Meat Free Mama

Italian Cooking with Nonna #MeatFreeCookbookery

Welcome back to #MeatFreeCookbookery, the series in which I share my favorite cookbooks for creating delicious meat free meals at home. Today I am excited to share one of my new favorites, Italian Cooking with Nonna by Giuseppe Federici. Giuseppe Federici is better known at Sepps, the name he goes by on Instagram and TikTok.

The Cover of Italian Cooking with Nonna

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WHO

Sepps is a vegan influencer, chef, runner, and cookbook author based in the UK. The cookbook tells a lot more of his story, but in short when Sepps adopted a plant-based diet, his Nonna joined forces with him in the kitchen to adapt many of their family’s authentic Italian recipes to be plant-based. This resulted in wonderful cooking videos for social media, and of course the book Italian Cooking with Nonna!

WHAT

Italian Cooking with Nonna features 80+ Italian plant based recipes developed by Sepps, Nonna Mariana, and other family members, including Classic Lasagna with homemade mince, Arancini della Nonna, the Perfect Tomato Sauce, Pasta Aglio Olio e Peperoncino, Focaccia, Tiramisu, Coffee Granita, Biscotti, and more.

TASTE

Here’s a taste of what I’ve cooked from Italian Cooking with Nonna so far:

Involtini di Melanzane (Eggplant Rolls)
Pasta con Lenticchie (Pasta with Lentils)

These dishes were absolutely delicious (the pasta with lentils has especially become a staple in our house) and there are so many more I have bookmarked to try in Italian Cooking with Nonna.

Happy reading and cooking!

Meat Free Mama

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Plant Protein by Gigi Grassia #MeatFreeCookbookery

Welcome to my #MeatFreeCookbookery series, where I share my favorite cookbooks for meat free meals! Today we’re starting with one of my recent favorites, Plant Protein by Gigi Grassia.

The cover of Plant Protein by Gigi Grassia
The cover of Plant Protein by Gigi Grassia

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WHO

Gigi, who you may know as @gigi_goes_vegan, is a vegan influencer, ultra-marathoner, nutritionist, cookbook author, and mom-to-be. She’s Italian (lei e italiana!) and currently resides in the UK. She is a frequent sharer of delicious dishes that are vegan and packed with protein. And she’s a devoted debunker of myths around soy and other plant-based proteins. She’s one of my favorite people to follow on social media and when she announced her cookbook, I was quick to pre-order it.

WHAT

There are over 80 recipes in the book, plus loads of information on nutrition, vegan pantry staples, and tips for meal-prepping. There are beautiful photos throughout and the book is beautifully formatted. Like all of my favorite cookbooks, it’s a pleasure to simply read and browse, enjoyable before you even try your first recipe.

Some of the recipes you’ll find in the book: chocolate brownie protein baked oats, corn fritters with smoky baked beans and avo smash, harissa tofu ciabatta, marry me lentils, butter tofu curry, and smoky 3-bean chili. I have bookmarked many of these to try. Hungry yet?

A TASTE

Of course, being a pasta devotee, these are some of the first recipes I tried:

Tofu Gnocchi
Creamy High Protein Spinach Mafaldine
Hearty Pasta e Fagioli

I loved all of these dishes from Plant Protein and look forward to trying many more. If you’re intrigued, check out the cookbook and be sure to visit Gigi on instagram as she is constantly sharing recipes and cooking tips (fyi her sofritto hack is life-changing).

Happy reading and cooking!

Meat Free Mama

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