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Five meat-free meals that anyone can enjoy

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Five meat-free meals that anyone can enjoy

You don't have to be vegan to enjoy a good, meat-free meal. After all, good food is good food, meat or no meat. So if for whatever reason, you're trying to reduce your meat consumption or you just fancy cooking something different for dinner, here are five simple meat-free recipes to try.

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The Best Homemade Onions for Hot Dogs and Burgers

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The Best Homemade Onions for Hot Dogs and Burgers

I love onions. I absolutely love them in anything and especially with a good burger. The way you cook them can make a massive difference to a dish though. So if you've ever tried and failed to caramelise onions or just want a few tips and recipe ideas for cooking great homecooked onions, read on.

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So you want to be a food producer?

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So you want to be a food producer?

As a small food business, you have to be so much more than just a food producer.

There's food hygiene, packaging, marketing and selling to consider, to name just a few. Along my food producing path, I have stumbled my way through. Making various mistakes along the way but eventually getting there.

I haven’t gone into any great detail on any of the subjects (and believe me I could), but hopefully the following will give you an idea of some of the things to consider if you're seriously thinking of setting out on your own artisan food journey.

 

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