Added on July 24th, 2011
Found in Nut recipes, Pudding- recipes, Recipes, Rice recipes, Wholefood - recipes
A twist on the old rice pudding, this time using almonds and almond milk and instead of sugar this recipe uses organic dried raisins and dates for sweetness. This recipe combines many store cupboard organic wholefoods that can be bought in bulk for maximum saving.
Ingredients
• 125g organic pitted dates
• 1 cup uncooked short grain organic brown rice or you could use white pudding rice
• 4 cups organic almond milk or you could make up with Ecomil dried almond milk powder
• 125g organic raisins
• 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
• 1/2 teaspoon pure almond extract
• 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• toasted, chopped organic almonds
Method
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Added on July 23rd, 2011
Found in Nut recipes, Recipes
With the Aubergine season coming on here is an easy dip using fresh Aubergines and Organic Walnuts.
Ingredients
• 1 fresh organic Aubergine
• 6 tablespoons organic olive oil
• 2 garlic gloves
• 1 small red onion, diced
• a handful of organic walnuts, chopped
• 2 to 3 tablespoons lemon juice
• salt to taste
• 1 medium tomato, diced
• toasted pitta breads to serve
Method
1. Bake the whole aubergine in the oven for at least 30 minutes on a high heat, on the top shelf. The skin should be slightly burnt and the inside soft and mushy.
2. While it is still a little hot, peel the skin of the aubergine and discard it.
3. Heat olive oil in a pan over medium high heat. Add garlic and onion. Sauté for a minute – don’t let the onions to go too soft.
4. Add the mushy aubergine into the pan and mash so that it becomes smooth. Add the chopped walnuts and stir again. Add in lemon juice, salt and a little more olive oil to taste – if desired.
5. Serve in a dish and garnish with the chopped tomatoes on top. Toast some pitta bread and get stuck in!
Added on July 22nd, 2011
Found in Baking, Biona, Flour Gluten Free
We sell Tiana coconut flour and oil, Pukka coconut oil and Biona coconut oil. The 800g Biona Organic Virgin coconut oil offers great value for the size. (Discounts of 10% if you buy a case of any of our products).
The health bit……Coconut flour is naturally gluten free and unlike some of the other gluten free flours it is high in fibre (3-4 tablespoons being 100% daily fibre). It has an equivalent protein to whole wheat flour and is low GI. Coconut oil has had some bad press in the past as it classified as a saturated fat. However it differs from the well known saturated fats in its structure and as a result it is more easily broken down and requiring less energy. This means it is not deposited as fat in the body. It contains many nutrients, is said to help if you have a slow metabolic rate or digestive problems and contains Lauric acid – to aid immune system. Coconut oil has no trans fats!
Cooking with coconut flour……..It mixes well with other gluten free flours and makes delicious cakes and biscuits. It is also suitable for use in savoury foods. Tips: Coconut flour absorbs more fluid than other flours so you need to use an equal amount of fluid to flour. It can look thinner but don’t worry (and don’t add extra flour) it will cook to leave a lovely cake or biscuit. If you want to lower the sugar content in the recipe remember to add more liquid – coconut milk is a good way of adding fluid. No enhancers are needed just basic ingredients as with wheat flour and but less flour is needed to produce the same amount of baking. 35g of coconut flour can produce 6 muffins! It can also be sprinkled on cereal.
Cooking with coconut oil……..The coconut oils we sell are organic, cold pressed can be taken as a supplement or used in recipes as the fat for baking, cooking or simply spreading on your toast as a dairy free alternative to butter. The oil is solid at room temperature so needs heating gently to allow mixing in some recipes. It doesn’t lose any goodness when heated so can be used for frying and no need to keep in the fridge either! To top that it can be used on hair and skin as a moisturiser.
Added on July 22nd, 2011
Found in Flour Gluten Free
We are really pleased that we now have gluten free Teff flour back in stock.
