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Brazils have bounced back! After freak weather in 2017 left the Amazon with dramatically reduced rainfall nut trees in Bolivia, Peru and Brazil shed their seed pods early and the crop failure left the world dramatically short of Brazil supplies. The question was, as we reported in the Spring, would the Amazonia rainfall return to normal and would the trees recover this year?

This American classic has become a traditional part of the Christmas celebrations for millions of families across the Atlantic. Pecans are native to the US but just when this sweet pie first sprang to life is unclear.

You will never have tasted a Christmas cake quite like this one. You will certainly never have cooked a quicker or a smaller one. But it does have many of the traditional ingredients and in the case of the nuts, it has loads of them.

In just an hour or so you could be tucking into these rich and warming Christmas puds from cookery school supremo Lesley Waters. It can be made as six individual puddings or one large for the family to share. 

What 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.

Porridge is much more than just a warming comfort on a chilly morning. Because oats are packed with nutrients, protein, fibre and minerals and, as a whole grain, deliver a string of health benefits. 

Can What We Eat Protect How We See? It is now accepted that a healthy diet, including those five a day, is an important part of looking after our eyes and protecting them against problems including cataracts, cloudy areas in the lens of the eye, and AMD, age-related macular degeneration.

Sunflower seeds are a storehouse of vitamins and minerals? A handful, around 35g or just over an ounce, contains over 80 per cent of your daily requirement for Vitamin E, 70 per cent of your copper need.

This isn't your traditional meatball recipe as its completely plant-based! These meatless meatballs are so delicious and perfect for any vegetarian or vegan in your family or really for any meat-lover too as these vegan meatballs have an almost meat-like texture, are super high in protein and they are mega filling too. These veggie balls are surprisingly easy to make and they're really versatile.