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Holiday Market TODAY 11AM-2PM. Don't miss out. Grimshaw St. Community Centre, PR1 3DD. Tell your neighbours - tell your friends. Sharing is caring ;)

This is such an inspirational movie. I think we need to bring this to Preston. Shall we?😃👍

Grimshaw Community Centre is holding a Holiday Market on the 16th and 23rd of August (11am-2pm). It's a surplus food that's been donated by the supermarkets to the FareShare and then redistributed to participating community centres. The great thing about it is that you pick what you need and pay as you feel. Seriously! Share this news with everyone, especially those with big families.

Holiday market for families. Check this out!

This one was all about whole foods plant based diet. Very interractive presentation which also included a display of foods that one can eat when going plant based. We had local farmers' bounties on the table and tasted some of local jams, as well as a lovely meal together.

This is already our third health event this year, which will include a health talk, a knife skill demonstration and a healthy meal followed by a lovely discussion. The topic discussed that day will be announced shortly. FREE Admission. Looking forward to seeing you there! If you have any questions please ring Alina for further information on 07522195051 or ask questions direcly on FB.

Following our first health talk we have learned how important it is to go on a whole-foods plant based vegan diet. How many diseases can be prevented and even reversed with a simple diet change. So this time we will look at what you can have when you embark on the plant-based way of eating. It might seem like a daunting task, but fret not! We've got your back ;) Healthy meal provided. Admission Free.

Recently I had so many greens in my veg box that I was worrying I won't be able to eat them all before they go bad, so I made a resolution that I will start making green smoothies, which I really enjoyed lately.😊 However, apart from tender leafy greens I also had spring cabbage and cavolo nero, which don't really go that well in smoothies as they tend to give it a very distinct cabbage taste, which can be good to those who don't mind it 😀(only not me😜). So I went on the quest... to find if I can also ferment them like normal cabbage and I was excited to find that yes, I could do that! 😃 Happy I was, because I don't like food waste at all! So, here is a simple way you can do that as well...I followed these instructions: https://www.culturesforhealth.com/…/hea rty-leafy-green-kra…/ 1 large spring cabbage was just enough to fill 1L mason jar. I used a press plunger from the coffee maker to compact the greens. And voila!
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Thanks to the good weather we are now having more greens for the same price.😊😃🥗 And just look at this Rainbow Chard - the colours are amazing!!! 🤩I like to add them to my salads, but you can also juice them.🥗🥗🥗 And I add local spinach to my smoothies - these make your skin glow with health.😍😊 #lovesummer #OFNUK #openfoodnetworkuk #openfoodnetwork #foodsovereignty #growingwithnature

Our first of the year health seminar presented by Daniel Meszoly on men's and women's health. We heard so many inspirational stories of people turning their lifes down side up with plant based vegan diet! We had an amazing fellowship getting to know people from our community and having an evening meal together. Thank you for all your lovely comments about the night and food that has been prepared. We recommend you to watch Forks over Knives.

We've been mentioned in Blog Preston article! Please share this with your friends, so that more people know about the service that is available to people of Preston. ;)
http://www.blogpreston.co.uk/…/how-this -vegan-and-organic-…/

Our online shop offers a range of organic produce and tasty stuff from local businesses and farms in Preston. It is open for orders from Thursday 8pm - Sunday 8pm. Make sure to complete your order and payment within that time to secure your order for next week Wednesday collection (3-5pm) from Jan De Vries Health Food Store (26 Guildhall St., PR1 3NU). For more information contact Alina at 07522195051. To Shop Now click the blue button on the top right. #OFNUK #openfoodnetworkuk #openfoodnetwork #foodsovereignty

Why Choose Organic? (Part 1) Have you ever wondered what's all the fuss about the organic vegetables. Are they not all the same...hmm...vegetables? Well, if you look at both organic and non-organic produce it all looks and smells the same. However there are some major differences as to how these vegetables are grown, which subsequently affects their taste, nutritional value and...well...the impact they have on your health. In this post we'll compare two methoes of growing veg...
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Happy New Year everyone! Our online shop is up and running as usual now.

PLEASE NOTE: This week we will need to have the orders for both 13th and 20th December collections. You can change the date from the dropdown menu in the top right corner and checkout one by one. The 20th December collection will be the last until January the 10th. So stock up for Christmas!!!
If you still have questions, please do not hesitate to contact me on 07522195051. Happy preparations!

Winter is a season of root vegetables and cabbages. Some people get intimidated by these options since they don't know what to make from them apart from soups and stews. The notion of healthy eating seems to be limited to having salads containing lettuce, cucumber and tomatoes. I myself was ignoring roots and cabbages before I found that you can actually eat most of them raw! 0_O What a surpise for some of you! So things like carrots and radishes you probably knew you could e...at raw, but how about beetroot, parsnip, cabbage, swede, celeriac, turnip and I don't know what else...but you got the idea.
"And how exactly do you eat them raw?", you might ask. Very easy! You just grate and chew it until your jaw droppes off. Ha-ha. Ok, maybe that wasn't so funny. Now, seriously, at first, I was doing just that and adding a salad dressing on top, which would soften up the veg a bit, but after a time I got tired of grating it all the time. So I found a really cool method of preserving this type of veg for a really long time, I mean, forever...probably. And that's just using good salt, water and canning veg in jars. This method makes it softer and depending on the amount of salt added it can still remain crunchy if you wish to make it so. This method is called "fermentation" and you can store the jars in a cool dark place outside of the fridge. It only becomes tastier the longer it sits of the counter. You can munch on them already 3 days after you make them. Here is a really good site to help you get started: https://www.culturesforhealth.com/…/how -to-ferment-vegetab…/
It is preferably that you use ORGANIC ingredients (which you can get from our Shop) for this purpose to get most of the nutrients. And what is also so wonderful about this method is that it enhances the nutient content of the veg!! "How is that?", you could ask. The answer is in the good bacteria that develops through time that also produce vitamins and enzymes beneficial for digestion. Plus the action of the bacteria makes the minerals in fermented (a.k.a. cultured) foods more readily available to the body. It's a really amazing bio-chemical miracle!! The last bit I would mention before you would blame me for writing a blog post is how you can enjoy this wonderful product. I personally prefer to put it in my salads or have it as side. If you find other ways to enjoy it - comment below.
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