Welcome to HomeFresh News!
You know Spring is here when
asparagus start appearing in growing numbers.
When we buy asparagus we make sure that the spears are clean, smooth and
bright green, the tips should be unblemished and dark green.
They don't keep for long, so use them within 2-3 days when you get them home.
When it comes to storing them, think of them like cut flowers. You can
either store them upright in a few centimetres of water in the fridge or wrap
them in paper towels and lie them down in the crisper.
So how can you enjoy these yummy fresh greens?
There are a few options but one favourite is to wrap each spear in a thin
section of prosciutto and BBQ them. They take around 5 minutes to cook.
If you're boiling asparagus make sure you don't overdo it. They only
take around 5 minutes, uncovered, once the water is boiling. One way to
tell if they are ready is by pricking a knife against the thickest part of one
spear. Another way is the colour. They should still be bright green,
not grey.
Drain the spears on a cloth and then mix with some extra virgin olive oil, a
small amount of a nutty oil (Macadamia oil
is a good choice) or some butter.
Asparagus also make a great addition to bacon and eggs for breakfast.
Fry the asparagus in a little butter, season with salt and pepper and cook until
just tender and bright green. Serve with bacon and eggs on toasted sour
dough bread.
Do you dread that question? In our house it gets asked at any time of the
day, sometimes right after breakfast! The problem is there is no good
answer.
If you say 'soup' and someone doesn't like soup then it becomes clear you've
just ruined their day. Or you say roast chicken and that's fine, everyone
likes that.
But then it comes time to cook and you realise you're missing
a crucial ingredient (like the chicken!) or you've left it too late to cook it
and you revert to plan b which hasn't been approved by the troops.
While we can't promise to solve the 'what's for dinner' daily dilemma, we
have a couple of suggestions that will hopefully take the stress of it all.
What you need are options to help you work it out.
The first problem is what to cook. What do you feel like? What will
everyone be happy eating?
You can get the recipe books out and flick through them for inspiration.
Or try online recipe sites.
Here are a couple of websites you can hit up when you're looking for
inspiration:
www.Taste.com.au
www.BestRecipes.com.au
RecipeFinder.ninemsn.com.au
www.cuisine.com.au
The great thing about some of the online recipe sites is that many recipes
have feedback from others about how easy it was to cook and how tasty it
was, something you don't get from a regular cookbook without doing your own
trial and error.
Many like Cuisine.com.au also have a search function so that you can type in the ingredients you
have and see what recipes come back in the results and then pick something from there
that appeals.
If you really want to get organised you can use the sites above to come up
with a list of meals that appeal, print out the recipes and use the ingredient
lists to work out your shopping list. Then place your order with HomeFresh
right away so that you know you'll have everything you need.
Then save your shopping cart in HomeFresh and name it so you remember which
recipes the ingredient list relates to (an easy way to do this is to staple the
recipes together and write 'HomeFresh' and the cart name on the front).
Then anytime you want to make that group of recipes, you just need to load the
cart and click order.
Wildbite was created when Trace Gordon and Roe Ritchie moved from Melbourne
to Byron Bay in 1998. They had been running their own organic food
business in Melbourne and knew what they wanted in a new business.
Wildbite combines fresh natural organic produce into yummy traditional
biscuit recipes but with a distinctly Australian difference - they've incorporated
Australian wild foods into the mix. Flavours like local lemon myrtle,
aniseed myrtle, South Australian desert wattle seed, and Tasmanian mountain
pepper are some of their favourites.
In 2005, Hans and Maria Triado became the new owners of Wildbite and have
continued to grow and expand both the product range and the availability of the
product outside Byron Bay.
Their biscotti is hand made and follows the Tuscan tradition of double
baking. Many of their products are gluten free.
Some of their products that we've recently added include:
Almond, Lemon & Brandy Biscotti
Chocolate, Coffee & Hazelnut Biscotti
Buderim Ginger & Pistachio Biscotti
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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