From the Veg Patch: 10 favourite vegetables, 100 simple recipes everyone will love

by Kathy Slack

-One of delicious magazine's top cookbooks of 2021'Not only does Kathy Slack write beautifully, but she also takes stunning photographs with a strong sense of place, light dappling across the pages.' - delicious'What a lovely first cookbook this a fresh and tempting celebration of the joys of growing your own, and cooking what you grow. And Kathy writes beautifully.' - Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall'This book is a seasonal treat. I feel transported into nature when I read Kathy's delightful recipes...' - Thomasina Miers'A gentle, useful book full of inspiring, delicious recipes and guidance for kitchen gardeners. Kathy writes with a poetic, infectious wonderment at the life-enhancing magic of growing and cooking vegetables.' - Rosie Birkett'A book full of promise.' - Gill Meller-Everyday recipes that make vegetables the star of the showKathy Slack takes us through a year in her veg patch in this celebration of her ten favourite things to grow and eat.Peas, lettuce, courgettes, beans, tomatoes, beetroot, squash, apples, kale and leeks; all simple to grow, affordable and readily available to anyone without a growing space of their own. Most recipes are vegetarian, some use meat or fish, but every dish makes veg the star of the plate. This is food for everyone and every day.Here are recipes to herald the start of spring (Pea, Feta and Mint Frittata) to enjoy on a sweltering summer day (A Tomato-lovers Salad with Anchovy Breadcrumbs) to warm you up as the nights start to draw in (Pumpkin Tikka Masala) and to hunker down with in the depths of winter (Leek, Chestnut and Cider Crumble).Whether you grow your own vegetables at home or buy them at the supermarket, these beautiful recipes celebrate ingredients at their very best and are a joy to cook and eat.

479 pages, Kindle Edition

Published June 10, 2021

Reviews

[Hilary · Rating 2 out of 5]

Found this in the library, it sounded really good, love seasonal veg recipes and finding new ways to use a glut of home grown produce. Virtually every recipe was meat or fish with a vegetable. A good book to get meat eaters to eat more veg perhaps but not of interest to those who don't eat meat or fish for every meal.

[Jo · Rating 4 out of 5]

Enjoyable cookbook that focuses on vegetables. It is not a vegetarian cookbook though, 28 out of the 100 featured recipes include a fish or meat ingredient (yes I counted, yes I’m a geek), and many more have eggs and dairy. Some really great sounding recipes, interesting but not too complex, and I’ll be trying some later. I still won’t be trying any of the recipes that involve cooking lettuce though, some things are just not for me :).