I'm trying to reduce the amount of meat I eat, for a few common reasons (health, cost, environmental) I was veggie for twenty years before I started eating meat but I seem to have lost/forgotten how to cook decent vegetarian or vegan food (struggling with ideas in this lockdown!)
I've bought a couple of vegetarian or vegan cookbooks so far that have had good reviews, but they're all about the substitutes and making fake versions of regular meat/fish meals. The last one I got was Jack Monroe and I really like her cooking usually but this was was really disappointing! I guess it's to appeal to people who might be hesitant about vegan/veggie cooking but it puts me off.
I want to eat vegan or vegetarian food that is good in its own right, not food that feels like a poor substitute of something else. I know what bacon and chicken taste like, so anything that sells itself as an sub just feels a bit flat.
Can anyone recommend any books/sites/chefs? I've got a Bosh! cookbook which has lovely recipes in it, but they're a bit time intensive for every cooking (large number of ingredients and often things I can't buy locally)