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There’s nothing we love more than seeing our incredible customers put our ‘nutty’ ingredients to work!
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OATY FRUIT & NUT SLICE 😍
INGREDIENTS:
160g unsalted butter
⅓ honey
1½ cups oats
1 cup wholemeal self-raising flour
⅓ cup brown sugar
½ cup sultanas
½ cup cranberries
½ cup Brazil nuts, chopped
¼ cup pepitas (pumpkin seeds)
2 eggs

METHOD:
1. Preheat oven to 180c. Grease and line a 16×25cm rectangle tin.
2. Place butter and honey in a small saucepan melt together over a medium heat. Set aside to cool for five minutes.
3. Mix together all the dry ingredients in a large bowl.
4. Whisk eggs in a separate bowl. Add the cooled butter and honey mixture. Whisk to combine.
5. Pour over dried ingredients and stir to combine. Tip into prepared tray and cook for 30 minutes.
6. Remove from the oven and allow to cool completely in the tray.
It will continue to firm up as it cools.
ENJOY!!!

Our raw whole AUSTRALIAN macadamia nuts are on SPECIAL!! Available in 1kg and bulk 5kg lots! Perfect for crunching on, adding to bakery treats or even making your very own macadamia nut butter 😍


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‼️AUSTRALIAN RAW DICED MACADAMIAS‼️
Our macadamias are now on special 🤯
- SALE continues until stock lasts and can be found in the DEALS CORNER 🏃‍♂️

NO BAKE Granola Cups 🥣
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RECIPE:
INGREDIENTS
2 1/2 cups of oats
1 cup of chopped peanuts
1/4 Cup of Peanut Butter
1/4 Cup of honey (or more if necessary)

TOPPING:
1 Cup Peanut Butter
4 Scoops of Chocolate Chip black
1 tablespoon of coconut oil

METHOD:
- In a large bowl, add the oats, peanuts, peanut butter and honey. Mix it up well.
- Spray muffin moulds lightly with oil. Distribute Mixture In Each Mould.
- Freeze for 5-10 minutes.
- Heat in the microwave 1 cup of natural peanut butter for
30-45 seconds or until hot. Fill each cup with peanut butter and freeze for 5-10 more minutes.
- Melt chocolate chips and coconut oil in the microwave for
30-60 seconds in a small bowl. Stir and microwave another
30-60 seconds, stirring every 15 seconds. Add chocolate to the top of each cup and freeze for 5 minutes.
Refrigerate until they’re ready!

YUM YUM YUM

ANZAC Biscuits 🌹

INGREDIENTS:
1 cup rolled oats
¾ cup coconut
1 cup plain flour
1 cup sugar
2 tablespoons boiling water
1½ teaspoons bicarbonate of soda
125 g (4 oz.) butter
1 tablespoon golden syrup

METHOD:
Combine rolled oats, sifted flour, sugar and coconut. Combine butter and golden syrup in saucepan, stir over low heat until butter has melted. Mix soda with boiling water, add to melted butter mixture, stir into dry ingredients. Spoon heaped teaspoonfuls of mixture on to greased oven trays; allow room for spreading.
Bake in slow oven 20 minutes. Loosen on trays while warm, then cool on trays.
Makes about 35 biscuits.


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Thai Carrot Sweet Potato Soup is easily made on the stovetop. Using root vegetables yellow curry paste and blended with a spoonful of nut butter YUM!!
Thanks for the recipe 😋

INGREDIENTS:
• 1 TBSP coconut oil
• 1 white onion, diced
• ¼ tsp garlic powder
• 2 tsp yellow curry paste
• 3 cups diced peeled carrots
• 3 cups diced peeled sweet potatoes
• 4 cups low-sodium vegetable broth
• Ground black pepper
• ¼ cup almond butter
For serving add some fresh coriander leaves and tamari almonds 🤩

METHOD:
- Add the coconut oil to a large pot over medium heat. Once melted, add in the diced onion and sauté it for 5 minutes.
- Add the garlic powder and curry paste and stir to combine. Let the curry paste melt into the pan and become fragrant before adding in the carrots, sweet potato, vegetable broth, and black pepper. Increase the heat to high and bring the mixture to a boil.
- Once boiling, reduce the heat, cover, and let the mixture simmer for 15-20 minutes.
- Stir in the almond butter.
- Transfer the soup to a blender and pop the top to ensure the steam has an exit. Blend the soup on low, increasing the speed to medium-high until the soup is creamy. Return the soup to the pot, taste, and add additional salt and pepper to taste.
- Serve the soup warm served with chopped tamari roasted almonds and coriander leaves.

Delicious ALMOND BUTTER sweet toast! 🍌 🍞
This easy recipe gives you the ultimate reason to jump out of bed in the morning!
METHOD:
Grab your NUTS ABOUT LIFE almond butter and spread an even layer across your toast.
To caramelise your bananas simply add 1tsp of coconut oil and bring to a medium heat in a pan. Add your banana (sliced) and top with cinnamon and maple syrup.
Let this fry until the banana turns soft for about five minutes. Now you can assemble your toast!
ENJOY 😉

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Got some left over Easter Chocolate? Melt it down and sprinkle on your favourite Nuts About Life toppings to make a delicious crunchy bark! 😍 Perfect for lunch box treats or a tasty 3pm pick-me-up!


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There’s nothing like cutting open a warm, fresh Hot Cross Bun and adding a decadent layer of butter to it on Easter Sunday! 🐣🐰
We couldn’t go past this recipe by: it will have the whole house smelling like a bakery!

RECIPE INGREDIENTS:
-DOUGH
• 220 ml Milk at room temperature
• 9 grams Dried yeast
• 500 grams Strong white flour
• 10 grams Sea salt
• 75 grams Light brown sugar
• 2 Eggs beaten
• 2 tsp Ground mixed spice
• 1 tsp Ground cinnamon
• 1 Lemon zest only
• 1 Orange zest only
• 50 grams Unsalted butter at room temperature
• 100 grams Raisins
• 100 grams Sultanas
• 50 grams Mixed peel
-CROSS
• 50 grams Plain flour sifted
• 50 ml Water
-GLAZE
• 50 g Caster sugar
• 40 ml Water

METHOD:
1. In a bowl, whisk the milk and yeast together and leave for
10 minutes. Add the flour, salt, sugar, eggs, mixed spice, cinnamon, lemon and orange, and bring them together into a dough.
2. On a flat surface knead together until the texture starts to feel smooth and slightly ‘stretchy’. Add the butter and combine. Add in the dried fruit and mixed peel.
3. Roll into a ball and place into a floured bowl and leave to rise until it’s doubled.
4. Prepare a baking tray, and transfer dough on to a lightly floured surface. Divide the dough into 12 and shape into buns.
5. Transfer the buns to the tray, spacing out equally. Cover and leave to rise until the buns are touching.
6.  Preheat the oven to 180°C, and make the cross. In a bowl, mix together ingredients and transfer to a piping bag.
7. When the buns are ready to bake, uncover them and pipe crosses.
Transfer to the oven and bake for 30-35 minutes, covering with tin foil after 20 minutes if starting to go too brown on top.
8. Mix ingredients together to make the the glaze and heat in a microwave in 30 seconds bursts, until thickened slightly.
9. Once the buns are baked, Glaze with the sugar syrup and leave them to cool completely

Lunch is sorted thanks to !
This Carrot & Lentil Salad will have you going back for seconds 😍

