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WINNER OF THE SINGLE TOPIC COOKERY BOOK AWARD AT THE GUILD OF FOOD WRITERS AWARDS 2025‘Anna makes food I love to eat. She knows how to bring out the best in every vegetable.’ Anna JonesLove Vegetables is bursting with sumptuous, fresh and repeatable recipes that will transform the way you perceive vegetables, making them your go-to ingredient for nourishing and adaptable meals. With a focus on teasing out amazing flavour from roots, shoots and leaves with a creative touch, these dishes are both indulgent and satisfying, for a new, vibrant repertoire you’ll want to cook time and again. By shifting vegetables from colourful sides to dynamic centrepieces, author Anna Shepherd shares the insider knowledge she has gained from her many years cooking professionally and working with growers and farmers. Anna shows you just how easy and rewarding it can be to create dishes that are as generous, richly flavoured and sustaining as those with meat or fish.   Organised by vegetable type, focusing first on alliums, hardy and tender greens, potatoes and creamy roots, and then moving on to tougher-to-love roots, tomatoes and peppers, sunny and savoury vegetables and liveners (crispy toppings, herby sauces and punchy salsas). The book includes inspiring recipes such as:• Sweetheart Red Curry• Pumpkin & Cheesy Chilli Baked Rice• Scorched Cucumbers with DIY Burrata• Five Spiced Mushroom & Walnut Ragu• Shaved Celeriac & Hazelnut Caesar• Aubergine Chips with Chopped Salad & Tender Halloumi  Throughout these pages, Anna shares her specialist food knowledge, showing you how to make the most of fresh produce. With delicious and original combinations and useful tips and insights, this unique book will boost your vegetable confidence and truly make you love vegetables.

The nineteenth century brought an increased awareness of mental disorder, epitomized in the Asylum Acts of 1808 and 1845. Shepherd looks at two very different institutions to provide a nuanced account of the nineteenth-century mental health system.

A unique and gentle art-therapy-based book to help children understand their happiness through creativityPicturing My Happiness encourages children to become 'happiness artists', using their amazing minds to get to know and show their happiness. Children are asked to think about the colours, textures and shapes that express the look and feel of happiness to them. Children consider and recognise how they act when they're happy and how they can 'speak' about happiness through their art. At the end of the book, children have a set of self-made resources to use again and again when they need a reminder of their creative coping skills.All the Colours of Me is a series of books written by Art Psychotherapist and Mindfulness Practitioner, Anna Shepherd. The series addresses key emotions in the life of a child through safe and gentle creative engagement. Each books includes a guide for adults, a glossary of key terms and further resources for supporting children's emotional health, for age 5 and up.Contents of Picturing My Happiness:LISTENING TO HAPPINESSART-MAKING CAN HELPHAPPINESS IS ...HAPPINESS FEELS LIKEHAPPINESS LOOKS LIKEHAPPINESS ACTS LIKESHADES OF HAPPINESSSPEAKING OF HAPPINESSCAN'T STOP THE HAPPINESS?PRACTISING HAPPINESSYOU ARE A HAPPINESS ARTIST!KEY TERMS AND FURTHER RESOURCESA GUIDE FOR ADULTSHELPFUL CONTACTSBooks included in the series:Picturing My SadnessPicturing My WorryPicturing My AngerPicturing My HappinessPicturing My ResiliencePicturing My Gratitude

A unique and gentle art-therapy-based book to help children understand their happiness through creativityPicturing My Happiness encourages children to become 'happiness artists', using their amazing minds to get to know and show their happiness. Children are asked to think about the colours, textures and shapes that express the look and feel of happiness to them. Children consider and recognise how they act when they're happy and how they can 'speak' about happiness through their art. At the end of the book, children have a set of self-made resources to use again and again when they need a reminder of their creative coping skills.All the Colours of Me is a series of books written by Art Psychotherapist and Mindfulness Practitioner, Anna Shepherd. The series addresses key emotions in the life of a child through safe and gentle creative engagement. Each books includes a guide for adults, a glossary of key terms and further resources for supporting children's emotional health, for age 5 and up.Contents of Picturing My Happiness:LISTENING TO HAPPINESSART-MAKING CAN HELP HAPPINESS IS ... HAPPINESS FEELS LIKE HAPPINESS LOOKS LIKE HAPPINESS ACTS LIKESHADES OF HAPPINESSSPEAKING OF HAPPINESSCAN'T STOP THE HAPPINESS?PRACTISING HAPPINESSYOU ARE A HAPPINESS ARTIST!KEY TERMS AND FURTHER RESOURCESA GUIDE FOR ADULTS HELPFUL CONTACTS Books included in the series:Picturing My SadnessPicturing My WorryPicturing My AngerPicturing My HappinessPicturing My ResiliencePicturing My Gratitude

