Wholesome Dinners
Sweet Potato & Quinoa Slice
Earlier this year we made this delicious Vegetarian Sweet Potato & Quinoa slice which was a real hit with our in store shoppers. Sweet potato is such a great base vegetable with loads of great nutritional benefits and it works well in many recipes savoury and sweet. An excellent source of vitamin A, high in vitamin C, magnesium, B6 and…
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Healthy Breakfast
Teff Pancakes with Coconut Yoghurt & Raspberries
One of our store managers suffers from coeliacs disease and is always looking for inspiration in trying new recipes that fit into her gluten free lifestyle. When we recently started to stock Teff flour and grain she was very excited to try these two products out and made these very delicious Teff pancakes adding coyo (coconut yoghurt), raspberries and…
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Dulse: The Treasure of the Sea
Dulse is a type of edible red algae that grows wild, attached to rocks on the northern coasts of the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. Dulse contains a huge range of valuable vitamins and minerals and has traditionally been used fresh or dried as food and medicine in Scotland and Ireland for many hundreds of years. Perhaps one of the most…
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Healthy Lifestyle
Water: Life’s Precious Ingredient
We all know we must drink water to survive, but what does it actually do for us and what happens when we don’t drink enough? Water plays many roles in the body from energy production to maintaining cellular health and when we are dehydrated our body can suffer in a multitude of ways. Dehydration is a state of water…
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Raw & Delicious
Raw Dark Chocolate Matcha Slice
We have been experimenting a little more with our organic green matcha powder and found that it goes a treat with dark chocolate. Here we share a super delicious slice recipe that is free from gluten, dairy and refined sugars. Great for chocolate lovers with allergies or who are looking to cut down on their sugar intake. Serving…
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Breads & Pastries
Gluten Free Banana & Walnut Bread
RECIPE OF THE WEEK – Affordable Wholefoods This weeks recipe is from Casey-Lee of Live Love Nourish. A super easy, super healthy, sugar free banana bread recipe with no added sugars, just the natural sweetness of fresh bananas’. Ingredients: 3 large free range eggs 1 ¼ cup (330g) ripe banana, mashed (approx 2 -3 medium bananas) 1 3/4 cups (180g) almond meal…
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Healthy Lifestyle
Vitamin C: More Than Just for Colds
Vitamin C is most popularly known as the go-to anti-oxidant for the flu and common cold. However, it has many other lesser known but powerful roles in the body than just boosting the immune system. Our happy brain chemicals, the neurotransmitters dopamine and serotonin depend on Vitamin C for their synthesis. Not only do these two provide us with…
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Wholesome Dinners
Spiced Dahl Buddha Bowl with Teff Flat Bread
This weeks recipe of the week comes from food blogger Natalie Zee… a spiced lentil dahl combined with a wholemeal teff flat bread – it’s packed full of nutrients and cold-fighting herbs and spices, plus it’s perfect for school or work lunches and you can mix it up with whatever vegetables you like to put together your own…
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Healthy Snacks & Smoothies
Macadamia, Turmeric & Passionfruit Smoothie
Introducing Food blogger Amy Barrett. Amy is a passionate florist/foodie with a love for nutrition, family and photography. With that winning combination, we approached Amy to share one of her favourite recipes on our blog. Here’s what she served up….. I grew up in the country riding BMX bikes, swimming in Whian Whian falls and helping on my mum and…
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Healthy Lifestyle
Sugar and Anxiety: Forever Friends
Anxiety is a very common health condition that can be either supported or exacerbated by the food we eat. In recent times, avoiding sugar and choosing a diet rich in wholefoods has become a leading recommendation by health professionals as part of the treatment for anxiety. It is important to understand that whilst our cells need sugar to make…
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