Kokova Magazine

This week we picked up some cookie dough from Morrisons. We were in the shop picking up a few essentials when these little tubes of loveliness caught our eye, and we have to say - we're impressed!

Vegetables are getting in to the frame for 2018, with a lot of choices being advertised for more meat-free days, and a plant-based diet being pushed to the fore. If you want to explore these options then Vegfest UK offers one of the biggest vegan food and lifestyle festivals, taking place in Brighton, Bristol and London every year.

Kent's first Micro Distillery, Anno Distillers and Nourish - Grow, Cook, Enjoy, creators of nourishing healthy treats, have both just launched funding pages to grow their businesses, and are asking for local support. If you advocate shopping local, then this should appeal to you too.

We absolutely love it when the postman brings us chocolate. I mean, real chocolate, on our doorstep, for us to try. So, super-excited to get not one, but four bars of Raw Halo to try.

Inspired by Prohibition-era shrub making, Shrb Drinks ingredients are steeped in apple cider vinegar for two whole days to capture the raw flavours. Adding spring water and a light touch of fizz creates the perfect soda, lightly sweet with subtle flavours, and that famous 'Prohibition' kick at the end.

Oumph! is a new mouth-watering food from the plant kingdom, which is made from soya beans. The award-winning plant-based Oumph! is now available at Whole Food Market stores in the UK. It is completely plant-based, free from gluten, dairy and nuts, and easy to grill, boil, sauté, deep-fry or even heat over an open fire.