"Let food by thy medicine, and medicine by thy food" wrote Hippocrates almost 2500 years ago. Ok, so it's taken us a while to work this out, but more and more research is focussing on the importance of a healthy diet to a healthy body - and reducing meat consumption is one of those elements. This week, (August 1 - 8) is Meat Free Week in Australia, and the event is sponsored by Bowel Cancer Australia, in a reminder about the link between diet and a healthy body. Here's a week of delicious recipe ideas which are long on flavour without a skerick of meat....

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