Posts tagged 'organic' - page 2
19 February 2014
Steenbergs New Taster Panels Report - Tea Tasting 1
Welcome to Steenbergs Tea Taster Panel's first review of some of our teas! Back in October 2013, we asked all of our lovely customers if any of you would like to be tea and spice tasters for us and luckily lots of you agreed! Thank you so much to al...
Read more28 March 2012
Sophie Grigson Cookery Demonstration At The Oak Tree In Helperby
On Monday 26th, we had arranged a cookery demonstration by Michael Ibbotson (who owns the acclaimed The Durham Ox); they have, also, recently taken over The Punch Bowl in Marton cum Grafton and breathed life back into it and are developing a reputati...
Read more19 March 2012
A Better Version Of Simnel Cake Than My Last Attempt
A year or so ago I made a simnel cake, but it came out rather squat and a tad heavy. The squatness was easily remedied with a smaller baking tin, while the texture was improved through using a lighter recipe with more eggs. I have, also, used an id...
Read more23 December 2011
Give Some Time And Make Some Christmas Sweets
In this festive period, we have been asked out to various families for drinks, or the kids out to parties. And the question always is what to give people in a period of giving. So yesterday, the kids and I spent a happy day making sweets, much as w...
Read more20 December 2011
Recipe For A Thoroughly Modern Vegetarian Balti
Once in a while, I really need to go without meat of any form and I am going through one of those patches at the moment. So I have tweaked my Chicken Balti Recipe from earlier this year to be more tofu friendly and so usable as a vegetarian dish. At...
Read more01 November 2011
A Couple Of Simple Recipes Using Steenbergs Peppermint Extract
Using Steenbergs relaunched organic peppermint extract, I made a few peppermint flavoured sweets the other evening for a Diwali meal that we were treated to by some good friends. They are really simple and quite delicious; the hostess loved the Pepp...
Read more04 June 2011
Recipe For Vegan Tofu And Coconut Curry
Continuing with our vegetarian fest after a successful week during National Vegetarian Week, I was craving a spicy curry that the kids would enjoy but would also be vegetarian - they are beginning to want some meat, but are just about hanging in ther...
Read more29 May 2011
Recipe For Axel's Vegan Mung Bean And Tofu Soup
This week is National Vegetarian Week and we have been enjoying new and wonderful vegetarian recipes including Sally's new recipes for Moroccan Vegetable Stew and Vegetable Fajitas that we have added to the main Steenbergs website.
Read more18 May 2011
Context...Social Dividends And Choosing Charities For Steenbergs Web-shop
So following on from my last blog, we see Steenbergs' brand as being entangled with our range, the quality of our products and the context of these products. Where the spices, teas and blend ideas come from tells us about different cultures around t...
Read more22 February 2011
Brussels Sprouts And Chestnuts With Maple Glaze - A Recipe
I have never liked brussels sprouts, feeling they were the devil's food rather than the fairy cabbages that friends have sought to con their children with. I have always dreaded Christmas lunch with the obligatory brussels sprouts or as in my case s...
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