caramelized tomatoes and smoked mushrooms…

And many, many more!
Mind Food is about connecting with yourself and the world around you, and offers
a holistic toolbox of insights into how to live in sync with the world. It shares
lifestyle practices that inspire new activities, and delicious
sweet and savoury recipes focused on
seasonal ingredients and
tonics to support your brain through each life-affirming season.
Nurture your mental and physical health with
Mind Food, a must-have cookbook for every kitchen library.

Table des matières

Introduction
Ingredients
Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter
Drinks, Desserts, Pantry Staples, Far Out Fermentation, Make a Batch
Index
Acknowledgements & thanks
Resources
Credits
 

A propos de l’auteur

Sara Kiyo Popowa is a food photographer and recipe developer @shisiodelicious with over 106, 000 followers. She is the popular author of Bento Power and The Opinionated Guide to Vegan London. Sara has been an integral part of Plant Academy since the beginning, first coming on board to teach masterclasses about her book Bento Power and photography and going on to open a joint venture with Lauren Lovatt ‘The Food Studio’ where they created the Plant Academy online courses and so much more. Sara’s passion for plants and incredible photography skills brought Plant Academy to life in a brand new way and all of the photos and animations for the courses, online and for this Plant Academy book, have been created by her over the last four years. She shares with Lovatt a devotion to the power of the visual and for communicating plant-based food in a mesmerizingly bold and aesthetic way. This book and all of Plant Academy would not be the same without her.