No Fancy Ingredients: Wholesome Recipes for Everyday People

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.

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!

Before cooking, read up on food safety for people and pets (many foods are unsafe near animal friends). Bin allium scraps (onion, leeks, garlic, shallots, chives) and citrus/tomato/rhubarb scraps, as acids could harm compost creatures. It’s okay to put them in food waste bins (made into biogas).

Before recycling cans, rinse then remove lids (pop ring-pulls over holes). Then step on cans to ‘pinch’ inner rims together, to avoid wildlife getting trapped.

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!

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.

Cooking with Nonna (vegan Italian recipes)

Cooking with Nonna is a fun and unique book to make the best Italian home cooking. Giuseppe is a second-generation British Italian where food and family have always been intertwined.

So when Giuseppe went vegan, he needed to find a way to cook the flavours of his family. There was only one person who could help; his nonna! Together they learned how to make the authentic Italian and Sicilian dishes that Nonna grew up with, using all plants.

Recipes include:

Classic Lasagne with Homemade Mince
Arancini (croquettes) Della Nonna!
The Perfect Tomato Sauce
Pasta Aglio Olio & Peperconico
Homemade Focaccia
Tiramisu
Coffee Granita
Biscotti

Giuseppe Federici comes from a long line of passionate foodies, and only at 15 did he realise that a British roast dinner did not begin with a full plate of pasta!

He has a huge fanbase of 440K Instagram followers and 300K on TikTok, and has hosted supper clubs and been crowned Digital Creator of the Year at Fortnum & Mason food and drinks awards.

15-Minute vegan meals (60 delicious recipes)

15-Minute Vegan Meals offers lovely meals packed with plant-based protein and good fats for dinners with taste, and nutrition. Ideal for people low on time and energy, who still want to make their meals with fresh ingredients.

Recipes include: