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Healthy swaps for traditional festive foods

Healthy swaps for traditional festive foods

Christmas foods carry memories: Mum’s roast potatoes, the trifle at Nan’s, the smell of gingerbread. The good news is you don’t need to give up the traditions. You just give them a Honeycomb makeover.

Same costume, new actor

It works a bit like the school Christmas play. Every year the costumes are the same: the shepherd, the star, the angel. But a new child steps into each costume. Festive swaps are the same: the dish keeps its costume (the look, the smell, the tradition) and a new actor steps in, whole plant foods instead of oil, butter, cream and processed meat.

Same costume, new actor: the costume is the look, smell and tradition of the dish; the new actor is whole plant foods instead of fat and processed food; and the show goes on with everyone feeling at home

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