Flip through the latest issue of Gulf Weekly.
SMITH & DAUGHTERS: A COOKBOOK (WHICH HAPPENS TO BE VEGAN), SHANNON MARTINEZ & MO WYSE, 9781743792070 (HARDIE GRANT), BD9.800 for Gulf Weekly Book Club members
Many people believe veganism is a trend, that all vegan food tastes the same, boring, bland way and, above all, that it is uncreative, not filling and lacks flavour. Shannon Martinez and Mo Wyse from celebrated restaurant Smith & Daughters don’t! In this, their first cookbook, Smith & Daughters: A Cookbook (That Happens to be Vegan), they ignore convention in favour of plant-based innovation in the kitchen.
Across seven chapters, including big plates, small plates, salads, sweets, dressings and drinks, Smith & Daughters offers 80+ delicious vegan recipes with a Spanish twist to recreate at home. From chorizo and potato, Spanish meatballs in a saffron almond sauce, chipotle cashew cheese , tuna and green pea croquettes to doughnuts, the recipes give new inventive life to classics that will appeal to meat and vegetarian eaters alike.
Forget your preconceptions of vegan food. In Smith & Daughters: A Cookbook (That Happens to be Vegan) Shannon and Mo are here to challenge them all. Their aim is for people to experience delicious plant-based food the way it should be: big, bold, flavourful, noteworthy and celebration-worthy.
This is a glorious funky hard back cookbook - and it just has to be my favourite of the year! Seeing is believing with this one - I am going to buy a copy for all my vegan friends.
SUPER SPIRALIZED, Orathay Souksisavanh & Vania Nicolcic, 9781784881023 (HARDIE GRANT)
BD3.900 for Gulf Weekly Book Club members
I wonder how many other people either bought or were given a spiralizer which has yet to escape from its packaging?
Well, no excuse now with this super little hard back book full of ideas and recipes.
In Super Spiralized, authors Orathay and Vania show you how you can use your spiralizer, mandoline slicer or even just a vegetable peeler to produce creative, delicious meals - some low-carb, some that are just plain tasty. Vegetable noodles and spaghetti are a great subsitution for heavy carbs such as pasta and rice, and make for a much healthier diet. But now and again, it’s nice to balance out these lighter meals with a treat.
There are speedy meals, like a Courgette, feta and mint frittata and an Endive and roquefort salad - both great if you’re in a hurry. Some of the recipes featured are low-carb and light, like the Rice-paper rolls, the Grilled vegetable salad, and a Beetroot spaghetti with basil and chevre. Other recipes are purely indulgent, and will show you that you don’t just have to make vegetable noodles and spaghetti with you spiralizer.
Try some Julienned vegetable tempura, a Butternut squash and filo tart and Steak frites revisited. With over 30 new and exciting recipes, Super Spiralized will show you how to make the most out of your spiralizer.
VEGAN GOODNESS, JESSICA PRESCOTT,
9781784880477 (HARDIE GRANT)
BD7.300 for Gulf Weekly Book Club members
Vegan Goodness is colourful collection of exciting plant-based recipes that can be enjoyed by anyone.
With more than 60 inspiring dishes, Jessica shows readers that cooking with plants can be gutsy and flavourful.
With a light-hearted, playful approach to the photography and design, each recipe is laid out with all the ingredients on show, so readers can see at-a-glance, what they need.
Vegan Goodness is not just another vegan cookbook: it is about unapologetic cooking that puts taste first. Take the inventive Pulled Jackfruit Tacos, or the Asian inspired Matcha Green Tea Cheesecake - this is delicious, innovative food that everyone can enjoy and easily recreate at home.
Written in Jessica’s passionate, funny and no-nonsense style, Vegan Goodness will be sure to get you excited about cooking and is guaranteed to get you eating better.
