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Excellent glasses! I hope in these tired short days you have a moment to reflect how much you have done this year. I know there's been so real crappiness but there's also been your BRILLIANT book which has brought pleasure and helped so many people. We use it even more than when it first arrived, which is such a contrast with most cookbooks x

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Thank you Mark and family. I’m so thrilled that Real Healthy made it into your 25 best books of the year. Thank you for the vote of confidence. Wishing you a lovely break

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I think yours and Georgie’s are the most used books of the year in our house. Merry christmas to you and your family x

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Melissa this is a lovely timely read. Thank you. We are bombarded with so many messages and images and my brain is scrambled - so self care, compassion and being kind to myself and banishing those thieves of joy - comparison, judging I am glad I clicked to read. Xxx

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Hello Sarah, may the only things scrambled be our eggs going forward. Thanks for being here

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Exactly - mow thats making me hungry! Happy family time to you - we are lucky to be able to cherish these memories x

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Needed! Thank you for the reminder my lovely 💚

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Kathy happy Christmas. I’m looking forward to reading your new book, congrats

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Sending you filled-to-the-brim saucepans of love. December should be DO NOTHING month. Instead, it’s madly busy every year (especially if you work in food, as I do now, at Riverford!). Wish humans would normalise hibernation. Love these pics and ideas. Non shouty voices - so true! And watching something really heartwarming in the evening… love old movies and romances and films filled with women and community… love ya, and hope to get together in 2025 xx

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Do Nothing Month hurrah! What shall we call January, I wonder? Any ideas. Wishing you a good few days of hibernation post the Riverford Rush. Please pass on my thanks to Team Riverford for the amazing produce, as ever. 15 years and counting a customer. Look forward to seeing you down at the farm this spring x

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Melissa, I just wanted to say how much you’ve changed my “cooking life”! I own 4 of your books and when I bought Real Healthy to add to the collection, at that point I moved all other cookbooks by other authors off my shelf. There is NO POINT in having them there, because I only use yours now! You have taught me so much and I’m grateful to you for that. Your recipes are always healthy, without the faff and I love your no nonsense tips on food waste. Have a great rest this Christmas with your family. Much love to you 💓

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colette! you've made my year thank you so much

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Winterstrone? Genius and saving and making. Thank you!

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Hope you love it. I like your name “the seasonalist”, thats brill

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Merry Christmas you wonderful woman <3

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Merry Christmas dearest Emma xxxx

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