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Christmas 2023 gift guide: The best vegetarian cookbooks

Whether you’re buying for a seasoned vegetarian or a flexitarian pledging to reduce their consumption of meat, our guide to the best meat-free cookbooks promises the perfect book for every vegetable loving cook on your list this Christmas.

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The bitter flavours you didn’t know you loved

Discover a range of bitter flavours and how to cook with them in Alexina Anatole’s debut cookbook.

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Your favourite recipes from Jamie Oliver’s 5 Ingredient Meals on Channel 4

Find recipes from Jamie Oliver’s 2023 Channel 4 cookery TV series 5 Ingredient Meals and accompanying cookbook 5 Ingredients Mediterranean.

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5 things you’ll love about Mary Makes it Easy

Here’s what you can expect from Mary Makes it Easy, Mary Berry’s 2023 cookbook featuring 120 delicious stress-free recipes.

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10 recipes you’ll love from The Farm Table by Julius Roberts

Delicious seasonal recipes including Braised Short Ribs, Rhubarb and Custard Tartlets and Scallops with ‘nduja butter.

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Cook from the book: Nadiya’s Simple Spices

We cooked along to every episode in Nadiya Hussain’s BBC2 series Simple Spices – here’s what we thought.

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All of your favourite recipes from Nadiya Hussain’s Simple Spices on BBC2

Find all of your favourite recipes from Nadiya Hussain’s 2023 BBC2 cookery TV series and cookbook, Simple Spices.

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Recipes you’ll love from Nadiya’s Simple Spices

Delicious, easy recipes from Nadiya’s Simple Spices, including Crispy Leek Biryani, Saag Aloo Chicken Jalfrezi, and Milk Fudge Flapjack.

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5 minutes with Nadiya Hussain

Read The Happy Foodie’s interview with Nadiya Hussain ahead of her latest cookbook release, Nadiya’s Simple Spices.

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6 recipes for hungry students

These six-ingredient recipes from Mob 6, Mob’s latest cookbook, will help you get through Freshers Week and beyond.

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The best cookbooks for Bake Off fans

From fluffy cakes to crispy biscuits, perfectly proofed bread to mouth-watering desserts, find every kind of baking cookbook from the best in the game.

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Cook from the book: Jamie Oliver’s 5 Ingredients Mediterranean

We turned to 5 Ingredients Mediterranean by Jamie Oliver to create simple, flavour-packed midweek recipes for seven days – here’s what we found.

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