This book shows how to get your five-a-day in a whole range of delicious ways. Find out about over 250 different fruits and vegetables, from the well-known potato, squash and apple to the exotic loquat, cardoon and loofah, and learn how to choose, store, prepare and cook them. There then follows over 200 ideas for soups, appetizers, salads, dinner-party dishes, family suppers, light lunches, and desserts - with every recipe featuring at least one fruit or vegetable as its main ingredient. No other foods have the variety of texture, taste and aroma offered by fruits and vegetables, and this beautiful cookbook will inspire you to enjoy them to their full.