Green goodness

Loads of delicious, easy-to-make recipes that all celebrate vegetables. All the recipes are vegetarian/ vegan, but it’s delicious inspiration for omnivores (like me) too, or whoever wants to eat more vegetables and meat-free meals. I think it’s as simple as the fact Ooooh… eggplant is at the top of the list for sure. It’s such an underrated vegetable and sometimes people don’t know what to do with it. Roast it with olive oil and herbs until it is slightly caramelised and meltingly tender –deeeelish! Other favourites are beetroot (which I always plant lots of), mushrooms and the humble kumara. Think of them as the star or starting point to your meal, instead of the sidekick. It may take a bit of a shift in mindset at first, but once you get going you’ll find it’s an easy adjustment to make. That it will somehow be lacking… in flavour, satiety and ease. Absolutely not true as the recipes in this book will prove to you. Just cook them a delicious veg-packed, vegetarian/vegan meal and don’t say anything about it. They’ll love it, devour it, and then you can bring up the fact that they just ate a completely vegetarian/vegan meal and you’ve just proved to them how much they love vegetables. I’ve done this many times before with (supposedly dedicated) carnivores and every time they’ve been surprised at how much they loved it. My husband was one of them a long time ago, but now he’s a genuine fan.