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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Maple pecan & chia crumble with spiced plums recipe
Serves 4 | Gluten-free | Vegan | 30 mins Our quick deconstructed crumble is packed with spiced juicy plums - an excellent source of potassium, fibre and vitamins A and C - and topped with a delicious crumble, containing crunchy pecans, flaked almonds, coconut and chia seeds. We've served this...
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SportsAid Week: Supporting the next generation of British athletes
As you may already know, we're the official nutrition provider to the English Institute of Sport and have many athletes enjoying our healthy meals, from Tom Daley to Victoria Pendleton CBE. We've now partnered with SportsAid - the UK's leading charity that supports promising young British...
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Mindful Chef meets Inés Hermida, founder of Macacha plant-based protein
This September we caught up with Macacha founder Inés Hermida, to find out all about her organic plant protein blends and what it takes to start your own business in Health and Wellness. Plus find an exclusive savoury (!) protein smoothie recipe below. Tell us about you, and how MACACHA started?...
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Introducing our NEW customer favourites series to the menu
We're excited to announce that this September we are launching our NEW 'Customer Favourites' recipe series on the Mindful Menu. These 4 recipes have been chosen based on which meals our customers have enjoyed the most. Want to have your say and get your favourite recipes back on the menu? Take a...
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The ultimate vegan inside out tofu burger recipe
To celebrate National Burger Day on Thursday 23rd August, we've teamed up with like-minded Hally’s, a Californian-inspired restaurant located in Parsons Green, to create the ultimate plant-based burger! The Asian style “Inside out tofu burger” has a unique mindful twist. Featuring a gluten-free...
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The Top 5 Vegan Restaurants in Edinburgh
Boasting the largest number of plant-based restaurants in Scotland, Edinburgh is one of the most vegan-friendly cities in the UK. From fine dining to veggie haggis, there’s something for everyone in Scotland’s capital. Pumpkin Brown Why we love it: Vegan food doesn’t get fresher than at Pumpkin...
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The Top 5 Vegan Restaurants in Birmingham
Whether you’re looking for a plant-based brunch or a nourishing dinner, you’ll find it in Birmingham – a city renowned for its diverse food culture, and increasingly, its amazing vegan restaurants. Check out some of Mindful Chef's favourites ... MowgliWhy we love it: Opened by Nisha Katona in...
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4 easy summer salads
This summer we introduced our NEW salad series to the Mindful Chef menu. These new speedy salad recipes can all be made in under 20 minutes, with minimal prep, and are packed with nutritious, seasonal produce to help you look and feel your best. Leaving you with plenty of time to soak some...
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Packaging update: mushrooms
In a bid to remove plastic completely from Mindful Chef boxes we are looking at every individual ingredient, how it is packaged and how we might be able to improve that packaging so it is more environmentally friendly. Today we are talking about mushrooms. Last year we delivered over 50,000 packs...
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Natureflex - a compostable replacement for plastics
It looks like plastic, feels like plastic but is 100% compostable - introducing Natureflex. We’ve been working hard with suppliers behind the scenes to transform our packaging to one which is more environmentally friendly. Whilst most plastics can take years to decompose, Natureflex can decompose...
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Food waste facts
Did you know that 1/3 of all food produced globally (about 1.3 billion tonnes) is wasted every year? Food wastage is responsible for over 7% of greenhouse gas emissions and 20% of landfill. According to WRAP, in 2015 we wasted over 7.3 million tonnes of food in the UK. That works out at about 112...
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4 speedy salads you need this summer
Summer is well and truly here and there's nothing we enjoy more than dining al fresco! That’s why we introduced our NEW summer salad series to the Mindful Chef menu. These new speedy salad recipes can all be made in under 20 minutes, with minimal prep, and are packed with nutritious, seasonal...
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