Tag: april
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Pickled Wild Garlic & Dandelion
A super easy springtime recipe to help you reconnect to nature! Once you’re able to identify plants like wild garlic, nettles, primrose, dandelion and purple dead nettle (amongst many others!) the Springtime landscape truly transforms. Our ancestors would’ve known the edible plants around them, where they grew, and the best time to pick them. Now,…
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Simple Wild Garlic & Walnut Pesto (v)
April is a wonderful time to get outside and explore the abundance of Spring herbs and plants flourishing right now. The UK is full of greenery during these months of ample sun and rain, from detoxifying cleavers and dandelion to Alexanders and today’s featured ingredient of wild garlic or Ramsons as it’s also known. Wild garlic…
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Raw, Vegan Wild Garlic + Spinach Pesto
It’s evident Spring has fully settled in when white wild garlic flowers begin blooming in shady forest areas. This plant is abundant in many grassy areas, seeking out moist soil before springing up for a couple of months of the year. Garlic cloves are found in thousands of recipes, adding deeper flavour to sauces and stews, and…
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Blueberry + Lavender Pudding Pots
Warm Spring evenings are complemented by lighter foods and cooling desserts, and this one is perfect for serving at a gathering or dinner with friends. Blueberries are high in antioxidants, fiber, potassium, phytonutrients, and vitamins C and B6. They’re a well known superfood, and are one of the best foods to consume in order to help maintain…
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Vanilla, Coconut + Cashew Energy Balls
So, Spring is finally officially here, which often brings with it the motivation to get moving and spend some more time outside in the fresh air. If you’re planning some outdoor adventures, you’ve finally fixed your bike, you’ve unearthed those old running shoes, or you’re currently training for the London Marathon, it’s important to fuel your…
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#LookFantastic BLOOMs: April Beauty Box
Just as nature is in full bloom, it’s time to open up, feel refreshed and embrace your beauty inside and out. The products in this month’s box are kind to nature and contain an abundance of beautiful, natural floral scents and items to set you up for Summer too. April is Earth Month, so take…
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Abundance, Enough-Ness & Becoming Yourself
Spring is very much a season of abundance. Plants come into bloom, nature emerges from hibernation, and the lushness and light of life returns after a rather long, dark Winter. In the sacred text the Bhagavad Gita, Krishna even likens himself to the season of Spring, which is known in ancient Ayurveda as the ‘King…