Introducing: Make Your Own

Book cover titled "Make Your Own" by Javant Benton featuring a man in a black shirt and cap standing in a kitchen with fresh vegetables and fruits on the counter.

Meeting your health goals can be delicious, satisfying, and plant-based.

Are you looking for a wholesome, healthier way of cooking and eating? On a personal journey to better health? Maybe you’re plant-based, or vegan-curious, trying to escape highly processed meat and dairy substitutes.

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Wholesome, Flavorful, Plant-Based.

Whether you’re vegan or not, Javant invites you into his kitchen to share the recipes he wished he had on his own health journey- comfort food classics like lasagna, burgers, cakes, and cookies and staples like creamy vegan mayo and smoky mushroom bacon, recreated as simple, nourishing, flavorful recipes. Find out how empowering and transformational food can be when you learn how to Make Your Own!

A bowl of chocolate chip cookies and a small jar of chocolate chips on a gray surface.
A slice of savory lasagna on a white plate, showing layers of ground meat, cheese, and tomato sauce, topped with breadcrumbs and basil leaves, with whole lasagna and basil in the background.
Bowl of broccoli cheese soup garnished with broccoli and breadcrumbs, with a glass of water, slices of bread, and utensils on a gray surface.
A close-up of a veggie burger with lettuce, tomato, fried veggie patty, pickled onions, and mayonnaise on whole wheat buns on a wooden board.
Stack of five oatmeal pancakes topped with blackberries, drizzled with red berry sauce, on a speckled white plate. Additional blackberries on the plate and a few scattered on the light-colored surface. In the background, a pitcher and glass of milk, with a slightly blurred gray textured wall.
Bowl of chocolate ice cream with chocolate chips on top and a bowl of cherry-flavored ice cream topped with cherries, with cherries placed in front.
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A man wearing a black cap, black shirt, and a pendant necklace looks upwards as he gestures with his right hand, with a red apple floating above him.

What’s Inside

  • A vibrant collection of drinks, breakfasts, mains, and desserts that show comfort food can be both satisfying and deeply nourishing.

  • Explore the uses and benefits of whole food ingredients and discover how a few simple tools (most already in your kitchen!) make healthy cooking effortless.

  • A creative guide that empowers you to adapt, remix, and reinvent recipes into healthier versions of the meals you love.

  • Practical guidance on how everyday ingredients support your body, energy, and overall well-being.

  • Stunning, mouthwatering images that bring every recipe to life and make cooking even more inspiring.

Foreword by Dr. Joel Fuhrman,

A middle-aged male doctor with light skin, short hair, wearing a white lab coat, blue shirt, and red patterned tie, smiling with crossed arms against a dark blue background.

7-time New York Times bestselling author

A man in a black hat and white t-shirt chopping green onions in a modern kitchen, surrounded by fresh vegetables and herbs.
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  • "Helping our people eat well one page at a time! Thank you for your YES!"

    - Tabitha Brown, Emmy winning actress and New York Times Bestselling Author of Cooking From The Spirit

  • "Javant's Make Your Own cookbook is a perfect example of how healthy eating doesn’t have to mean giving up the foods you love—it simply means preparing and enjoying them in a healthier, more nourishing way."

    - Michael Greger MD, FACLM and New York Times Bestselling Author

  • “This cookbook is a love letter to whole, plant-based foods, proving that when we cook from scratch and close to the earth, we nourish our bodies in the most powerful way possible. Every recipe inspires you to slow down, get creative, and truly connect with the food on your plate.”

    - Carleigh Bodrug, New York Times Bestselling Author of PlantYou

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