RECIPE: (Makes 2 portions)
100g dried puy lentils
200g carrots, washed and cut roughly into thumb sized
chunks
A good handful of radicchio leaves, washed a handful of spinach leaves, washed and sliced 1 tsp washed and chopped tarragon leaves
1 tsp honey
Crumbled goat’s cheese to garnish
Half tsp caraway seeds
Good pinch of fresh or dried thyme
1 tbsp red wine vinegar
1 tbsp olive oil
1 tsp Dijon
Neutral oil for cooking
Salt and pepper

METHOD:
1. Cover the carrots in a large pan with cold, salted water.
Bring to a simmer, cook until just tender and drain. Colour in a pan with a little oil over a medium heat, then add the thyme, honey and caraway seeds. Cook for 2-3 mins, then
set aside
2. Meanwhile wash the lentils, simmer in plenty of salted water until tender, then drain
3. Whisk together the Dijon, olive oil, vinegar & tarragon and mix together with the lentils
4. Muddle everything together with the leaves, season to taste and top with the goat’s cheese

No-Bake Snickers Brownies! 💫 Transform the classic candy bar with into secretly-healthy brownies this Easter! They contain layers of fudgy brownie, nougat, sweet caramel, roasted peanuts, and chocolate
Can you believe these layered brownies are made with wholesome ingredients? The recipe is super easy & uses pantry staples like peanut butter, almond flour, and coconut oil. It’s vegan, grain-free, and refined sugar-free. There are NO dates & NO food processor needed!
AMAZING!!! 👏

Who said loaded toast slices are just for breakfast?!
What’s your favourite combo? 🥜🍯🍓
Thanks for the inspo

THAI INSPIRED CHOPPED SALAD by 🥰
This salad is perfect for Sunday MEAL PREP! It’s crunchy, flavourful, colourful AND the best part is that the base is made with kale and cabbage instead of lettuce it doesn’t get soggy!

SALAD BASE:
• White quinoa
• de-shelled edamame
• Purple cabbage
• Carrots
• Curly kale
• Cucumber
Optional flavour boosters: Cilantro, Roasted peanuts,
Green onions, Jalapeños

DRESSING:
• Olive oil
• Sesame oil
• Lime iuice
• Ginger
• Soy sauce
• Honey
• White vinegar

LEMON AND POPPYSEED PANCAKES 🥞
This delicious recipe is a perfect morning treat that will certainly start your day on the right foot!
Thank you .ca for the recipe 🥰

SPICY CHICKPEA TRAIL MIX
There’s nothing like the crunch of roasted chickpeas that offer a delicious, salty, flavour with every mouthful! This mix is easily customisable, perfect for game days, parties, and on-the-go snacks.
Get the recipe from: ✨

Here’s your sign that you don’t need to add protein powder to your porridge bowl 🙌🏻
So yummy without & you can still pack plenty of nutrients!
This oaty bowl is cooked in unsweetened almond milk & chia seeds, topped with gently heated frozen fruit drizzled with peanut butter 😍
Thanks for sharing!

One of our favourites and one of the easiest one-pot dishes to make - VEGAN DHAL 🤩
This is great served in big bowls with naans or with additional roasted veggies on top.
Thanks for the inspo!

I like to let it cook for 50-60 minutes so it’s lovely and creamy. If you want to be extra indulgent you can replace 400ml of the stock with coconut milk.
It’s also packed with protein, fibre and iron too. You’ll want to save this one!

INGREDIENTS:
1 tbsp coconut oil
1 large onion, chopped
3 cloves of garlic, minced
Small piece of ginger, finely chopped 1/2 red chilli, chopped
300g fresh tomatoes, chopped
1 tsp salt
2 tsp ground cumin
2 tsp ground turmeric
2 tsp garam masala or curry powder
2 tsp black mustard seeds
400g red lentils
1.5 litres of veg stock
200g fresh spinach

METHOD:
1. Fry the onion in the coconut oil for 10 mins, adding the ginger, garlic and chilli for the last couple of minutes
2. Add the chopped tomatoes and 1 tsp of salt and cook for another 5 minutes
3. Add all the spices and stir through for a minute then add the lentils and stock and let it simmer for 50-60 minutes, stirring occasionally until the lentils are cooked and the stock is absorbed
4. Stir through the spinach, coriander and the juice of a lime and serve

