Welcome to Hodmedod!

August 2025

• Try making Baked Kofta Subji with Nomato Sauce with pulse flour 

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• Make Pea Flour Dumplings with - you’ve guessed it! - pea flour. 

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  Use British grown peas to make this delicious Iranian-Style Soup 

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• Stock up on all our bread or order a starter and get backing this Sourdough September. 

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• Try our Brazil Nut Praline - made with only 6 ingredients, all ethically sourced 

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• There are the sweet treats we’ve been dreaming of Coffee & Brazil Nut Madeleines, Rye, Hemp & Chocolate Cookies, Black Bean Brownies, Upside-down Pear & Ricotta Cake, Carrot Cake with Poppy Seeds, Ginger & Turmeric Yoghurt Icing, Poppy Seed Basque Cheesecake 

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• Learn more about Hodmedod and Barleybird 

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• Experiment with our new naked pulses - fava beans and yellow peas 

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• Support the Kayapó people by eating Brazil Nuts 

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• Use our white coco beans in this stuffed tomato recipe. You can also try all four varieties of our new organic beans from France and save over 20% 

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• This loaded dip recipe make with our white coco beans is perfect for summer!
  

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• Make Brazil Nut, Dark Chocolate and Wholegrain Cookies with our PI’Y Brazil nuts 

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• Get inspiration from our recipe library to cook with more quinoa. Explore our diverse range of British grown quinoa products. 

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• Try making Carlin Pea, Quinoa & Halloumi Salad from Eleanor Maidment’s book Pulse 

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• Learn more about the Regen Food System Prize

July 2025

• Try our new black lentils 

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• Read more about Farmers with their Finger on the Pulse 

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• Use a blend of wholemeal flours for these Sourdough Rye Bagels 

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• Combine courgettes and white coco beans to take this sweet and sour summer stew 

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• Book your tickets for Wakelyns Dal Festival 

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• Explore our full range of roasted pulse snacks. 

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  Order our Entente Cordiale Box

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• Make these delicious English Muffins with Wholemeal YQ Wheat Flour 

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• Explore our special offers page 

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• Make this Spiced Beetroot Salad with black barley and flamingo peas 

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• Switch to using wholemeal flour in your baking and try this recipe for Summer Cake with YQ Flour, Pumpkin Seeds & Seasonal fruit

June 2025

• If you like pearled barley, you'll love pearled spelt in this Spelt "Risotto" with Roasted Oyster Mushrooms.

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  Use a Wonderbag to make this Tomato Salad with flageolet beans.

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  Experiment with cooking our black beans in a Wonderbag to make this Black Bean and Sweet Potato Chilli.

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• Interested in cooking with a Wonderbag? Read our top tips for cooking pulses in a Wonderbag.

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  Interested in learning more about millet? Read our new blog What is millet? Or rather, what are millets? Order a bag of our millet flour and explore our millet recipes.

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• Learn more about James’ work in schools by reading our blog How to transform school meals? Beans is how! And try his recipe for Millet & Emmer Sourdough Baguettes.

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• Interested in learning more about millet? Read our new blog What is millet? Or rather, what are millets? Pick up a bag and explore our millet recipes.

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• Read our full blog post What Would the World Look Like Without the Amazon Rainforest? And support our work with the Kayapó people by try our new Brazil Nut Praline

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• Have we been doing it all wrong? Diversity for resilience

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• Try combining split peas and pearled spelt to create this comforting Kitchari

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• Our Flageolot Beans are perfect this the recipe for Curried Flageolot Beans & Chapatis

May 2025

• Looking for something to cook with marrowfat peas that isn’t mushy peas, try this recipe for Marrowfat Pea Croquette

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• Be inspired to book with more pulses by exploring our recipe library. If you’re interested in reading more about fibre try this paper Diversity of fibers in common foods: Key to advancing dietary research or Wikipedia provides a decent overview too

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  Order a truly exceptional Brazil Nut Praline Bar, our collaboration with Radek's Chocolate combining the creamy richness of Kayapó-harvested Brazil nuts with subtly sweet coconut sugar, golden lucuma powder and 80% dark Zorzal chocolate couverture.
  

