Cooks & Books: Christina Soteriou for Big Veg Energy

Christina Soteriou is a chef & recipe writer renown for creating plant-based food for people who love to eat, inspired by the Mediterranean flavours of her Greek Cypriot heritage.

Christina's passion for food has made her determined to find creative and nutritious ways to make plant-based dishes as tasty as possible. To this end, she completed a holistic nutrition course and has worked in many food-related roles, from starting her own little catering company in Cyprus, teaching cooking classes in Chicago and online, to coming to London and helping create the menu for Sloane Street Deli, working as a chef at Bubala, then as a senior food producer at Mob, one of the biggest food media companies in the UK.

Her plant-based platform (formerly known as Bunch) has over 350k followers and continues to grow. As well as creating delicious plant-based recipes, she is passionate about encouraging people to reduce food waste, eat seasonally and cook with whole foods.

100 simple, tasty and secretly healthy recipes, with flavour in every bite.

Chapters include:
- Small plates, for snacks and starters
- Big platters, for sharing and meal prep
- Cosy bowls, as comforting as they sound
- Baking dish, for hearty one-dish wonders
- Dessert spoon, to satisfy your sweet tooth

Expect nourishing, vibrant dishes - including Spicy Mushroom Skewers with Peanut Lime Sauce, Sweet Potatoes with Tahini Butter Chickpeas, Pulled Leeks with Pistachio Cream and Peanut Butter Cherry Jam Semifreddo - as well as extra features on key ingredients, debunking vegan myths and tips on saving money and storing produce to keep it fresh for longer.