A unique and gentle art-therapy-based book to help children come to terms with their sadness through creativityPicturing My Sadness encourages children to become 'sadness artists', using their amazing minds to get to know and show their sadness. Children are asked to think about the colours, textures and shapes that express the look and feel of sadness to them. Children consider and recognise how they act when they're sad and how they can 'speak' about sadness through art if finding words is hard, including learning the practice of mandalas. At the end of the book, children have a set of self-made resources to use again and again when they need a reminder of their creative coping skills.All the Colours of Me is a series of books written by Art Psychotherapist and Mindfulness Practitioner, Anna Shepherd. The series addresses key emotions in the life of a child through safe and gentle creative engagement. Each books includes a guide for adults, a glossary of key terms and further resources for supporting children's emotional health, for age 5 and up.Contents of Picturing My Sadness:LISTENING TO SADNESSART-MAKING CAN HELP SADNESS IS ... SADNESS FEELS LIKE SADNESS LOOKS LIKE SADNESS ACTS LIKESHADES OF SADNESS SPEAKING OF SADNESS CAN'T STOP THE SADNESS?PRACTISING SADNESSYOU ARE A SADNESS ARTIST!KEY TERMS AND FURTHER RESOURCESA GUIDE FOR ADULTS HELPFUL CONTACTS Books included in the series:Picturing My SadnessPicturing My WorryPicturing My AngerPicturing My HappinessPicturing My ResiliencePicturing My Gratitude

A unique and gentle art-therapy-based book to help children come to terms with their sadness through creativityPicturing My Sadness encourages children to become 'sadness artists', using their amazing minds to get to know and show their sadness. Children are asked to think about the colours, textures and shapes that express the look and feel of sadness to them. Children consider and recognise how they act when they're sad and how they can 'speak' about sadness through art if finding words is hard, including learning the practice of mandalas. At the end of the book, children have a set of self-made resources to use again and again when they need a reminder of their creative coping skills.All the Colours of Me is a series of books written by Art Psychotherapist and Mindfulness Practitioner, Anna Shepherd. The series addresses key emotions in the life of a child through safe and gentle creative engagement. Each books includes a guide for adults, a glossary of key terms and further resources for supporting children's emotional health, for age 5 and up.Contents of Picturing My Sadness:LISTENING TO SADNESSART-MAKING CAN HELP SADNESS IS ... SADNESS FEELS LIKE SADNESS LOOKS LIKE SADNESS ACTS LIKESHADES OF SADNESS SPEAKING OF SADNESS CAN'T STOP THE SADNESS?PRACTISING SADNESSYOU ARE A SADNESS ARTIST!KEY TERMS AND FURTHER RESOURCESA GUIDE FOR ADULTS HELPFUL CONTACTS Books included in the series:Picturing My SadnessPicturing My WorryPicturing My AngerPicturing My HappinessPicturing My ResiliencePicturing My Gratitude

A unique and gentle art-therapy-based book to help children come to terms with their worry through creativityPicturing My Worry encourages children to become 'worry artists', using their amazing minds to get to know and show their worries. Children are asked to think about the colours, textures and shapes that express the look and feel of worry to them. Children consider and recognise how they act when they're worried and how they can 'speak' about worry through art if finding words is hard. At the end of the book, children have a set of self-made resources to use again and again when they need a reminder of their creative coping skills.All the Colours of Me is a series of books written by Art Psychotherapist and Mindfulness Practitioner, Anna Shepherd. The series addresses key emotions in the life of a child through safe and gentle creative engagement. Each books includes a guide for adults, a glossary of key terms and further resources for supporting children's emotional health, for age 5 and up.Contents of Picturing My Worry:LISTENING TO WORRYART-MAKING CAN HELP WORRY IS ... WORRY FEELS LIKE WORRY LOOKS LIKE WORRY ACTS LIKESHADES OF WORRYSPEAKING OF WORRYCAN'T STOP THE WORRY?PRACTISING WORRYYOU ARE A WORRY ARTIST!KEY TERMS AND FURTHER RESOURCESA GUIDE FOR ADULTS HELPFUL CONTACTS Books included in the series:Picturing My SadnessPicturing My WorryPicturing My AngerPicturing My HappinessPicturing My ResiliencePicturing My Gratitude

