Higher Self Kitchen × Ital Alex

Ital Roots

Weekly plant-based meal prep, done properly.

  • £9Per meal
  • 5Minimum meals
  • Menu 01This week

Freshly prepared, 100% plant-based meals made with carefully selected ingredients and proper flavour.

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Ital Roots coconut curried green banana, pumpkin and plantain with rice and peas, held ready to eat

Your Week, In Five Steps

From order to your table

Browsing this week's Ital Roots menu on the real mobile site, held in a kitchen
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Order your week

Build your meals right from your phone — mains, grains, sides and drinks, sorted in minutes.

Ital Roots founder holding five stacked, freshly packed weekly meal-prep containers
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We prep your week

Not one takeaway meal — a whole week, freshly cooked and packed just for you.

Ital Roots quinoa with butterbean and chickpea stew and seasonal vegetables, held ready to collect
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Ready when you are

Packed, labelled and waiting in your fridge — for whenever your week catches up with you.

Placing an Ital Roots meal-prep tray into the oven to heat
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Heat

Straight from the fridge, warmed through and ready. (Exact heating guidance coming soon.)

Digging into a hot Ital Roots meal at the table beside a bottle of Soursop Punch
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Eat & enjoy

Your week just got easier.

Build Your Meals

Your weekly prep

Every order needs at least 5 meals — mix and match however you like.

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1. Choose a main
2. Choose a grain / carb
3. Salad or vegetables
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Your Week

Complete Your Week

Sides & drinks

Completely optional — add what you fancy.

Sides

Drinks — 500ml

Ital Roots Sorrel drink, 500ml, held in hand

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The Story

24 years of plant-based living behind every menu.

Ital Roots didn't start in a test kitchen — it started in two kitchens, over years of actually living this way.

Ital Roots is a Birmingham collaboration between Aaron from Higher Self Kitchen and Ital Alex — built on years of genuinely cooking, eating and experimenting with plant-based food. Not a trend they picked up. A way of eating they've lived, refined and shared, meal after meal, for over two decades combined. That experience is what goes into every main, every stew, every spice blend — food that happens to be 100% plant-based, without ever compromising on flavour.

10Years Plant-BasedAaron from Higher Self Kitchen
14Years Plant-BasedItal Alex

Ingredient Philosophy

How we cook

  • 100% Plant-Based — every meal, every week, no exceptions.
  • Clean Ingredients — carefully selected, nothing unnecessary.
  • Freshly Prepared — cooked in small batches, ready for your week.
  • Full of Flavour — bold, Caribbean-rooted seasoning, always.
  • Nut-Free Kitchen — every meal is cooked nut-free.
  • No Seed Oils — none, ever — just properly selected fats.

Collection & Delivery

FAQ

Good to know

How does Ital Roots meal prep work?

You build your own meals from this week's menu — choose a main, a grain or carb, and salad or vegetables for each one. We freshly prepare and package everything, ready for collection.

Why is there a 5-meal minimum?

Ital Roots is a weekly meal-prep service, not a single-meal takeaway — we cook and pack for the week ahead, so every order starts at 5 meals (£45).

What's included in the £9 meal?

One main, one grain or carb, and your choice of salad or vegetables.

When do orders close?

See "Order Deadline" in the This Week's Menu section above — it's updated weekly.

When are meals prepared?

Cooked fresh the day before and the day of your collection — never in advance.

Where do I collect my meals?

Choose from Birmingham City Centre, Solihull, Sutton Coldfield or West Bromwich when placing your order. Your exact meeting point and collection window will be sent by text or WhatsApp the evening before collection.

How should meals be stored?

To be confirmed by Ital Roots — storage guidance will be added here and on your packaging.

How do I reheat my meals?

To be confirmed by Ital Roots — reheating instructions will be added here and on your packaging.

Can meals be frozen?

To be confirmed by Ital Roots — freezing guidance will be confirmed here.

How long do meals keep?

To be confirmed by Ital Roots — shelf-life will be confirmed here and on your packaging.

What if I have a food allergy?

Tell us at checkout in the allergy/dietary field. If you have a serious allergy, please also message us directly before ordering.

When does the menu change?

Ital Roots rotates between four menus. The next menu is always shown in the This Week's Menu section above.