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Gonalston’s Seasonal Fresh Fruit and Veg!

Friday, June 13th, 2008

With news about rising food prices, now is the best time to take advantage of your UK farm shops and start eating fresh! You still have time to catch the latest seasonal fruit and vegetables from your favourite farm shop in Nottingham.
British asparagus available until 21st June!

Seasonal Fresh Fruit and Vegetables Available from Gonalston Farm Shop - Summer

Fresh Veg

In season now:
Asparagus
Lamb’s Lettuce
Lettuce
New Potatoes
Pepper
Purple Sprouting Broccoli
Peas
Radishes
Sorrel
Spinach
Spring Greens
Watercress

Coming soon:
Aubergine
Courgette
Fennel
Globe Artichoke

Fresh Fruit

In season now:
Apricots
Gooseberries
Strawberries

Coming soon:
Blackberry
Raspberry
Tomato
Watermelon

Buy from our fresh farm food store today!

Avocados a superfood

Tuesday, February 12th, 2008
  • Avocado trees grow up to 20m tall
  • Half an avocado provides one of the five-a-day portions of fruit or vegetables
  • They contain 60% more potassium (which regulates blood pressure) than bananas
  • They are also high in monounsaturated fat, which lowers LDL cholesterol (the bad one)
  • A ripe avocado is firm but yields to gentle pressure.  Put them in a brown paper bag with an apple overnight to speed up the ripening process.

Christmas Gift Hampers at Gonalston Farm Shop

Thursday, December 13th, 2007

Here at Gonalston Farm Shop we endeavour to offer a complete range of Christmas Fayre under one roof. Our butchers are on hand to discuss your meat and poultry requirements. You can pre-order the finest free range turkeys, buy our own farm reared beef, pork and check out our award winning hams and sausages.

This year we have a fantastic range of gourmet and delicatessen hampers, packed with farm shop goodies. These hampers are available through our online store (with our standard free delivery on UK mainland orders). Our hampers are designed to suit a variety of needs, there are 22 different hampers currently available; making these hampers ideal gifts for your friends and family. Our hampers only contain the finest produce all made right here at Gonalston Farm.

These are our current top selling hampers:

The Lincoln Red Hamper

Christmas Gift Hampers - Gonalston Farm Shop Nottinghamshire

A veritable array of mouth watering treats presented in one of our extremely useful Eco bags which includes.

Pasta Lanterne
Seggiano Tomato Sugo
Fine Cheese Co. Crackers for Artisan Cheeses
Fairtrade Brazilian Rio Valleys Coffee
Lewis & Cooper Traditional Plum Pudding
Lindor Truffles
Woodchester Steak Sauce
Huntley & Palmers Chocolate Olivers
Tracklements Redcurrant Jelly
Amaretti
Canadian Maple Syrup
Bay Tree Christmas Marmalade
Spoff Jumbo Porridge Oats
Fresh Olive Basil Oil
Lyme Bay Mulled Wine
Stokes Coronation Sauce
Glace de Poulet
Sweet Apple Chutney
Lewis & Cooper Luxury Fruit Cake
Tracklements Rosemary Jelly

Belted Galloway Hamper

Christmas Gift Hampers - Gonalston Farm Shop Nottinghamshire

A selection of scrumptious Christmas treats and nibbles packed in a lovely wicker shopping basket.

Rochester Organic Mulled Berry Punch
Lewis & Cooper Vegetarian Plum Pudding 450g
Organic Whole Peeled Chestnuts
Bay Tree Miniature Figs in Syrup
Bay Tree Peaches in Brandy Syrup
Bay Tree Caramelised Onions
Bay Tree Classic Tomato & Basil Pasta Sauce
Burnt Sugar Figgy Puddings
Dark Chocolate Espresso Beans
Fat Betty Cheesey Nibbles
Taylors English Breakfast Tea
Huntley & Palmers Chocolate Olivers
Selezioni Kamut Spaghetti
Wicker Shopping Basket

Diabetic Hamper

Christmas Gift Hampers - Gonalston Farm Shop Nottinghamshire

A selection of diabetic treats for those of us who require a low sugar diet packed in a fluted hamper box.

Thursday Cottage Diabetic Raspberry Seedless Jam
Jenkins & Hustwit No Added Sugar Fruit Pudding
Diabetic Chocolate Cookies
Jenkins & Hustwit Reduced Sugar Fruit Cake
Amisa Organic Spelt Fruit Hearts
Spoff Highland Muesli Apricot and Elderflower
Valor Assorted Chocolate Squares
Fluted Hamper Box

Other gift options which you will find in our farm store include gift vouchers, Richard Bramble ceramics, available together with a superb range of party and finger foods, whole pates, hams, charcuterie and over 100 farmhouse cheeses and to finish it all off our selection of Brambles luxury desserts.

The last order dates for Christmas delivery is 17th December and these orders will be dispatched on 19th December. 

 

Cookery book of the week

Wednesday, August 22nd, 2007

The Essentials of Classical Italian Cookery by Marcella Hazan

“This book is my Italian cookery bible” says Louise Lee who works in the Gonalston Farm Shop office “recipes are simple, clear and delicious creating traditional authentic Italian dishes”.

You can buy this fantastic book at www.amazon.co.uk

The Essentials of Classical Italian Cookery

“An apple a day keeps the doctor away”

Monday, August 13th, 2007

The University of Aberdeen have completed a new study into the consumption of apples in pregnant women - BBC news reported in May.

Apparently women who eat apples during pregnancy may protect their children from developing asthma in later life.  They have also discovered that children of mothers who ate fish had a lowered incidence of doctor-confirmed eczema.

See http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/6669173.stm for more details.