Elly Pear's Let's Eat: Simple, delicious food for everyone, every day

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It’s really good for your gut and that crunchy astringent lift you get from pickles is a great balancer. If a restaurant has asparagus on the menu out of season, I immediately know what does, and doesn’t, matter to the chefs. My dad’s side of the family is Jewish and the way you show love is to fill your table with nice things, most often bought from the deli. I don’t own a house or a car, there are loads of things I haven’t got that other people do – for a long time, my business was everything and I didn’t see much of my family and friends.

I take these straight from the packet, then fry them in butter and oil so they go all crunchy and crispy. Festival appearances have included Abergavenny Food Festival, River Cottage and BBC Countryfile and this year she is appearing at Yeo Valley’s Valley Fest and Ludlow Food Festival. This is an infinitely adaptable pasta bake to use up whatever you have such as leftover pesto, fresh and frozen peas, surplus cooked meat. Recently named one of the UK’s top 20 Veggie Heroes, Elly Pear champions cooking from scratch and greener ways of eating.

Lots of veg and the fresh zing of herbs makes your mouth feel really alive – and you don’t need to have a lie down afterwards, even if you eat loads. From midweek meal planning to weekend feasting, you’re sure to find a cookbook on this list that will help you on your path to vegetarian eating. and Green, feature inventive, meat-free recipes alongside practical cooking tips to keep kitchen waste to a minimum. Recipes to prep at the weekend for the week ahead – again, a really practical approach based on how we really live our busy lives.

My parents were self-employed and worked all the time – and I’m always working, but I’m okay with that. I’m always thinking about balancing textures and flavour – and this dish has chewy grains, a crispy egg, juicy vegetables, but it needs something sharp, pickly and crunchy.I taught myself completely, but I don’t cook difficult food – just delicious food that’s fun to make and won’t stress you out. But what’s important is that if you’re going to cut stuff out, you owe it to yourself to learn how to create proper vegetarian meals. The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. Perfect for: Cooks who want to eat well every day of the week, and anyone trying to get more veg and plant-based foods in their diet. Elly Yes – there are so many wonderful milks, tofu and delicious vegan foods, but it’s also caused a rise in fake meat products.