Red sweet potato is available this week along with the usual gold variety that we always offer. 

Corn is not available this week, jumped in price towards the end of last week because of low supply. 

The imperial mandarins are from Mildura in Victoria’s north west. They are not at their peak yet, still getting the odd dry one here and there, hoping they are better quality this coming week.

Navel oranges are excellent, they are the best orange for eating.

Will start Queensland strawberries very soon, just waiting for them to drop in price.

This week’s early bird coupon code for a 5% discount is: CC77

Have a great week,

Cheers, Michael

Hope you are all enjoying the long weekend. This week, we are offering a 400g Stir Fry Pack which contains pre-cut winter vegetables which can be tossed straight into the wok, for a quick and easy meal. Contains: Cut broccoli, carrots, cauliflower, red cabbage and other seasonal vegetable.

Serving Suggestion:

Chicken Stir Fry

1 packet Wok Ready Stir Fry 400g

1-2 Tbsp Olive Oil

250g Chicken Breast, sliced

1 Garlic Clove, crushed

1 cup Pine Nuts

Heat oil in a wok and fry for 2 minutes.

Add chicken breast to the wok and fry until golden brown.

Add the vegetable stir fry pack along with your favourite stir fry sauce, cook until desired texture.

Add pine nuts prior to serving.

This week’s early bird coupon code for a 5% discount is: CC66

Have a great week,

Cheers, Michael

The company that hosts my online store made a slight change to the checkout process last week, and a number of customers couldn’t find where to enter the weekly 5% discount coupon code which I send out every Sunday and Wednesday afternoons.

They have added an “Add Coupon”button on the “Review Order” page, and a “Add a coupon” button on the final checkout page just above the Payment options.

Sorry for any confusion,

Cheers,

Michael

P.S. This week’s code for a 5% discount is CC55

We’ve had a pretty good run with the weather, but it looks like it’s time to dust off the soup recipes. Pumpkin, potatoes, carrots, leeks, parsnips, turnips and swedes are great in a vegetable soup.

Buy them individually, or purchase our 1kg soup pack which contains a potato, a brown onion, carrots, stick of celery, parsnip and a turnip (or a swede). 

Looks like the Queensland mandarins are coming to an end, the Victorian ones from Mildura should be starting this week.

The red seedless grapes are still going, but the quality is starting to drop off. Apples, Navel oranges, pears and kiwi fruit are the best fruit options at the moment.

This week’s early bird coupon code for a 5% discount is: CC44

Have a great week,

Cheers, Michael

This week’s theme is pears and peanut butter!

Packham pears are excellent at the moment, and are ripening up much quicker than they were a month ago.

They’re a green pear, and should be ready to eat within a few days. Store them in the fruit bowl, not in the fridge.

The D’Anjou pear is a purple pear and has just hit the market again. It has white flesh, and is perfect in a salad.

The Nashi is an old favourite, looks more like an apple, but has a subtle pear flavour.

We also sell a Pear and Raspberry banana bread, as well as a plain banana bread and a blueberry banana bread.

Finally, we are launching a crunchy and a smooth peanut butter made from 100% grown Australian peanuts. No additives, just peanuts.

This week’s early bird coupon code for a 5% discount is: CC33

Have a great week,

Cheers, Michael

My nut and corn chip supplier has just launched a crunchy and smooth peanut butter range using 100% grown Australian peanuts.

Ingredients are: Australian peanuts and nothing else.

They will be available next week.

Cheers,

Michael

Vegetables such as broccoli, cabbage, cauliflower, celery and leeks are grown in Melbourne’s outer suburbs all year round. 

Others such as zucchinis, corn, snow peas and beans are grown in Victoria for half the year, and in Queensland for the other half. I haven’t been offering sweet corn the past few weeks, as it was Victorian corn getting towards the end of the season. The Queensland corn has started again, so will be available this week.

Those of you that have purchased the baby brussels sprouts the last couple of weeks would have noticed that they have been packaged in a compostable tray. For more information about the compostable packaging, visit Packed by Nature. 

This week’s early bird coupon code for a 5% discount is: CC22

Have a great week,

Cheers, Michael

May is the start of the citrus season, and this year is no exception.

Australian grown Navel oranges have just landed in the market, as have Ruby grapefruit and Imperial mandarins. Lemons and limes are also well priced.

The ‘winter’ veggies are starting to roll in. Baby Brussells sprouts and small parsnips will be available from now until the end of September.

We started green kiwi again late last week, to compliment the gold variety which has been available for a few weeks.

This week’s early bird coupon code for a 5% discount is: CC99

Have a great week,

Cheers, Michael

Just received confirmation from my supplier that new season Pink Lady apples will be available this coming week.  Jazz, Royal Gala and Granny Smith are also available, so four varieties to choose from.

The Imperial mandarins should be sweeter than they were a couple of weeks ago, and I also hope to have Navel oranges available by the end of this week, if not, definitely next week.

Passion fruit is in short supply at the moment, and very expensive, so it won’t be available for a little while.

This week’s early bird coupon code for a 5% discount is: CC88

Have a great week,

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Cheers, Michael