The Mindful Journal
Welcome to The Mindful Journal, your home for mindful living on and off the plate. Explore expert health and nutrition advice, vibrant dishes, and inspiration for feeding the family. Rooted in our B-Corp values, we champion ethical eating and how we can shape a food system for the future.
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Mindful Chef x One Feeds Two | 2 million meals donated
For every Mindful Chef meal our community enjoy, we donate a school meal to a child living in poverty. Together we've now donated over 2,000,000 meals since joining forces with our charity partner One Feeds Two. That's the equivalent to feeding more than 10,000 children for an entire year, which...
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4 tips to help make family dinner time a breeze
We launched our family recipes in November last year, to ensure we were delivering against our mission to make healthy eating easy for everyone - including families. We’ve had some great feedback so far and it’s amazing to hear that not only is the new family recipe box making cooking healthy...
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PROUD TO BE A B CORP. But what exactly does that mean?
What is a B Corp?In September 2018, after months of rigorous assessment, we proudly became the first recipe box in the UK to become certified as a B Corporation (a ‘Better Corporation’). For those new to B Corps, we wanted to highlight exactly what this means, as we think it is the future of...
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Make 2020 your best year yet with these motivating tips from Victoria Pendleton
This week our good friend, Mindful Chef ambassador (and investor) Victoria Pendleton joined us in the Mindful Kitchen for a live Q&A and cookalong. But what did one of Britain's most successful Olympic athletes have to say when it comes to sticking to your goals? 1."Say yes to as many things as...
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Beating the January Blues with Dr. Aria
Today is Blue Monday: statistically proven to be the 'blueist' day of the year. We've partnered with Mindful Chef ambassador Dr. Aria expert in mindfulness and long-term health, to help you banish the January blues. 1. The happiness paradoxWhen economics professor Richard Easterlin turned his...
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Top tips on how to eat properly for race day
Mindful Chef have teamed up with Virgin Sport to give you access to the best nutrition and training advice ahead of their major events this year. Whether you're taking part in the Hackney Half, London 10K or just want to enjoy your runs a bit more we've got you covered. In this article we've...
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5 tips to encourage healthy eaters
Mindful Chef ambassador, Kristy Coleman, is a registered nutritionist and mum to an adventurous toddler. Kristy is a big supporter of our new Family recipes and, like us, believes food can be a powerful tool to bring people together. Here top 5 tips to look forward to mealtimes with your family...
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Stick to your goals in 2020 with these 4 simple tips
We're welcoming a new decade and a fresh start (bursting with healthy ingredients in our case). Whatever your goals, even the best intentions can sometimes fall by the wayside. In reality, life gets in the way. And you're not alone, 80% of people give up their resolutions before February! Whether...
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2019 annual Sustainability Report
We founded Mindful Chef in 2015 with one mission: to make healthy eating easy. From hand-packing and delivering recipe boxes to a small number of friends, to delivering over 3,600,000 meals nationwide, it's been one epic journey so far. Thank you for being a part of it, we couldn't do it without...
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Our plastic pledge: Recyclables vs Compostable with Valefresco
As a B Corp, we care about the environment at our core 🌎 That’s why we hired Sustainable Packaging Expert Neil to help us remove single-use plastic from our boxes 👍 It’s a fine balance between changing packaging, yet ensuring our food is still top-notch when it gets to you. One of our biggest...
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3 lessons from B-Corp #BInspired event
This year record numbers took part in Veganuary, switching to a plant-based diet for the month. The war on plastic waste continues with nearly all major supermarkets signing the UK Plastic Pact. And 16-year-old activist Greta Thunberg inspired over 1 million students to march for a better future...
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Mindful Chef reverse advent calendar: What is it & why should you get involved?
The season of giving has come round again and we want your help to give back to those in need this Christmas, by taking part in our #ReverseAdventCalendar - an initiative we ran for the first time last year! We managed to donate 25,000 food items in 2018 and this year we want to go even bigger...
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