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Remember those tantalising aromas from Grandma's kitchen? The warm, sweet smells of freshly baked biscuits, cakes and scones? Classic baking recipes don't require fancy ingredients, specialised equipment, exorbitant amounts of time or extraordinary baking skills, yet they never fail to impress. Rachel Gray has compiled a mouth-watering collection of classics for the modern family who are big on taste and short on time. These easy-to-follow recipes cater for all, plus Thermomix owners, vegans and gluten-free dieters and offer tips and tricks to enable you to bake with confidence and success. Includes: Cakes, Sponges, Biscuits, Slices, Muffins, Scones, Loaves, Savoury Bites, Icings & Fillings.
Vegetarian food is popular all over India, and people are growing to love the fresh, spicy and sweet flavours of authentic Indian cooking. Dan Toombs, The Curry Guy, has been on a quest to learn and develop the most celebrated meat-free Indian recipes, and in The Curry Guy Veggie he presents over 100 recipes that focus on taste and simplicity. Much vegetarian food at curry houses is unappealing and unimaginative. Curry Guy Veggie showcases how exciting Indian vegetarian food can be with mouth-watering starters, classic curries, idlis, dosas and fried breads, as well as the delicious side dishes that we all know and love. All of the ingredients are accessible and easy to find in supermarkets, Asian grocers and online - and with Dan's detailed step-by-step instructions, you'll be making your own vegetarian curry feasts in no time at all.
Jason's delicious recipes capture the essence of the moles of Oaxaca, the Mayan legacy of the Yucatan, the smoky chile flavors of Zacatecas,the fruit-centric Southern regions, the Spanish influence of Veracruz, and the street food of Mexico City. A leading authority in vegan Mexican cooking, Jason shares the core concepts for making authentic Mexican cuisine and tie the recipes to their place in the story of Mexico. Readers will come away with a new understanding and admiration for the diversity and flavors of Mexico and be inspired to make delectable main dishes, soups, spreads, sandwiches, breads, desserts, snacks, and much more.
This book will inspire you to create meals that are thoroughly delicious and loaded with health-promoting properties to supercharge your health. Wellness warrior Lee Holmes presents over 100 non-boring vegetable dishes that your meat-loving family members will also enjoy. Each recipe features options for veganising your meal, and is accompanied by an icon indicating whether it is wheat-free, gluten-free dairy-free, sugar-free, vegetarian or vegan. An in-depth introduction provides a wealth of supporting information including organic versus conventional vegetables; the low-down on vegetarian diets; top ten supercharged vegetables; and storing, preparing and cooking your vegetables. Eat in-season with Winter vegetable korma or Stuffed summer squash and enjoy hearty soups, such as Creamy mushroom, zucchini and tomato and Snow white vegetable soup. Finish it all off with Pumpkin muffins and Avocado ice-cream.
Making your own dairy alternatives is easier than you think with this step-by-step book, with recipes for all kinds of dairy-free creamy treats. A common question for those starting a vegan diet is, 'How do I cope without cheese, milk and eggs?'. It is surprisingly easy. You can buy an increasing range of vegan dairy but the good news is that is simple and satisfying to make your own. This practical book shows you how to make delicious creamy products yourself - from numerous nut, bean, soy and cereal milks, to delectable yogurts, creams, butters and cheeses. Many are fermented, with all the additional gut-health benefits that brings, such as coconut kefir or fermented cashew nut cheese. Then there are recipes revealing how to create delicious vegan versions of traditional dairy-based dishes. You might have thought mac'n'cheese, a creamy pasta sauce or rich ice cream was out of bounds - but here are miraculous ices, cheesecakes, custards, meringues, quiches, scrambles and frittatas - every kind of sweet and savoury dishes using your vegan dairy.
Now vegetarians can thoroughly enjoy sushi, too! American sushi expert Marisa Baggett has been working passionately for years to perfect sushi recipes that take full advantage of the freshest garden vegetables, herbs, tofu, mushrooms and spices available at your local farmer's market or co-op. Her innovative use of sustainable ingredients like fresh asparagus, apple, daikon radish, basil, tomatoes, beets, corn, shiitake mushrooms and cucumbers sets her sushi recipes apart from all others you may have seen. This vegetarian cookbook offers entirely new ways for local vores to enjoy their community supported agriculture and market vegetables with sushi rice. This is the ultimate farm-to-table book with a creative Asian flair! Marisa not only shows you how to make the usual thick and thin rolls but other types of sushi that are just as delicious and even easier to make! These recipes are about combining delicious rice with tantalizing pairings you might not have tried or thought of before, such as: Apple and daikon radish Cucumber and peanut Spicy carrot and tomato Pomegranate and basil Ginger and beet Summer corn and pickled okra Sweet potato and shiitake mushrooms Strawberry and rhubarb. All of Marisa's sushi recipes are extra simple to make. For example, her Tempura Avocado Hand Rolls are a snap to put together even if you've never made sushi before! Marisa starts by giving surefire recipes for making perfect sushi rice every time. She provides tips on which vegetables work best with sushi rice and how to create original combinations. Vegetarian Sushi Secrets is a gem of a Sushi cookbook that shows you how to make foolproof thin rolls, thick rolls, inside-out rolls, hand rolls, bowl rice sushi and much more in no time at all!
