Kitchen Divided: Vegan Dishes for Semi-Vegan Households

Ellen Jaffe Jones

Nov 2013 · Book Publishing Company

About this ebook

Dining together is a great way to foster a relationship, but many vegans find themselves in conflict with partners, family members, or friends who don t share their dietary persuasion. If those vegans are lucky, their loved ones will be happy to share meatless dishes and won't mind postponing a steak or chicken dinner until they eat out. More often than not, however, both vegans and meat eaters are forced to accommodate each other in the confines of the same kitchen. The emotions stirred by their contrary diets can heat that kitchen to the boiling point.
 

Enter cookbook author, fitness trainer, and kitchen referee Ellen Jaffe Jones. With an abundance of tips for dealing with the many common food fights that arise in such living arrangements, Ellen dishes up sage advice for how to restore harmony, peace, and joy in divergent food relationships. Her mouthwatering recipes include delicious vegan alternatives to conventional dishes typically based on meat or dairy products. This is hearty fare even a diehard carnivore will love. Ellen also provides recipes for versatile meatless main dishes that nonvegan diners can add meat to or enjoy as side dishes.
 

Ellen offers anecdotes and coping ideas gleaned from her cooking classes and social media groups, and from other vegans who have spent years living in a kitchen divided. She demonstrates that it's not only possible to survive but thrive when a challenging living arrangements puts different eaters at odds.

About the author

Ellen Jaffe Jones is "THE VEG COACH," aka "The Broccoli Rep." Because as she says, "Who else IS the broccoli rep?" She is an inspiring motivational speaker, personal trainer, running coach, author, and trained instructor of healthy cooking classes designed by respected doctors and registered dietitians.

Ellen was a popular award-winning TV investigative reporter and anchor for 18 years in Miami and St. Louis (2 Emmys, National Press Club Award-Consumer Reporting). Many have sought her expertise in modeling a healthy lifestyle. She became known as the "Earth Mother in a Suit" when she left TV and became a successful financial consultant at Smith Barney for 5 years. Combining both backgrounds, she wrote Eat Vegan on $4 a Day after seeing too many news stories saying eating healthfully was impossible on a budget. She wrote Kitchen Divided after hearing from audiences how many lived in and struggled with "split kitchens" and "mixed marriages."

Ellen is nationally certified as a personal trainer (Aerobics & Fitness Association of America) and a certified running coach (Road Runners Club of America). She is currently 3rd in State (FL) in her age group for the 200, 400 & 1500 meter sprints, 4th in the 100 meters. Her 100 meter times are seconds slower than NCAA college girls. The publisher of Running Journal says it is rare for anyone with her sprint times to have ever finished a marathon. 

Ellen began running and eating a plant-based diet 32 years ago when she almost died of a colon blockage. Her mom, aunt and both sisters got breast cancer and most other diseases as well. Her family became part of the original breast cancer gene studies. Ellen's sole motivation is to help organizations she hopes will improve health, the environment and create a more humane world for her three daughters and their generation. 

Ellen is also the author of Eat Vegan for $4 A Day, and Paleo Vegan. Her gifted public speaking ability, humor, easy tips, and motivational ideas make her an inspirational keynote speaker.