After our experience with Cyclone Debbie and the impact of the floods on the Lismore community, we have been reflecting on our own position with sustainability within the store. Personally we saw so much waste from the flood, nothing in the store could be salvaged in keeping with hygiene, health and safety regulations. So every tub, every container, every-thing went…
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Its our 100th ISSUE of the Affordable Wholefoods Newsletter! Wow! Epic! Amazing!! What does it mean? Well, when we were children one hundred seemed like one of the biggest numbers in the world. If something was 100 dollars it seemed unobtainable, something 100 years old was old as time itself and 100 runs in cricket was a dream. It is…
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The first of a series of pasta recipes from owner of L’Abruzzese Australia, Pooi Keun. This one uses the delicious organic spelt elbows made out of organic spelt flour and water. L’Abruzzese uses a softer flour in the preparation process, so their pasta takes less time to cook and is more easily digested then regular pasta. Enjoy the simplicity of…
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Over the coming months Affordable Wholefoods will be teaming up with Pooi Keun, owner of L’Abruzzese Australia. Pooi will be sharing a selection of her favourite Italian pasta recipes and side dishes. Affordable Wholefoods stocks 4 quality pastas from L’Abruzzese which we will be show casing in the recipes to come. To begin, here is a simple pesto recipe from…
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We’ve had this sweet little number up our sleeve since the Affordable Wholefoods Christmas get together last December. You can always count on Tess (Our Coffs Harbour store Manager) to bring something high on the decadent scale, and this time she surpassed even her own standards. Tess found the original inspiration for this recipe on the Wholefoods Simply Recipe Blog…
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Most of us here at Affordable Wholefoods enjoy experimenting with different ways to eat nuts and seeds from the store. This recipe for Spicy Ginger Pecans was made by our Coffs Harbour Manager, Tess, who is rarely out of the kitchen out of work hours – unless she off with her native bee family. Inspired by a Sarah Wilson recipe…
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Teaming up with Food Blogger Erin from @turbocharged_living. Erin shared with us her favourite basil pesto recipe to which will be a feature in an up and coming ‘Recipe of the Week’ – A delicious Mediterranean Style Zucchini Noodles w/ Avocado Pesto. Thanks Erin, was great to work with you. Ingredients: 1 clove garlic crushed 1/4 cup raw macadamia…
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This weeks recipe of the week comes from Emma-Jane of @real_and_wholesome….a tasty tropical coconut and mango bliss ball using our delicious natural dried mango. With a hint of turmeric, these little balls are nutritious and fulfilling with the tropical flavours of summer. And they fit the bill….gluten free, dairy free, vegan, raw and free of refined sugars. Enjoy Ingredients:…
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Tess who manages our Coffs Harbour Store is an avid foodie who just happens to suffer from Coeliac disease. She is always looking for gluten free recipes that tantalise the taste buds, and I’ve grown quite fond of our Monday morning chats about the weekends brekkie and dinners creations. This recipe cooked (and photographed) by Tess and her partner Alex,…
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This week we are teaming up with Sonya Douglas, Perth’s ‘Mediterranean Dietitian’ and founder of the Dietwise Nutrition Clinics. Sonya is passionate about the Mediterranean diet and sees its benefits on a daily basis with her patients. She runs a busy clinic in Wembley, WA and loves to share and inspire with tasty and nutritious recipes. It was a pleasure…
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