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Our African Palava is obviously well loved; it’s just been awarded another Gold Great Taste Award 2009

We were feeling very weary on Monday after 3 days at the Real Food Festival in London, but what a great extravaganza of delicious food. I loved the relaxed & informal atmosphere and all the small producers from all over the country. Good to catch up with old friends and also good to offer tastings of easy beans to new palates!

Thought I ought to make an effort - I’ve been pretty useless at posting up our news, my excuse is we always seem to be busy. I look forward to having a few more staff to help with the 101 things to do. I did want to mention that we are going into Ocado this week, only the 3 veg pots but they are on special introductory offer so did give them a go if you haven’t tried them yet and let us know how you serve them.

Well, old bean, it’s been a long time coming but we finally have a bit more web presence. And mighty pleased we are with it too. When I’m not cooking pan-fulls of beans then I’ve been tapping away in the evening dreaming of interesting things to say about beans! I’d be interested to hear what you think? I feel particularly chuffed with the bit on how beans benefit the environment, I guess it highlights all that stuff we used to go on about when we worked in agricultural development.

Bring on the beans

BEANS are not every Englishman’s first choice of food, but perhaps it is time they were given a little bit more street cred. Peas, beans and lentils, collectively known as pulses, come in dozens of varieties with a host of flavours and textures. Pulses form an important source of protein and iron for the human diet. They also take on the flavours of other ingredients extremely well - whether it’s a heady mix of garlic and ginger in Indian dhal or the meaty flavour of sausage in a typically Andalusian stew of chickpeas and pork. View the full online article on the Blackmore Vale website

Easy peasy supper

Okay, okay, you know we’re all for proper cooking at home, but for those nights when you’re just too tired to get chopping, there’s a definite place for these new, chilled Easy Bean meals. They’re as close to home-cooked as you’ll get in a tub and are locally made to boot. The range includes veggie and meaty dishes such as the Moroccan tagine (chickpea, aubergine and apricot) and the Spanish puchero (butter beans with chorizo sausage). Serve with flat bread or a pile of rice and go put your feet up.

Bean feasting by Nichola Motley

DO you have one of these? A cupboard in the corner of the kitchen full of sad looking dusty glass jars containing greying pellets. These jars once held the promise of a zingy new you. A leaner and fitter you, a you who’d be wearing strappy summer dresses or getting back into that pair of jeans which have been lurking in the bottom of your wardrobe for too long. Download PDF article

Easy Bean is awarded a couple of bronze Taste of the West Awards for the New Mexican Chilli and Spanish Puchero.

Easy Bean is awarded TWO of the prestigious Gold Great Taste Awards 2008. Curiously it is for our two one-pot meals with meat – Spanish Puchero and African Palava.

Easy Bean is runner up for best packaging design, Natural & Organic Awards