Want to branch out from my regular veggie/vegan recipes (one of my resolutions). Can anyone recommend a family friendly (i.e something my two u10’s would eat) cookbook for veggie/vegan dinners?

Got this for chrimbo.
The potty mouthed language isn’t exactly ‘family friendly’, but the food is lush. Cooked two things from it already and everyone is impressed.

Also recommend

Also, anything Ottilhengi if you don’t mind a tad more complexity.

tried to use that thug cook book yesterday. so many random ingredients required for the recipes we couldn’t get in the local coop that we made macaroni cheese instead, with some nice ham in it too…

A second vote for Thug Kitchen

Googling Ottolenghi recipes is worthwhile too – I’m not sure if any of his books are exclusively veggie but he wrote a veggie column for the guardian for quite a while so theres lots of stuff from that online

so many random ingredients required for the recipes we couldn’t get in the local coop

If you want to eat good food you need to shop in good shops

If you want to eat good food you need to shop in good shops

True, plus a lot of the ingredients can be substituted easily for more run of the mill stuff. If you plan though, you can do it ok by going to decent shops.

got some standard Ottolenghi recipes we use but like the idea of simpler stuff. Will take a look at thug kitchen but the ingredients comment does not bode well.

Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall’s River Cottage Veg everyday. Unlike most cookbooks it’s full of recipes that you can actually realistically make regularly. Loads of recipes out of it have made it onto regular rotation in our house. Probably cook something that originated in it (i.e. directly from it, or adapted, or part of a recipe) at least once a week, usually more.

Just got this, only cooked a couple of things but very tasty so far!

Aye, I’ve been using the thug kitchen book cos have a new veggie/lactose intolerant girlfriend.

I really like the food and it’s cheaper than the stuff with meat in generally (unless you’re talking a pack of chicken nuggets for dinner). Made the recipes for lots of people who’ve come round and they’ve all really liked it and a few bought the book.

Another one for thug kitchen. (They have thug 101 out now too). Great tasting food. The burritos are A M A Z I N G ! ! !

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Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall’s River Cottage Veg everyday

This. Good recipes, usually fairly simple (so useful “everyday”), and normal ingredients you can find in any supermarket.

Ottolenghi’s recipes are nice, but if you’re scared of the Thug Kitchen ingredient list…

Rose Elliot’s New Complete Vegetarian.
Got this for Christmas and it has so many recipes – cooked a few already and have been yummy. They generally use very simple ingredients that you’ll have in the cupboard.

Really recommend Hugh F W book, Delia Smith is also supisingly good, hemsley and hemsley is good if rather upper class,

Check out ‘Another Dinner is possible’.
Vegan mind you.

Rose Elliot “Vegan Feasts” or Leah Leneman “Easy Vegan Cooking”.
Both are fairly simple recipes, not too many obscure ingredients, good for everyday stuff.

I like the Accidental Vegetarian by Simon Rimmer. Not fussed on his TV cooking, but there are some good straightforward recipes in there – not too complex at all.

Also a third vote for th HF-W River Cottage veg book. Some incredibly simple but very tasty recipes.

The Sea Shepherd one is good…Cookin up a storm…

Leon fast vegetarian is rather good too

The Thug guys seem to like food. I’m not convinced Ella does.

Ella loves food alright. Her recipes are kin amazing. Absolutely delicious. My girlfriend is always cooking from them. They really make you feel like you’re eating healthily too.

Different approach to thug kitchen sure, but she creates fantastic stuff.

the recipes on the vegandad blog are definitely kid-friendly… link to buy his cookbook on the page too.

I find a girl called jack recipes are pretty great and definitely not out there on the ingredients, easy to use as base recipes to add to as well. I’ve not bought her books but I’m going to in the next 5 minutes…

I find a girl called jack recipes are pretty great and definitely not out there on the ingredients, easy to use as base recipes to add to as well. I’ve not bought her books but I’m going to in the next 5 minutes…

They’re… alright. Ideal for students or anyone on a tight budget. But they’re a bit bland (her curries are awful, for example), probably as she’s setting out to limit the cost, and that means sacrificing ingredients at times. It’s maybe an unfair criticism, but if money isn’t that bad I wouldn’t bother.

I would say that’s a pretty much fair assessment mogrim. I’ve not tried the curries but do quite like some of the recipes for simple meals.

Thanks All – lots to be getting on with.

http://annajones.co.uk/ is worth a look too. We use it quite a lot for seasonal recipes.

Veggie food? Marlena Spieler’s ‘The flavor [sic] of California’. Brilliant.
Vegan? My regular book is ‘Vegan Health Plan’ by Amanda Sweet. Pretty old book and rather ‘old school’ vegan recipes but easy to make stuff.