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How To Grow Your Own Herbs At Home – Guest Post By Trago

June 11, 2018 by theorganicspoon Leave a Comment

Throughout the centuries herbs have been used for more than just adding flavour and colour to your favourite dishes, they have been used by herbalists, apothecaries and even doctors for their healing and restorative powers… What is a herb? The Oxford Dictionary outlines a herb as: ‘Any plant where the leaves, seeds or flowers are…

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3-Ingredient Blackberry Chia Jam

August 20, 2017 by theorganicspoon Leave a Comment

Yes yes, I’m that mum that makes jam, the mum that people take the mick out of; ‘Oh I’m not going to sit at home and make my own jam.’ Well I’m proud of the fact that everything my family eats is made by us. And what beats homemade breads and jams? I certainly don’t…

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Organic Spoon Healthy Summer Picnic

July 10, 2017 by theorganicspoon Leave a Comment

What better way to spend sunny summery London days than with a healthy organic picnic in Primrose Hill?? Yes, picnics can be healthy! We took along our vintage Fortnum & Mason picnic hamper, very cool personalised mugs and bottle for Braxton kindly sent to us by Ellie Ellie, an awesome personalised gifts company, and a…

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Coconut Cream Ice Lollies

July 6, 2017 by theorganicspoon Leave a Comment

Yay! The sun’s out again here in London☀️ which means these can come back out the freezer. Braxton just loves these creamy coconut fruit homemade ice lollies. I do sometimes feel bad that when the ice cream van goes by we’ll not be going out to greet it, but so far at 21 months old…

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Classic (But Healthy) Banana Bread

January 3, 2017 by theorganicspoon 1 Comment

  Happy new year everyone! Kicking off the very cold new year with a hearty banana bread – the best comfort food for cold days. This is my classic banana bread recipe but I had loads of bananas leftover that I needed to use up so I decided to stick on in the middle (coated…

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Beetroot Mash

November 29, 2016 by theorganicspoon Leave a Comment

How gorgeous and bright does this look for a dull winter’s day? I just love the colours of nature and colours are a great way to entice children to eat vegetables. Beetroots are full of nutrients and are such an important vegetable. Beetroots are an excellent source of folte so a great food to eat…

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Creamy Vegan Mash

November 11, 2016 by theorganicspoon Leave a Comment

Mashed potatoes have to be creamy. No use having dry, lumpy mashed potatoes – it’s just not worth it! I was just using almond milk and dairy-free spread but I’ve now found a way to make it even creamier – by adding stock! Braxton has been a little bit unwell and didn’t want to eat…

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Quinoa with Lentils, Butterbeans and Vegetables – Vegan dinner

September 26, 2016 by theorganicspoon Leave a Comment

I can’t take credit for this one; my husband made it. He has really got into this way of life over the past year or so, especially since having Braxton. It used to be something he was happy for me to do and would eat what I cooked because, well, it was yummy so he…

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Maple, Fig & Ginger Granola

September 22, 2016 by theorganicspoon Leave a Comment

I know it’s not to everyone’s taste but I’m a big lover of ginger. It’s such a great anti-inflammatory so great to put in food or drink. When I make granola I usually just do my simple maple and pecan but I fancied a change this time and had so many figs at home also…

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Vegetarian Stuffed Peppers

September 7, 2016 by theorganicspoon Leave a Comment

Look at my wrinkly peppers! 🙂  I recently came back from Spain and they seem to ‘stuff’ a lot of food there so it inspired me to do stuffed peppers. My mum always made them for us growing up so not sure why I don’t do them more often – probably because she made them…

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Thank you for visiting my blog! I’m Lauren and I’m a health writer, holistic wellness coach and speaker, and at 23 months old, I was diagnosed with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis.

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