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April 2006 NewsletterMessage from Adam, Amanda and Leonie
Hello All,
Another month has passed us by.... hopefully the Easter long weekend was relaxing and enjoyable, no doubt it included indulging in sweets and overeating!
We are aware that more and more people are choosing to shop on-line these days, so keep a look out as we continually update many of the items and their images on our website to make your on-line shopping experience as convenient and enjoyable as possible. We strive to provide weekly deliveries that encompass all your organic shopping needs, so please let us know if there are any items that you may have been searching for and can’t find or simple wish to have included in your weekly deliveries. We’ll do our best to track anything down for you and possibly add it to our ever expanding range.
In addition to wanting to provide you all with the best quality produce and service, as of next month we’ll be introducing our very own columnist with a health twist. Our nutritionist Angela will submit a monthly article that looks at food, lifestyle and health issues.
Until next month, all the best!
The team at The Organic Food & Produce Company
A Few Health Tips
Each month we are going to give you a few simple health tips to help you move towards better health. Look better, feel better.
Food of the gods: Chocolate is a champion antioxidant. Antioxidants help rid the body of free radicals, which are known to promote aging and disease. Antioxidants bond to free radicals helping to release them from your body via digestion and other means.
Colour me happy: All highly coloured natural foods, such as strawberries, are super foods. They are high in anti-oxidants such as A, C and E which help to protect our bodies from toxic elements.
Sea Salt: Sea salt is a source of up to 80 minerals. This is unlike the single-mineral sodium chloride that has been extracted, processed, bleached white and termed ‘table salt’.
What’s in season?
Parsnip
Yellow Squash
Custards Apples – delicious sweet fruit
Kiwi Fruit
Grapefruit
Pears
Plums
Asparagus – on its way out
Recipe of the Month
Milk Chocolate and Hazelnut Bavarois
Ingredients:
1 cup (250ml) milk
6 egg yolks
¼ cup (55g) sugar
250g milk chocolate, chopped
½ cup (125ml) Frangelico (A hazelnut flavoured liqueur)
2 teaspoons gelatine
1 tablespoon water
300ml thickened cream
1 egg white
Drinking chocolate
Crushed hazelnuts
Whisk milk, egg yolks and sugar in medium pan, add chocolate, stir over heat, without boiling, until chocolate is melted and mixture thickens slightly. Stir in liqueur. Meanwhile, sprinkle gelatine over water in cup, stand in small pan of simmering water, stir until dissolved; cool 5 minutes. Stir gelatine mixture into custard, press plastic wrap over surface of custard; refrigerate about 1 ½ hours or until mixture is the consistency of unbeaten egg white. Fold whipped cream into custard mixture in 2 batches. Beat egg white in small bowl until firm peaks form, gently fold into custard mixture. Divide the mixture among 8 x 2/3 (160ml) dishers, refrigerate 3 hours or overnight. Serve sprinkled with sifted drinking chocolate and crushed hazelnuts.
Serves 8 Best made a day ahead Storage; covered, in refrigerator
Grocery and products department
Brown rice is cholesterol free, gluten free, rich in energy, is a complex carbohydrate, high in protein, and includes B group vitamins and other minerals. It is also low in fat, sugar and salt. As brown rice is less processed than other rice varieties it is a good source of dietary fiber, in particular soluble fiber, making it a wise inclusion in a balanced diet.
On the products side – Oranges are not only a great source of vitamins and minerals for us but are also an extremely useful household cleaner. Our Ecologic Sweet Orange multi-purpose cleaner has been formulated with natural extracts to help remove difficult stains, oils and fats making it an excellent way to clean your home naturally.
Special Offer
Purchase any two juices from our range of beverages (including Pear, Apple & Pear, Apple & Strawberry) and receive a third juice free, simply quote this special April offer over the phone or in the special instructions section when you place your next order and we’ll take care of the rest. We also have a few organic Easter eggs available at a reduced price. These were a hit over the last week, so be sure to get in early before we eat them all!
We’d love to hear from you if you have any comments or questions. Just email us at info@organicfood.com.au or call us on 02 9967-9967
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