City Organics Jully 2007 Newsletter
Greeting to everyone from the Team @ City Organics. Hope you are surviving the Winter chills and "blues".
For all of us parents there comes to Hobart this week a healthy kids food guru from Qld.
Donalee Halkett author of "Snack it Out" - book & products available through City Organics
Workshop for Parents
Demonstrating some great ways to teach children about healthy food choices through some great recipes & demos.
Wed 18th JULY 1-2.30, $5 pay at the door The Odeon - register on line www.ccchobart.org.au/events.html or at the Odeon
Drink More Water?
This info on water is from an unknown source and had a lot of guff about coke that seemed to be in dispute. The information about water though seemed to be accepted as true. As a nurse, asking people how much they drink when doing a health assessment seems to indicate that many people are aware of how much they 'should' drink but do not always make the mark. Our bodies are made up of 70% fluid so it makes sense to attend to this important aspect. Giving fluids in the emergency department is quite a common practice for all matter of presentations. How do you think water consumption effects you?
More info from Donalee www.choiceliving.com.au
WATER
- 75% of Americans are chronically dehydrated.
- In 37% of Americans, the thirst mechanism is so weak that it is often mistaken for hunger.
- Even MILD dehydration will slow down one's metabolism as much as 3%.
- One glass of water will shut down midnight hunger pangs for almost 100% of the dieters studied in a University of Washington study.
- Lack of water, the #1 trigger of daytime fatigue.
- Preliminary research indicates that 8-10 glasses of water a day could significantly ease back and joint pain for up to 80% of sufferers.
- A mere 2% drop in body water can trigger fuzz short-term memory, trouble with basic math, and difficulty focusing on the computer screen or on a printed page.
- Drinking 5 glasses of water daily decreases the risk of colon cancer by 45%, plus it can slash the risk of breast cancer by 79%, and one is 50% less likely to develop bladder cancer.
New products in:
Awesome papayas - they are well worth the cost for these new season baby papayas. They must be left to ripen enough to enjoy their rich sweet flavour. Juicy sweet mandarins. The apples keep walking out the door as do the local caulis and broccoli. Understandably, as they are all in their prime.
Goat's Cheese
Will be at City Organics from mid- week.
No Goats Milk for a few weeks 'til mid August
The mathon farm goats milk is growing in popularity. And rightly so. It has a sweet and delicate flavour, not very 'goaty' . In 2 weeks time the girls will have to be dried off prior to kidding so there'll be a couple of weeks with no milk. Expect it to begin again in mid August.
We have had numerous requests for Goats Milk in the past and now have a Tassie supplier. The milk is pasteurized, but still contains some of the "goodies". Unfortunately it is illegal to sell it otherwise, but there is hope that the law maybe in the process of being changed our supplier tells us. So fingers crossed. 1 litre plastic screw top containers are available. If you would like to order milk please contact us via email or at the shop 62311 465.
HULLABALOO Allergy aware foods in store:
Black Tahini
The following words are from one of our distributors: Well, it is no secret, nor are we ignorant any longer when it comes to the natural colours of food, and how they indicate what kind of nutrients they contain. We all know that orange and red coloured food, contain higher amounts of beta-carotene and iron! Green Vegetables contain higher amounts of magnesium and so forth. We could go on for hours, but let's get straight onto the black foods.
Black foods contain more anthocyanin (a powerful antioxidant), isoflavones and more minerals than their counterparts - according to Prof Kikuchi of Takuba Food Lab. The health benefits of black foods are mainly due to the special antioxidants and anticoagulation agents that are rarely found in other natural food colours. These agents are known to help prevent blood clots, fight off free radicals and do much, much more!
Sesame seeds in general contain powerful antioxidants called lignins, which are anticarcinogenic, and Phytosterols, which block cholesterol production and prevent the arteries from hardening.
Black sesame will give you the added bonus of anthocyanin antioxidants more isoflovones and higher levels of minerals such as manganese, copper, magnesium, phosphorous, zinc and especially iron. Also greater amounts of the vitamins A, E and B1.