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• Celebrate the deep flavours and hearty texture of rye with Rugbrød, made with rye flour, whole rye grain and mixed seeds.

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• Order heart bakery’s new Wholemeal Hearth Loaf or explore our range of freshly baked sourdough bread for UK delivery every Thursday.

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• Get 25% off millet flour and make Blue Pea Samosas with Tomato Chutney.

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• Combine kibbled barley with seasonal spring veg in this delicious new recipe from Leanne Townsend.

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  Learn more about Agroforestry weekend and find a farm near you and find our more about Wakelyns open weekend

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  Explore our wide range of wholemeal stoneground flours.

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• Explore our full range of beans and try making White Coco Bean and Walnut Dip

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• Stock up on bread with our heart bakery Wholemeal Sourdough Selection

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• Enjoy this 'not too sweet' Kefir, Lemon & Poppy Seed Loaf recipe

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• Try using spelt flour to make these Spelt & Pecan Cinnamon Streusel Muffins

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• Pack in the fibre and protein first thing in the morning with this recipe for Pea, Corn & Spring Onion Fritters made with green pea flour… but any pulse flour will work.

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• Celebrate spring with our favourite asparagus recipes Black Barley Spring Salad, Fava Bean & Wheat Risotto with Asparagus, Gluten-Free Chickpea Gnocchi with Pesto and Spring Veg and Asparagus Soup with Split Fava Beans. Read more about seasonal food in our blog Tomatoes, Turnips, Pulses and the Hungry Gap

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• Explore our full range of British (and French) grown pulses and recipes for inspiration

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  Support the brilliant work of Hope Farm by using YQ wheat flour to make these Spiced Wholemeal Pistachio Cookies

April 2025

• Fava bean umami paste is back in stock! Try it out in one of our recipes.

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• Grain Rebels! Hear from farmers and others reinventing the grain chain at the Royal Photographic Society #WeFeedTheUK Open House in Bristol on Saturday 10th May.

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• Our White Coco Beans are prefect in this recipe for Brothy Beans with Wild Garlic Pesto. If you’re new to looking beans from dried check out our blog

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  Cooking beans & other pulses, the basics: water & heat - Pulses 101, part 2
• Make a quick dinner with our Olive Green Lentils and Brazil nuts, alongside roasted Veg and Horseradish Cream

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• Watch our conversation with Bekuwa Kayapó, who works with COOB-AY, the Kayapó led co-operative that supplies us with Brazil nuts.

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  Try using our dark rye flour to make sourdough bread

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• Start cooking with fava beans, here are some recipes to inspire you

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• Enjoy Nick Vadasz’s Coconut Squash Curry with Braised Carlin Peas made with jarred carlin peas, from his new cookbook The Pickle Jar.
  

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• Swap the blood for black beans to make vegetarian Black Bean Pudding with Soda Bread

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• Carlin Sunday - read how Northern Seed Sovereignty organised their own Carlin Wednesday find carlin pea recipes and discover Carlin peas, transformative power on farms

March 2025

• Cook up Borlotti Beans in Bread Sauce with Olive & Parsley using our Borlotti Beans from France. Save 20% with our Beans of France Selection.

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  Try using our new cracked wheat

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• Read more about James' work in our blog How to Transform School Meals? Beans Is How! Try our beans for yourself and explore our recipes for schools

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• Bake with RSPB Fair to Nature certified Hope Farm YQ Wheat Flour, flour that gives nature the space to thrive.
  

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• Make Mayan dip Sikil Pak with Roasted Pumpkin Seeds.

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• Explore all our pulse recipes and read about blog Lenten Peas: Black Badgers, Parched Peas & Carlin Sunday

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• Explore our collection of recipe for schools and read more about James' work in our blog How to Transform School Meals? Beans Is How!

