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We're huge fans of community growing initiatives, locally-driven organisations that enable the people in the surrounding area to come together to use spare land to produce their own food, so when we heard about Transition Edinburgh South and their work with Gracemount Community Garden we were delighted

Arancini are a great way of using up left over risotto, but you can of course make arancini entirely from scratch, just allow your rice to cool before handling. Our gluten-free recipe uses an air-fryer, it's a great way to turn risotto into arancini as the high heat gives a super crunchy texture to

A number of Greencity members have been to all sorts of events at Glasgow Autonomous Space over the years. When Hannah from our QC department heard that they do a community meal she suggested that we give them our February donation. We asked Alice from GAS community meal to tell us a bit more about what

Some of our Greencity members share the comforting wellbeing heroes that help get them through the seemingly long winter months.

Babs, Warehouse

Kimchi

Warehouser Babs loves a bit of kimchi at break time. Tangy, full of flavour and great for gut health, we've got a sensational selection of Scottish made

Almost everybody loves sausage rolls and although traditionally not the healthiest of foods, these home-made ones are in fact packed full of wholefoods and deep flavours meaning they’re not only delicious but nutritious too!

If you have time to make homemade vegan puff pastry that will always taste

We love grass roots community organisations and what they can do to support their locals, so when Dee in our Business Development Team found out about Granton Community Gardeners and what they're doing she was delighted to be able to offer them our monthly donation and got in touch to find out more about

Rose Harissa Marinated Tofu Skewers

I’ve been really excited by our exclusive, new, deli brand Belazu, which claims to make ‘chef grade ingredients for your kitchen’.

So, for this week’s recipe I thought it would be an excellent idea to try one of their products out to see just how good it is.

I decided

Vegan Spiral Spanakopita Pie

We’ve recently taken on a Greek brand of vegan cheese from called GreenVie. I personally find feta style cheese to be one of the best vegan cheeses as its mild flavour and crumbly texture are easy to replicate than some other cheeses… While cooking the staff lunch (which

It’s a very happy 10th anniversary for The Penicuik Store house, a community-owned grocery shop and café, first established in 2015 with funds raised by selling £25 shares to the local community. The Penicuik Storehouse offer a wide range of organic store cupboard staples, groceries, fresh fruit and

Organic Sri Lankan Jackfruit Curry

For Organic September this year we have used a delicious but sometimes overlooked protein source, Jackfruit. We picked the Organic tinned Jackfruit by Essential which is ethically sourced from a small group of farmers in Sri Lanka. To honour it’s heritage we have put