First let me start off by saying that I just received this book and have yet to make anything from it, but I plan on doing so this week.
The book is very beautiful with great pictures. There are lots of new and interesting recipes that I am looking forward to trying.
This being said the reason I gave it 3 stars is because SEVERAL of the recipes call for fake vegan "meats". Now I don't mean things like tofu, tempeh, and seitan. These I consider healthy, easy to find, and reasonably priced(especially if you make your own seitan, which is not only money saving but it tastes better too).
Many recipes call for "vegan chicken cutlets", "vegan ham", "vegan sausages" & "vegan beef chunks". These type of "convenience" vegan foods are things that I tend to steer clear of. Not only do they tend to be expensive, but many are loaded with lots of mystery ingredients and packed with sodium. I do however recommend Field Roast brand "Sausages" and products as they are made from whole food, real ingredients. Sadly they do not make "chicken, beef, and ham cutlets".
I know from the authors podcast and website that she became vegan for health reasons and with a book called The HEALTHY Voyager's Global Kitchen I was just surprised it would rely so heavily on faux meats. I expected healthier plant based proteins.
I just feel like I'm going to be substituting with seitan, tofu, & tempeh for over half the recipes in the book which sucks.