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• Try making Cuban Black Bean & Red Pepper Soup from Vicky Jones' book Beans, Peas and Everything In Between with our new Black Beans
  

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• Use Borlotti Beans to cook up Roasted Vegetables with Borlotti Beans and Fennel Yogurt from Claire Thomson’s new book One Pan Beans.

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  Make irresistible black bean brownies from Jenny Chandler’s book Super Pulse with our black beans from France.

February 2025

• Use fava bean or any other pulse flour to make Órfhlaith Noone’s delicious fritters, a great way to use up leftover veg.

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  Try making Baked Boston Beans with our new flageolet beans, try serving with our recipe for Yellow Pea ‘Cornbread’ with Lime and Chilli.

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  Order bread from hheart bakery - available to order from Monday 24/02 for dispatch on Wednesday 05/03

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• Make Black Bean Quesadillas from Jenny Chandler's book Super Pulses, made with our new Black Beans from France

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• Try making Stew of Borlotti Beans with Fennel from Vicky Jones’ brilliant cookbook Beans, Peas & Everything In Between. Explore our range of new French pulses.

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• Discover our new organic beans from France - try all four varieties with 20% or save over £5 on our bumper Entente Cordiale Box of the four beans from France with six different pulses from our British growers.

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• Learn more about gut health with Lucy Williamson’s Introduction to Gut Health Course (use code gutcourse20 for 20% off). Find baking tips on our blog. If you’re looking for a quick and easy loaf to get your started try Soda Bread!
  Update! The Real Bread Campaign has pointed out the bread made with chemical raising agents like baking powder / bicarbonate of soda falls outside their definition of real bread, which spans sourdough, yeasted and unleavened breads. Read more on the Real Bread Campaign's blog post Keep it for cakes.

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• Use our versatile and delicious pilau mix to cook up Pilau Mix Mejadra or Roasted Squash With Emmer Wheat & Lentil Pilau

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• An Economy of Love: how Solidarity Trade is built on a foundation of friendship.
  

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• Pack in your greens and grains with Danka Jandric's Green Goodness Salad.
  

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• Happy World Pulses Day! Read our full Welcome to the Leguminati blog post...
  

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• Stock up on flour for real bread week

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• Get 25% off Millet Flour and explore our millet recipes, including our latest - Lentil & Mushroom Stew with Millet Dumplings. If you’d like to learn more about Millets have a read of this.

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  Read the full article about jarred carlin peas in the Waitrose Magazine

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  Use our Four Grain Muesli Base to make delicious and nutritious Multigrain Blueberry Muffins

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  Try making this Upside Down Pear Ricotta Cake

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January 2025

• Try whole flamingo peas in Isabella Palmer’s Roasted Roots & Flamingo Pea Pie
  

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  Explore all our lentil recipes including this Hearty Stew made with our olive green lentils

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  Find everything you need to know about our Brazil Nuts!

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  Get up to 30% off our range of naked barley until the end of January and explore our naked barley recipes.

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• We're looking for someone to join the packing team at our warehouse and offices in Brampton, near Beccles, Suffolk. Find out more about the role and how to apply...

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• Get ready for Burns Night with our recipe for Vegetarian Haggis with Clapshot, made with Whole Naked Oats, Pearled Barley and Olive Green Lentils.

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• Get more plant diversity into your diet with Danka’s 12-Plant Ragu. Find our broth and other mixes or order broth mix from Holland & Barrett.

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• Use our emmer flour to make this simple flatbread recipe. (And read more on the evidence of flatbreads predating agriculture…)

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• Try making this Sourdough Apple & Walnut Cake with our Spelt Flour

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• Try wholegrain Black Barley in this simple but deliciously sustaining Barley Stew with Squash & Sage.

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• Get 25% off our British-grown Red Millet Flour and bake some Millet Shortbread with Cardamom Sugar.

