SpiritCafé Constantia: A Healthy + Delicious Courtyard Café

You don’t have to be vegan, vegetarian or even health-conscious to enjoy the utterly delicious fare at this courtyard café in Constantia: creative, seasonal food made from scratch with farm-fresh ingredients and oodles of love. 

The café was founded by passionate owner Kate Ball in 2015 and has become a staple among locals (including comedian Nik Rabinowitz) for delectable vegan and vegetarian meals that are free from refined sugar, gluten, preservatives, as well as a host of other popular food items.

Get your day off to a spirited start with a potent juice combo or smoothie (there’s even a chocolate-mocha option), or their delicious organic coffee. Breakfast could be crustless spinach and feta quiche, powerhouse porridge, exotic-mushroom scramble, or a chia pot as part of a build-your-own selection. 

Later, there’s a lunch spread of fresh salads, bowls and wraps, or gourmet sourdough toasties. And for the sweet-toothed: triple chocolate brownies, peanut-butter cups, decadent shortbread and oat ice-creams.

There’s a deli and fridge packed with stuff you’ll want to take home with you:

• gluten-free frozen meals vegan lasagne; vegan cottage pie; vegetarian bobotie; cheesy veggie bake
• vegan and gluten-free soups Green Goddess; tahini cauliflower; butternut-celery; Ntosh’s dahl
• vegan and gluten-free curries Butternut, Mushroom & Chickpea; Thai Green Curry, Thai Red Curry
• juices Jou Ma Se Elixiour; Beet Box; Emerald Brew; Fire Goddess; Citrus Mistress and the Immune Boost
• smoothies Protein Power; Chocolation; Mocolation; Super C; Evergreen and the Cleanser (to name a few)
• pantry staples Superfood home-made muesli; organic oats; aluminium free-baking powder: vegan & gluten free veggie stock; Eggcellent Eggs (Non GMO Fed); Santa Anna Organic Nachos; That Mayo; Manipura Gut tonics; Knosh fermented sauerkrauts; Mysthill dairy products; organic Tamari; Organic Coffee; Mystic Mesquite Coffee alternative
• Thanks Goodness treats banana and dark chocolate muffins; superfood muffins; millionaire shortbreads; carrot cake; hazelnut squares; cheesecakes; rocher balls; bounty bars; twix bars; mini snicker bars; cayenne pepper & ginger truffles (to name a few)

So, if you’re craving food that feeds mind, body and soul, and won’t leave you feeling lethargic and uncomfortable, pop by SpiritCafé Constantia.

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