One: Pot, Pan, Planet: A greener way to cook for you, your family and the planet

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Add the spices to the pan and stir for a couple of minutes until all smells fragrant. Next, add the tinned beans and their liquid, the tomatoes and 400ml (a tin’s worth) of water. It’s true to say that Anna Jones always delivers: reading any recipe of hers is like receiving a promise of dependable deliciousness. With this book, however, she has given something deeper of herself. There’s so much humanity and wisdom in it . . . It’s like being led by the hand by a smiling, kind reveller, who wants only for us to enjoy food as much as possible, without wasting it, or missing out on everything it brings . . . The food itself is tummy-rumblingly good [and] strikes absolutely the right balance between accessibility and originality.”–Nigella Lawson The perfect recipe for any trimmings post-pumpkin-carving. If you will forgive me a little cooking oil, salt and the optional garnishes, you’ll only need these four ingredients. Serves 4 1 red onion, finely chopped 1 tbsp fennel seeds, plus 1 tsp 1kg pumpkin 1 red chilli, finely chopped Finely chop the red onion and add Read More Instead of the particular recipes, I’ll use the book as a framework and reminder to eat more local veg, don’t have a million things cooking at once (guilty), and try to limit international cooking items - but that’s also hard (and those ingredients aren’t even salient to my cultural identity!) What an incredible cookbook - now a staple in my kitchen! I think it's incredibly essential to interweave sustainability and climate change into your cooking, and Anna Jones does this very well for us UK dwellers, and she does this in a way that isn't pushy. Doesn't demonize anyone based on where they are in their sustainability journey as we were all once in a place in which we had no idea how harmful certain practices are for the health of the planet.

When cool enough, wipe the pan out with kitchen paper and add a couple more tablespoons of oil. Heat over a medium heat. Add the garlic and ginger to the pan and cook for 2 minutes. Then add the broccoli stalks, drained noodles and 6 tablespoons of water and cook for 3-4 minutes until the broccoli stems are tender and the noodles are beginning to cook and crisp up. Add the broccoli florets, sauce and most of the spring onions along with 2 more tablespoons of water. Stir and cook for another 3-4 minutes until the noodles are soft enough to eat.Turmeric is as delicious as it is nourishing, bringing sunshine yellow to everything it touches. We are used to jars of the bright yellow ground stuff, with its earthy flavour, but if you can get it use fresh turmeric. Its light, almost citrus notes adds freshness here. At several points in the book the author seems to posit that eating local and reducing food miles is the best thing we can do to reduce our impact on the climate - even going so far as to claim that eating locally raised grass-fed beef would be better than eating a processed vegan sausage that's been flown into the country. Bring to the boil, then turn down to a gentle simmer for 25 minutes, to allow the flavours to infuse, adding more hot water from time to time if needed. Strain the broth if you are serving straight away, or if you plan to eat this later cool with the vegetables left in for a more intense flavour, and strain before reheating. Meanwhile, preheat the oven to 180C fan/gas mark 6. Put the potatoes into a large pan (leaving enough space to add the cauliflower later). Cover with boiling water, add half a tablespoon of salt and bring to the boil. Cook for 15-20 minutes until the potatoes are almost cooked, then add the cauliflower for the last 6 minutes. Drain well. Soak the rice noodles in cold water for at least 10 minutes until softened. Lay the tofu between 2 sheets of kitchen paper on a plate or clean surface. Place a small plate over the top and a jar or weight on the plate to press down. Leave the tofu like this to dry out for half an hour.

The recipes here are some of Jones’s favourites; in particular, she has a soft spot for the saag aloo shepherd’s pie. “There’s always a few standout recipes in the book that, when you get them out of the oven, you do a little fist pump,” she says. stem ginger 5 balls (75g), finely chopped, plus 2 tbsp syrup from the jar for brushing and drizzling This is a book where thought meets practical action meets deliciousness…a huge achievement.”–Yotam Ottolenghi,bestselling author and award-winning chef

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I usually read only vegan cookbooks at this point in my life and I’ve decided I’m going to read only 100% vegan cookbooks from now on. I really struggled with this vegetarian cookbook even though every recipe has a vegan option. I didn’t think it would bother me but it did, since dairy and eggs aren’t green or good for the planet and also I have no interest in consuming them. There were good messages about eating for the environment but with so many of the recipes having dairy and eggs as the main choice or as options the messages rang insincere to me. Even though I had no interest in many of the recipes this is such a useful and attractive cookbook so that if it had been a 100% vegan cookbook I would have given it 5 stars. Bland, white-person interpretations of international cuisine. Some okay recipes and information about “green” cooking. Mix all the sauce ingredients in a small bowl with 4 tablespoons of cold water. Set aside. Cut the broccoli into florets and thinly slice the stalks, keeping them separate.

