Gena Hamshaw is a registered dietitian nutritionist, recipe developer, and the author of Power Plates and The Vegan Week. She shares vegan recipes on her blog, The Full Helping, which she has written since 2009. Gena lives in New York City, where she can usually be found on her yoga mat or scoping out the city's best vegan pastas and pizza pies.
“You do not need to be a vegan, or even a vegetarian, to want this book. Gena’s fun formula, made accessible by her bright recipes, is for anyone who wants to consume fewer animal products (me) and not feel unsated doing so (also me). Tempeh ratatouille pasta? Sign me up.”—Emma Laperruque, associate director of cooking at Bon Appétit and Epicurious “I have long been a fan of Gena’s recipes, and A Grain, a Green, a Bean proves why. It contains a mind-blowing array of exciting, flavorful, and balanced meals that make me want to get cooking immediately! Gena’s creativity, passion, and nutrition expertise shine through every page, and she makes it all very doable, so everyone can eat well and enjoy more.”—Ellie Krieger, RD, Food Network and PBS host and James Beard Award–winning cookbook author “If you have ever found yourself stumped at the dinner hour wondering how to get a tasty and balanced meal on the table without spending hours and dirtying every pot in your cupboard, this book is for you. In A Grain, a Green, a Bean, Gena gets back to the basics, giving us a formula we can rely on in countless permutations to get simple, nourishing meals on the table. From bowls and salads to stovetop meals and oven-to-table dishes, this book is chock-full of approachable, satisfying recipes doable any day of the week.”—Alexandra Stafford, New York Times bestselling author of Pizza Night