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In this issue... Special offers, Josine's chicken and garden blog, topped off, as usual, with two more delicious seasonal recipes...

Special offer: 15% OFF all Clearspring seaweed
 

If your New Year’s resolution this year was to make more of an effort to eat healthy, then this offer might be right for you.
 
Sea vegetables have been used since ancient times, not just as fertiliser (something some crofters still do on the coast) but also as a vegetable. If you think this sounds a bit weird, well think again! Sea vegetables are actually very nutritious; high in iodine which can help with normal metabolism, normal production of thyroid hormones and can also help to keep skin look and feel healthy. Furthermore sea vegetables are high in a variety of vitamins and minerals and are a good addition to any diet. Sea vegetables are best enjoyed regularly but in small quantities.
 
By way of introduction to this wonderful food, we’re offering a 15% discount on ALL Clearspring sea vegetables throughout February.
We will also be holding tastings in the shop to try and persuade you that sea vegetables are indeed a very tasty and healthy food!

Special offer: 15% OFF Sojade dairy free drinks

We’re continuing to celebrate living a vegan lifestyle even further this month, by offering a special offer on dairy free milk alternatives from Sojade.
Sojade is a European brand which only uses soya and rice grown in France following organic standards, so the range is 100% organic. Being organic, it is also free from GMO ingredients, and no pesticides, herbicides or artificial fertilisers are used.
 
Soya is a very healthy source of proteins, it contains all 8 essential amino acid, but also soya contains plenty of unsaturated and polyunsaturated fats. These fats are essential for maintaining healthy cholesterol levels and also for transportation of fat-soluble vitamins. In the ‘did you know’ section of this newsletter is a fun fact on proteins...
 
We also stock a rice milk alternative by Sojade, which is lactose free, gluten free and suitable for people with a soya allergy or intolerance. Rice is also low in calories and low in fats, too.
 
During February and March all Sojade milk alternative drinks have 15% off.

New Product: Yogi loose tea

Yogi Teas are a range of teas based on ancient Indian Ayurvedic traditions. Ayurveda is a traditional Indian philosophy, which recommends a mindful lifestyle and a holistic approach to mind and soul as the key to achieving spiritual balance.This month sees the introduction of a new range of delicious, spicy, warming loose teas from Yogi.
Varieties include: Classic Chai, Ginger & Lemon Chai, Himalaya Chai and Choco Chai. They will be available to buy in store from the beginning of February.
 
And they won’t break the bank either, at just £2.95 for 90 grams - with the tea bags you get 35grams of tea for the price of £2.39!

Our News: Online and Click & Collect Service

Did you know you can also buy all your health products via our online shop and get them delivered to your door (from £2.90 for orders up to 2kg)? Or use our new click & collect service and pick your order up in the store (at no extra charge).
 
Not only is shopping online with a real, proper, well established shop much safer and more personal, we also pay our taxes, too!
Dates to put in your diary
  • 14th February
    Valentine’s Day – why not treat your loved one to some vegan chocolates!
     
  • 5th March
    Shrove Tuesday or Pancake day - we have all the ingredients in store to make organic and/or gluten free pancakes!
Did you know.....?

The body needs all 20 amino acids to ‘build’ proteins, which in turn are used for hair and nail growth or for helping other processes like digestion along with other functions.
Josine’s Garden, TV and Chicken Blog

What does one write about in the middle of winter? I don’t have any exciting snow or ice stories (yet); the winter so far has been fairly dry and today in Stirling I think the temperature was in the double figures! Even the chickens have been behaving and are very healthy, thankfully - so not much to write about there! There was one funny thing involving the chickens however: our neighbours have only one white hen left which feels lonely during the day and joins up with our 3 to scratch for worms and insects, as you do. Now that the majority of our vegetables have been harvested, the chickens have free run of the back garden instead of the fields around us, to get rid of all the nasty grubs we don’t want. The neighbour’s hen however is more interested in the bird food scattered on the ground below the bird feeder than anything else. Now she seems to have persuaded our hens to look for food there too! Well, at least I don’t need to worry about any wheat germinating, I suppose.... At the end of an exciting day our hens go back to their night quarters, saying goodbye to the white one. Ours go home much earlier than the neighbour’s hen, so she always looks a bit lost on her own. Strangely enough, she then goes back to her own hen house all by herself! She doesn’t go to sleep with ours. Sad isn’t it?!

Speaking of birds, last year we had a robin who we gave some food at her/his special table. This year we also have a robin in the front garden with a distinct marking on her/his chest. That’s why we named it ‘Spot’. Robins are very territorial and Spot has claimed the front garden as hers because that is also where the bird feeder is. The other day though, there was a robin without markings, so I thought it had beaten Spot or that Spot might have succumbed to the cold after all. But I was wrong; Spot saw the intruder, chased it away and is now back again defending the bird feeder. It’s like a mini ‘Winterwatch’ sometimes in Glendevon!

I have always been very interested in what happens when you let nature do its thing without interference from humans. So, for a few years ago I left an area roughly 2 m2 in the back garden to its own device. At the start I have sowed some wild flower seeds and the only other thing I do is, once in spring, clean out the moss. It’s remarkable how quickly plants colonise a wild area. Last summer I discovered 2 tree saplings, one a pine of some sort and one, I think, is a sycamore. It will be interesting to see if these two trees will survive the winter and grow into big trees. Although that will take some years, so I’ll have to be patient. I’ll keep you updated on any other plants colonising this area.
 
Seasonal Recipe 1
this recipe is dairy free, vegan, egg free, vegetarian, seasonal

Wakame White Miso Soup

Ingredients:
30 cm piece of Clearspring Wakame
1 1/2 litres dashi, vegetable stock, or water
1 large or 2 medium carrots, thinly sliced
6 small spring onions, cut into 1cm pieces
80 g Clearspring Sweet White Miso

Preparation: 

Soak the wakame for 10 minutes, cut away any tough ribs, and slice the fronds into 2cm pieces.
 
While it’s soaking, bring the liquid to the boil, add the carrots, and simmer for 10 minutes.
 
Add the spring onions and simmer for a few more minutes. Add the wakame to the soup, simmer for 2 minutes, then remove from the heat.
 
In a cup, thin the miso with a little bit of the hot soup, then add this liquid back into the pan.
 
Stir the miso in well, then leave the soup for a couple of minutes so that the flavours can mingle.
 
Seasonal Recipe 2
this recipe is vegetarian, vegan, dairy free, egg free

Salad with sauerkraut

Ingredients:
1 tsp sugar
3 tbsp olive oil
1 tsp paprika powder
250 g raw sauerkraut, drained
6 sundried tomatoes on oil, sliced and drained
100 g Greek style Sheese, cubed
100 g stoned black olives, halved
2 tbsp parsley, chopped
Taifun grill sausages

Preparation:

Make a dressing by combining the sugar, olive oil and paprika powder. Mix really well to dissolve the sugar.
 
Add together the sauerkraut, sliced tomatoes, cubed sheese and the olives. Add the dressing and combine.
Serve with parsley on top and vegan sausages.
 
Serves 3 - 4
 
These recipes and more are available to view online at: Stirling Health Food Store recipes

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