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Beetroot Bombs – Exploding with Flavour!

floparsnip — Fri, 22 Mar 2024 13:01:21 +0000

Some young neighbours (14 and 16 year old brothers) of ours told us a couple of years ago that they like making stop motion animations – so we asked them if they wanted a little project to work on…

Off they went with our camera and tripod, some materials we bought for them – modelling clay, felt, embroidery thread etc and sometime later returned to us with their wonderful creation. We were astonished at the work they had put into their film and the quality of the finished article…Ben, The Parsnipship’s founder added a bit of voice over at the end – but the charming soundtrack throughout is all their own too.

Taking inspiration from their exploration of our business and our products, they have created the most amazing little ad for our Beetroot Bomb which we use on our social media from time to time and just watch when we need to remind ourselves of the fun side of running a food business.

Let us know what you think of it…

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Hero Ingredients #1: Pulses

user — Fri, 26 May 2023 11:02:12 +0000

Pulses are the seeds of legumes – plants which produce fruits in the form of a pod (which contains the seed) – but the term pulse refers to the dried seed (as opposed to the fresh seed). All pulses are legumes but not all legumes are pulses – woooaaah – did you realise it was so complicated? Back to the important stuff…

Our two most versatile products are packed with pulses – in fact both ourThai and our Tandoori Mash-Ups are made up of more than 60% of these potent protein sources. Vitamins, minerals and fibre are also in plentiful supply in the chickpeas and lentils we use to create these products and combined with the other vegetables, herbs and spices they contain – our Mash-Ups are a nutritious and healthy addition to your diet. Lentils and chickpeas are very low in fat in contrast to some other legume and there’s widespread agreement in the nutritional literature (can literature be nutritional?) that they lower blood cholesterol, reduce blood pressure, and produce long lasting energy – better for maintaining blood sugar levels. So no excuses!

Despite being a vegetarian for more than 25 years and a vegan for more than 5 – I am learning everyday…it was only a few years ago that I realised that the red & brown lentils we use (red in the Thai Mash-Up, and brown in the Tandoori) are related – more than that – they are one and the same – the brown ones just have their jacket on! (Yes, I felt a bit silly not to know this…but I bet I’m not the only one?).

At home a couple of years ago we tried growing some of our own – I don’t remember the variety, but I do remember that the quantity we ended up with was little more than a tablespoon…definitely not enough for even one Mash-Up. Another thing about our lentil plants – they were so very delicate…I struggled to imagine how they’d survive in great numbers, without individual attention – so hats off to the dedicated farmers all over the world who grow and harvest this crop.

We had success of a different sort when we had to throw away a big sack of pulses that had gone “out of date” – straight on to the compost heap, they formed a thick mat of sprouts before we dug them in to enrich the soil – still no pulses though!

Not sure there’s many people out there with pulses stories to share…but I was surprised to have a couple myself so you never know…prove me wrong?!!

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Featured Stockist: The Hollies Farmshop

user — Tue, 23 May 2023 16:24:52 +0000

A welcome stop off on a recent visit to stockists in the North-West, The Hollies Farm Shop greets visitors with a beautiful plant display outside its long established farm shop. It’s around 60 years since it began life as an honesty box veg stand at the side of the road, and this family owned business has grown into one of the best delis you can hope to visit and now also boasts a Bakery, luxury log cabins with hot tubs, the Hollies Takeaway (that terms seriously does not do it justice!!) and a Gift Barn. Sadly I didn’t have time to sample the Takeaway’s vegan Pumpkin Burger or the Woodland Mushroom & Ale Pie but they sound delicious!

We’ve been supplying The Hollies for just over a year now and our Glamorgan Crumbles, Moroccan Cashew & Walnut Roasts and Stilton & Spinach Potato Cakes have been firm favourites with The Hollies customers over the winter. This week we’re sending in some bitesize tasters of all our products for The Hollies customers to sample at the weekend and we can’t wait to hear which of them proves most popular now the summer is almost here…I’m hoping our vegan Beetroot Bombs and Thai Mash-Ups win through – after all, these versatile creations are perfect picnic enhancers! We’ll have to wait and see…”

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