RAW AND FREE

Sophie Steevens' hugely popular Instagram page depicts her plant-based lifestyle with her gorgeous family.

Her stunning cookbook is jam-packed with over 100 delicious, vibrant, plant-based recipes that she has devised, and that her whole family enjoys eating. She also shares her story of overcoming a major health challenge, Graves' Disease, a serious autoimmune disease which affects the thyroid. She turned to a plant-based diet to try and reverse the disease and to heal holistically. Five years later, she has fully recovered, beating all odds. And not only has she recovered, but she is thriving and swears by the plant-based way of living, with her husband and children having fully embraced it as well. These easy, family-friendly recipes are grouped into Smoothies and Juices, Breakfast and Brunch, Hearty Salads, Hot Pots and Warming Mains, Snacks and Dips, Raw Treats, and Basics, including dressings and sauces. For those looking to begin a plant-based diet this book is fantastic as it explains all the key things you need to set this up. As most of us know the most difficult thing about sticking to a diet is being prepared - so this book really is one of the best to help you start your plant-based journey. Sophie Steevens shares her favourite plant-based recipes and describes how she reversed a serious autoimmune disease by eating a completely plant-based diet. Her stunning cookbook is packed with over 100 delicious, vibrant plant-based, gluten-free and refined-sugar-free recipes that she has devised, and that the whole family enjoys eating. There are easy, family-friendly wholefood recipes for all meals plus great information to help you get started, with material such as kitchen essentials, ingredient staples and lots of easy-to-follow tips for a wholesome, plant-based lifestyle. Sophie Steevens is the blogger behind the super popular and inspirational Instagram @rawandfree. She's the mother of three boys and married to professional surfer Ricardo Christie.