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Detox without the denial
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Happy New Year from all at Real Foods! Often after the inevitable excesses of the festive season, we are tempted to hurl ourselves in the opposite direction, towards the utmost healthiness and efficiency. We think there's a healthier, and more realistic balance, for this slightly sluggish, bleak time of year. So here we have some items to help ease you into 2019 without the extremes.
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Real Foods guide to the Great British Bake Off 2016
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On your marks… get set… Bake!
Bake Off is back on Wednesday night telly on BBC1 and we’re ready for the Bake Off related questions and queries…
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Pancake Day or Shrove Tuesday Recipes and Ideas
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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
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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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Cherries
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 Cherries, best eaten when in season, you can get the benefits all year round by getting the habit of drinking cherry juice every day.
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Burns Night Supper
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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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Alternative Tipples
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Looking for alternatives to the usual wine or beer this winter? Look no further, here are the Real Foods staff favourites for when you want a treat, but don’t want the hangover in the morning!
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Christmas Baking around Europe
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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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Keeping an eye on the pounds
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Want to stretch your budget a little further? Keen to find out about Real Foods' special offers, bulk discounts and other great savings? Read on for our guide to budgeting and still eating well...
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Natural Hay Fever remedies
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Does the sunshine have you reaching for the tissues? Here are some natural remedies that may help with allergies, sniffles and sneezing...
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Valentine's Day
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Read up on your Valentine's history and see what Real Foods have to offer by way of gifts and pampering for the one you love.
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Christmas Baking
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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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Summer Fruits and Superfoods
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The best selection of local, seasonal, vegetarian, organic, ethical and free-from foods in Edinburgh.
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Capital Picnics in the Park
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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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Gather at the allotted time
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A brief history of the traditions of Harvest, a few links to some of the most popular produce and a guide to allotments – so you can get properly into the spirit of things and have your own harvest!
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Fasting for better health
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People often fast for health or religious reasons, here are a few of our do's and don'ts...
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Countdown to Christmas 2015 Infographic
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An infographic showing Real Foods' last ordering dates to get your goods in time for Christmas. Along with the last international posting dates.
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Seasonal Vegetables For Winter
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Real Foods is committed to buying organic fruit and vegetables, in season and as local as we can get it.
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Summer Time is Party Time
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10 quick and easy recipes to make your summer party go with a zing
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Summer’s here, go out and play
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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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Holiday essentials and treats
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Travel-size lotions and potions, links to amazing self tanning and sun care, some natural remedies and a range of the all important drinks, snacks and treats. We've even got some recycled toothbrushes!
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Activities for kids in the holidays
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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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Meadowsweet Organics
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Rosy and David, proprietors of Meadowsweet Organics, have a shared passion for organic growing at their new enterprise in Fife.
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Get fresh for the New Year
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Ready for a new start in the New Year? Remember that it doesn’t mean your diet has to be brand new! Mixing it up with a few exciting but wholesome alternatives can be enough to keep you and your body happy. Welcome the New Year with Real Foods and a balanced, healthy diet.
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What's in season at Real Foods
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A quick guide to some of the current and upcoming vegetables this season. With a few handy recipe ideas...
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Summer fruit salvation
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Here at Real Foods we know what’s good about fruit – and how to take as much enjoyment as you can from the summer months!
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Afternoon Tea
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With the warm weather of Spring and Summer arrives daydreams of sitting in a beautiful, sunny garden enjoying the great British tradition of afternoon tea... and cake, everyone deserves a little cake! This is a quick guide to the traditions of a British afternoon tea, some great ideas for tasty recipes, the best biscuits for dunking and a few links to our bestselling teas.
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Summer Berries
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Berries have been eaten in Britain for centuries, find out more about them
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Father's Day Sunday 20th June 2010
Summary: Great gift ideas, family-friendly recipes and a brief history of the day to give you some ideas to make your dad happy.
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A vegetarian guide to brilliant barbecues
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A step by step guide to having a vegetarian barbecue, with recipes for grilling, side dishes and how to make the perfect summer drinks. We recommend some of our top summer sellers and cool new products for you to impress all your non meat eating friends. Now all you need is some sun!
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Poppies and Remembrance
Summary: November 11th is Remembrance Day and in this country and many other Commonwealth countries people will have been wearing poppies as a sign of remembrance.
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St Andrew's Day
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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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Mood Boosting
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A guide to the foods that make you happy! Or at least give you the energy you need to fight off the blues...
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Seasonal Fruit and Vegetables September
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A quick guide to what's in season for the next few months, with some links to easy recipes and a few of the products we have available in our webshop. That's right you can even buy your vegetables online now!
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Seasonal Eating into Spring
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Locally sourced, freshly picked vegetables not only taste better, they're nicer to the environment and quite often a wee bit cheaper too. So here are our tastiest recipes and top tips on how to make the most of the fruit and vegetables available this season...
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Spring cleaning, naturally
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A brief introduction into how you can keep your house clean without making the environment dirty
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Stocking Fillers Small Medium and Large
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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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Fruit du jour Cherries
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Is there anything so delectable than ripe, juicy cherries in summertime? We love them so much we use one as our emblem!
Tasty, organic French cherries are now in season and available in-store, ideal for summer snacking, picnics, baking and desserts
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Spring time to be fruitful
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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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