Eat Happy: 30-minute Feelgood Food
Delicious quick and easy meals with a Hemsley twist.
Bestselling home cook and co-author of The Art of Eating Well and Good + Simple, Melissa
Hemsley of Hemsley + Hemsley, presents flavourful and veg-packed dishes.
Featuring supermarket ingredients, simple methods, and tips and tricks to make no-fuss great food, Eat Happy is designed to see you through the whole week - tempting breakfasts to family dinners and lunches, as well as party food, snacks, baking, desserts, drinks, and simple, healthier versions of takeaway favourites.
Comfort and indulgence are at the heart of Melissa healthy food, with plenty of ideas for everyday meals, batch cooking, cutting down on kitchen waste, and dishes that can be enjoyed for supper and leftovers for a packed lunch.
Amongst the 120 brand-new recipes are, Breaded Chicken Katsu Curry, Sesame Salmon with Miso Veg Traybake, Roast Carrots with Pomegranate Molasses and Pistachios, Coconut Chocolate Clusters and Ginger Fruit Loaf.
These are delicious alternatives and satisfying treats that encourage even the most time-poor cook to take pleasure in healthy fast food that puts taste first.
Author
Melissa Hemsley is a best-selling cookbook author, food columnist, real food activist and sustainability champion who is passionate about spreading the power of feel-good food. Her latest cookbook, Feel Good, has over 100 quick and easy recipes to bring comfort and joy into our kitchens and beyond. Whether it's a fuss-free dinner after a long day, cook-ahead lunches to see you through the week or a warming traybake for a cosy night in, the recipes focus on food that not only nourishes our bodies but also respects the seasons and the people who grow it.
Melissa has written five cookbooks, including Eat Green and Eat Happy. In addition, she has written recipe and sustainability columns for The Telegraph and Vogue, respectively. She is a proud ambassador of Fairtrade UK, volunteer for The Felix Project, judge of GQ Food & Drinks Awards and Soil Association (Best of Organic awards), the Guild of Fine Foods and YBFs (Young British Foodies) and host of the 2019 Sustainable Restaurant Association awards and the 2020 Veg Summit Awards (The Food Foundation).
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Review
“Buy it, treasure it, stain the pages.”—Food & Wine
“I couldn’t be more excited. . . . [Fleming’s] unfussily elegant sweets are interspersed with savory baking recipes as well—think cheddar-Stilton scones, sweet potato and miso rolls, pecan olive shortbread, kumquat tarte tatin. Delectable, indeed.”—Saveur
“Fans of Claudia Fleming, the legendary pastry chef, have been waiting 21 years for a follow-up to her equally legendary first book, The Last Course. The wait was worth it: These recipes, the products of Fleming’s time in pandemic isolation, are a home baker’s fantasia.”—Eater
“Fleming shifts her exacting attention from restaurant pastries to those she creates in her small home kitchen. . . . We’re excited.”—Epicurious
“Claudia Fleming’s first cookbook, The Last Course, is a cult classic among pastry chefs. . . . But I loved Delectable because it brings her classic, cozy sensibility to family-style breads, cakes, tarts, and some savory baking—the olive-and anchovy-rich escarole pie is a marvel, with a particularly light and flaky crust.”—Tejal Rao, The New York Times
“Delectable represents not just a new chapter in the pastry chef’s life and career, but also a homecoming.”—The Washington Post
“Delectable delivers a new suite of classics for the confident baker. . . . By combining a career’s worth of wisdom with her truly delectable recipes, Fleming has created yet another ambitious collection that will inspire for decades to come.”—Air Mail (“The Best Holiday Baking Books”)
“With her show-stopping creations, this much-anticipated sophomore entry sees Fleming also bring her personal style and tendency toward seasonal ingredients to the table.”—Tasting Table (“The 25 Best Cookbooks of 2022”)
“Sweet and savory baking from one of my favorite bakers in America.”—Andrew Zimmern
“Claudia is back . . . with a baking bang!”—David Lebovitz
“[The] baking book of the year.”—Jenny Rosenstrach
“Wonderful.”—Ruth Reichl, La Briffe
“Wave your whisks in celebration and fire up your mixers in joy, Claudia Fleming . . . is back!”—Dorie Greenspan, New York Times bestselling author of Baking with Dorie
“Claudia [Fleming] gives you the confidence that you can do it and that all will turn out well.”—Danny Meyer, New York Times bestselling author of Setting the Table
“Claudia moves seamlessly from the restaurant kitchen to the home kitchen with this collection of gorgeous, simple desserts and savory bakes. Delectable will surely inspire legions of home bakers.”—Claire Saffitz, New York Times bestselling author of Dessert Person
“Some heroes wear aprons and create magic with butter. Claudia Fleming . . . is a gift to every baker.”—Zoë François, author of Zoë Bakes Cakes