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Stay up to date with the latest health news from the Grape Tree community. Or, get inspired with our healthy recipes designed with healthy eating in mind. You can find many vegan recipes and gluten-free recipes, and recipes from guest bloggers, including award-winning bloggers and recipe creators.
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May 30, 2018
Natural Dried Apricots & Muesli Balls
Enjoy a guilt free treat with these natural dried apricot and sesame muesli balls that are packed with the goodness of natural dried apricots and organic muesli that make a fabulous mid-morning snack. Read more -
May 29, 2018
Vegan & Gluten Free Banana Oat & Seed Cookies
Read moreThis is the quickest and simplest cookie recipe and they taste so good. It's a great way to make use of those over ripen bananas that are going to waste. They are also really healthy with no flour, no eggs and no butter!
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May 25, 2018
Quinoa Burgers & Simple Chunky Salsa
Read moreWho said you have to miss out on anything whilst following a plant-based diet? This recipe is the ultimate for the best vegan burgers you'll ever eat. They have an amazing texture, they're high in protein and full of flavour.
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May 23, 2018
Bean Salad with Lemon & Mint Dressing
It can be used as a light lunch or a side dish for a family dinner and any leftovers will taste even better the next day after all the flavours have had time to come together.Read more -
May 21, 2018
Alton Brings Joy For Julia!
With every new Grape Tree store opening we hope that local shoppers will be delighted. But when the doors opened at the new shop in Alton, Hampshire we were left in no doubt at all. Julia Butcher was overjoyed. She contacted us immediately to spell out how she felt. Read more -
May 21, 2018
Are You Missing Out? Five Vital Nutrients Your Diet Could Be Lacking
Read moreYou have probably never given much consideration to what quantity of potassium you eat every day. Or selenium or magnesium for that matter. Perhaps you should. Because these are three minerals that have vital roles to play in our nutrition and our health. And yet millions of us in Britain simply do not consume enough of them.
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May 21, 2018
The Latest... on food and lifestyle
Read moreCan the stress of modern life be beaten by the taste of ancient herbs and spices? The question has been posed by two of our major newspapers because of a surge of interest in plants from around the globe that have been called adaptogens. They are all said to control stress by regulating the release of the hormone cortisol from the adrenal gland.
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May 21, 2018
Will Prunes Land On Mars?
Read moreIn the looming technological battle to land humans on Mars there is one extraordinary ingredient... The reason is that one of the major hazards faced by space travellers is bone loss.
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May 21, 2018
You Can't Better Your Own Nut Butter!
Nut butter used to be all about peanuts and Americans. Not anymore. Just about any nut can now find its name on the jar. And enthusiasts will tell you that making your own nut butter is not only simple but can result in a taste and texture that is perfect for you. Read more -
May 14, 2018
The Story of the Brazil Nut
Read moreThe Brazil nut has an interesting background story, as it is a natural uncultivated product that is collected from the wild on the banks of the Amazon river. The production relies on the crop that the trees in the rain forest provide. Whatever level of volume comes out of the forest, that is what can be processed, while conserving the rain forest and providing for the communities living in the forest.
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May 14, 2018
Savoury Spiced Pancakes (Vegan)
These savoury spiced pancakes are quickly becoming our go-to lunch! They take hardly any time at all to throw together and taste simply amazing. They're the easiest things to make yet truly are incredibly special with an abundance of flavour, an unbeatable texture and they're wonderfully satisfying too! Read more









