Gill Stannard

My online recipe box, a digital pot pouri of other people’s recipes. Most are simple, healthy, vegan and dairy free (a few contain seafood and eggs). There are some wonderful pickles, sweet treats and techniques to try as well. If you haven’t checked out this collection for a while reload, as the collection is frequently updated.
Gill’s Copy Me That collection.

wide ceramic crackle glaze bowl with a decorative salad of cos lettuce, green beans, kalamata olives, cherry tomatoes, halves of boiled eggs dotted on top naturopath Gill Stannard simple healthy recipes

Food writing and seasonal eating

A soup for every week in winter and beyond

Mindful eating

Monthly guide to seasonal produce (SA, Vic, NSW)

Simple pleasures

The Climate Change Diet

Books

My go-to cookbooks

Yotam Ottolenghi Ottolenghi SIMPLE. Unlike some of his other (beautiful) cookbooks, this is stripped back, with easy to follow recipes and not too many exotic ingredients. Suprisingly veg-friendly with some simplified, show stopping recipes.The hardback comes with access to viewing the recipes online, which is a real bonus, so you have the best of both worlds.

Alex Elliott-Howery and Sabine Spindler Cornersmith: Salads and Pickles. Alex really makes pickling easy, and since I did a short workshop with her a couple of years ago, my fridge is always filled with homemade pickles. Not only are these a handy addition for healthy meals, it’s reduces food waste (kale stem pickles really are a thing).The salads are inspiring as well.

Niki Segnit The Flavour Thesaurus. Not a recipe collection, but a cookbook in the truest sense. A must have for those who want to know more about combining flavours. Until I read this book I didn’t know how magical nutmeg and eggplant are together, creating the most amazing babaganoush!

Tony Chiodo Feel Good Food. My favourite cookbook of 2010, local, accessible and absolutely yummy. Recipes include vegan, seafood and chicken. Take a look at my review of Feel Good Food to find out more.

Flip Shelton Veg In: Simple Vegetarian Dishes from Around the World. Simple recipes to make healthy and tasty “take aways”, read my book review for more info.

Stephanie Alexander The Cook’s Companion. Stephanie Alexander’s work of love helps a competent cook become an excellent one, through understanding flavours and techniques.

Heidi Swanson Super Natural Every Day: Well-Loved Recipes from My Natural Foods Kitchen. The queen of 101 Cookbooks blog, her latest offering is packed full of delicious vegetarian fare.

Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall River Cottage Veg Every Day!. Hugh takes a break from catching squirrels and goes vego. His salads and raw foods are especially worth a look. Also features a lot of family-friendly recipes for meat-free meals.
Read my review of River Cottage Everyday Veg!.

Mark Bittman How to Cook Everything: Simple Meatless Recipes for Great Food: Vegetaria. A big book for new vegetarian, those wishing to expand their vegetable cooking repertoire and novice cooks. Lots of recipes, techniques and handy line drawings.

Maddhur Jeffery is an Anglo-Indian food writer. Her recipes are straight forward and easy to follow.
The large, hardback Madhur Jaffrey’s World Vegetarian covers many different cuisines, while her modest paperback Eastern Vegetarian Cooking focuses on Asian classics. I’ve owned my copy for over 20 years and it’s one of my most cooked from books.

Food politics and philosophy

Michael Pollan
Food Rules: An Eater’s Manual. 63 easy to follow tips on how to eat. A short, cheap, helpful guide.

The Omnivore’s Dilemma: The Search for a Perfect Meal in a Fast-food World
This book will get you thinking about what you put on your plate, packed full of conversation starters for around the dinner table.

In Defense of Food: An Eater’s Manifesto.

Barbara Kingsolver Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: Our Year of Seasonal Eating
A gentler approach to eating locally. Part diary, part “how to” book by award winner novelist and her family.