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Vegan food ideas to celebrate Chinese New Year

Vegan food ideas to celebrate Chinese New Year

Chinese New Year is a time of great celebration when families gather to enjoy delicious food together. From spring rolls and dumplings to longevity noodles, food is a key part of the festivities and various dishes hold special significance. As we usher in the Year of the Dragon in 2024, Real Foods explores some vibrant vegan recipe ideas that honour the rich culinary traditions of Chinese New Year.

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Free From Easter Recipes for Stress Free Celebrations

Free From Easter Recipes for Stress Free Celebrations

Easter is a joyous time of year which coincides with Spring, heralding a time of new life and new beginnings. This Christian holiday is celebrated in many ways around the world, and traditional foods are very much part of the proceedings. Easter eggs, hot cross buns and Simnel cake are just some of the goodies that are enjoyed by all. The good news for anyone following a free-from diet is that traditional Easter recipes can easily be adapted to cater for various dietary restrictions. Whether it’s vegan, gluten-free, dairy-free or nut-free, you can prepare a delectable Easter feast without compromising on flavour or tradition.

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Take on the Veganuary challenge

Take on the Veganuary challenge

Have you been wanting to move to a plant-based diet? Perhaps you’d like to give veganism a try but don’t know where to begin? Well, January is the perfect time to dip your toe in the water. This is when the annual Veganuary campaign takes place. Each year, as part Veganuary encourages people to give the vegan diet a try for the 31 days of January. Here at Real Foods we’re keen supporters of Veganuary. We have plenty of tips and handy hints to get you started if you’re planning on trying vegan. But first, let’s take a brief look at the history of veganism and where it all began.

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Easter around the world

Easter around the world

Each year in the UK we munch our way through a whopping 80 million Easter eggs. And it's not just chocolate eggs, but hot cross buns and Simnel cake too. But other countries have their own ways of celebrating Easter, as we will see here. And food plays a big part in the proceedings.

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Christmas baking for festive inspiration

Christmas baking for festive inspiration

As the song goes, it’s the most wonderful time of the year! Christmas is a joyous celebration when we exchange gifts and enjoy good food with loved ones. Preparing a festive feast can take up a lot of time and energy though. That’s why it can really help to get a head start on your Christmas baking so read on and discover more about some of the well known seasonal staples and more festive food ideas.

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A Plant Based Christmas that Benefit the Planet

A Plant Based Christmas that Benefit the Planet

Christmas dinner is traditionally associated with roast turkey and all the trimmings. But have you ever considered going plant-based for your festive meal? There are plenty of vegan and vegetarian Christmas recipe ideas which will not only benefit your health but also the environment. Let's take a look at some of the reasons why you should consider a plant-based Christmas feast this year.

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A Christmas Pudding alternative for the whole family

A Christmas Pudding alternative for the whole family

Christmas is the time of year when families, and dietary requirements, come together. It can be difficult to accommodate everyone’s needs, especially when it comes to the most important part of the meal (for me, anyway), pudding! These are four of my favourite vegan and gluten-free dessert and sweet snack options, which all make a wonderful Christmas pudding alternative. They can all be made ahead, which saves work on the big day, and they’re all crowd pleasers.

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Spice up your Valentine's day with some Natural Aphrodisiacs

Spice up your Valentine's day with some Natural Aphrodisiacs

Valentine’s day is sure to be a bust for many of us. How can those who are tired of seeing their loving partners face day in and day out spice things up? The answer is natural aphrodisiacs!

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The history and traditions of Pancake Day

The history and traditions of Pancake Day

Whether you opt for traditional lemon and sugar, or a more savoury topping, many of us will be celebrating Pancake Day, also known as Shrove Tuesday, this February. But have you ever stopped to wonder why we celebrate this tasty tradition? 

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The Great Christmas Bake Off … Festive Fails and How to Salvage Them

The Great Christmas Bake Off … Festive Fails and How to Salvage Them

Get ready to transform your kitchen oops into culinary oohs with our holiday special! Whether your treats come out too tough, too burnt, or too bizarre, we've got jolly fixes to turn disaster into delight this holiday season.

