February 19, 2010 – 3:56 pm
What words come to mind when you read the words ‘Fairtrade’? Bananas? Tea? Chocolate? How about roses, olive oil or Lincolnshire? No?
Well actually, yes! I live in Louth in Lincolnshire and we’re one of 460 Fairtrade Towns in the UK.
This year Louth will be supporting the annual ‘Fairtrade Fortnight’ between February 22nd and 7th March [...]
January 27, 2010 – 11:16 am
When is it officially too late to be making new years resolutions? I’m not entirely sure but I can tell you that my nearest and dearest are still “resolving” for most of January. So with ‘old family tradition’ to back me up in this final week of January 2010, my new year’s resolution is to [...]
December 18, 2009 – 9:30 am
It is official … Santa Claus loves Quorn
Well my six-year-old boy does, who, upon returning from school, has been dressing up in his Santa suit since the 1st December! Last night’s sausage rolls were “brilliant and ace” … Quorn Sausage rolls of course, brushed with a little milk and browned in a medium oven. We [...]
December 3, 2009 – 11:22 am
Well, I don’t know about you but I’d say the festive rush is truly upon us … as everything gets more hectic, the pressure builds up on our time and our purse strings!
To help ease the pressure, we’ve been very busy in the Quorn kitchen where we’ve been creating those all important winter-warming Quorn recipes [...]
Consider the meatball – such a happy little member of the food chain. So round and unassuming and yet, they bring joy wherever they go. One of those brilliant food inventions that happened, no doubt, by pure accident. There are rumours of origins in Persia. The Persian word koofteh means herbed meat with recipes which [...]
I really hope that the new Quorn™ campaign will start raising awareness of meat free products. There have been a lot of articles in the recent press about how eating less meat is one of the best things that can be done to lower one’s carbon footprint. When you read the statistics of how much water [...]
January 5, 2009 – 4:22 pm
Have you heard about the Government’s new healthy living initiative, Change4Life? It’s all about making small changes towards positive, long-term health improvements. It certainly seems less daunting than the usual New Year’s resolutions that tend to falter by mid January!
Here at Quorn™, this no hassle approach is close to our hearts. As busy people with [...]