Nourishing and self-care recipes to boost your energy, help you sleep and lift your mood. So many of us go about our busy lives without eating wholesome food. Yet without giving our body what it truly needs to fuel us through the day (and night), we get ill, feel low and have trouble sleeping. In this beautiful book, Gemma Ogston introduces us to eating as the ultimate chef, and her journey to becoming a mother and business owner, each recipe has been crafted to be nurturing to your body – and mind. With over 60 delicious recipes including fiery bean stew for the days we feel under the weather, calming miso pasta to give your gut flora a super boost and indulgent chocolate pud because YOU deserve it, The Self-Care Cookbook is for anyone who needs some extra TLC.
In The Green Kitchen, bestselling authors David Frenkiel and Luise Vindahl share over 100 vegetarian recipes for the family favourites which feature in their own kitchen every day of the week. From quick, delicious weekday breakfasts and dinners, to more elaborate meals for weekend celebrations, this is food that will make you look and feel great. Start with the staples such as Big-batch Tomato Sauce, Rice Crepe Batter and Lazy Lentils and you'll have the building blocks for some standout meals throughout the week. The weekend recipes are delightfully uncomplicated: from Lemon Ricotta Lasagne and light yet indulgent Va-va-voom Doughnuts. The Green Kitchen sets a new standard in modern and inspiring vegetarian and gluten-free recipes.
Live Vegan. Feel Amazing. Change Your Life. Do you want to go vegan but have no idea where to start? Are you overwhelmed by the amount of information out there and how difficult it seems to stay on track? BOSH!, the pioneers of simple, easy and delicious plant-based cooking, are here to help and make a sustainable and ethical lifestyle accessible to everyone. BOSH! How to Live Vegan will cover all aspects of vegan living, everything from food to toiletries to travel. Should you be eating avocados? Is it still ok to wear an old leather belt? What do you tell your friends when they offer you a glass of non-vegan wine? Henry and Ian will answer these questions and more in this fully-comprehensive guide to a plant-based lifestyle. Whether you are a committed vegan, looking to improve your vegan lifestyle or starting out for the first time, this book has all the know-how and inspiration you need.
A sophisticated vegetarian cookbook with all the tools you need to
be at home in your kitchen, cooking in the most nourishing and
delicious ways--from the foundations of stocking a pantry and
understanding your ingredients, to preparing elaborate seasonal
feasts.
The Italian table, from north to south, has always borne minestrone, bean soups, bruschetta with extra virgin olive oil, pastas with vegetable sauces, preserves and fruit. These dishes, typical of the Mediterranean diet, are all also entirely compatible with the vegan point of view. Vegano Italiano celebrates these dishes and more, with recipes including: Crostini with Marinated Zucchini, Spaghetti with Wild Asparagus, Cream of Pumpkin and Potato Soup with Chestnuts and Cherry Strudel. Seasonal, mouth-watering and fun, these recipes will let the whole family experiment with new dishes, reinvent old favourites and get the most out of local, seasonal ingredients.
75 Veganized Seasonal Classics for Family and Friends Are you vegan-and do you dread Thanksgiving because your family insists on a traditional turkey? Or are you a nonvegan family member welcoming everyone home for the Christmas holidays-and you're scratching your head over what to cook for your newly vegan son or daughter-in-law? Holiday feasts have always been contentious for vegans and their nonvegan family members-when a supposedly welcoming season of loved ones dining together becomes divisive when animal products are cooked as part of tradition. Vegan Holiday Recipes addresses this issue head-on and unites family and friends, vegan or not, over simply delicious, easy, healthy, seasonal food. Containing seventy-five plant-based recipes specifically designed with Christmas and Thanksgiving in mind, this is the ultimate book for vegans, the vegan-curious, and their families and loved ones. The book will also include menu designs for the perfect festive lunch or dinner get together. Learn to prepare vegan breakfasts, snacks, drinks, main meals, sides, and, of course, desserts: Potato Rosti and French Toast for Breakfast Artichoke Dip and Macadamia Dill Cheese for Snacks Mushroom and Parsnip Soup and Sweet Potato Salad Pecan and Mushroom Wellington and Cheesy Broccoli Bake for Mains Roast Vegetable Stuffing and Mashed Potato and Gravy for Sides Pecan Caramel Pie and Nutmeg Cookies for Sweets Mulled Apple Cider and Hot Chocolate for Drinks And more! Bring festive joy during the holiday season and inspire everyone with a delicious, inclusive table.