Teff is an ancient grain grown in Ethiopia and for those avoiding gluten in their diet Teff has many attractive features, it is high in fibre and iron and providing protein and calcium.
Teff is an very small grain, so it is not possible to separate the germ from the husk, so with Teff flour the entire seed is milled and then eaten, this helps to give rise to its rich nutritional value.
Alongside Teff Naturally Good Food sell a full range of gluten free flours, and don’t forget our standard 10% case discount.
Added on July 22nd, 2011
Found in Pulses
As part of our effort to keep customers informed on what we expect to happen to prices we have had a look at the organic bean and pulse market and it looks like prices may increase. Regardless of where in the world you look, commodity prices for wheat, soya and corn are increasing, this has had a knock on impact on pulses and beans. With the amount of land devoted to growing being reduced, we can only expect that this will have an impact on the prices of organic beans and pulses over the next 12 months.
Nevertheless, organic beans and pulses still represent great value for money and a really good source of protein. They are also good for the environment as the protein is not being turned into animal feed.
Added on July 21st, 2011
Found in Dried Fruit
In order to try and help you plan your buying of organic dried fruit we are looking to add a what is happening addition to this section, to start we have a quick round up, we are now starting to see crop news for the organic dried fruit market:
Organic Dried Apricots – In Turkey where much of the organic dried apricots come from the growing conditions have been favourable. The flower buds set and were not hit by frost, if these good conditions continue then we may see the price of dried apricots fall at the end of the year, this would be very good news and makes organic apricots very good value for money. However, the crop is expected to be later than normal. However, the current situation is tight due to low crop yields last year, so we may see a problem before the new apricot crop is harvested.
Organic Figs – many of our suppliers are running low on organic figs and as the new crop is some months away now might be a good time to buy, before there is a significant shortage.
Organic Dates – our suppliers are now importing dates to avoid the very high summer temperatures expected, we can expect a new crop of organic dates to arrive in November.
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Added on July 21st, 2011
Found in Gluten free, Nut recipes
A simple gluten free cake using organic almonds and vegetarian soya cream, so it ticks all the allergy boxes but is great fun for a party and looks like special.
Ingredients
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Added on July 20th, 2011
Found in Nut recipes, Nuts, Recipes
This is an easy high protein vegetarian burger recipe and if you want a vegan version substitute oil for the beaten egg.
With Organic Brazil nuts in this recipe you have a high protein option and the additional benefits of Selenium. If you want a really rich dish try using some butter, in our house butter and Bulgar Wheat are a firm favourite.
In a food processor finely chop the onion, garlic and celery. Chop the Brazil nuts and set aside. Heat oil and add the onion, garlic and celery – saute until soft, next add the nuts and Bulgar wheat and saute for a couple of minutes until golden brown.
Add the stock and simmer until the liquid is absorbed. Stir in tomato puree, parsley, herbs and the egg. Season with salt and pepper and leave until cool enough to handle.
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Added on July 19th, 2011
Found in Rice
Now is a good time to buy organic brown basmati rice by mail order before the price increases. Most press reports you read suggest that the price of rice is set to increase, so now may be a good time to buy our great quality organic brown basmati rice, we can offer various sizes upto a 25 kg sack, so you need never be without your favourite rice.
Added on July 18th, 2011
Found in Seeds
If you are looking for a tasty, easy snack try our Organic Sunflower Seeds that come in a great range of sizes from 100g to 25kg. We pack our sunflower seeds to give you the best value we can, they have amild nutty flavor and full of nutritional value. Sunflower seeds can be added to a fruit smoothie for added nutrition, or try sprinkling them on your breakfast cereal, or adding to a green salad.
Sunflower seeds can be toasted, perhaps with a little soya sauce as an evening treat, you can also sprinkle them on home made bread, cookies or muffins or as a perfect addition to a homemade organic flapjack.
Try adding a range of seeds form our organic seed range to your diet.
