Recommend your vegetarian recipe book

[PseudoBadger]

New veggie here. Please can you recommend me your favourite recipe book that has some basic, ‘essential’ recipes? I’m ok with doing a veg chilli, bolognese etc but would appreciate some of your favourites.

Rose Elliot - she has a book of 1000 recipes, of which I use about 40 regularly. Not so good for puddings and cakes as it’s all a bit wholemeal.

The veggie books I use the most are HFWs Veg Everyday, The Asian Vegan kitchen by Hema Parekh and Delias Vegetarian book. The Delia one may be out of print but it is a really good one for basics and full meals.

I find a lot of the recent veggie books are a bit too wholesome for me- it’s all kale chips and butternut steaks. I may be veggie but I still like food that tastes of something!

Cranks Fast Food
Ottolenghi's Plenty and Plenty More
Meera Sodha

The Meera Sodha recipes in the Guardian are very tempting- is her book good?

Anna Jones. It really is great and I rarely use recipe books as I prefer the internet. It’s realistic in terms of prep too. Lots of cakes and puds. It is healthy but also full of flavour.

Hairy Dieters Go Veggie

Tender volume 1 a cook and his veg patch, Niger Slater
Vegetables by Sophie Grigson

Long time ago (1980s student!) I got Rose Elliot's Vegetarian Dishes of the World - absolutely brilliant, there are many I use again and again, especially as I grow a lot of fruit and veg in the garden. Can be bought on Amazon.

Special mention for her "Bean Paté" recipe which makes fantastic broadbean hummus.

Thank you everyone, some good suggestions here