Delicious vegetarian and vegan batch cook recipes for busy people. The phenomenal rise in the popularity of veganism, plant-based meals and flexitarian diets means that more of us are regularly choosing to cook meat-free dishes. Concerns about waste and budgets have ensured that making conscious decisions about using leftovers and root-to-shoot eating is becoming mainstream. But as traditional batch cook recipes often lean towards meat-based meals, finding brilliant vegetarian and vegan ideas can be tricky. That's where The Green Batch Cook Book comes in, harnessing the vibrant fresh flavours of fruit and vegetables in an innovative and breezy collection of 70 meat-free recipes. Start your day with beautiful breakfasts - Sweet Potato, Pepper and Feta Frittata, No-knead Marmite and Cheese Loaf, Rose-pink Rhubarb and Vanilla Custard Pancakes - or simply bake a batch of Brown Sugar Rusks and Cranberry to eat on the run. Lazy make-ahead lunch recipes include Garlicky Mushroom and Chestnut Sausage Rolls, Edamame and Spring Green Pot Stickers and a simple but irresistible Broccoli, Lemon and Almond Salad. Feeding a crowd? Check out the family-friendly big batch chapter with tempting recipes for Mushroom, Broccoli and Walnut Lasagne, Summer Veg Patch Risotto or Sticky Aubergine Bao Buns with Smacked Cucumber. And if it's sweets or treats you're after, you'll love the ridiculously easy Cornflake Florentines, Blood Orange Upside-down Cake, tangy Lemon and Elderflower Slices or the wild Jumbleberry Sorbet. Praise for The Batch Cook Book: 'Redefines the concept of batch cooking' Stuart Heritage, Guardian 'Batch made in heaven' Daily Express 'Mouth-watering new recipes and hints and tips for the best batch and meal prep techniques' Eat Your Books 'You won't be disappointed with these winter warmers' Huffington Post
Bring the taste of the Mediterranean to your everyday cooking with more than 90 fresh and flavoursome recipes for all occasions. Create fantastic Mediterranean dishes with fresh fish, healthy fats, lean meats, nutritious vegetables and more. Recipes range from classic Italian favourites and colourful Spanish tapas to Greek sharing dishes and rich Middle Eastern flavours, suited to a variety of diet types including vegetarian, pescatarian, and gluten-free. Australian Women's Weeklyis one of the most popular and reliable sources of recipes for its vast readership in Australia, New Zealand, and beyond - this recipe series taps into Australia's healthy and vibrant food culture, centred on simplicity, great produce, and multicultural living.
Many people bring their lunch to work to save money, time and to help control what they are eating (with no hidden nasties from processed shop-bought food), but sometimes it's hard to think of interesting, nutritious things to make. Sara has come to the rescue with her vibrant, fun and inspirational approach to lunch boxes. She concentrates on having 5 clear elements: complex carbs, protein, fruit and veg, and sprinkles as well as the 5 colours used in authentic Japanese cooking: red, white, black, yellow and green. With just a few essential ingredients, you add your extras to create highly nutritious, vegetarian, colourful boxes of joy. Sara includes ideas for bento breakfast boxes (Sesame Snap Granola Bento and Mighty Muesli), 15-minute bento (Busy Days Instant Noodles and Lazy Tamago Bento), Everyday bento (Red Velvet Quinoa Bento, Green Theme Bento and Zen Bento) and the Fantasy bento (Starry Sky Bento and Fairy Jewel Box Bento). With tips on how to stock your bento store-cupboard and basic ingredients and recipes to get you going, now is the time for bento to bounce into your breakfast, lunch box, or even into your dinner parties, filling you with Bento Power! www.shisodelicious.com @shisodelicious
You're being healthy, considerate to the planet and compassionate toward animals - so why is it so hard to navigate life as a vegan? From going out for dinner, to staying in with friends, it can be a challenge to cook, eat and socialise vegan in a world of carnivores. How to be Vegan and Keep Your Friends helps you to go about your life without compromises, excuses or apologies. Instead, you'll be armed with more than 50 incredible recipes you can cook for yourself, your friends and your family (without hearing any complaints!), as well as tips, tricks and hacks for being a better more easygoing and happy vegan. Your options will open up, you'll enjoy a whole new menu of food (from vegan cake to vegan chocolate breakfast bars), and your friends... well, they'll never have a bad word to say again!
