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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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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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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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Packaging and recycling update
We started Mindful Chef with one mission - to make healthy eating easy. We also wanted to build a sustainable brand that we could be proud to run. We are mindful that fresh food delivery naturally creates waste as a by-product, so we are always working hard to improve our packaging and make it...
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One Feeds Two: Our Mindful Approach to Business
The name Mindful Chef, embodies all that we aspire to be. In September 2017 we partnered with the inspirational charity One Feeds Two, so that for every Mindful meal sold, we donate a school meal to a child living in poverty. We're proud to be the first recipe box in the UK pioneering this 'one...
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4 Easy tips to reduce your food waste
Facts surrounding food waste in the UK are staggering. Each year 15 million tonnes of food is wasted in the UK alone, 4.2 tonnes of which is edible! That's the equivalent to the average family throwing out £700 of food every year. Not only is this burning a hole in our pockets, but it's...
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Expert tips on shaping up for summer
We recently commissioned a study that revealed the average Brit will go on a health kick precisely 53 days before their summer holiday. Meaning many of us will be starting our pre-summer workout this month! With this is mind our Mindful Chef founder and nutritional coach Myles, has shared his 6...
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