Do you like family traditions? What about sustainability?

This Easter instead of dying your easter eggs with harmful chemical dyes, why not get creative using organic, natural dyes from fruit and vegetables!

Here is a guide with all the information you need to create beautiful, naturally dyed eggs! Both the Easter bunny and the environment will thank you.

http://www.organic.org/articles/showarticle/article-188

Give a final shiny touch to your eggs by polishing them with a tiny bit of olive oil!

In the UK, Shrove Tuesday is also known as Pancake Day because it is the one day of the year when almost everyone eats a pancake! Shrove Tuesday is celebrated the day before Ash Wednesday and is the final day before the start of Lent, a Christian festival leading up to Easter Sunday. The name Shrove comes from the old word "shrive" which means to confess. On Shrove Tuesday, in the Middle Ages, people used to confess their sins so that they were forgiven before Lent began.

Lent is a time of giving things up. So Shrove Tuesday is the last chance to indulge yourself, and to use up the foods that aren't allowed in Lent. Pancakes are eaten on this day because they contain fat, butter and eggs which were forbidden during Lent.

Check out our Greek pancake recipe with no butter.

Clean Monday also known as Pure Monday, Ash Monday, or Monday of Lent (7 weeks before Greek Orthodox Easter) is a Public Holiday in Greece that marks the beginning of Lent.

Clean Monday is celebrated all over Greece with a picnic at the fields, parks or nearby hills in the big cities. Flying kites is one of the common family  activities that take place in all towns and villages, which also feature plenty of music, dancing and delicious vegetarian food!

Lenten food, usually consists of vegetables, dried legumes and seafood such as kalamari, octopus, shrimps, oysters, cuttlefish, mussels and lobsters.

Halvas, is one of the main Lenten desserts served on Clean Monday. Check out our simple and healthy halva recipe made with olive oil.

Celebrate the fruits of autumn with Apple Day at Borough Market. Bringing all kinds of delicious apple based goodies to their stalls, market sellers will be treating you to apple based delights throughout the day.

Apple Day at Borough Market takes place on Sunday 24th October 12pm- 6pm. More information about Apple Day here.