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"N O O N E N E E D S
A N OT H E R AVO C A D O
T O A S T R E C I P E"
Melissa Hemsley on new book, Eat Green, and how
small changes can have a big impact on the planet
H
ow many cookbooks do you own?
Five? 10? More? This was what
Melissa Hemsley asked herself upon
writing her new book.
"I've called it Delicious Flexitarian Recipes For
Planet-friendly Eating - what an absurd choice of
words," says Melissa. "What does that mean? On
average, most people in UK households have 20
cookbooks and might only choose one or two
recipes from each book. What a waste of paper!
"There's too much consumption and I didn't
want to write a cookbook that wasn't useful.
With this one, I said it has to be helpful or I don't
want to bother."
Melissa, 34, asked people to provide
inspiration. "I based it on my own research and
previous conversations I'd had: what's in your
fridge? What ends up in our compost bin?
What ends up in your bin? On a Friday
night, when you look in the fridge what do
you see looking back?
"I thought: I've got 13 groups of fruit and
vegetables that are the most bought and
thrown-away food. I'll do a seasons chart
and recipes based on celeriac and boring
swedes. No one needs another avocado
toast recipe or another blueberry
banana protein powder smoothie.
"So I've tried to come up with a
cookbook that will make people
go, 'What does flexitarian mean?
What does planet-friendly mean?
Sustainability is this big word that most of
us want to get behind. We can waste less."
The process of creating Eat Green has helped
Melissa be efficient in other ways. "Whether it's
food waste, or wasting our time or energy, I want
to be more mindful and conscious. Being planetfriendly needs us to do what we can."
Eat Green: Delicious Flexitarian Recipes For
Planet-friendly Eating is out now (Ebury
Press, £22). Melissa is a guest on the
BALANCE podcast
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