WHAT’S COOKING?

ONE-POT VEGAN

By SABRINA FAUDA-RȎLE Hardie Grant From pastas to soups, stews and stir-fries to dessert, this book offers a whole lot of vegan options and the beauty of them all is that they can all be made using only one pot.

Some of the recipes – such as the really delicious-looking sauteéd courgette spaghetti – require as little as five minutes preparation. Each recipe shows all the raw ingredients in the pot and then, on the interfacing page, what it will look like when cooked. It’s hearty comfort cooking where the ingredients are the star of the show.

LIVING THE ULTIMATE KETO LIFESTYLE

By HENDRIK MARAIS Penguin Wanting to try out a keto diet and not sure where to start? Packed with tips and advice, this book by local fitness fanatic Hendrik Marais will get you on track. The first section takes you through the fundamentals of the diet as well as the common mistakes that people make.

There’s also advice on intermittent fasting but the real drawcard is the “set-it and forget-it” meal plans. These draw on recipes in the book to structure a weekly diet programme which, if you follow, will rapidly yield results. And with dishes like keto flapjacks, crispy fish fillets, bobotie, lowcarb lamb lasagne and avo and bacon pizza, you definitely won’t feel short-changed.

10-MINUTE CHINESE TAKEAWAY

By KWOKLYN WAN Quadrille The challenge: get food on the table in 10 minutes flat from start to finish. British celebrity chef Kwoklyn Wan aims to take the slog out of dinnertime with these simple classic Chinese dishes which require just a few minutes of preparation.

From soups to vegetables to seafood dishes, poultry, pork and beef – this book shows you how you can serve up healthy and satisfying family meals in much less time than it would take you to order an expensive takeaway.