In Ayurverdic medicine, black sesame has a much higher medicinal value than white or red sesame, Not only do they use it internally, but its oil is used specifically for mental disorders, as it positively affects the nervous system and the serotonin levels of the brain! Chinese medicine has been using black sesame medicinally for thousands of years! They confirm in their practice of this medicine food, that black sesame can:
- Prevent constipation and improve bowel movement by moisturising the intestines.
- Enrich the blood, and enhance the complexion.
- Support the growth of healthy hairs,
- Retard ageing and improve the memory.
- Strengthen the liver and kidney functions.
- Help normalise blood pressure, and thus preventing heart problems.
- Excellent for anaemic conditions due to it's high iron content.
- It is an excellent muscle stimulant.
- Most intriguing of all, is that it is said to be effective in mitigating premature grey hair!
Not only will you be impressed with what black sesame offers nutritionally, but you will also be blown away by its taste! Black sesame is as creamy, light, and easy on thet aste buds as hulled white sesame, but only if it is of the highest quality, certified organic stone milled sesame, such as Carwari International's product.
Even though black sesame is Unhulled - since black sesame in its nature is never hulled - it still does not have the strong and slightly bitter taste of unhulled white sesame. Many, people have commented that it tastes exactly like hulled white sesame. Some say that it is just a little more concentrated but nowhere near the strong flavour of unhulled white sesame, Most consumers cannot return to eating white sesame/tahini after they have experienced the taste and behefits of the sensational black sesame.
More info on the humble sesame and its paste can be found at: cawari.com
Tassie's Elgaar Farm
Museli and Oats in soon
New Vegan/Organic Products
SHIITAKE MUSHROOM GRAVY MIX |
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Ingredients: Organic Brown Rice Flour, Organic Tapioca Starch, Organic Tamari Powder, Unrefined Sea Salt, Organic Onion Powder, Organic Shiitake Mushrooms, Organic Garlic Powder, Nutritional Yeast. |
SHIITAKE MUSHROOM GRAVY MIX |
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Ingredients: Organic Brown Rice Flour, Organic Tapioca Starch, Organic Tamari Powder, Unrefined Sea Salt, Organic Onion Powder, Organic Shiitake Mushrooms, Organic Garlic Powder, Nutritional Yeast. |
& more New Vegan/Organic Products
A new member scheme will be implemented with a scanable card - Co (City organics) Card which will entitle you to member prices which you will see in coming weeks on the new price tickets. You can sign up for the new card by going to our web site, www.cityorganics.com.au
Recipes
Recipes GF=gluten free O=organic Ve=vegan
We had this for lunch today :
Guacomole Dip, Refried Beans and Toast dipping-in things
Guacomole Dip (GF, O, Ve)
Ingredients
- 2-3 ripe Avocados or 1 will do
- squeeze of lemon
- 1 chopped tomato
- fine-chopped spring or red onion (to taste)
- Olive oil (amount depends on how creamy you like it)
- salt & pepper to season
Method
- Mash the avocado in a bowl with everything but the tomato and onion.
- Add them later and stir through
- Coriander is nice if you can get some
Refried Beans (GF, O, Ve)
Ingredients
- Amy's Refried beans 2 tins serves 4 (nice 'n easy!)
- Greens of some sort - spinach, kale, silverbeet or chopped broccoli
- chopped onion
- Olive oil
Method
- Tip 2 cans of refried beans into pot
- Add greens eg. spinnach, chopped kale leaves (not stalks), coriander etc
- Heat till greens just cooked or stir through and let sit to soften
- Add the olive oil and stir through (amount depends again on your taste)
Happy Eating & Bon Appetit!
Website
There have been some new additions to our website as well: our information page has been updated, with a past newsletters archive and recipes that have appeared in our newsletters. As always, if you have a special recipe, news or anything to share please send them along to realfood@cityorganics.com.au
Cheers from the City Organics Team!
Michelle, Rose, Ellie, Lisa, Brett & Jacquie
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