Whether you're an occasional meat-eater, a vegetarian who needs to cook for meat-eaters, or even a dedicated veggie, you'll find something for you in this book filled with delicious and practical flexitarian recipes. With recipes for every lifestyle from celebrated chef Jo Pratt, choose between cooking each recipe as a completely vegetarian dish, or select to add one of the simple meat, chicken or fish additions, making them suitable for meat-free days and meat-eaters alike. From spiced poke to peashoot and asparagus gnudi, the range of international recipes spans the globe and are all quick, simple, well-balanced and packed with protein. As well as easy meat and fish additions and hacks for each vegetarian recipe, this original cookbook shows you how to ace a handful of classic recipes, from the perfect roast chicken, to the perfectly cooked fish fillet. With beautiful photograph illustrations, this sumptuous book is a must-have for any modern kitchen. For both health, eco and sustainability reasons, there has never been a better time to join the growing flexitarianism movement and expand your culinary skills. "Wonderfully versatile and tasty recipes you can choose to cook with or without meat or fish, to suit your companions, mood and budget." Peter Gordon "As the owner of a veggie restaurant for the last 27 years I've seen fads and trends come and go. Jo's book tackles every possibility in a fun, informed and tasty way. Wish I'd written it." Simon Rimmer
Sara includes ideas for bento breakfast boxes (Sesame Snap Granola Bento and Mighty Muesli), 15-minute bento (Busy Days Instant Noodles and Lazy Tamago Bento), Everyday bento (Red Velvet Quinoa Bento, Green Theme Bento and Zen Bento) and the Fantasy bento (Starry Sky Bento and Fairy Jewel Box Bento). Many people bring their lunch to work to save money, time and to help control what they are eating (with no hidden nasties from processed shop-bought food), but sometimes it's hard to think of interesting, nutritious things to make. Sara has come to the rescue with her vibrant, fun and inspirational approach to lunch boxes. She concentrates on having 5 clear elements: complex carbs, protein, fruit and veg, and sprinkles as well as the 5 colors used in authentic Japanese cooking: red, white, black, yellow and green. With just a few essential ingredients, you add your extras to create highly nutritious, vegetarian, colorful boxes of joy. Sara includes ideas for bento breakfast boxes (Sesame Snap Granola Bento and Mighty Muesli), 15-minute bentos (Busy Days Instant Noodles and Lazy Tamago Bento), Everyday bentos (Red Velvet Quinoa Bento, Green Theme Bento and Zen Bento) and the Ultimate Fantasy bentos (Unicorn Noodle Bento and Fairy Jewel Box Bento). With tips on how to stock your bento store-cupboard and basic ingredients and recipes to get you going, now is the time for bento to bounce into your breakfast, lunch box, or even into your dinner parties, filling you with bento power!
Madhur Jaffrey - the queen of curries - proves yet again how easy it is to cook authentic Indian food at home in this stunning cookbook showcasing meat-free recipes, complete with gorgeous full-colour photography and hassle-free step-by-step instructions. 'Tantalising recipes' -- Waitrose Kitchen 'Authentic, tasty and uncomplicated' -- ***** Reader review 'I love this book. Made most of the recipes at least once, and several are house staples now' -- ***** Reader review 'These curries are just amazing!' -- ***** Reader review 'Another winner from Madhur Jaffrey' -- ***** Reader review *********************************************************************************** In this delicious collection of recipes, Madhur Jaffrey shows us that Indian food need not be complicated or involve hours in the kitchen. Offering over 200 simply delicious recipes, Madhur cooks a tantalising, mouth-watering array of meat-free dishes. You could be knocking up such delights as: *Spiced Potato Ball-Fritters *Kodava Mushroom Curry with Coconut *Rice with Aubergine *South Indian Daal with Vegetables *Spinach with Fresh Indian Cheese Whether you are cooking curry for the first time or have plenty of culinary experience and are looking for quick and easy recipe ideas, Madhur Jaffrey brings you all the tastes of India with the minimum of work - it really is Curry Easy Vegetarian!
A fully revised and expanded edition of the most comprehensive vegetarian cookbook ever published, with more than 400,000 copies in print, from America's leading authority on vegetarian cooking. Originally published in 1997, Deborah Madison's "Vegetarian Cooking for Everyone" was both ahead of its time and an instant classic. It has endured as one of the world's most popular vegetarian cookbooks, winning both a James Beard Foundation award and the IACP Julia Child Cookbook of the Year Award. Now, "The New Vegetarian Cooking for Everyone "picks up where that culinary legacy left off, with more than 1,600 classic and exquisitely simple recipes for home cooks, including a new introduction, more than 200 new recipes, and comprehensive, updated information on vegetarian and vegan ingredients. A treasure from a truly exceptional culinary voice, "The New Vegetarian Cooking for Everyone" is not just for vegetarians and vegans--it's for everyone interested in learning how to cook vegetables creatively, healthfully, and passionately.
Full-color compendium of Italian, French, Chinese, Thai, and Indian recipes. |
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