With an emphasis on using sustainably-produced ingredients, Leon: Fast Vegetarian enables you to make the most of the fresh vegetables available in markets, supermarkets and even your own kitchen garden.
Eating less - or no - meat is a practice that more and more people are adopting. But until now, it has been hard to find a book that presents perfectly delicious and healthy recipes that also have an emphasis on speedy preparation.
This collection of more than 150 really simple, really fast recipes is a treat for vegivores everywhere. The first part of the book offers 'Star Turns', those vegetable-based dishes that can stand alone as a whole meal. There are fantastic ideas for breakfast and brunch, pasta, grains and pulses, pies and bakes, rice and curry, and unbeatable kids' meals.
The second half of the book focuses on the 'Supporting Cast', and explores accompaniments and smaller plates. Chapters include grazing dishes, sides, and pickles, salsas, chutneys and dressings.
Henry Dimbleby is co-founder of Leon, the award-winning fast food chain that serves healthy fast food. Together with John Vincent and Allegra McEvedy, he opened the first restaurant in London in July 2004, and six months after opening, Leon was named the Best New Restaurant in Great Britain at the Observer Food Monthly Awards (by a judging panel that included Rick Stein, Gordon Ramsay, Nigel Slater, Heston Blumenthal, Ruth Rogers and Jay Rayner). There are now more than 55 Leon restaurants (including branches in Washington DC, Amsterdam, Utrecht and Oslo).