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The Whole Vegetable

The Whole Vegetable

Sustainable and delicious vegan recipes

Summary

Discover wholesome, sustainable and plant-based dishes in this essential cookbook, perfect for anyone looking to reduce their waste this year!

'Hearty, healthy, flavour-packed dishes' MAIL ON SUNDAY
'A uniquely sustainable and delicious approach to modern plant-based cooking' VOGUE
'The Whole Vegetable blew me away . . . Full of inventive waste-free recipes' Tom Hunt, GUARDIAN
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Have you ever wondered how to make your diet truly eco-conscious?

In this beautiful plant-based cookbook, over 130 creative, delicious, planet-friendly recipes put vegetables at the very centre of the table. Embracing often-discarded parts such as leaves, stalks, tops, flowers, seeds and even peelings, this is cooking at its most sustainable.

In The Whole Vegetable, Sophie Gordon shows us how to:
- Cook with every part of every vegetable
- Reduce waste in your cooking
- Reinvent your leftovers
- Eat with the seasons

From Cauliflower Carbonara, Broccoli Pesto and Chunky Pumpkin Tacos, to Cherry Breakfast Crumble, Maple-Roasted Pears and Apple & Walnut Danish Buns, The Whole Vegetable is packed with thoughtful recipes for every season.

Most of all, it will ensure that nothing in your kitchen goes to waste.
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'Creative, delicious, planet-friendly recipes . . . Teaches you how to put those often discarded parts of fruit and veg to good (and tasty) use' Women's Health

'Wow, Sophie Gordon's . . . The Whole Vegetable blew me away. I wonder if she is the next Anna Jones. A seasonal, plant-centric, whole food recipe book without ultra-processed vegan ingredients. The recipes are super-inventive and importantly waste free!' Eco-Chef Tom Hunt

'The Whole Vegetable heroes plant-based cookery, with recipes that also help reduce food waste in the kitchen and improve sustainable living. A worthwhile read' Good Housekeeping

Reviews

  • A uniquely sustainable and delicious approach to modern plant-based cooking
    Vogue UK

About the author

Sophie Gordon

Sophie Gordon is a plant-based chef and recipe developer, caterer, and entrepreneur. She runs the South East London Supper Club, creating vegan dishes for a variety of attendees, and also holds regular plant-based retreats across the globe, collaborating with Soho House, Oddbox, Lululemon, Free People, Foodism, Vita Coco and many more. Her platform is focused on plant-based and sustainable eating, environmental protection, and wellness.
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