Make It Vegan (simple plant-based recipes)
Learning to cook your own food is empowering, as you no longer have to rely on expensive plastic-wrapped ready-meals and takeaways. Master your favourite cuisines at home. Then every night is restaurant night!
Make It Vegan is absolutely terrific! This has gorgeously innovative recipes, all beautifully photographed, and affordable for anyone to make. From ‘Wake Up’ and quick eats, to nibbles, sides and main dishes, there are also plenty of sweets and treats.
Before cooking, read up on food safety for people and pets (many ingredients are unsafe near animal friends). Bin allium scraps (onion, garlic, leeks, shallots, chives) as acids may harm compost creatures (same with tomato/citrus/rhubarb scraps).
Maddie starts off telling her life story (a history of eating disorders and drinking at university), before she ‘fell into’ a healthy lifestyle after moving to Cornwall. She strongly believes that unless you run a restaurant (or are appearing on Masterchef), there’s no need to get stressed about cooking.
She suggests trying a few of her recipes each week, putting on some music (she likes Norah Jones) and chilling, while you learn to cook!
Recipes include:
- Pesto Potato Salad
- Cauliflower & Mushroom Burgers
- Maple Pancakes
- Spinach & Butter Bean Soup
- Sundried Tomato & Tahini Rigatoni
- Sticky Seitan Ribs
- One Pan Baked Scramble
- Butter No-Chicken Curry
- 10-Minute Mac & Cheese
- Vegan Paella
- Un-Sausage Rolls
- Beetroot Mushroom Wellington
Desserts include:
- Fluffy Lemon Sponge Cake
- Chocolate Spread Cheesecake
- Pain au Chocolat
- Choc-a-choc Chocolate Cake!
About the Author
Madeleine Olivia is a popular chef and influencer, who lives in the Cornish countryside with her husband (together they have released a lovely guide to making bread!)
She makes the mac and cheese recipe from this book at least once a week, served with roasted garlic broccoli. She also enjoys making dals and stir-fries.
