Wooden Boards

I have been looking at some new and interesting board ideas for my new winter collection for 'the garden' shop. Here are a few with gorgeous leather handles that I am getting made.

The BEST Quinoa Recipes

Quinoa is a delicious, extremely healthy, gluten free SEED. 

• It contains all nine essential amino acids, making it a complete protein and therefore an amazing addition to any vegan or vegetarian diet. 
• It's a great source of iron, which is key in enabling blood to carry oxygen around the body. 
• It has almost twice as much fibre as other grains, this helps aid digestion, while helping to reduce high blood pressure and cholesterol.
• It is full of magnesium and manganese, anti-inflammatory phytonutrients and heart-healthy monounsaturated fats. 

Here are the few of my favorite Quinoa recipes:

Roasted Butternut & pine nut Quinoa

Warming in winter, sweet from the butternut, perfect served with guacamole.

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Quinoa & Kale Patties

Perfect topped with guacamole and lemon. 

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Quinoa Porridge with Blueberries and Pecans

Delicious with almond milk, served hot in winter.

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Asian Quinoa Salad

A superfood salad including red cabbage, edamame, carrots, red pepper, cucumbers, coriander and a soy(GF obv.) /chili dressing.

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Start cooking with quinoa now! Go to my post on cooking quinoa to learn how to cook it perfectly, and don't forget to have fun and play around. 

A better way to Eat Out.

Always on a healthy mission to find somewhere to eat out without the guilt? Or for those of you, like me, who have a food intolerance, be it gluten, dairy or egg. I have put together a few places in the Durban area that have to be tried... 


Earth Mother cafe and shop: 106 Bulwer Road, Glenwood, Durban. 

This beautiful old house on Bulwer road offers an organic cafe and a local (kzn) fruit and veg market on a Tuesday and Friday from 10am-2pm. As well as their cafe they offer a whole shop loaded with gluten, dairy and sugar free alternatives such as muesli, chocolate and coffee. 

With the huge popularity of the RAW food revolution their delicious RAW cheese cake (all gluten, dairy and sugar free) has to be tried!

They also have shops in Hilcrest and Durban North. 

Although this list is still small, especially with what I was used to in London, I am hoping that the huge demand for healthy alternatives will eventually see this increase. 

Col'Cacchio Pizzeria: Gateway Centre, Umhlanga Ridge, Durban.

Pizza is one of the most difficult things to get right when cooking gluten free. However Col'Cacchio's has made the most delicious alternative that you would never know the difference. Their pizzas are crisp, woodfired and TOTALLY gluten free.

I recommend their Ortigiano Foro Pizza with the salad in the centre, just ask for the 100% gluten free option (extra R16) made from rice, maize flour, tapioca and zanthum gum.

Kauai

Perfect for their wheat free wraps, soya smoothies and egg free mayo. Handy take away option too if you are on the move. 

My favorite is the Go-Goji Berry, packed with goji-berries, pomegranate juice, strawberries and banana (dairy free). Their wheatgrass, apple, carrot and ginger is also the perfect pick me up!

Open Day Tomorrow

Setting up shop in Mount Edgcombe in THE most beautiful home! Please join us tomorrow (30/04/2014) for a unique shopping experience. 



9 Hunningdon wood, off Montgomery drive. Sms 0826528116 for a gate code. 



With amazing organic food and products from: 



The Garden

@alsleepwear, 

CT Organics, 

Harbour bay clothing, 

Ostilly jewelry New York.

New Pottery Range

For the Easter Open Day 'the garden' has designed a new range of handmade pottery. Consisting of single grey rimmed egg cups, egg cups with saucers (perfect space for your dippers!) and white lidded butter dishes. 

Come and get yours at 'the garden' open day on the 13th & 14th of March 2014.

027761777400

thegardendeli@hotmail.com

www.facebook.com/thegardenshop

Natural Beauty Range

The garden's original natural beauty range in white has been complimented with an amber range. Available in a liquid soap, hand & body lotion, room spray, foam bath and natural bath oil.  

Today I got through a fair bit of labeling and pricing of all the new stock. Some new detoxing & revitalizing bath salts, deliciously creamy body butter, and some boxed natural garden candles perfect as a gift or as a special treat. The candles are amazing as the soy wax can be used as a warm massage oil, heavenly... !

All available at the garden's Easter Open Day. Phone or email me for more details: thegardendeli@hotmail.com or 0761777400

Health Bars; Gluten, Dairy & Sugar Free.

I had to re-post these delicious gluten, dairy and SUGAR FREE muesli bars as I am re-making a batch for the open day. Unlike the shop brought sugar loaded kind, these muesli bars are 100% NATURAL, containing only 

oats, 

raisins, 

cranberries, 

cashews, 

macadamias, 

almonds, 

pecans, 

sunflower seeds,

pumpkin seeds,

oat bran,

honey,

prunes,

cinnamon.

Making them the perfect go to snack for all the family! They contain only 100% goodness and are so delicious you wouldn't even know...

...handmade by 'the garden'. 

Dairy Free Almond Biscotti

Open day baking has begun... 

The garden's homemade dairy free almond biscotti are a must have. Without the added butter and the reduced sugar, these biscotti are a perfect snack for the whole family, they are even perfect for a little Easter gift! 

The delicious crunchy almonds add health benefits too. The healthy fats in almonds are known to reduce cholesterol as well as the risk of heart disease. They also contain vitamin E, magnesium and potassium. So there you have it, the excuse to eat as many as you want! So make sure you buy two packets...

Available at the garden open day on the 13th & 14th of March 2014, 19 Little Maritzburg Road, Salt Rock, KZN, South Africa.