Catherine Atkinson

A comprehensive cookie collection with hundreds of recipes ranging from well-known favourites to excitingly different ideas. With treats for every occasion, from teatime biscuits to kids' party cookies, as well as chocolate indulgencies, healthy options and delicious no-bake variations. Contains all kinds of mouthwatering temptations, from vanilla crescents, chocolate whirls, and fourth of July blueberry softcakes to shortbread ring cookies and chewy flapjacks. Includes an introduction that covers essential techniques such as preparation, baking and decorating, along with useful information on ingredients, equipment and storage. With over 1300 photographs in total, every finished recipe is beautifully shown in full colour, and there are step-by-step instructions showing you how to achieve the final result.

Discover how to create your favourite cakes, biscuits, cookies, breads, scones and pastries with more than seventy deliciously vegan recipes. From classics like Lemon Drizzle Cake, Coconut Macaroons and Red Velvet Cake to Chocolate Chunk Brownies, Bermuda Banana Bread and gluten-free Blueberry Muffins, and from Almond Biscotti, Blackcurrant Cheesecake and Millionaire's Shortbread to fruity Breakfast Bars, Vegan 'Sausage Rolls' and Courgette Soda Bread, you will find plenty of mouthwatering bakes in this book that will delight anyone who follows a vegan diet. In Baking It Vegan, nutritionist Catherine Atkinson teaches essential vegan baking techniques with easy-to-follow instructions, and provides recommendations on substitute ingredients suitable for vegans, with great advice on using these alternative ingredients successfully. You will also find plenty of recipes with a healthy twist, such as lower fat, lower sugar, wholemeal and gluten-free bakes. With Baking It Vegan, you can recreate all your favourite bakes with no sacrifice in flavour, and discover some new crowd-pleasers along the way!

Fibre plays an essential part in a healthy diet, but most people don't get enough. Few of us know how much we should be consuming or how to increase our daily intake. This book answers these questions in detail and provides 70 delicious, fibre-rich recipes that will become favourites in your household. The Healthy Fibre-rich Cookbook covers the most recent developments and nutritional knowledge about fibre. There's no need to buy a whole range of specialist ingredients; it's simply about adjusting your meals and eating habits. Here you will find a wide range of up-to-date recipes to inspire you throughout the day and show how easy it is to incorporate more fibre into your diet. This will include:- Buttermilk banana pancakes- Smoked paprika babaganoush- Chicken empanadas- Roasted vegetable and butterbean crumble- Wholemeal spelt and honey biscuits With this book you will get to know your gut, increase your fibre intake and feel better.

The aim of this accessible cookbook is to demystify gluten-free cooking and show you that it's surprisingly easy to create foods that you thought you'd never be able to eat again. The introductory section contains clear medical and nutritional advice on all aspects of gluten-free diets and eating. You'll find information on the various types of gluten-free flours, what bakes they are suitable for, and how to blend them. Then there are more than 165 tried-and-tested recipes for all kinds of breads, cakes, cookies, pasta, pies, puddings, pastries and sauces that will revolutionize your gluten-free diet and help you enjoy foods you may have thought were off the menu for good. You'll find traditional recipes that have been reworked to make them gluten free, as well as plenty of delicious new ideas and inherently gluten-free dishes that everyone should have in their repertoire. Wholesome breads, pasta, pastries, puds and all manner of other sweet and savoury bakes are all included, many of which are also dairy-free, vegetarian and/or vegan recipes - attributes that are denoted by a clear label at the top of the recipe. Some are also lower in refined sugar than normal, to suit healthier eating choices, and of course all are 100 per cent gluten free. All have step-by-step instructions to ensure success, along with a gorgeous photograph of the finished dish. More than 13 per cent of the UK population (and up to one-third in the USA) say that they currently avoid eating food containing gluten. Many of these are gluten intolerant while others find wheat-based and high-gluten products difficult to digest and simply feel better and healthier eating a diet without or containing less of these foods. An estimated one in a hundred people have coeliac disease, an incurable, lifelong, autoimmune reaction to gluten, and a similar number have a wheat allergy. For those who fall into these camps, embarking on any restricted diet can be daunting, but especially when you need to exclude all foods containing gluten. Bought ready-prepared gluten-free foods can be expensive and monotonous, and the range of basic gluten-free products such as flours and more unusual ingredients such as xanthan gum somewhat bewildering.

Discover the exciting new way to healthy eating, with this simple kitchen appliance that's the secret behind the latest diets. You can create tasty low-calorie, low-carb noodles, ribbons and even `rice' from everyday vegetables and fruits, all with the feel-full factor of real pasta. There's never been an easier way to eat your five-a-day, and more. Catherine Atkinson shows you how to choose and use the different kinds of spiralizer machine, such as vertical or horizontal, with lots of tips and advice on assembly and usage. She then takes you through every spiralize-able vegetable, explaining the most suitable methods and techniques to use, and how to prepare and cook each one. Then there are the recipes - soups, salads, all kinds of `pasta' with sauces, rosti, risotto, pizza and tarts, curries, stir-fries, frittata, tempura and even desserts, cakes, breads and muffins. Over 80 delectable ideas will inspire you through the day. Make breakfast bars and butternut muffins; spiralize pears for a chia porridge; use carrot noodles in turkey enchiladas, or squash and broccoli in a stir-fry; make potato kugels, coodles with avocado sauce and courgetti alla puttanesca... Everything is clearly photographed, from all the how-to techniques to gorgeous finished dishes, so you can see exactly what to do. There are nutritional breakdowns for each recipe, and at-a-glance identifiers for gluten-free, dairy-free, vegetarian, vegan and paleo dishes. Whether you call them courgetti, zoodles, veggetti or vegetable noodles, this cookbook is packed with inspiration.

Transform the everyday into a feast with all kinds of tempting sauces and tasty accompaniments.

'Probiotics' is the latest buzz word and refers to 'healthy' gut bacteria which are vital to destroy 'bad' bacteria, to boost our immune system, keep our digestion ticking and maintain and improve our overall well-being.

Your new Instant Pot multi cooker could be the most useful kitchen appliance you will ever own. This book will tell you everything you need to know about the Instant Pot so that you can get the best out of its seven functions and cook quick, easy and delicious food for your family. Cooking With Your Instant Pot provides lots of healthy, fully-tested recipes that make the most of all the functions in order to save you time and effort. There's a mix of classic and contemporary dishes, all of them tasty and nutritious, for both everyday cooking and special occasions. Recipes include:· Breakfast recipes such as Crispy Bacon and Red Onion Omelette, Smoked Salmon and Avocado Kedgeree, and Dried Apricot and Almond Jam· Soups, stocks and broths including Chorizo and Chick-pea Soup, and Goulash Soup with Mini Bread Dumplings· Meat Stews, such as Braised Lamb Shanks with Borlotti Beans, Mongolian Braised Beef, and Pork Steaks in Sweet and Sour Barbecue Sauce· Curries, such as Chicken Tikka Masala, Chicken Jalfrezi and Fragrant Chicken Curry · Vegetable dishes, such as Easy Jacket Potatoes, Steamed Broccoli and Cauliflower with Crispy Crumbs, and Creamed Sweet Potatoes· Desserts and Cakes like Blushing Poached Pears, Apple and Honey Creme Caramel, and Sticky Ginger cakeFast, nutritious and flavourful - fabulous food from your Instant Pot!