How to Eat 30 Plants a Week : 100 Recipes to Boost Your Health and Energy

'I love the way Hugh inspires us to eat more of the good stuff, and he's done it again brilliantly here.' JAMIE OLIVER

'Hugh's delicious recipes are very good medicine for a longer, healthier life.' CHRIS VAN TULLEKEN

With an introduction by Tim Spector, bestselling author and founder of ZOE

30 plants may sound a lot, but in Hugh's expert hands it has never been simpler to achieve your health goals and approach everyday cooking with delicious, nutritious meals full of easy wins to increase your plant intake, whatever your dietary requirements.

Pioneering gut-health guru Tim Spector's introduction explains why racking up the plant power by eating a variety of 30 plants a week will give your body more of the nutrients you need to feel great, have renewed energy and reset your microbiome.

Much more than just fruit and veg, plants also include nuts, seeds, pulses, grains, herbs, spices, chocolate and even coffee. In chapters such as Six-packed Soup and Stoups, Seven in the Oven, Fish Fivers, Meat and Many Veg Mains and Triple Treat Sides, Hugh shows you how to get many more of these health-boosting ingredients on your plate, no matter how many you're cooking for.

Packed with people-pleasing plant-only dishes alongside a few well-chosen meat and fish options, and helpful tips, tricks and easy swaps, with Hugh to show you the way, you'll soon be getting in your 30 plants, and more, week after week.

Recipes include:
· Shroomami stoup
· Sichuan aubergine with tofu and black beans
· Caponata with chickpeas and apricots
· Tomato and saffron baked rice
· Steak, charred lettuce and spring onion salsa
· Roast ratatouille mackerel fillets
· Very berry ripple fro-yo
... and many more!

'Beautifully diverse, plant-rich recipes' – Poppy Okotcha
'Inspiring' – Sarah Langford
'Delicious, super-simple recipes' – Henry Dimbleby
'Full of great ideas' – Rosie Boycott


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Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall is a writer, broadcaster and campaigner. His recent BBC One series Easy Ways to Live Well, alongside comedian Steph McGovern, looked inwardly at our perceptions of healthy eating and wellbeing. Hugh's Channel 4 series have earned him a huge popular following, while his River Cottage books have collected multiple awards including the Glenfiddich Trophy and the André Simon Food Book of the Year. Hugh's additional broadcasting, like the hugely influential Fish Fight, has earned him a BAFTA as well as awards from Radio 4, Observer and the Guild of Food Writers. Hugh lives in Devon with his family.

@hughfearnleywhittingstall / @rivercottage / rivercottage.net