Feel Good Kitchen: 80 Plant-Based Recipes to Boost Your Mood and Nourish Your Brain

As it becomes increasingly clear that what we eat affects our mood and gut-brain connection, this vegan cookbook uniquely offers 80 easy and delicious recipes for a healthy brain and a happy mind.

These 80 vibrant, plant-based recipes are not only joyful and delicious, but they also harness the nutrients that boost your brain and your gut-brain connection. All recipes are brand-new and exclusive, have been approved by a nutritionist and are divided into two sections: Healthy Brain and Happy Mind. These colorful recipes, each one accompanied by stunning photos taken by Nourishing Amy, are guaranteed to make you feel good, inside and out!

Eating for a Healthy Brain is one of the best things we can do for overall longevity. It is all about focussing on a few key wholefood staples that are seen to increase brain function, improve memory and focus.

• Start the day right with Brain Food Granola or Matcha Pistachio Creamy Oats
• Never eat a boring lunch again with Avocado, Strawberry and Chickpea Salad or Nutty Orange Slaw with Smoky Walnuts
• End the day with the hearty nourishment of Creamy Arrabbiata Beans or Sesame-Crusted Tofu Noodle Salad with Satay Sauce

Food can be a huge factor in our mental health and maintaining a Happy Mind. The gut and brain are connected via the happy hormone serotonin, and there are many foods that nourish that link.

• Bring fun and colour to the table with Rainbow Wraps or Tofu-Halloumi Glow Bowls
• Embrace abundance with One-Pan Courgette Lasagne or Crispy Cauliflower Nuggets with Tzatziki
• Pursue pleasure with Chocolate Banoffee Caramel Slices or Pear and Walnut Streusel Muffins

Amy Lanza is the plant-based recipe developer, food and content creator, food stylist, and photographer behind Nourishing Amy. She is passionate about food, health, and happiness and promotes a mindful balance in life; from kale salads to chocolate cake, there is room for it all. The word ＂nourish＂ embodies Amy’s 360 holistic approach to well-being in which health is not only the foods on our plate, but how we think and feel. Amy’s work has been featured on the front covers of Vegan Life and PlantBased magazines. She has also been included in many other vegan publications such as Thrive. She shares her exclusive, plant-based recipes on www.nourishingamy.com and has 122K engaged followers on Instagram. She has worked with amazing well-known brands such as Panasonic, KitchenAid, Heinz, Flora, Divine Chocolate, Rude Health and BOSH among others.