Good Food for Bad Days: What to Make When You're Feeling Blue By Jack Monroe (Paperback)

A collection of easy, nutritious and delicious recipes to cheer you up and keep you going when you're down.

'Jack Monroe is a force for good in the world.' Nigella Lawson

'This book will be a friend to you when life is hard.' Matt Haig

Seventy-five comforting, delicious and affordable recipes from Jack Monroe, star of BBC's Daily Kitchen Live and author of the Sunday Times bestseller, Tin Can Cook.

Food writer and anti-poverty campaigner Jack Monroe presents Good Food for Bad Days, a collection of cheering, tasty and easy meals to make when you're low in spirits.

Eating properly is one of the biggest hurdles when you're feeling low, so these recipes (dubbed 'depressipes' by Jack) give you everything you need in a dish; they are inexpensive, simple and filling so that cooking and eating a nutritious meal doesn't seem like an impossible task. This collection includes comforting dishes such as Quick and Spicy Noodles, Recalibration Supper, Jaffa Cake Mug Pudding and Hot Apple Pies.

In this handy little paperback cookbook, Jack shares friendly and creative tips for making a little go a long way and for using store-cupboard ingredients: perfect for when you're feeling overwhelmed by whatever is on your plate, but still want to take care of yourself.

About the Author

Jack Monroe is an award-winning cookery writer, TV presenter, and a campaigner against hunger and poverty in the UK. She is author of the bestselling cookbooks: Tin Can Cook, Cooking on a Bootstrap, A Girl Called Jack and A Year in 120 Recipes. Jack is co-host of BBC's Daily Kitchen Live, which launched in April 2020. She was awarded the Fortnum and Mason Judges' Choice Award in 2013 and the OFM Best Food Personality Readers' Award in 2018.