Peanut Butter Banana Bread! 🥜🍞🍌
If you’re a peanut butter lover look no further! This recipe by is one you’ll adore! It’s the perfect Sunday bake with a twist on classic banana bread. The easy recipe is made with one bowl and pantry staples. It’s vegan, dairy-free, eggless, and gluten-free friendly. You can stir in chocolate chips to make it more of a dessert bread!
ENJOY!

Almond Butter Granola made with oats, shredded coconut, maple syrup, creamy almond butter, and a hint of cinnamon. ✨
A healthy vegan granola for breakfast.
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Chocolate Peanut Butter Smoothie Bowl!
This smoothie bowl recipe is healthy enough to be breakfast, but delicious enough to be dessert! Thank you for showing us how it’s done!
It’s thick, creamy, and reminiscent of soft serve ice cream ( The easy recipe requires only 4 ingredients: frozen bananas, peanut butter, cocoa powder, and almond milk. You can add smoothie boosters like protein powder & greens). Top it with your favorite ingredients (like granola, chocolate chips, & more). This dessert smoothie will satisfy your ice cream cravings in a healthy way!

These delicious heart-shaped shortbread cookies are the perfect indulgence for Valentine’s Day! ♥️
And we are LOVING them 😍
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There’s nothing better than using your very ripe bananas to make something DELICIOUS! 🍌
Combining this recipe with linseeds (flaxseeds) adds a yummy flavour combo that becomes incredibly addictive!!
Thanks for the inspo!

WET INGREDIENTS:
1/3 cup tahini
1/3 cup milk
2 large eggs
2 large very ripe bananas
1/4 cup cup flaxseed
- Blend together
DRY INGREDIENTS:
1/2 cup raw sugar
1/4 & 1/8 cup white sugar
1/2 cup blanched almond meal
1 cup wholemeal flour
1 tsp baking soda
3/4 tsp ground cinnamon
- Add to wet ingredients
- Bake in lined loaf tin at 175•C for approx 55 minutes or until skewer comes out middle clean
- ENJOY 😊

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With warmer days finally upon us, there’s no better dessert than a fresh berry pavlova. Whip up this delightful dessert with goodies from our baking range. Recipe below 😋🍓

Ingredients from Nuts About Life:
1 cup white sugar
2 tsp vanilla extract
2 tbs icing sugar
1/4 cup roasted chopped hazelnuts
Other:
4 large egg whites
1 tsp white vinegar
1 tsp cornstarch
2 cups mixed berries
1 cup heavy cream

Instructions:
Preheat oven to 150°C and line a baking tray.
Beat the egg whites using an electric mixer until they form soft peaks. Gradually add the white sugar and continue beating until the mixture is glossy and stiff peaks form.
Gently fold in the white vinegar, cornstarch, and 1tsp vanilla extract using a spatula.
Spoon the mixture onto the baking sheet, forming a circle with a slight indentation in the center
Place the meringue in the oven and reduce the temperature to 120°C. Bake for 1.5 hours or until the meringue is crisp on the outside. Turn off the oven and let it cool with the door slightly ajar.
Whip the heavy cream with the icing sugar and 1tsp vanilla extract until stiff peaks form.
Transfer the meringue shell to a serving plate. Fill the center of the meringue with the whipped cream and top with the mixed berries.
For added crunch, sprinkle with roasted chopped hazelnuts.
Serve immediately and enjoy! 🍰🍰

Today’s to-do list:
1. Buy your Dad a Father’s Day present.
2. Shop our herbs and spices for a perfectly seasoned Sunday lunch that will make Dad’s day! 😋
Swipe across to see just a few of our tasty seasonings, and fire up the BBQ! 🌶️🥗🍗🍺