From the creators of the DecolonizeYourDiet.org website. More than just a cookbook, it redefines what is meant by "traditional" Mexican food by reaching back through hundreds of years of history to reclaim heritage crops as a source of protection from modern diseases. When Luz Calvo was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2006, she began seeking out recipes featuring healthy, vegetarian Mexican foods. The authors promote a diet rich in plants indigenous to the Americas (corn, beans, squash, greens, herbs, and seeds), and are passionate about the idea that Mexicans and Latinos need to ditch the fast food and return to their own culture's food roots for both physical health and spiritual fulfillment. This vegetarian cookbook features 109 colourful, delicious recipes inspired by indigenous ingredients and knowledge, such as Red Pozole with Medicinal Mushrooms, Healing Green Chileatole, Amaranth Corn Tortillas, and Prickly Pear Chia Fresca. Steeped in history, but very much rooted in the contemporary world, this cookbook introduces readers to the energizing, healing properties of a plant-based Mexican-American diet.