If you’re in search of a thoughtful gift for an environmentally aware, food-loving friend or family member, or just looking to make a purchase for yourself, you’ve come to the right place. We’ve created a list of our favourite sustainable cookbooks, from flexitarian starter packs, to seasonal recipes, to one-pot vegan bibles. If you find the idea of living off the land and being less reliant on supermarket supply chains appealing, From the Veg Patch is the book to know. Kitchen gardening expert Kathy Slack shares invaluable growing tips and recipes for 10 common British fruit and vegetables, teaching you to transform your garden into a thriving veg patch and cook varied, satisfying meals with the fruits of your labour.
Melissa Hemsley’s Eat Green is the ultimate handbook for joyful, low-waste flexitarian cooking. Whether you’re vegan, vegetarian, or omnivorous, you’ll find plenty to love in this practical and beautifully styled book. With over 100 adaptable recipes covering everything from comforting one-pot meals to gorgeous cakes and puddings, as well as countless clever tips for cutting down on food waste, this is an indispensable guide to sustainable, feel-good food.
Roxy Pope and Ben Pook are the dynamic duo behind So Vegan, the wildly popular Instagram account championing easy, fuss-free vegan cooking. They are on a mission, in their words, “to make it easy for everyone to eat more plants so that people and the planet can thrive”. Their latest book, One Pot Vegan, does exactly that with straightforward, flavour-focused one-pot recipes designed to be accessible to veteran vegans and novices alike.
Another of our go-to guides for practical, sustainable, and creative cooking is Elly Pear’s Green. Green is not just a collection of recipes: it’s a framework for getting the most out of your fresh and store cupboard ingredients, so that you eat something nourishing and delicious every day of the week. With advice on batch cooking and super-quick midweek meals, as well as more complex recipes for weekend feasting, Green is destined to become one of the most-thumbed books in any cookbook collection.
If you thought plant-based cooking was all salads and nut loafs, Rachel Ama is here to show you the light. Taking inspiration from her Caribbean, West African, and British roots, Rachel creates bold, flavour-packed dishes that are pretty much guaranteed to reinvigorate your palate and thoroughly brighten up your day. With recipes for everything from Peanut Stew to Crispy Jerk Barbecue Tacos, this is the perfect gift for anyone looking to add a little excitement and a whole lot of flavour to their vegan repertoire.
