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V Cook—The Gluten-Free Snack VB Swears By Before London Fashion Week

One daily issue facing everyone is what to eat that’s healthy, rich in nutrients, and tasty. Enter one of VB’s favourite snacks in the run-up to London Fashion Week, almond cherryjacks. A riff off the English flapjack—a tray-baked oat bar—this alternative, sourced from Beckham family friend and chef Andrea Rodriquez, contains no sugar, and is an easy-to-make recipe filled with ingredients rich in omega-3's, iron, magnesium. An added bonus? It's a low-fat, low-calorie treat. Delicious meet nutritious.

Preparation time: 10 minutes

Cooking time: 30 minutes (+ cooling time)

Ingredients (serves up to 6):

6 tablespoons sugar-free almond butter

60 grams ground almonds

SweetLeaf Chocolate Sweet Drops — to taste

1 pinch of sea salt

1 vanilla pod with the seeds removed

2 teaspoons of cinnamon

1 egg white

200 grams of pitted and chopped cherries

90 grams of sunflower seeds

90 grams of pumpkin seeds

70 grams of hemp seeds

1 tablespoon of black sesame seeds

1 tablespoon of white sesame seeds