Vegan Soul Kitchen by Bryant Terry

Award-winning eco-chef Bryant Terry wrote this cookbook of 150 fresh, creative soul food recipes to prove that eating healthy doesn't mean sacrificing your favorite flavors or meals. Each recipe uses fresh, whole, healthy ingredients with a focus on local/seasonal/sustainably grown foods. Basically, this book is a dream for those of us trying to eat healthy while being totally in love with comfort foods.

• Uncle Don's Double Mustard Greens and Roasted Yam Soup
• Open-Faced BBQ Tempeh Sandwich with Carrot-Cayenne Coleslaw
• Frozen Memphis Mint Julep
• Black-Eyed Pea Fritters with Hot Pepper Sauce
• Chilled and Grilled Okra, Corn, and Heirloom Tomato Salad
• Gumbo Z
• Garlicky Cornbread Croutons
• Coconut-Pecan Pralines