Dear Veggie Loving Cooks,

Two readers have asked recently about whether I'll be including vegetarian recipes in my second book due out in April. Of course, it goes without saying that someone like The Sneaky Chef would love a question like this : )

So here's a question from one reader: "Hi, In your new book will you include a bunch of vegetarian meals? We are trying to stay away from meat and keep it healthy. Recipes would be a BIG help as we run out of ideas. We try to cook low sodium, low fat and veggie and I feel limited. Any ideas would be GREAT!"

The Sneaky Chef for Men will contain about the same number of actual vegetarian recipes as the original, which is quite substantial. Plus, I designed many of the recipes so that you can simply omit the meat ingredient and still have a fantastic veggie/bean/grain dish left behind. I found that it is quite easy to treat meat as a garnish, so leaving it out becomes simple–but use enough of it, and it becomes a focus.  Many Asian cuisines treat meat in this way. Tofu or prepared vegetarian meat substitutes can also be used with great success.

With healthiest regards,

Missy Chase Lapine
The Sneaky Chef