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Is your child’s lunch box healthy?

It’s a challenge for almost every parent: making sure that your children eat well at all times — but particularly when they are out of sight at school. The ministry of health has created a special recipe book for parents this year, featuring 20 carefully chosen local and international recipes designed to deliver the most balanced, nutritious and healthy lunch possible. “The school lunch bag is an essential part of a child’s diet and is

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Dimple Khitri - Dubai born restauranteur and Author of Being Rawesomely Vegan

Could Being Rawesomely Vegan change your life?

For many people, the idea of living solely on a plant-based diet that sacrifices all diary, meat and fish might seem a little extreme.  Dimple Khitri, founder of delivery service Being Vegan Dubai, has taken that a step further by going raw vegan. She’s found that eating a diet of 70 percent raw foods, with only one small cooked meal in the evening, has totally changed her life, both mentally and physically. Now, she hopes her first

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vegan desserts

Vegan dessert recipe: If You Like Pina Coladas!

Check out Hillhouse Brasserie pastry chef Sony Maharjan’s innovative dessert recipe If You Like PinaColadas, which won her top prize in the Sarood Hospitality’s vegan pastry competition. “My dish was quite simple, but the flavors blended very well and the judges said it was a beautiful dish,” said Maharjan.  If You Like Pina Coladas!  Ingredients: Caramelised Pineapple 180g pineapple 40g sugar Mango Gel 160g mango puree 25g sugar 2g agar agar Coconut Gel 50g coconut

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#Recipe: Moni’s Vegan Shepherd’s Pie

As the weather gets cooler, our bellies are responding by craving nourishing meals. Moni’s Healthy Choice serves up the recipe for this quick-to-make Vegan Shepherd’s Pie, which combines green lentils, sweet potatoes, paprika, cumin and coriander for the ultimate comfort food. Serves 8 | Prep time: 5 minutes | Cooking time: 45 minutes Ingredients 200g dried green lentil rinsed and drained 3 medium size sweet potato 2 tbsp olive oil 2 garlic clove crushed 1 large

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From Beder's Kitchen

From Beder’s Kitchen: Lemon & Cranberry Baked Cheesecake

“This cheesecake is a lighter option than traditional recipes, which can often be quite heavy and rich. Any dried fruit can be used here; I have used dried cranberries as they add a lovely colour to the filling,” writes Tana Ramsay in From Beder’s Kitchen, a new charity cookbook project to raise awareness about suicide and mental health.  Preparation time: 15 minutes | Cooking time: 40 minutes | Serves 12 For the base 50g unsalted butter

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