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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9 must-try Asian-inspired recipes for winter
Whenever we ask what dinners you love the most (especially in the colder months) you say: Asian recipes. And why wouldn’t you? Those flavours! That nourishing feeling! It’s all good. Especially when you know we’ve balanced all the nutritionals for you. This year we wanted to fill your menu to the...
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Healthy beef recipes
This blog is all about beef. Ours is British all the way, free-range and grass-fed from our farmers herds munching out on great British pastures. Just as it should be. Our healthy beef recipes are designed by our chefs to celebrate a smorgasbord of flavours, letting the protein do its thing by...
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Healthy chicken recipes
The chicken we’re putting centre stage in your healthy chicken recipes is 100% British and 100% free range: eg, the chicken that goes in your Mindful Chef recipe boxes. (We think that’s what makes it so juicy and tasty, after all.) Whether you’re serving it in crispy green lettuce boats (we love...
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Healthy fish recipes
White fish, flaky fish, oily fish, flat fish, big prawns, little prawns, smoked, we could go on (and on!) when it comes to what bounty that comes out of our oceans. But, whatever fish floats your boat, one thing’s for sure: we’ve got healthy fish recipes for it. In fact, there are so many healthy...
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Healthy pork recipes
The pork we put in your Mindful Chef recipe boxes is always free-range, 100% British, and as succulent as they come. It’s quick to cook, full of protein and low in salt. Which is why your healthy pork recipes can bring all these new flavours to your plate. Like our silky meatballs in a jammy...
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Welcome to a world of healthy recipes
We’re Mindful Chef and we make healthy eating easy. With the sort of feel-good food and high quality ingredients that kickstart healthy habits and keep you satisfied. The trouble with some healthy recipe sites is well, things can look a little dry can’t they? We’re here to prove that healthy...
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What is sustainable food?
When it comes to sustainable food, there’s a lot more bubbling up than those two little words. But, what does sustainable food actually mean? And how do you know what goes on your plate is sustainable? Sustainable food is made up of two parts: • the actual food itself • how it’s grown, harvested...
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Healthy date night dinner ideas
It’s date night, but you’re fresh out of inspiration! Don’t panic, because we’ve got some amazing healthy dinner ideas for two that are perfect for a night in together. Whether you’re cooking for your amour or amour-to-be, you’ll be sizzling British bavette steaks, smearing pesto into mushrooms,...
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Healthy fish & chips recipe
If you’re spending hours scouring for healthier versions of this takeaway classic, may we present our chef-perfected, nutritionally balanced, healthy fish and chips recipe. Yes. Believe your eyes. How can you make low calorie fish and chips? ..and it still taste nice? We hear you. It’s all in the...
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How to reduce food waste
We all do it. An unfinished dinner here, the end of a carrot there. Too many bags of salad. That thing lurking in the back of the fridge you meant to eat, but now it’s past its best. Snacks to unwrap. Sandwich bags for lunch. Takeaway curry cartons (you need our homemade versions here!) When it...
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Healthy vegetarian recipes
We can’t get enough fresh, seasonal veg. That’s why all our healthy vegetarian recipes star the best UK-grown veggies we love! From the crisp salad leaves picked for you by Westlands in the Vale of Evesham, to the nutty celeriac grown by the brilliant Jack Buck, it’s easy to get your 5-a-day -...
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What is keto?
If you’re new to keto, it’s a diet that favours high fat, low carb foods. Normally with less than 50mg of carbs a day. (Psst, that includes the carbs you get from the natural sugars in fruit and some veg, too). When you’re on a keto diet, the aim is to get the body into a metabolic state called...
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