Make vegetables the star of your kitchen with this time-saving, flexitarian approach to healthier home cooking that will satisfy everyone around your table.

Get more plants into your diet with minimal fuss and delicious results. Plan your next meal around favorites such as carrots, cauliflower, or sweet potatoes, or try your hand at the underused asparagus, Brussels sprouts, or kale, turning them into more than just side dishes. Transform corn into Elote Grilled Cheeses, spinach into Pesto Pasta, cucumbers into No-Roll Sushi Bowls, and tomatoes into Farro Caprese, and even add more veggies to pizza night. Recipes appear by cook and prep times so you can whip up something fast or enjoy more hands-on dishes for every kind of eater: omnivores, vegetarians, and vegans. This must-have cookbook provides all the expert guidance and practical tools that you need to make plant-powered cooking a reality: checklists, tips, variations, meal plans, and versatile flowcharts to help you decide what to make for dinner. All you have to do is start with a vegetable.

Jessica Smith is a professional meal planner and chief marketing officer for Cook Smarts. She writes the Inquiring Chef blog, and her recipes have appeared in or on Hallmark, HuffPost, NBC, and Parade. She lives with her family in Kansas City, Missouri.