Feel the love and go vegan
If cutting down on meat is one of your New Year’s resolutions, Vegan Love by foodie David Bez is just the thing, says EMMA JOHNSON
IF YOU have decided that 2022 is the year you finally give Veganuary a go, David Bez is here to help.
Creator of the popular Salad Love blog and cookbooks, Milanborn David explains that all too often, vegan meals are hijacked by replacement meats or carbloaded to mimic classic dishes.
His latest cookbook Vegan Love steers away from all that and instead provides a formula – one dominant
‘big veg’ such as cauliflower, potato, or swede, one carb or protein – always a gluten free pulse or grain, and one herby or crunchy topping for flavour and texture.
Says David: “After 10 years of experimenting with veggies by trying to make them sexy, appealing and desirable, I’m more and more fascinated by them.
“Recently customers have been flooded with cheap, highly refined vegan replacements for meat and dairy to satisfy the need of customers for more vegan options. And that’s ok if you are trying to just swap the old habits with new ones. But a lot of vegans are realising that those replacements are very unnatural, processed and not very healthy.
“My approach is different. This book is not about old classic recipes veganised, it’s about bringing big veggies to the next level and, together with pulses, showing people how simple and tasty they can be.”
With more than 13 million people in the UK cutting down on their meat consumption during the pandemic (according to The Vegan Society), David’s book Vegan Love provides 100 satisfying, delicious and healthy recipes for any night of the week.
Why not try one of these three?
■ Vegan Love: Create quick, easy, everyday meals with a veg + a protein + a sauce + a topping by David Bez is published by Kyle Books, £20, octopusbooks.co.uk