How to stick to your New Year's resolutions

January: the month of new year resolutions, healthy eating and detoxing. We’re two weeks in - and this is normally around the time we start losing our momentum - craving a sip of our go-to drink or a bite from our favourite meat dish. But wait - don’t give up just yet! Sticking to your resolutions is all about finding substitutes or replacements that will satisify your quenching needs.

Below we’re going to share with you some tips and recipes to keep you going which are not only healthy, but full of flavour too! Because the secret to maintaining a healthy diet is to keep it interesting with exciting flavours. Whether you’re doing dry Jan, veganuary or you’re reducing sugars, we’re going to bring a healthy dose of spice into your January to help you stick with your New Year resolutions!

If you’re doing dry Jan

If you’re starting to miss your favourite alcoholic drink - how about replacing it with a new and exciting alternative. Perhaps it’s time to bring nutritious smoothies into your morning routine? And settle down in the evenings with deliciously detoxifying tea?

We highly recommend adding these must-have spices into your drinks wherever possible as they are all packed with nutritional goodness.

• New Harvest Turmeric

  Turmeric is a wonderful antioxicant and anti-inflammatory. Turmeric is a great addition to earthy smoothies with vegetables like spinach and carrots. It also makes a delicious golden milk (turmeric latte).

• Buffalo Ginger

  Ginger is packed with antioxidants and great for digestion! Adding ginger to your drinks will make a huge difference to your mind and body - giving you an energising boost! Ginger works with almost every smoothie - fruits and vegetables alike. And there’s no better night time drink than a ginger, lemon, honey tea.

• Morogoro Cacao

  Cacao is known as a ‘superfood’ as it has a high amount of antioxidants, minerals and vitamins. Throw it in your smoothies - it pairs perfectly with banana, dates and peanut butter. You can also use it to make a hot cup of cacao which is absolutely heavely.

And if you need the ultimate G&T replacement

This non-alcoholic gin & tonic recipe tastes so delicious you wont notice the difference! All you need is chamomile teabags, mint leaves, lemon zest, rosemary - and most importantly, our Pemba cloves and Cloud Forest Yellow Cardamom pods. Top up with ice and tonice water and garnish each one with a few more mint leaves and pomegranate seeds. Find the full recipe here.

If you’re doing veganuary

You need to know about this Goan-style vegetable curry which is so full of iron and deliciousness, you wont even miss the meat! Pack it with your favourite yummy veggies like carrots, caugettes and tomatoes cooked in kitchari and coconut yoghurt, served with brown rice and lentils - you’ll be getting a very healthy dose of nutrients.

And take your curry to the next level with our gourmet spices:

• 1 tsp ground New Harvest Turmeric

• 1 tsp ground Smoked Pimenton Paprika

• 1 tsp Wild Mountain Cumin

• 3 tsp crushed Nile Coriander Seeds

If you’ve given up sweet things

There are lots of alternatives to sugar and chocolate which are also delicious and enjoyable. It doesn’t all have to be boring! As sweet substitutes, we love to use Morogoro Cacao and Bourbon Vanilla Bean Powder - which is much better than using sugar and it’s a good source of B-vitamin.

Chia pudding

We love chia pudding which can be eaten in the morning or as a pudding. Chia is full of omega-3 fatty acids and you can tailor your chia pudding however you like - adding seeds, nuts and your favourite fruits.

If you need some inspiration, here is a delicious chocolate chia pudding recipe.

If you’re trying to be more healthy all-round

Reduce your salt intake!

We all know too much salt increases the risk of high blood pressure, heart disease and many other health problems.. So we advise decreasing your sodium intake!

It’s all about finding replacements so you don’t notice a gap in your diet. As a substitue for table salt, we recommend using fleur de sel which is much creamier and you need less of it. It also helps to use less salt and more spices in your cooking like paprika, coriander and cumin.