Add a little flavour by trying new foods

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Variety is the spice of life, so try adding new flavours with unusual ingredients. We all need to eat more fruits, vegetables, legumes and whole grains, as well as reduce our meat consumption, so one way to help add some extra flavour and variety is to try new things.  

We published a report containing 50 ‘future foods’ which everyone should be eating more of. This list contains vegetables, grains, cereals, seeds, legumes, and nuts from around the world – some of them you may never have heard of!

These 50 foods are recommended based on advice from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. They are crops that have high yields (produce a lot of food), require less resources (such as water and land), and are able to cope with climate change (for example, they may grow well in dry, hot conditions). Not only that, but they are also highly nutritious with a small carbon footprint. For example, sea algae such as seaweed is not widely eaten in the west but is rich in antioxidants and protein, and also absorbs carbon from the atmosphere.