Since going plant-strong I have purchased a lot of new cookbooks and still keep my eyes out for new plant-strong recipes. The fun then becomes picking and choosing what new recipe to try out for the week. I have several cookbooks that have become my favorites! One of them is Dr. Barnard’s “The Get Healthy, Go Vegan Cookbook“.

I have made several recipes out of this book. One of my favorite summer salads is by far Dr. Barnard’s “White Bean and Tomato Salad” on page 89. I think it should be re-named, “White Bean, Tomato, & Basil Salad” because it also has delicious fresh basil, parsley and red onion in it, along with the flavorings of lemon zest, white wine & Dijon mustard. It’s absolutely heavenly! A bonus is that there’s no oil added to this salad. Here’s a photo of the salad with a hot chickpea…