Make the transition to healthy, clean-eating, planet-friendly vegan with this unique cookbook and guide full of “tips for ditching animal-based products”(Billee Sharp, author of Lemons and Lavender).In this combination cookbook and lifestyle guide, Alice Mary Alvrez shares her journey from not-so-healthy carnivore to urban homesteader who turned her health around and contributes to a healthier planet as well. This utterly unique vegan cookbook offers over one hundred easy-to-make vegan recipes, and Alvrez also shares her green-living methods, cooking techniques, and sage advice about food and nutrition. (Eating your veggies is essential to good health, especially for families and children—and growing the organic veggies you eat is even better!)As instructive as it is inspiring, this book is brimming with excellent information about avoiding unhealthy food additives and the importance of eating clean and getting educated about your diet. It is also packed with tips and tricks for living vegan and making sure your home and clothing are cruelty-free. Going green and vegan is easier than you think—and this book offers a year’s worth of ideas, yummy recipes and ways you can create a sustainable life.