I could tell before I ate it from the smell, from the bubbling filling and crispy top, that this was going to be everything I had wanted it to be. One: Pot, Pan, Planet by Anna Jones falls into that magical middle of this Venn diagram: this book is both. It's also important to emphasize how inconvenient our current societal norms/superstores, government regulations, and corporations make it to be sustainable and eco-conscious. Many times, it's just easier and cheaper to buy certain foods. It's an incredible privilege to be able to choose your ingredients/cook in sustainable ways that unfortunately many people do not have easy access too.And the supercilious tone of the author was a bit grating. "For the really hungry, some brown or basmati rice here would work, but I eat this just as it is." Oh, you can add a slice of bread if you're ~really~ hungry, but I rarely do. Touting the superiority of jarred beans with a little Barefoot Contessa-style toss of "but canned will do, if you must." But somehow, when Ina says it, it's comforting. When Jones says it, it feels haughty.

Anna Jones is a cook, writer and stylist, the voice of modern vegetarian cooking and the author of the bestselling A Modern Way to Eat, A Modern Way to Cook and The Modern Cook’s Year. For the non-vegan cake, melt the butter in a pan, then whisk in the dark brown sugar and chopped stem ginger. Leave to cool slightly, then beat in the eggs one by one, until emulsified. Fold through the dry ingredients and pour into the prepared cake tin. Das Kochen und ich waren nie besonders gute Freunde. Im letzten Jahr hat meine jahrelang gehegte Abneigung allerdings eine 180-Grad-Wende vollzogen und großen Anteil daran haben die Bücher von Anna Jones. "A Modern Way to Eat" und "A Modern Way to CookCook" nehme ich regelmäßig zur Hand und aufgrund der vielfältigen Auswahl wird es nie langweilig. Whip the cream or vegan cream a little shy of soft peaks, then fold in the yoghurt. Add the finely chopped stem ginger and stir it through with the ginger syrup and lemon zest. Jones – who began her career working with Jamie Oliver – says she is “an ambitious person … quite bad at celebrating my successes”. At various points, she has considered opening cafes or restaurants, but for now she thinks she can make the greatest impact through her books.This is completely false. Beef is by far the most carbon-intensive food we can eat, wherever it's grown, whatever it's fed, not matter no how. The carbon footprint of transporting most foods is fairly insignificant compared to what is required to produce it in the first place. ESPECIALLY BEEF. (See https://www.co2everything.com/co2e-of... or https://ourworldindata.org/food-choic... or the book 'How bad are bananas') My favorite part of the book was its emphasis on reducing/eliminating food waste. Examples of how to do this are provided throughout the book. As the title suggests, most of these are one pan recipes but they aren't the sort of thing I would associate with a one pan meal. A one pan meal makes me think of something boring like a shepherds pie or other traditional, stodgy sort of food, but these recipes where the sort of meal that goes well with a good salad and perhaps some sourdough bread and is the sort of food I love eating. Add 1 tablespoon of the ghee or coconut oil to a large pan, add the onion and cook for 10 minutes over a medium heat until soft and sweet. Add the garlic, ginger and chilli and cook for another 5 minutes. I got a handful of new cookbooks at the beginning of this year and ONE: POT, PAN, PLANET was by far my favorite. The format is so practical and it’s full of not only recipes but also very actionable tips for being more resourceful in the kitchen. The author included a section for different ways to cook with common ingredients…and I’ve found it so helpful for cooking things on the fly. For someone who already loves cooking, this book has helped me become more creative in the kitchen and even more excited to cook. I want everyone to have it.”–Kate Arenda, Wit & Delight