A unique and gentle art-therapy-based book to help children come to terms with their worry through creativityPicturing My Worry encourages children to become 'worry artists', using their amazing minds to get to know and show their worries. Children are asked to think about the colours, textures and shapes that express the look and feel of worry to them. Children consider and recognise how they act when they're worried and how they can 'speak' about worry through art if finding words is hard. At the end of the book, children have a set of self-made resources to use again and again when they need a reminder of their creative coping skills.All the Colours of Me is a series of books written by Art Psychotherapist and Mindfulness Practitioner, Anna Shepherd. The series addresses key emotions in the life of a child through safe and gentle creative engagement. Each books includes a guide for adults, a glossary of key terms and further resources for supporting children's emotional health, for age 5 and up.Contents of Picturing My Worry:LISTENING TO WORRYART-MAKING CAN HELP WORRY IS ... WORRY FEELS LIKE WORRY LOOKS LIKE WORRY ACTS LIKESHADES OF WORRYSPEAKING OF WORRYCAN'T STOP THE WORRY?PRACTISING WORRYYOU ARE A WORRY ARTIST!KEY TERMS AND FURTHER RESOURCESA GUIDE FOR ADULTS HELPFUL CONTACTS Books included in the series:Picturing My SadnessPicturing My WorryPicturing My AngerPicturing My HappinessPicturing My ResiliencePicturing My Gratitude

A unique and gentle art-therapy-based book to help children grow their resilience through creativityPicturing My Resilience encourages children to become 'resilience artists', using their amazing minds to get to know and grow their resilience. Children are asked to think about the colours, textures and shapes that express the look and feel of resilience to them. Children consider and recognise how they've been resilient in the past and how they can 'speak' about resilience through their art. At the end of the book, children have a set of self-made resources to use again and again when they need a reminder of their creative coping skills.All the Colours of Me is a series of books written by Art Psychotherapist and Mindfulness Practitioner, Anna Shepherd. The series addresses key emotions in the life of a child through safe and gentle creative engagement. Each books includes a guide for adults, a glossary of key terms and further resources for supporting children's emotional health, for age 5 and up.Contents of Picturing My Resilience:LISTENING TO OUR FEELINGSART-MAKING CAN HELP RESILIENCE IS ... RESILIENCE FEELS LIKE RESILIENCE LOOKS LIKE RESILIENCE ACTS LIKESHADES OF RESILIENCESPEAKING OF RESILIENCESLOW AND STEADY RESILIENCE PRACTISING RESILIENCEYOU ARE A RESILIENCE ARTIST!KEY TERMS AND FURTHER RESOURCESA GUIDE FOR ADULTS HELPFUL CONTACTS Books included in the series:Picturing My SadnessPicturing My WorryPicturing My AngerPicturing My HappinessPicturing My ResiliencePicturing My Gratitude

A unique and gentle art-therapy-based book to help children grow their resilience through creativityPicturing My Resilience encourages children to become 'resilience artists', using their amazing minds to get to know and grow their resilience. Children are asked to think about the colours, textures and shapes that express the look and feel of resilience to them. Children consider and recognise how they've been resilient in the past and how they can 'speak' about resilience through their art. At the end of the book, children have a set of self-made resources to use again and again when they need a reminder of their creative coping skills.All the Colours of Me is a series of books written by Art Psychotherapist and Mindfulness Practitioner, Anna Shepherd. The series addresses key emotions in the life of a child through safe and gentle creative engagement. Each books includes a guide for adults, a glossary of key terms and further resources for supporting children's emotional health, for age 5 and up.Contents of Picturing My Resilience:LISTENING TO OUR FEELINGSART-MAKING CAN HELP RESILIENCE IS ... RESILIENCE FEELS LIKE RESILIENCE LOOKS LIKE RESILIENCE ACTS LIKESHADES OF RESILIENCESPEAKING OF RESILIENCESLOW AND STEADY RESILIENCE PRACTISING RESILIENCEYOU ARE A RESILIENCE ARTIST!KEY TERMS AND FURTHER RESOURCESA GUIDE FOR ADULTS HELPFUL CONTACTS Books included in the series:Picturing My SadnessPicturing My WorryPicturing My AngerPicturing My HappinessPicturing My ResiliencePicturing My Gratitude