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Why do we celebrate Valentine’s Day

Why do we celebrate Valentine’s Day

Valentine’s Day is the most romantic day of the year when love is most definitely in the air. On 14th February people in the UK send over 25 million Valentine’s cards to their sweethearts. But why do we celebrate this date and what is the significance of sending Valentine’s cards?

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Vegan Fairtrade Organic and Gluten Free Easter Treats

Vegan Fairtrade Organic and Gluten Free Easter Treats

Easter, eggsactly what is it all about...

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Pancake Day or Shrove Tuesday Recipes and Ideas

Pancake Day or Shrove Tuesday Recipes and Ideas

A quick history of Pancake Day (Shrove Tuesday), some great free-from recipes and the best topping ideas we've come across

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Swing into Spring and enjoy the season

Swing into Spring and enjoy the season

As fresh as Spring Time – put colourful clothes on, pick up green vegetables and catch the early sunshine. Hopefully you'll start feeling lighter and brighter! Here are a few more ways to get some spring back in your step with a new Real Food’s Newsletter...

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Natural Products That Can Help With Hay Fever And Boost Your Wellbeing Too

Natural Products That Can Help With Hay Fever And Boost Your Wellbeing Too

Summer sunshine is lovely – unless hay fever has you sneezing and itching. The good news? Natural products can help ease symptoms and support your health too.

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Burns Night Supper

Burns Night Supper

Traditionally held on or around the 25th January (Robert Burns' birthday) - this year it's Wednesday 25th January 2017. Here's a quick guide to the poet, the traditional food and the toasts and poems that accompany it.

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Summer Sun, Picnic Fun

Summer Sun, Picnic Fun

Some great ideas for picnic food this summer

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Spring time to be fruitful

Spring time to be fruitful

What do we need after months of darkness and warming meals made from squirrelled-away stores? Oodles of fresh, organic fruit. 

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Activities for kids in the holidays

Activities for kids in the holidays

A few cheap and cheerful ideas to entertain the kids in the holidays, including how to make a CD Hovercraft, papier-mache, ideas for picnics and painting and links to some interesting sites for kids.

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Summer’s here, go out and play

Summer’s here, go out and play

It’s Summer and so far we have already had some fantastic, warm, sunny weather so let’s all get outside, enjoy the sun and top up the vitamin D levels.

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Stocking Fillers Small Medium and Large

Stocking Fillers Small Medium and Large

Ideas for stocking fillers, including nuts, fruit and chocolate. Want to decorate a gingerbread house? Or track down chocolate coins? Here's our guide...

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Christmas Baking around Europe

Christmas Baking around Europe

If you’ve ever wanted to include something different to your usual, traditional Christmas dishes you don’t need to travel around the world to do it – now you can be inspired without even leaving your kitchen!  There are great recipes to discover, but if the feeling of organising a completely different Christmas seems a little too overwhelming, you can just try some of our favourite baking specials without turning your Christmas entire plan upside-down. Ready for a trip?

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St Andrew's Day

St Andrew's Day

St Andrew's Day is basically an excuse to indulge in all things Scottish. Frankly if it's named after St Andrew it's likely to have some sort of celebration going on this week! Here's a quick guide to the festival and its food...

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Capital Picnics in the Park

Capital Picnics in the Park
Edinburgh is covered in good places to picnic, from the seven hills, to the Water of Leith, the canal and hidden parks, there is something for everyone to enjoy. We'll give you our top suggestions for recipes, ingredients and destinations, from family friendly to the lone picnicker…. (OK person on a lunch break!)
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Christmas Baking

Christmas Baking

A guide to all the Christmas Baking recipes, ideas and tricks. 

From starting your Christmas Pudding early, to making desserts that can be stored in advance, we've got some great gift ideas and suggestions to make the festive period a joyous one.

Have a look at the Stollen recipe from Pam Reichhartinger-Lawlor, who writes the blog thebreadshebakes, or our best tips for a tasty Christmas cake.

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