You Can Cook This! is by Max La Manna (like the new fresh vegan low-waste Jamie Oliver). Raised in Connecticut, he now lives in the English countryside and offers recipes, gleaned from asking his social followers the foods they threw away the most.
Before cooking, read up on food safety for people & pets (many human foods are unsafe around animal friends).
This is a really good book, with lots of information on how to store food (which shelf of the fridge etc) and how to navigate the confusing use-by and sell-by date fiasco. Max is passionate about preventing food waste, having grown up in the USA and found food waste rife, even while working at a Michelin-starred restaurant
These 135 no-fuss recipes include:
- Crispy smashed potatoes with spicy lemon mayo
- Cauliflower ragu
- Tofu butter ‘chicken’
- Stems & herbs pesto pasta
- Coffee ground pancakes
- Triple chocolate birthday cake
Max LaManna grew up in his father’s restaurants in the USA, but now lives in England, where he is increasingly popular as a zero-waste and plant-based chefs. Someone give that boy his own TV show!