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• Make Eden’s recipe for Naked Barley Nokedli in Mushroom Broth with Parsley and Sage Relish with our naked barley flour. You can also find naked barley pearled grains, kibbled grains and flakes.

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December 2024

• Over the 12 days of Christmas we're revisiting our most popular recipes of 2024:
  Vicky Cowan's Pea Tempeh and Burmese Tofu;
  Amy Oboussier's Chickpea Pancakes with Creamy Mushrooms & Spinach, Wild Wholegrain Mustard, Cauliflower & Refried Carlin Pea Burritos and Veggie Sausages with Root Vegetable & Chickpea Mash;
  Eden Owen-Jones' Flamingo Pea Tofu with Celeriac, Cavolo Nero & BBQ Sauce;
  Isabella Palmer's Blueberry & Coriander Cake with Almond Crust;
  Josiah Meldrum's Braised Tofu, Flamingo Peas, Kale & Walnut Curry and Farinata with Braised Leeks;
  Tereza Pospíšilová's Poppy Seed Basque Cheesecake;
  Romy Gill's Punjabi Kadhi Pakora.

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• A great last minute gift idea: Christmas Granola

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• Try making our recipe for Glazed Sprouts with Lentils, Walnuts and Feta with olive green lentils, apple balsamic and apple syrup

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• Enjoy Leanne’s recipe for Jammy Spiced Crumble Bars and explore our full range of flaked grains

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• Try baking these Multigrain Gingerbread Cookies with Almonds with our four grain muesli base.

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• Explore our festive recipes

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• Use a blend of malted wheat and rye flour to make Sticky Gingerbread Cake

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• Use our black barley to created this Black Barley Salad with Brussels Sprouts, Pomegranate, Cashews, and Feta. Lean more about cooking wholegrains cereals.

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• Get 25% off our buckwheat flour and make Tereza’s Plum and Poppy Seed Cake

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• Give bean tokens this Christmas

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• Use our buckwheat flour to make this recipe for Buckwheat Dutch Baby with Figs, Rocket & Ricotta

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• Try our new Diversity Blend XXX Mixer, you can also check our Vanessa’s book The Sourdough School: Sweet Baking for more information about diversity blends and gut health.

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• Browse all our book bundles to find the perfect gift.

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• Join our PI'Y Brazil Nut Ambassador Network WhatsApp group.

November 2024

• We’ve got the perfect recipe for cold days - Winter Lentil and Spelt Stew with Miso

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• If you’re celebrating Thanksgiving today, you’ll want to try our recipe for Winter Pumpkin Crumble

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• Cook up winter greens with our recipe for Flamingo Peas with Kale and Walnut Pesto

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• Explore our range of pulse flours and get inspired by our recipes

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• Explore our full range of British grown quinoa, perfect for making our new recipe for Avocado & Black Quinoa Salad

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• Pitch Up 2024 Applications Are Open!

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• Order your bread from our bakery before 8am Monday for Wednesday delivery

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• Get ready for the year ahead with the new The Landworkers’ Alliance’s 2025 calendar, A Year on the Land

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• Try making our recipe for GF Veggie Sausages with Root Vegetable & Chickpea Mash

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• Use our flamingo peas to make this Braised Tofu, Flamingo Peas, Kale & Walnut Curry

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• Add diversity to your afternoon snack with our new recipe for banana bread, read more about add diversity to baking in Vanessa’s book The Sourdough School: Sweet Baking or try our diversity blend flours

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• Enjoy a quick meal with our canned pulses, check out our recipes for inspiration

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• Try making Josiah’s Winter Stew with Croutons and Greens using the left over marinade from Niki Webster’s Tofu and Smoky Chickpea Recipe

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• Make Chickpeas with Smoky Tofu with British grown chickpeas

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• Brazil nuts are (almost) back! Order now for dispatch from Thursday 14th November.

