Aug 14th, 2008 | Food, Politics | No Comments
Saw this article earlier, and it made us a bit nervous. Hopefully Rosie Boycott knows what she’s talking about, but if we had to rely on someone to feed London, she wouldn’t be the first name to jump out at us..“>
“Continuing the year of being told what to eat, London has just got itself a new food champion in the form of ex-newspaper editor Rosie Boycott. Just weeks after writing to Boris Johnson to offer her services as a food maven, she’s been appointed chair of London Food with responsibility for improving Londoners’ access to healthy, locally produced and affordable food.”
Jul 25th, 2008 | Aid, Food, Recipe | No Comments
We’re going to try and give you a recipe every week, a healthy one, using seeds. It sounds very simple but at the moment we’re not sure how many recipes there are that use seeds. So if you have any ideas do send them in. Obviously, Pumpkin Power is available through our Products page
Pumpkin Power Recipe:
Pumpkin Power, Pear and Goat Cheese Salad
- 1/2 Cup Pumpkin Power
- 5 cups baby lettuce greens or torn mixed lettuce greens. Get these from Living Salads
- 2 cups rocket leaves
- 2 pears, cored and cubed
- 1 1/2 ounces Yorkshire Blue, or Roquefort style cheese, crumbled
- Vinaigrette (recipe follows)
- Salt and freshly ground pepper to taste
- Combine the lettuce, rocket, pears, cheese, and the Pumpkin Power in serving bowl and toss to coat with vinaigrette.
- Season with salt and pepper as desired and serve.
Vinaigrette
2 tablespoons balsamic vinegar
1 teaspoon minced shallot
1/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive or rapeseed oil.
Salt to taste
Freshly ground pepper to taste
20 g Yorkshire Blue Cheese, crushed with a fork.
- In a small bowl, whisk together the cheese, vinegar and the shallot. Add the oil in a stream, whisking until it is emulsified. Season the vinaigrette with salt and pepper to taste.
Jul 17th, 2008 | Farming, Food, Uncategorized | 1 Comment
A lot of interest and debate in food miles from consumers and the media at the moment, and an important issue. Here’s an article from a Kenyan perspective: Kenyan Recycling
Jul 17th, 2008 | Food, Sport | No Comments
A busy few weeks, so apologies for the lack of posts here. Last week we had the Great Yorkshire Show, and the Laxton 10k both on the same day, so had to get between both to make sure we kept in touch with the new foods and activities out there, and got back in time to cheer (but unfortunately not run) the Laxton 10k. Congratulations to all the runners, who looked tired but justifiably proud to finish.
For those who are not local to Howdenshire, Laxton is a small village with perhaps the flattest 10k course imaginable. Those who came from the hills of West and North Yorkshire to run must love it!
Pictures to follow, once we figure out the camera recharger.. www.laxtononline.co.uk
Jul 7th, 2008 | Politics | No Comments
Here at Fruitface we’re based in idyllic East Yorkshire, with the local town of Howden 10 miles away. So we’re right in the middle of the Howden and Haltemprice constituency, where the MP David Davies has called a by election on the very important issue of civil liberty.
We’ll be along to the voting booths on thursday to cast our crucial votes, but with 26 candidates to choose from who knows where the votes will go. Miss Great Britain, David Icke, the Elvis impersonator.. they all want the attention. So we’d like you to send in your choices. Who wins? You decide!
Jun 30th, 2008 | Uncategorized | No Comments
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Jun 9th, 2008 | Farming, Food | No Comments
Now, you may think you’ve heard all about pumpkin seeds and their wonderful powers. But what you may not have heard from the suppliers and seed producers out there is that not all seeds are created equal.
We use Austrian pumpkin seeds, a different variety to the Chinese. They’re much bigger, darker green, and richer flavoured. They’re also apparently much more nutritious, thanks to the richer alpine soil and better harvesting and storage techniques.
See below:
Chinese pumpkin seeds Austrian pumpkin seeds
Jun 6th, 2008 | Charity, Sport | No Comments
Well done the Archbishop & Guy, a great effort. We made a small sponsorship towards this jump, so very pleased to see the participants looking so exhilarated after the leap. They jumped from 12000 feet in aid of the Afghanistan Trust 
Jun 6th, 2008 | Farming | No Comments
Open farm Sunday last week. Very successful day out, lots of people going on farm and seeing the working environment. Right now crops are looking great, with enough rainfall on the silty land around here to last through until harvest. Photos to follow shortly.
May 30th, 2008 | Uncategorized | No Comments
To ‘City’, who’ve reached the dizzy heights of the Premiership. Our apologies to those who don’t enjoy football, but the blog here tries to convey what is happening in the area we at Fruitface work in. And everyone in these parts has caught football fever!
As wll as the immediate financial benefits for the club and city - talk is of about £50 million extra revenue -in a general way, having sporting role models locally should be good for the whole region. More sports, more exercise, and hopefully awareness of the benefits of healthy eating..
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