The Self-Care Cookbook: Easy Healing Plant-Based Recipes

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This gut-healing broth, from Gemma Ogston’s The Self-Care Cookbook: Easy Healthing Plant-Based Recipes, is designed to nourish and heal your troubled tummy (and tastes downright delicious). Cook the batter in vegan butter or olive oil in a nonstick frying pan on low heat, stirring constantly. Whether you’re new to veganism or have embraced it for a while, you’ll enjoy the likes of creamy squash and puy lentil pie, chestnut mushroom bourguignon or cherry pot pies.

Luckily the days of a few beans mashed together as a ‘burger’ are long gone and, whether you’re eating out or staying in, dropping the V word is no longer a barrier to enjoying culinary delights. In The Self-Care Cookbook , plant-based chef Gemma Ogston introduces us to eating as the ultimate form of self-care, whether you're a full-time vegan, flexitarian, or just looking for simple recipes developed with wellness in mind. In fact, in 2023 the options for full- and part-time vegans are myriad – as the selection of cookbooks below shows. I savored this cookbook from cover to cover and that, in and of itself, felt like an act of self-care.Stir the tamari, thyme and parsley through the pulses mixture and spoon it into a large pie dish (remove the bay leaves if you can find them! Penguin said The Self-Care Cookbook would never go out of fashion and it was right; I was on Saturday Kitchen recently and the book sold out everywhere. I was in the mental health sector for 15 years, working in the NHS with women with serious drug and alcohol issues,” says Gemma. Again, I found myself in the kitchen because no one else wanted to cook and people were often more relaxed around food. I didn't go totally vegan, but I started eating much better – way more plants and whole foods, and now I have my two babies.

I believe you eat and feast with your eyes first, and this dish is so beautiful to look at, too, and will leave you feeling wonderfully relaxed. Aside from food, making time to get to the gym is important to her, along with connecting with other people. It’s about choosing to do things that serve you and your family, rather than doing stuff to please other people. The roaringly successful chain has always focused on healthy fast food and this book features delicious recipes that just happen to be vegan. Her next title, The Healing Cookbook, is published on September 7 and will combine veganism with immunity-boosting and wellbeing.Gemma's pantry closely resembles mine and her colorful, healthy, plant-based dishes show you can cook simply with stunning results. But there are no gimmicks and it’s not rocket science; just easy, wholesome ideas that add a little extra joy to each day. It’s about giving yourself permission to do that, rather than getting sad about it, and beating yourself up. I can’t wait to try some of these out this week, it’s the perfect book for resetting eating after the holidays and to get some energy back.