Eat More Protein Without Meat

I began sharing simple legume-based recipes on my YouTube channel to show that healthy, plant-based cooking can be practical, satisfying, and full of flavor.

What started as a collection of everyday recipes gradually became Simple Legumes — a place for approachable meals made with lentils, chickpeas, beans, and peas.

This cookbook brings together the recipes, techniques, and ideas I developed along the way. My goal is to help you feel confident in the kitchen and discover just how versatile simple ingredients can be.

Thank you for welcoming Simple Legumes into your kitchen.

Most of the time, I’m the person on the other side of the camera.

I film the recipes, shape the videos, work on the visual side of Simple Legumes, and help turn Anastasiia’s ideas in the kitchen into something people around the world can actually see, follow, and cook for themselves.

But somewhere along the way, Simple Legumes became much more than filming.

I built the website, worked on the digital side of the project, helped bring the cookbook into print, and spent countless hours on all the small details that most people will never notice — but that make the whole experience feel complete.

What started as Anastasiia cooking and me holding a camera gradually became something we were building together.

That is probably my favourite part of Simple Legumes: seeing an idea go from a recipe in our kitchen to a video, a page in the cookbook, and eventually into someone else’s home.

Thank you for being part of it.