Summary
Experience the happiest side of life through beautiful, nourishing foods.
Ashley Melillo believes in enjoying a wide array of wholesome foods in order to thrive--physically, mentally, and emotionally. For her blog, Blissful Basil, she finds innovative ways to use plants for fun, flavorful dishes that keep her readers coming back. Her gorgeous debut cookbook brings brand-new recipes, plus a handful of signature dishes, from her kitchen to yours.
Blissful Basil focuses on bringing out the best flavors of whole foods and features more than 100 plant-based dishes that will delight vegans, vegetarians, and meat-eaters alike. What's more, most of the recipes are free from gluten, soy, and refined sugars.
Inside, you'll discover a variety of new creations and fan favorites, including:
- Raw Apple-Cinnamon Breakfast Parfait with Cinnamon Soft-Serve
- Burst Heirloom Tomato + SuperSeed Pesto Pasta
- Cosmically Fudgy Cacao-Tahini Brownies
- Crispy Parmesan Brussels Sprout Chips with Lemon Aioli
- Crispy Cauliflower Tacos with Tangy Slaw + Avocado Crema
- Pile 'Em High Epic Plant-Powered Nachos
Blissful Basil offers a vibrant journey through vegan cooking, where delicious plant-based foods become the colorful foundation for meals that nourish the body and delight the senses. When you treat plants with love and a splash of creativity, you'll discover dishes that are flavor-packed and satisfying, whether it's a quick breakfast or a savory dinner.
This is a cookbook for anyone in search of an accessible way to cook and enjoy more delicious, health-giving meals. Make your table a blissful place where wonderful foods rejuvenate your body, delight your palette, and enhance your well-being. With Blissful Basil , each meal is a new opportunity to choose foods that are as beneficial as they are delectable.
Ashley Melillo is the writer, photographer, and recipe-creator behind Blissful Basil, a blog dedicated to unearthing the happiest side of life through wholesome, plant-based foods. A school psychologist by day and a vegan food blogger by night, Ashley is fascinated with the way that diet and lifestyle choices affect physical, cognitive, and emotional wellness. She incorporates a wide array of natural, health-enhancing ingredients into her recipes with the hope of guiding others on their path towards improved well-being all while enjoying delicious food (read: you can have your health and eat cake too!). Ashley holds a Certificate in Plant-Based Nutrition and her recipes have been featured in Women's Health , Redbook , The Huffington Post , and Shape , among others. She lives in Chicago with her husband, Dan, and orange tabby cat, Jack.
