For Immediate Release June 1, 2013 Contacts: John Cunningham (410) 366-8343 Sonja Helman: [email protected] SIMPLY VEGAN QUICK VEGETARIAN MEALS The Vegetarian Resource Group has released the fifth edition of Simply Vegan--Quick Vegetarian Meals. Co-author Reed Mangels, PhD, RD, has completely updated the nutrition section, with information about Protein, Fat, Calcium, Iron, Vitamin B-12, Sources of Omega-3 Fats, Weight Loss, and more. New to the book is a full color My Vegan Plate. See: [ http://www.vrg.org/nutshell/MyVeganPlate.pdf ] Simply Vegan is more than a cookbook. It is a guide to a non-violent, environmentally sound, humane-lifestyle. Authors Debra Wasserman and Reed Mangels make vegan living easy with 160 quick vegetarian recipes, an easy-to-understand and complete vegan nutrition section, meal plans, and a guide to Vegan Shopping online and by mail. Also valuable is a list of the top 15 recipes for calcium, vitamin C, and iron, plus an up-to-date chapter on pregnancy, infants, and vegan children. When Dr. Mangels and Ms. Wasserman first wrote Simply Vegan, the word vegan was mostly unknown. Today, according to The Vegetarian Resource Group polls, about 25% of vegetarians in the USA are vegan. Reed Mangels completed her Ph.D. in Nutrition at the University of Maryland. She has worked as a dietitian in hospitals and in the community, and is a past chair of The American Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics Vegetarian Nutrition Dietetic Practice Group. She has raised two vegan children. Debra Wasserman earned an M.A. in International Relations from Georgetown University. She is managing editor of Vegetarian Journal and author of Meatless Meals for Working People and The Lowfat Jewish Vegetarian Cookbook. She has appeared on Good Morning America, CNN, and the Discovery Channel. Over 100,000 copies of the classic Simply Vegan are now in print. The Vegetarian Resource Group is a non-profit organization which educates others about vegetarian diets. A vegetarian does not consume meat, fish or fowl. A vegan is a vegetarian who also does not use other animal products such as eggs or dairy. For information visit [ http://www.vrg.org ]. To order Simply Vegan (224-pages, ISBN 978-0-931411-34-2), send $16 to The Vegetarian Resource Group, P.O. Box 1463, Baltimore, MD 21203. Call (410) 366-8343 9 AM to 5 PM EST, Monday to Friday, or visit [ http://www.vrg.org/catalog ] The website also has a list of over 2,400 vegetarian restaurants, information about vegetarian college scholarships ($10,000 available), guide to food ingredients, and more. ###