How to Eat 30 Plants a Week: 100 delicious gut-friendly recipes for everyday

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With an introduction by Tim Spector, bestselling author and founder of ZOE "The advice that we should all be eating lots of plants is now widely accepted as the common denominator for ALL healthy diets, says Hugh, "and the idea that 30 different plants a week is about optimal has widespread scientific support. Its been informing my way of cooking for a while now, and Im here to share my knowledge and enthusiasm for the 30-plant mission in the most delicious ways possible. 30 plants may sound a lot, but in Hughs expert hands it feels like an easy win, for the delicious meals as much as the incredible health benefit. Central to these is great gut health, and an introduction by gut-health guru Tim Spector explains why Hugh is bang on target to deliver the goods. In this book, Hugh shows you how to get many more plants on your plate, with people-pleasing plant-only dishes at the fore, as well as some humdingers with a little well-chosen meat or fish along for the ride. By plants, Hugh means fruit and veg and much more besides including nuts, seeds, pulses, grains, herbs, spices, chocolate and even coffee. With plant ingredients numbered by both chapter and recipe, and overlaps kept to a minimum, its easy to keep a count and rack up your weekly plant score. Simply by choosing a few recipes from the book each week, and deploying some of Hughs plant top-up tips in your general cooking, youll soon be nailing your 30 plants and more, week after week. With Hugh to show you the way, this isnt just going to be doable: its going to be easy, its going to be fun, and most of all its going to be delicious.

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Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall is a writer, broadcaster and campaigner. His series for Channel 4 have earned him a huge popular following, while his River Cottage books have collected multiple awards including the Glenfiddich Trophy and the Andr Simon Food Book of the Year. Hughs additional broadcasting, like the hugely influential Fish Fight, has earned him a BAFTA as well as awards from Radio 4, the Observer and the Guild of Food Writers. Hugh lives in Devon with his family. rivercottage.net / @rivercottage Tim Spectator OBE is a professor of genetic epidemiology and an honorary consultant physician. He is a multi-award-winning expert in personalised medicine and the gut microbiome. He is also a bestselling author having published five books including Spoon-Fed and Food For Life. He is the co-founder of the personalised nutrition company ZOE and leads the worlds biggest citizen science health project, the ZOE Health Study.