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5X VEGETARIAN COOKBOOKS YOU WANT ON YOUR BOOKSHELF

I definitely cook vegetarian at least once a week. Mainly because I am a huge vegetable lover, but also because I contribute a little to the environment. If we all ate vegetarian for two days a week, it would reduce the CO2 emissions of 570,000 cars per year. Would you also like to eat a little less meat but find it hard to get inspired? I have a nice list ready for you. These fun vegetarian cookbooks prove just how much you can do with vegetables.

Yotam Ottolenghi, my hero. This fantastic chef proves that vegetables are incredibly sexy. Are you going to London soon? Be sure to grab a bite at one of Ottolenghi's fantastic restaurants.

Mirjam Leslie-Pringle and Nicolaas Homan created Veggie Very Much that gives you a bit of a summer feeling again. Just because of the beautiful photos, you want this book on your table. Okay, and because of the Pimentos Padron. Right, May?

The trendy vegetarian shows how to make vegetarian eating a delicious and healthy party every day. The vegetarian burger is to die for. Make that for your loved one, bet you'll score points?

One of my most worn bibles is My New Roots by Sarah Britton, in which she shares a hundred vegetarian recipes that are free from processed ingredients. The recipes are vegetarian, but also have options for a complete vegan variant and are generally gluten- and lactose-free.

After the success of the first book The Green Kitchen, there is now a sequel. For everyone who is a fan of vegetarian cuisine and traveling, this is a must-have. The book contains recipes from all over the world, and each recipe is introduced with an anecdote about the place where the authors first tasted this dish. You want this.

I’ll rush to the hardware store shortly, time for an extra shelf.