We are thrilled and delighted with the Great Taste 2019 One Star Gold Award for our crackers - all three varieties!
Great Taste, organised by the Guild of Fine Food, is the acknowledged benchmark for fine food and drink. It has been described as the “Oscars” of the food world. Quite simply the Great Taste logo is the sign you can trust when buying food and drink.
We will be at the Wells Food Festival in beautiful Somerset, on Sunday, 13 October - this coming weekend! - from 10.30am to 4.30pm, to join in the celebration of local food and drink. We hear that there will be more than 150 artisan producers and street food stalls.
There will be a mix of stalls in the Market Place, the Recreation Ground, along the Moat and on the Green, as well as in the Bishop’s Palace and the Town Hall. Something for everyone in other words. There will be lots of fun for families, with an even bigger Discovery Zone, The Bath & West Farm Yard and a Children’s Trail, complete with maps and clues.
Entry is free by the way! Hope to see you there.
All our Easy Bean products are made with old-fashioned loving care, but we have a lot to thank 21st century technology for…
We have many traditional outlets from independent high street stores to big supermarket chains, but many people nowadays like to order their products on the internet because it’s so easy and efficient – just place your order and Hey Presto! it turns up at your door a day or two later.
So we’d like to give a special cyberspace ‘thank you’ to our friendly online suppliers who help make sure our lovely customers get their tasty Easy Bean snacks and ready meals when they want them.
They include The Natural Grocery Store (naturalgrocery.co.uk), Naturally Good Food (naturallygoodfood.co.uk) and The Vegan Kind supermarket (thevegankindsupermarket.com).
Many people find the giant Amazon a quick way to order online (amazon.co.uk), while others prefer Local Food Direct (localfooddirect.co.uk), based in Somerset.
We thought it was worth reminding everyone about our cracker range – perfect for your work lunch boxes or weekend snacks.
The magnificent trio comprise:
RED LENTIL & POPPY SEED
A savoury cracker with a hint of sweetness and a crunchy texture; baked to a light red colour that is speckled with poppy seed. Good for dipping into hummus or any vegetable dip.
GREEN PEA & CHIA SEED
This cracker has a fresh, green vegetable aroma and a texture that flakes and snaps. The savoury wholegrain flavour goes well with dips, hard cheeses or makes an excellent snack.
FAVA BEAN & POPPY SEED
A light golden baked cracker, speckled with poppy seed, that flakes and has crunch. The flavour is savoury, earthy and with a hint of sweetness. A good source of protein, ideal as a snack or serve with dips.
Enjoy!
Yesterday – Monday, September 23 – is considered the first day of autumn. And it’s true that the nights have started to draw in and temperatures start feeling cooler.
However, there are two dates which could be said to mark the start of autumn. One is defined by the Earth’s axis and orbit around the Sun and the second is a fixed date which is used by meteorologists for handy spacing and lengths of the seasons.
Usually when we talk about the first day of autumn we are referring to the astronomical autumn which is defined by the Earth’s axis and orbit around the sun. By that calculation autumn started today and will end on the 22 December.
The astronomical calendar determines the seasons due to the 23.5 degree tilt of the Earth’s rotational axis in relation to its orbit around the sun. Both equinoxes and solstices are related to the Earth’s orbit around the sun.
Meteorological seasons mean splitting the seasons into four periods of three months each. These seasons make it easier for meteorological observations and forecasting. In this system, the first day of autumn is always the 1 September.
The seasons are spring (March, April, May), summer (June, July, August), autumn (September, October, November) and winter (December, January, February).
Anyway, it’s certainly time for some warming and comforting meals. Might we recommend our African Palava one-pot meal, a delicious mix of brown beans, free range chicken peanuts, sweet potatoes and spinach? Enjoy the season of mists and mellow fruitfulness…
Easy Bean is really hitting the headline nowadays thank to our top-of-the-range one-pot meals.
In a review of ‘heat-to-eat lunch pots’ by The Sunday Telegraph our French Cuisinées came joint second out of six contenders.
‘A hearty, rustic combination of buttery chestnuts, leeks, celery and carrots, coated in a sweet broth of tomato, rosemary and thyme,’ the reviewer enthused. ‘Eaten with a hunk of crusty bread and salted butter, this kept us full until dinner.’
Apparently more than half of us don’t take our full lunch break because time is so short for busy people, according to the review.
So an Easy Bean one-pot meal is the ideal solution – whether it’s the French Cuisinées or another choice from our tasty selection.
We’re going to be at the Abergavenny Food Festival - September 21 - 22.
#AFF2019 is a place to eat, drink, learn, laugh, expand your horizons, tackle the big issues and celebrate everything about great food and drink.
We hope to see you there! Come and have look at our award-winning selection.
See the Facebook event page for more news - https://www.facebook.com/events/291426308462539/
We are being promised hot weather for the bank holiday weekend - it’s time to remind ourselves of a few top tips for coping.
You might think it’s best to throw open the windows to let the air circulate – but no! Keep your windows closed like they do in hot countries, because the air is likely to be a lot warmer outside than inside your house.
We all know that only mad dogs and Englishmen go out in the midday sun and here’s another piece of advice better understood in places where they are used to scorching temperatures - do not venture forth between about 11am and 3pm. Wearing light, loose-fitting clothes is another bit of common sense from warmer climes. Cotton is ideal.
And of course taking a cold shower or bath might help to keep your body temperature down.
Let’s hope the good weather really does materialise!
Salads are the order of the day for food and what better than Easy Bean crackers with a green salad, cheese and perhaps a fig or two?
It only seems like yesterday when we were at the Gillinghan & Shaftesbury Show - but in fact a year has passed and here it is again! It’s one of the largest agricultural shows in the south and can be found on the Turnpike Showground in North Dorset.
Visit us next Wednesday - August 14 - to sample our crispbreads and crackers. There will be literally hundreds of trade stands to visit so you will be spoilt for choice although we are confident that our products will stand the taste test.
Once you have had your fill, head off to see the how animals - an amazing parade of farmyard beasts, the best in the area.
And there’s more, with racing birds, birds of prey, dog & duck displays and, our personal, favourite, ferret racing We wish it was Wednesday already!
We are so thrilled and delighted to say that all THREE of our new cracker range have won GOLD Great Taste Awards.
The judges loved the three cracker varieties – Red Lentil & Poppy Seed, Fava Bean & Poppy Seed and Green Pea & Chia Seed.
Delicious and filling on their own, the crackers are very versatile and can be served with a glass of wine and olives, added to family picnic hampers, wrapped up with cheese wedges for a working lunch – and more.
And the good news doesn’t stop there – we also won Gold for our Moroccan Spice crispbreads!
Have a lovely week everyone – we know we will!