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Mynhardt’s Restaurant brings Charity Christmas cheer with Festive Fruitcakes!

 

For the second year running I have been lucky to have received a delivery of a Festive Parcel from Chef Mynhardt Joubert’s Mynhardt Restaurant in Paarl. The aim of the delivery is to help publicise the good work Chef Mynhardt is doing in baking and selling the Christmas Fruitcakes, proceeds of which will go to support two charities: Butterfly House and Helpende Handjies.

In addition to sending a fully baked Christmas fruit cake, the festive parcel contained a host of ingredients as well as a recipe, so that recipients can bake one too. In addition, a Christmas wreath decorated the parcel delivered to my home, serving me well as an Advent wreath. A warm message from Chef Mynhardt accompanied the gift box. Continue reading →

Top eating trends for 2014

Paleo dietAmericans are consulting dietitians more than ever before, to gain nutritional information and advice about diets.  A survey conducted amongst 500 dietitians highlighted the following food trends for 2014, likely to apply locally too.  According to eTurboNews the top 14 eating trends are as follows:

1.   Anti-wheat:  wheat-reduced diets like the Paleo diet, gluten-free, or ‘wheat belly‘, is the top eating trend, despite there being no evidence that these lead to weight-loss.

2.  Ancient grains:  are popular again, despite the contradictory anti-wheat trend.

3.   Low fat: the focus on low fat diets will largely fall away.

4.   ‘MyPlate‘: this educational tool to create a healthy diet and to eat correctly is recommended to their clients by the majority of dietitians.

5.   Health:  this is an important consideration for shoppers, so much so that in-store Supermarket Continue reading →