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ОглавлениеAs a vegan, I’m going to say something controversial: you can eat what you like.
Meat is what most people are brought up on. Eating it doesn’t make you a bad person. And not eating meat, being veggie or vegan, doesn’t make you a good person.
Henry and I remember the taste of meat well. We loved steak and roast dinners, and there’s no question that burgers taste great. My mum is the daughter of a farmer. Our families and friends from home still eat meat and we still love them all dearly.
Our families definitely did not expect us to be running a vegan cooking channel, and they’re always asking us why we went vegan. In this book is the answer to that. Mum, this book is for you!
We stopped eating animal products over four years ago. Since then we’ve built the biggest plant-based online video channel and written two bestselling cookbooks, showing people how to make delicious meals that taste even better than meat!
This book contains no propaganda. It’s not designed to try and mess with your mind or turn you into clones of us. We’ve cited our sources and tried to avoid hyperbole. But there’s no doubt, this is important.
If you’re wondering why the number of vegans has more than quadrupled[1] in the past few years and why the number of flexitarians (people who are reducing the amount of meat they eat) is showing similar trends, then this book hopefully holds the answer.
If you’re wondering why so many restaurants have added vegan choices, or are shouting about their vegan offerings, then this book may explain why. Spoiler: the availability of vegan options is not down to an increasing number of vegans, it’s down to an increasing number of meat reducers – those mindful meaties!
If you’re wondering why Sir David Attenborough, or any news channel, declares we should reduce our meat and dairy intake to help the planet, then this book is for you. We’ll share the background to this and give you practical advice on how you can make changes in your own life.
And, finally, if you’re just interested in eating a few more vegan meals, either to help the planet, for your health, to save money or because you’re interested in trying some of the amazing new plant-based foods that are out there, then we’ll help you do that, too. We’ll show you how awesome vegan food can be for your mind, body and soul.
All of this is aimed at you doing it your way. There is no one-size-fits-all solution.
Anyone who throws a black-and-white absolute answer at you – about anything – is misleading you. So, please come with us as we delve into the murky shades of grey, and we’ll show you how the choice to eat vegan food, and to make vegan an ideal that we work towards, was the best decision we ever made. Ever.