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• Try our recipe for Poppy Seed Basque Cheesecake made with our poppy seeds

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• Get 3 for 2 on carlin peas and explore our library of carlin pea recipes

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• Switch to wholegrains - Read our blog on Cooking with wholegrain cereals and Miller’s Voice: Know Your Flour. Stock your pantry with whole grains, wholegrain pasta and flour. Get inspired by our range of wholegrain recipes.

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• Try out our red millet flour with this recipe for Apple and Caramel Upside-Down Millet Cake

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• Stock up on carlin peas to make this recipe for Creamy Polenta Mash with Salt & Vinegar Peas & Crispy Kale

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• Enjoy this seasonal recipe of Naked Barley & Roasted Squash with Romesco Sauce make with Wakelyn’s squash and Hodmedods pearled barley

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• Our 3 for 2 offer on carlin peas ends 31/10. Try making Salsa Verde Carlin Peas.

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• Stock up on carlin peas in time to make parched peas on bonfire night.

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• Bonfire night is coming up so now’s the time to stock up on carlin peas try this new take on Parches Peas, Buttery Parched Pea Parathas.

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• Read more about how Carlin peas from a transformed arable farm and get 3-for-2 on carlin peas

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October 2024

• Pop over to Switch to Wholegrains to sign up for their challenge. Read our blog on Cooking with wholegrain cereals and Miller’s Voice: Know Your Flour. Stock your pantry with whole grains, wholegrain pasta and flour. Get inspired by our range of wholegrain recipes.

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• Get your day off to a good start with India Matthews’ Apple Bircher Muesli

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• Use split flamingo peas to make Flamingo Pea Fritters With Spiced Yogurt and Fig Leaf Vinaigrette

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• Make Danka’s comforting Spiced Apple Crumble Cake, made with wholemeal flour and flakes

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• Taste history by making Pen Vogler’s interpretation of Benes Yfryed

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• Get your hands on a jar of Jane’s superb Medlar Jelly

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• Explore our full range of pasta made with British-grown grains by Giovanni Carleschi

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• Read Beans - An extract from Stuffed: A History of Good Food and Hard Times in Britain

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• Get yourself a copy of Greens & Beans (plus a free Hodmedod voucher) and try Anne’s recipe for Lentil-Stuffed Cabbage Rolls

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• Read Neil Buttery’s new book Knead to Know

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• Learn more about the Food for the Planet Festival

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• Try making Millet Galettes with Spinach Belchamel with our Red Millet Flour

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September 2024

• Try our recipe for Marrowfat Pea & Smoked Tofu Bon Bons with Burnt Leek XO, also check out Eden's other recipe

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• We can help you get started with sourdough

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• Enjoy this delicious and nutritious Creamy Broccoli, Hemp & Sweet Potato Soup made with shelled hemp seed

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• Get 50% off our Stoneground Wholemeal Krivet Pasta Flour to make Linda’s recipe for Open Mushroom Lasagne

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• Check out all our special offers as well as our recipes for: Chickpea Pancake with Spiced Lentil & Pine Nut Curry, Burmese Tofu and Lemon and Lime Millet Cake

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• Explore our sourdough recipes

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• Explore all our organic products

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• Get your tickets to Down to Earth: Changing the way we eat

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• Try using our coriander seed in this recipe for Blueberry Cake with Sweet & Salty Almond Crust

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• Pulses 101, part 1: What are pulses?

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• Buy millet and get cooking with the free International Year of Millets recipe book

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• Use out barley and triticale flours to make Sarah and Aitana’s recipe for Fermented Plum, Poppy Seed & Rosemary Cake. Sarah Cotterell and Aitana Infante, authors of A Le Mesa, have made a few fermented recipes for us recently, including chickpea miso and fermented black barley.

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• Learn more about Barleybird and our upcoming events

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• Make India’s Loaded Fava Bean and Pea Dip with our Split Fava Beans

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• Make this recipe for Cocoa and Fava Bean Cake with our canned fava beans

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• Try our new recipe for Moroccan Msemmen made with Black Wheat Flour

Explore our archives for older links from 2024 and all our 2023, 2022 & 2021 links.