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Dear Readers,

While working on my first cookbook, Entice with Spice, Easy Indian Recipes for Busy People, I knew my next book would be a healthy vegetarian cookbook. I have always had a great appreciation for a meatless diet because of its many health benefits. Having recently become a new mom, I am even more interested and encouraged to cook healthy dishes using fresh produce for my family. For two years I've been creating, cooking, and tasting recipes, and now I'm happy to share my collection of quick and easy, healthy, flavorful, and satisfying vegetarian recipes here.

This cookbook has a wide variety of recipes prepared from fresh fruits, vegetables, grains, nuts, lentils, legumes, tofu, and paneer (Indian homemade cheese) inspired by Indian cooking styles and flavors that I learned from my mother. My mom is not only a dietician but a fabulous gardener and a good cook as well. I am simply amazed at how she can prepare a nutritious and delicious dinner by picking vegetables grown in her own back yard and cooking them with Indian spices that have natural health benefits and healing properties.

As we continue to seek out healthier and sustainable lifestyles we have greater knowledge of our food sources and its implications and are leaning towards eating more fresh fruits and vegetables. However, many people may not have an idea of how to prepare and cook these fruits and vegetables. My recipes will enable you to cook scrumptious vegetarian and vegan dishes so you can enjoy incorporating fruits and vegetables into a healthy, balanced and wholesome diet.

I also wanted to share my experiences in shopping for, storing, and cutting up the fruits and vegetables you can find in your grocers, co-ops, farmers markets, and CSA's. I have included time-saving tips so you can cook and prepare ahead of time.

I am certain that after cooking with this book, you will see fruits, nuts, vegetables, grains, lentils, legumes, tofu, and paneer in a different light. You will realize the fun, ease, and simplicity of cooking with them and will appreciate how nutritious, delectable, and environmentally friendly they can be. Even my three-year-old daughter enjoys eating her fruits and vegetables when I use them in these Indian-inspired recipes. I hope you will too!

Enjoy!

Shubhra Ramineni

www.enticewithspice.com