Meat on the Side: Delicious Vegetable-Focused Recipes for Every Day Hardcover – June 7, 2016

"For those who like flexible recipes that can be both meaty and meatless, this cookbook provides excellent choices." - Library Journal

"Nikki Dinki's Meat on the Side is truly the vanguard of what is soon to become the new normal. Nikki is showing all of us that we can still enjoy a healthy amount of protein while making conscious choices that are beneficial not only for ourselves, but for the planet as a whole. The most extraordinary thing, in my opinion, is that Nikki does this without compromising taste, technique, or the true joy of cooking. I've been lucky enough to have tasted Nikki's food and I can say with total conviction, Meat on the Side will change the way you think, cook, and eat. Mangia!" -Duff Goldman, host of Food Network’s Duff Till Dawn, Kids Baking Championship, Holiday Baking Championship, and Spring Baking Championship

"Never again will you complain about eating your vegetables! Meat on the Side is fresh, exciting, and downright delicious. Nikki takes on a culinary adventure with vegetables that is at all times informative and tons of fun!" -Damaris Phillips, winner of Food Network Star

"I believe Nikki’s Meat on the Side philosophy is the beginning of a social and culinary revolution that will forever change the way we eat." -Viet Pham, chef and restaurateur

"A modern-day approach to cooking and eating the way we all should. These are the kinds of foods you want to make for your family!" -Bobby Deen, co-host of The Cooking Channel’s Junk Food Flip

“Nikki’s Meat on the Side is clever and delicious and truly the direction we all should be heading with how we put our meal plate together and think about food. She really balances her recipes out to have a little of all and never feel deprived. Fresh, bold and oh, she makes it easy. Buen Provecho!" -Ingrid Hoffmann, Food Network chef and author of Simply Delicioso

“We are ready for a book like this. We've become a meat-centric country, and it's time for a change. Nikki's enthusiastic and radiant personality shines from these pages, and she's the perfect candidate to lead this pro-veg movement. With her comforting recipes, it's a delicious and ambitious agenda.” -Justin Warner, author of The Laws Of Cooking and How To Break Them and winner of Food Network Star season 8

"In an era where the processed food industry dominates our eating habits, Dinx joins the whole-food movement at the fore front with this little gem. A body of work brimming with vitality and life, captured to inspire and awaken the conscious eater in us all." -Jason Roberts, chef at Rocket and Rabbit

NIKKI DINKI stole the spotlight on Food Network's Food Network Star, where she rose to the top as she showcased her exciting vegetable-focused recipes. Now she is cooking up healthy versions of classic comfort food on her new TV show Junk Food Flip, which airs on Cooking Channel.