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2-minute, 3 Ingredient Vegan Pavlova Inspired Dessert!

21 December 2018 at 2:20 pm

2 minutes, 3 ingredient dessert. It's vegan, gluten-free, organic and it couldn't be easier!

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A Vegan Christmas Dinner!

21 December 2018 at 2:19 pm

Fancy an easy but epic vegan Christmas Dinner? Try out these delicious recipes – sure to impress everyone at your table!   BBQ Cauliflower ‘Chicken’ Wings.

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Quick and Easy Organic Christmas Dinner for 6!

20 December 2018 at 12:48 pm

While we believe Christmas should be all about great food, we also understand that not everyone wants to be in the kitchen for hours preparing a heavy winter feast in…

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Feeding Special Dietary Needs This Christmas

3 December 2018 at 11:01 am

In this fast-paced, ever changing, trend setting, conscious-consuming time, it can be hard to keep up with dietary requirements and appropriate gifts for our nearest and dearest.

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Meet Totally Kiwi Oils!

1 December 2018 at 12:00 am

Commonsense has been stocking Totally Kiwi's organic cold pressed flax seed oils since 2016 and decided it was high time we caught up with the good people responsible for making…

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Little Bird's Christmas Cookies

29 November 2018 at 12:00 am

These yummy gluten-free Christmas treats from our friends at Little Bird can be made raw or baked.

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Commonsense's Flagship Suppliers: Common Property

22 November 2018 at 3:58 pm

Back in 1975 Jim Kebbell and Marion Wood (who would later set up Commonsense) bought some land in Te Horo as an outreach for the halfway houses they were running…

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Halloween Recipe: Creepy Witches Fingers

29 October 2018 at 12:47 pm

  Keen to limit your kids sugar intake this Halloween? Make these spooky treats and see if they will even dare to try them!

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Sylvie’s Back-to-School Muesli Bars

23 July 2018 at 3:03 pm

  Mention the word "school lunches" to many parents and witness an involuntary eye roll as they contemplate their daily dramas.

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Quick and easy switches for plastic free July

2 July 2018 at 10:50 am

Plastic Free July is upon us!

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Winter Gardening Guide

5 June 2018 at 10:59 am

“Growing your own food is like printing your own money.

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Brown lentil, coconut, and tomato soup

5 June 2018 at 10:43 am

The Commonsense Kitchen makes the soup for our Wellington region stores and you may have seen (or smelled or tasted! ) this delicious soup while shopping.

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