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Your 9 Favourite Flexitarian Recipes From 2019

Published on December 29, 2019 | in Recipe Collections By theflexitarian |

Time to look back at 2019 and find out what were your favourite flexitarian recipes. Thank you for making this year the best so far for The Flexitarian. I am really proud of this community and hope we can motivate more and more people to embrace a flexitarian diet. What a difference this last […]

Why Not Try Vegan This Veganuary?

Published on December 21, 2019 | in Beginners' Guides, Green Living By theflexitarian |

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Why not try vegan this Veganuary and join an expected 350,000 others in going plant-based this January? Launched in 2014, Veganuary is focused on changing consumer behaviours and attitudes, while providing all the information and practical support required to make the transition to veganism as easy and as enjoyable as possible throughout the month. Last […]

WIN A Copy of The Flexitarian Cookbook

Published on October 30, 2019 | in Book Review, Competition By theflexitarian |

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Just by looking at the title some of you might think that I wrote The Flexitarian Cookbook, but sadly I did not. Publishing my own cookbook one day, is still an aspiration at this stage. The Flexitarian Cookbook is a plant-centric collection of modern recipes and comfort food classics compiled by Julia Charles. Each recipe […]

Yes It’s True! Oatly Ice Cream Is Finally Here

Published on October 29, 2019 | in Product Reviews, Veggie News By theflexitarian |

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This is the news many of us had been waiting so long for. Oatly ice cream has finally arrived in the UK and is available from this week exclusively at selected Tesco stores. Once blended, oats have a creamy texture which goes way beyond porridge. Oatly has made its name producing a range of dairy-free […]

“Extracted from Whole Food Cooking Every Day by Amy Chaplin (Artisan Books). Copyright © 2019. Photographs by Anson Smart.”

Cookbook Review: Whole Food Cooking Every Day by Amy Chaplin + Competition

Published on September 18, 2019 | in Competition, Cookbook Reviews By theflexitarian |

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“Whole Food Cooking Every Day” is such an exciting new cookbook by Amy Chaplin, a vegetarian chef with over 20 years’ experience working all around the world. Amy Chaplin is also the former executive chef of New York’s renowned vegan restaurant Angelica Kitchen, as well as a recipe developer, teacher, and private chef whose clients […]

Review: Plantui 6 Indoor Smart Garden

Published on May 9, 2019 | in Competition, Product Reviews By theflexitarian |

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Have you ever dreamt of growing fresh herbs and salads at home but do not know where to start? Plantui 6 Indoor Smart Garden is there to help. With no gardening skills required, the all-in-one indoor hydroponic garden can help you grow 6 plants at once from seed to full-grown size in just 5-8 weeks. […]

9 Eco Easter Eggs

Published on April 11, 2019 | in Family, Product Reviews By theflexitarian |

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With Easter just around the corner, I decided to round-up some of my favourite eco Easter eggs. Many Easter eggs are over-packaged in unnecessary plastic that is near impossible to recycle. After Christmas, this is the time of the year where we go, once again, in packaging and waste overdrive. Here are my 6 favourite […]

REVIEW – BioChef Arizona Sol Food Dehydrator

Published on April 4, 2019 | in Product Reviews By theflexitarian |

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Always on the lookout for new kitchen appliances, I was keen to try out the BioChef Arizona Sol Food Dehydrator. Over the past couple of months I have been experimenting with it, making snacks, yoghurt, crackers etc.. as well as rising the odd pizza dough. Why use a food dehydrator? Dehydrating is not only one […]

Looking To Eat Less Meat? These 5 Meat Substitutes Can Help

Looking To Eat Less Meat? These 6 Meat Substitutes Can Help

Published on March 21, 2019 | in Beginners' Guides By theflexitarian |

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Curbing your meat habit can be very daunting. Having spent most of my life on a meat-heavy diet, it certainly did not come to me naturally. I found that going meat-free once a week is easy enough. But when I decided to step it up and go meat-free several times a week, I found myself […]

The New Pizza Hut Vegan Jackfruit Pizza

Published on January 29, 2019 | in Product Reviews, Veggie News By theflexitarian |

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At the start of 2019, Pizza Hut Restaurants launched a new Vegan Jackfruit Pizza, the ‘Jack ‘n’ Ch**se’, pledging to make it a permanent menu item if 10,000 Vegan Pizzas were sold by the end of Veganuary. Sales were tracked via the installation of a ‘Vegan-o-meter’ on Pizza Hut Restaurant’s Twitter channel (@PizzaHutUK). Sales target […]