Stress-Free Dinners by Richard Makin

Stress-Free Dinners by Richard Makin

"This is exactly the kind of plant-based cooking I want to see more of - genuinely delicious dinners you can throw together on a Wednesday night!" – Amelia Christie-Miller, Bold Beans

No fuss, maximum flavour! Stress-Free Dinners is your go-to guide for easy, balanced, plant-based meals you’ll actually want to cook – even on the busiest weeknights when your energy is running low.

Want to eat less meat without sacrificing taste or time? Stress Free Dinners is packed with satisfying plant-based dinners for every situation: family meals, solo suppers, freezer-friendly favourites, and ultra-quick recipes ready in under 25 minutes. You’ll even find no-hob options for those evenings when cooking feels like too much.

Recipes include:
Instant Pot Jackfruit Rendang
Portobello Steak Sandwich with Chimichurri
Garlic Butter Potatoes with Romesco Sauce
Roasted Carrot Rigatoni
Spicy Tahini Lime Noodles

Whether you’re too tired to cook or tempted by takeaway, these recipes deliver bold flavours with simple, supermarket-friendly ingredients. Quick, comforting, and endlessly delicious, this is stress-free cooking at its best.

Richard Makin is the vegan blogger and cookbook author behind School Night Vegan. A former street-food trader, he became a full-time recipe developer and food photographer in 2018 and has since built an audience of over half a million Instagram followers.


Richard has developed recipes for The Guardian, Olive magazine and Plant Based News, and is known for turning nostalgic comfort foods into joyful, indulgent vegan dishes. His bestselling cookbook Anything You Can Cook, I Can Cook Vegan was named one of The Independent’s best vegan cookbooks of 2024, followed by Stress Free Dinners, focused on flavour-packed weeknight meals.