A unique and gentle art-therapy-based book to help children come to terms with their anger through creativityPicturing My Anger encourages children to become 'anger artists', using their amazing minds to get to know and show their anger. Children are asked to think about the colours, textures and shapes that express the look and feel of anger to them. Children consider and recognise how they act when they're angry and how they can 'speak' about anger through art if finding words is hard. At the end of the book, children have a set of self-made resources to use again and again when they need a reminder of their creative coping skills.All the Colours of Me is a series of books written by Art Psychotherapist and Mindfulness Practitioner, Anna Shepherd. The series addresses key emotions in the life of a child through safe and gentle creative engagement. Each books includes a guide for adults, a glossary of key terms and further resources for supporting children's emotional health, for age 5 and up.Contents of Picturing My Anger:LISTENING TO ANGERART-MAKING CAN HELPANGER IS ...ANGER FEELS LIKEANGER LOOKS LIKEANGER ACTS LIKEANGER OF SADNESSSPEAKING OF ANGERCAN'T STOP THE ANGER?PRACTISING ANGERYOU ARE AN ANGER ARTIST!KEY TERMS AND FURTHER RESOURCESA GUIDE FOR ADULTSHELPFUL CONTACTSBooks included in the series:Picturing My SadnessPicturing My WorryPicturing My AngerPicturing My HappinessPicturing My ResiliencePicturing My Gratitude

A unique and gentle art-therapy-based book to help children understand their gratitude through creativityPicturing My Gratitude encourages children to become 'gratitude artists', using their amazing minds to get to know and show their gratitude. Children are asked to think about the colours, textures and shapes that express the look and feel of gratitude to them. Children consider and recognise how they act when they're grateful and how they can 'speak' about gratitude through their art. At the end of the book, children have a set of self-made resources to use again and again when they need a reminder of their creative coping skills.All the Colours of Me is a series of books written by Art Psychotherapist and Mindfulness Practitioner, Anna Shepherd. The series addresses key emotions in the life of a child through safe and gentle creative engagement. Each books includes a guide for adults, a glossary of key terms and further resources for supporting children's emotional health, for age 5 and up.Contents of Picturing My Gratitude:LISTENING TO OUR EMOTIONSART-MAKING CAN HELP GRATITUDE IS ... GRATITUDE FEELS LIKE GRATITUDE LOOKS LIKE GRATITUDE ACTS LIKECHANGING SHADES OF GRATITUDESPEAKING OF GRATITUDECAN'T FIND THE GRATITUDE?PRACTISING SADNESSYOU ARE A SADNESS ARTIST!KEY TERMS AND FURTHER RESOURCESA GUIDE FOR ADULTS HELPFUL CONTACTS Books included in the series:Picturing My SadnessPicturing My WorryPicturing My AngerPicturing My HappinessPicturing My ResiliencePicturing My Gratitude

A unique and gentle art-therapy-based book to help children understand their gratitude through creativityPicturing My Gratitude encourages children to become 'gratitude artists', using their amazing minds to get to know and show their gratitude. Children are asked to think about the colours, textures and shapes that express the look and feel of gratitude to them. Children consider and recognise how they act when they're grateful and how they can 'speak' about gratitude through their art. At the end of the book, children have a set of self-made resources to use again and again when they need a reminder of their creative coping skills.All the Colours of Me is a series of books written by Art Psychotherapist and Mindfulness Practitioner, Anna Shepherd. The series addresses key emotions in the life of a child through safe and gentle creative engagement. Each books includes a guide for adults, a glossary of key terms and further resources for supporting children's emotional health, for age 5 and up.Contents of Picturing My Gratitude:LISTENING TO OUR EMOTIONSART-MAKING CAN HELP GRATITUDE IS ... GRATITUDE FEELS LIKE GRATITUDE LOOKS LIKE GRATITUDE ACTS LIKECHANGING SHADES OF GRATITUDESPEAKING OF GRATITUDECAN'T FIND THE GRATITUDE?PRACTISING SADNESSYOU ARE A SADNESS ARTIST!KEY TERMS AND FURTHER RESOURCESA GUIDE FOR ADULTS HELPFUL CONTACTS Books included in the series:Picturing My SadnessPicturing My WorryPicturing My AngerPicturing My HappinessPicturing My ResiliencePicturing My Gratitude