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Top 5 Anti-aging foods

Here are five foods to eat to give you healthier looking skin

Special Report, Soya Myths

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Fancy a Bite?

Craving a food adventure beyond the kitchen? To save

Special Report, Soya Myths

REVEALING THE TRUTH TO CLAIMS SURROUNDING SOYA CONSUMPTION

Plant Powered Planet

Iceland is without doubt one of the most magical places

Plant Based Made Easy

It can be daunting when making the transition to a

The V Word

The New Year’s resolutions you can actually stick to…

Essential Guide to Homemade Vegan Cheese

Learn to make homemade cheese with ease with these fundamental tips

Lets cook at Leiths

Leiths School of Food and Wine is one of the most famous

Nutritionists notebook Awesome Oats

Oats are, quite simply, amazing. This humble grain

Loose ends

HOW? Roughly mash kidney beans with some cooked corn

Chain reaction

Restaurant chains are reacting to the growing demand for plant based food. Here are some of our favourite places to eat out.

Should we be avoiding coffee?

Dr. Michael Greger explains the role of a plant based diet in relation to health

Clean eating

Hello Nutritarian’s Kristen Hong considers some simple ways you can cleanse your diet

Matcha made in heaven

The caffeine hit with a difference

Anthony Mullally Rugby Giant

Leeds Rhinos rugby star speaks about his plant powered performances

Grapefruit Expectations

Expect great health benefits from this bitter but colourful fruit

A day with the spotless leopards

Olivia Stephenson reports on what it’s like to work a typical day on Bristol-based food van The Spotless Leopard

Smoothies

1 Place all the ingredients into a blender and blend

Meals in Minutes

WHEN YOU’RE STRAPPED FOR TIME — GIVE THESE RECIPES A TRY

Chantelle Nicholson

New Zealand-born Chantelle Nicholson initially trained

Kick-start January Juices

2 Reserve a little sprig of blackcurrants or one or

Kick-start January health bowls

1 Start by filling the bottom of the coconut bowls

Kick-start January cucumber chilli noodles

• 2 green onions, white and green parts, finely sliced

Kick-start January Tumeric

1 Firstly, preheat the oven to 150°C (Gas Mark 2, 300°F)

Fussy Kids

• 1x 400g tin butter beans, including the water from

Plant Powered Planted Carrot dogs

1 Bring a large pan of salted water to the boil and

Plant Based made easy Bangers and Mash

1 To make the bangers, preheat the oven to 177°C (Gas

Weekday Meals

• 1 medium, semi-ripe plantain, peeled and quartered

Pineapple cashew and quinoa stirfry

Don’t feel like butchering a fresh pineapple? Hit the

Broccoli Polenta

• 850ml (3½ cups) vegetable broth, purchased or homemade

Greek courgette tomato fritters

• 450g 1 (1lb) packet firm tofu, squeezed to remove

Step by step pasta

Place the flour in a mound on a clean board or worktop

Homemade Vegan Cheese

1 Place cashews in a large bowl and cover generously

Raw

1 Put everything in your food processor and process

Healthy living james

• 50g (½ cup) fresh blueberries (frozen will work if

One pot meals

1 Place a large, wide, lidded pan over a medium heat

Summer corn and green fritters

• 2 bunches (4 cups) kale, stems removed and reserved

Asparagus fries

• 50g (½ cup) ground raw pumpkin seeds, pistachios

Cauliflower pizza

• 2 chia eggs (2 tbsp chia seeds blended and mixed

Smoothies

• 400ml (1 ¾ cups) unsweetened • 1 scoop Pea &

Cheat days Chinese Banquet

CHINESE BANQUET CHEAT DAYS’ SPECIAL

Grapefruit Expectations

• 3 oranges (preferably a mixed variety like blood

Lets cook at Leiths

1 For the filling, halve and peel the onions, then

Awesome Oats

1 In a large mixing bowl, stir together all of the