Welcome to HomeFresh News!
With a lot of produce available year round, it can
be difficult to know when the 'right' season for
produce comes around.
Eating food in season is easier on your wallet and
the produce has more flavour.
Now that Spring is officially here look out for
asparagus,
bananas,
beans,
bok choy, broad beans,
lettuce,
radishes,
sweetcorn, and
watercress.
If you grew up on frozen beans boiled to within an
inch of their life and have had trouble revisiting
them since, its time to think about new ways to buy
and cook them.
There are lots of beans available now to choose
from. You can pick from Roman beans (also known
as the Italian bean), butter beans, snake beans,
broad beans, and regular
green beans.
Beans aren't usually a first choice for salads but this recipe may just change your mind.
This is great served with grilled fish, chicken or
BBQ steak.
Green Bean &
Hazelnut Salad
400g green beans, topped and tailed
½ cup sliced hazelnuts, toasted
Dressing:
1 dessertspoon Dijon mustard
juice of ½ lemon
½ cup thick cream
salt & freshly ground black pepper
Boil the beans for a few minutes in boiling salted
water. Refresh under cold water, drain and dry.
Place in a serving bowl.
Combine the ingredients for the dressing in a small
bowl. Pour over the beans and toss. Sprinkle with
hazelnuts and serve.
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(Recipe from 'From Market to Table' by Joan
Campbell & Barry McDonald. Read more about this
book
here)
Although it may not fit with widely held views of
what is environmentally friendly, using polystyrene
boxes is actually an environmentally sound choice.
This is because we use recycled polystyrene boxes
that have been thoroughly cleaned and
re-conditioned.
The other reason is that any broken or chipped
boxes are returned and recycled. There are 4
uses for polystyrene:
. it can be reduced to granules and mixed with
new materials to make new products like insulation
board.
. the granules can be used on its own or mixed
with plaster or concrete to make a lightweight
building material. For example, polystyrene is made
into bricks that are used to build houses in South
East Asia. Polystyrene makes an excellent material
for bricks because of its protective properties.
This is not only a cost effective solution, houses built with these bricks are cool in summer
and warm in the cooler months.
. it can be ground and mixed with soil and
compost to promote aeration. Studies have confirmed
that plant growth is better with this type of
aeration.
. it can be melted and converted into pellets and
used to manufacture simple polystyrene products like
coat hangers, video cassette and cd casings,
stationery items and plant pots.
One of the reasons that polystyrene is 100%
recyclable is because it is composed of 98% air.
With only 2% polystyrene it is actually a highly
efficient use of a raw material.
While polystyrene is derived from oil, a
non-renewable resource, it represents less than 0.1%
of crude oil usage. Because polystyrene is so
energy efficient, when its used in things like an
insulation panel, the reduced heating demand
compensates for the oil used in its production.
(Typically, for every kg of oil used in panel
manufacture, about 200kg will be saved in reduced
heating demand over the lifespan of the panel.)
Want to read more? Check out this flyer on
the lifecycle of polystyrene:
Recycling Flyer
You can help by making sure that you leave your
delivery box out each week in the same location as
your delivery so that we can collect them and
continue to recycle.
Squeaky Green produce a range of eco-friendly
salads, herbs and greens that are free of
pesticides, herbicides and soil organisms. They use
bio-controls and organic crop practices to keep
their crops healthy and pest free. They use natural
marine and fish based fertilizers to supply all
trace elements. This makes healthy plants and means
that their produce is tastier, crisper, has great
colour and a longer storage life.
The establishment of Squeaky Green occurred over
10 years ago when Michael O'Dea and his family moved
to South East Queensland following his successful
treatment for cancer and his subsequent recovery.
Although motivated by improving the health of their
family, they knew that others would also prefer
nutritious, pesticide-free food given the choice.
 Squeaky Green deliver direct to our warehouse so you know you're getting the
freshest lettuce and bok choy when it comes from them.
Read more about their
Fancy Lettuce and their
Bok Choy here.
Thanks!
If you have any feedback on this edition of HomeFresh News, our
website, the service we offer or products you'd like to see added
then get in touch because we'd love to hear from you!
Email here: info@homefreshorganics.com.au
Or give us a call: 3715 5381.
(If you get an answering machine then we are busy with another
customer. So leave a message and we WILL call you back just as
soon as we can.)
Go Fresh!
Samantha &
Johan
Samantha, Johan & the HomeFresh Team.
HomeFreshOrganics.com.au
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