How to Eat 30 Plants a Week - by Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall (Hardcover)

About the Book

Book Synopsis

'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

Review Quotes

"I love the way Hugh inspires us to eat more of the good stuff, and he's done it again brilliantly here. His Big Plant List and his strategies for embracing the good stuff are super-helpful, and his lovely recipes make eating more plants a joy." --Jamie Oliver

"Hugh's delicious recipes are very good medicine for a longer, healthier life, and plants are the most important part of the prescription." --Chris van Tulleken

"Hugh translates the exciting science of the gut microbiome into something practical and easy. His beautifully diverse, plant-rich recipes are good for us and for the planet." --Poppy Okotcha

"Eating lots more plants is by far the best thing we can do for our health and the health of the planet. Hugh's delicious, super-simple recipes make that mission so much easier." --Henry Dimbleby

"We all know it's good for us to eat lots more plants, and good for the planet too. But how do you actually do it? Hugh's brilliant book - full of great ideas for cramming more plants into your diet - makes it not just easy but also delicious. Good health really can taste this good." --Rosie Boycott

"If ever there was a book which will make you eat the rainbow, this is it. Inspiring, colourful and bursting with flavour, each recipe is proof that diversity in our diet isn't just good for us, our soil and our planet, it also tastes incredible. This fabulous book will change how you think about healthy food." --Sarah Langford

About the Author

Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall is a writer, broadcaster and campaigner. His series for Channel 4 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, the Observer and the Guild of Food Writers. Hugh lives in Devon with his family.
@hughfearnleywhittingstall

Tim Spectator OBE is a professor of genetic epidemiology and an honorary consultant physician. He is a multi-award-winning expert in personalised medicine and the gut microbiome. He is also a bestselling author having published five books including Spoon-Fed and Food For Life. He is the co-founder of the personalised nutrition company ZOE and leads the world's biggest citizen science health project, the ZOE Health Study.