A unique cookbook, packed with recipes for seasonal vegetables as well as tips on how to grow them, using my fantastic and time-saving no dig methods.

It explains and develops the strong links you can achieve between garden and kitchen, which keep changing according to the season. The garden decides your menu!

The recipes are by Catherine Balaam, who cooks for day and weekend courses at my Homeacres no dig garden. Catherine has created and tested over 60 delicious plant-based recipes, inspired by the mouth-watering lunches created for the participants after an intense morning of learning in the garden. They are simple dishes bursting with flavour, from seasonal vegetables and herbs.

To complement them, I have written ‘Advice on growing your own’ sections throughout the book, in which I outline some key growing tips for many of the vegetables in the recipes. I also include my own recipe for no-knead bread, another great time saver.

We include ideas on how you can adapt recipes to your own harvests, using different vegetables that are similar to cook with.

Some of the recipes are how to ferment and store vegetables, so that you can use any gluts and enjoy them later.

Recipes are categorised as follows:

• Pestos, dips and sauces
• Ferments and vinegars
• Salads
• Cooked salads
• Roasties
• Stews and hot dishes
• Sweet treats

There are beautiful photos throughout, of the cooked dishes, a few including preparation, and also of my garden at Homeacres.

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Catherine Balaam and Charles Dowding have produce a beautiful cookbook of recipes using everyday ingredients and fresh veggies from the garden. The recipes have gourmet flavours but are easy to make. Charles has included great growing tips if you want to grow your own veggies, using the no dig method, which is truly sustainable and rewarding.

LH, April 2023

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Where to buy internationally:

Saxo – Denmark (ships worldwide)

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