The Simple Plant–Based Cookbook: An appetite for change with lentils, grains and chestnuts

Merchant Gourmet has a simple green dream: to help save the planet one meal at a time by making clean plant-based food that tastes incredible. 
 
In this plant-based sequel to their first cookbook, Merchant Gourmet shares a host of simply inspiring recipes for any occasion, using their ready-to-eat pulses, grains, and chestnuts range of products. There are 30-minute meals, one-pan suppers, quick lunches, new plant-based classics, big feasts, and desserts all deliciously plant-based and designed to make it as easy as possible for anyone cutting down on meat consumption to rustle up tasty meals, every day, without the fuss.

Recipes include Fennel, Pea & Courgette Soup with Herby Italian-Style Grains; Lentil, Spinach, Mushroom & Potato Pie; Spicy Mexican Grain Tacos with Roast Celeriac, Pickled Radishes & Avocado; Crispy Wholegrain Focaccia; Puy Lentil, Mushroom & Chestnut Wellington with All the Trimmings; Quick Green Giant Couscous 'Risotto'; and Quinoa Apple Pie.

Merchant Gourmet was founded in 1995 by brothers Mark and Oliver Leatham. The first brand was the first to bring specialty foods like Camargue red rice and ready-to-eat chestnuts to the UK market, and later to speed up 'slow food' by introducing ready-to-eat Puy lentils and quinoa pouches the first of their kind in the UK. Since then, their range of pulses and grains has grown and their numerous products, aimed at making the home cook's life as easy and delicious as possible, are available in supermarkets all over the UK.