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- January 27, 2023
Oats: Beyond Breakfast
There are many different types of oats on offer to bolster our diets but whichever you choose they all deliver wide-ranging health benefits. Another plus is that they are a great low-cost, nutritious food and are incredibly versatile. If you think beyond your morning meal, oats can provide snacks, a base for baking and a great ingredient for meals. Read more - October 24, 2022
Live Well For Less
How nutrient-rich store cupboard staples can help with budgeting. Eating healthily while balancing the household budget can be daunting, but a nutrient-rich diet is achievable if your store cupboard staples are put to work. Good nutrition is essential at the very best of times but, when the financial climate changes, getting the balance between healthy food and affordable eating can have a positive effect on our mental as well as our physical health.
Read more - February 10, 2022
Believe In Breakfast
From heart health to helping the kids’ study this is one meal not to skip. WHERE’S the best place to start if you want to have a healthy diet? At the beginning, of course, with breakfast. We all have seven chances a week to start out on the right path to eating well. Multiple academic studies suggest eating breakfast daily is associated with a lower risk of obesity, diabetes and heart disease.
Read more - November 2, 2021
Hearty Lentil Soup
Hearty winter lentil soup packed with vegetables and full of flavour. This is easy to make from scratch with high protein, cook this for your bonfire get togethers to keep everyone warm. Made with green lentils and tofu making it a well balanced nourishing dish.
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October 20, 2021What To Eat To Help Beat Stress
The five foods that can support you through the festive season. More than 200 years ago the American statesman Benjamin Franklin famously said of life: “Nothing is certain except death and taxes.”
Read more - February 18, 2020
The Five Of Hearts
Read moreNaturally-Occurring waxy substance cholesterol comes in two forms, good and bad. Good cholesterol is carried around the body by high-density lipoproteins (HDL) and is simply swept away after use. Bad cholesterol, transported by low-density lipoproteins (LDL), can be deposited in arteries, restricting blood flow, causing coronary heart disease and at worst a heart attack.
- November 1, 2019
Give the Gift of Health
Read moreWhat do you buy that special someone for Christmas? Why don’t you get them something that makes them realise how special to you they are? We all want those we care about to live long and healthy lives, and at Grape Tree, you’ll find presents packed with goodness!
- April 23, 2019
The Plant Body Builders
Proteins are body builders. But forget muscle bound torsos and weight training they are the building blocks of all of us every day. They are vital for the growth and repair of every cell in our bodies. They maintain the functioning of muscles, the immune system and the blood in our veins.
Read more - December 10, 2018
Your Top Foods of 2018
Read moreWhat were the foods that gave the last year its special flavour? Based on your choices at Grape Tree this is our chart of your plant-based top ten. With a few reasons why, you might have bought them.
- September 20, 2018
How Freekeh Rises From The Ashes!
Freekeh is an ancient grain that has found a brand new place in western cooking and eating. But its journey to the table is still one of the strangest tales in food production. It has been grown and eaten in the Eastern Mediterranean and North Africa since biblical times and still is. It is actually durum wheat that is harvested while the grains are still young and green. Read more - 2 mins read March 21, 2018
Put a New Spring in Your Step with Our Key Energy Foods
Is the prospect of a new Spring leaving you feeling a little short of blooming energy? Then perhaps it is time to put some extra get-up-and-go in your diet. And not just a quick sugary fix. Read more
