Eat The Food You Buy

15 Everyday Ingredients, Endless Delicious Meals

You open the fridge after a long day at work and are faced with a few limp carrots and a sad-looking onion. Before you reach for that takeaway menu STOP! Eat the Food You Buy will show you how to turn the most wasted household ingredients into banging meals.

With ten chapters on veg, five on meats plus a whole treasure trove of recipes using cupboard essentials, this book is sure to inspire you no matter how bare your fridge looks.


  • Those sad, bendy carrots are about to have a glow-up in a Som-Tum-Style Salad
  • Wrinkly potatoes (we all have them!) can be boiled, kept in the fridge and ready to turn into The Ultimate Rösti whenever you're out of ideas
  • Last Sunday's roast beef? Hellooo Philly Cheese Steak
  • And you can whip up Mart's ridiculously tasty Harissa Beans with just a few jars and tins

Not only will this cookbook make your shopping go further, it will slash your reliance on processed foods and pricey takeaways, help reduce food waste and prove that cooking with simple ingredients can be absolutely delicious.

A brilliantly useful book to help you breathe new, delicious life into every corner of your fridge. Every page is packed with the passion and controlled chaos of its author.

Ben Lippett

About Martyn Odell

Martyn Odell (aka The Lagom Chef) has been a chef since fifteen, having worked in many food spaces from restaurants to street food, cookery schools and recipe development. His passion for food, and educating people on waste-free cooking is plain to see in his online videos which have gained him millions of followers around the world. Eat the Food You Buy will be his first book.
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Details
  • Imprint: Penguin Life
  • ISBN: 9780241776865
  • Length: 304 pages
  • Price: £25.00
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