Sweet Potato & Kale Salad

This is a filling and vitamin-packed salad that can be served warm or cold – and you can keep it for several days in the fridge so it’s handy to grab at lunchtime!

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Kelly’s Vegan Caesar Salad

Kelly’s salad is a twist on the classic Caesar. Totally plant-based summer’s end salad finished with homemade rehydrated shiitake “bacon” and a cashew parsley 🌿 Caesar dressing.

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Catherine’s Summer Potato Salad

Catherine’s summer potato salad is the perfect meal to keep cool and refreshed this summer.

When the summer heat is high, refreshing greens and salads feel like the perfect way to keep cool. Catherine’s summer potato salad is an all-natural explosion of taste.

With new potatoes to warm your stomach and a salad to help you feel fresh and restored.

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Zesty Summer Pea Soup

This delicious pea and mint soup is a big favourite with our guests.

Summer and its abundance of fresh produce is an opportunity to draw upon the foods that help cleanse our bodies at this time of year. This pea and mint soup is summer and vitality all wrapped up in one easy and delicious meal.

We serve this warming soup as part of our picnic lunch after a morning of wild swimming, it always goes down a treat!

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Jubilee Summer Salad

As millions of families and friends will be coming together this bank holiday weekend to celebrate the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee, we thought it would be wonderful to share this easy summer salad with you, so you can recreate it at home.

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Cacao Superballs

These delicious raw treats are perfect for afternoon tea or a healthier alternative for dessert. However you enjoy these Cacao Superballs is up to you – we love to pair them with a cup of freshly brewed peppermint tea! Enjoy this easy no-bake recipe for yourself.
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Vegan Spiced Banana Cake

This scrumptious recipe will definitely satisfy every sweet tooth in the house over the Easter break! Our fabulous retreat chef Catherine has lovingly shared her recipe with The Zest Life community to enjoy!
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Revitalising Green Juice

This refreshing homemade green juice is simple, healthy, and jam-packed with nutrition, making it all the more delicious!
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Apple Rooibos tea

Here’s a retreat favourite that’s a flavorful, caffeine-free alternative to black and green tea and deliciously simple to make!
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Healthy Winter Porridge

There’s nothing quite like a bowl of warming porridge to set you up for the day ahead in these wintery months. At The Zest Life, we like to add some simple toppings to make our porridge even more tasty and nutritious!
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