The use of New Zealand products is not new to me, as it has always been our dedication to use the finest quality ingredients we can afford to get to serve to our customers. In living a #healthylifestyle it is important to me to make sure that what I put into my body will continue to keep me healthy now and as I grow older.
I simply believe that we may have to spend a bit more for good, quality ingredients in order that we do not spend more on healthcare later on in life. I am not one to go visit the doctor every time there is a so called "ailment". I prefer to fix my diet and lifestyle so that I get rid of whatever ailments I am experiencing in the long term.
There simply isn't a short term fix for any ailment. Taking a pain reliever for a headache is not the same as finding out why I have a headache in the first place and change my ways so that I no longer have the headache. I only take the pain reliever when I just need to function immediately and have to withstand the ailment short term.
In promoting a healthy lifestyle, it was without any qualms for me to support the New Zealand Trade & Enterprise in promoting products from New Zealand. It doesn't mean that I don't support local, as some would like to accuse me off. As a home cook, and as an advocate of good food for a healthy lifestyle, it is important that we do not limit ourselves to our local palate and begin to explore the wonders of ingredients from all over the world.
I started in 2013 by dedicating an entire month to cuisine of a specific country, starting with French food. We had a special menu to offer our guests at the cafe from madelines to bouillabaisse.
For this year, I am dedicating a month to products from New Zealand and I shall showcase recipes that will appeal to the local palate by using these products in my cooking. What better month than the month of Ramadhan, when our ala carte menu is given a rest and we get to be creative in our buffet dishes. Many dishes created and presented for the buffet has eventually become a permanent dish in our ala carte menus. The reason is that many of us are not adventurous to try new recipes and ingredients, so what better time than at a buffet. There are other options to "save the day" should we not like one item on the menu. With this, we have thus far succeeded in offering many new selections not available elsewhere that our customers love at our cafe. This is what I call the "rindu" factor, where we feel that we want to eat something but we want it only from one particular place.
A month of exciting anticipation is what I am offering everyone this month...
Zespri Kiwifruits, to put into my Fruit Smoothies...
I simply believe that we may have to spend a bit more for good, quality ingredients in order that we do not spend more on healthcare later on in life. I am not one to go visit the doctor every time there is a so called "ailment". I prefer to fix my diet and lifestyle so that I get rid of whatever ailments I am experiencing in the long term.
There simply isn't a short term fix for any ailment. Taking a pain reliever for a headache is not the same as finding out why I have a headache in the first place and change my ways so that I no longer have the headache. I only take the pain reliever when I just need to function immediately and have to withstand the ailment short term.
In promoting a healthy lifestyle, it was without any qualms for me to support the New Zealand Trade & Enterprise in promoting products from New Zealand. It doesn't mean that I don't support local, as some would like to accuse me off. As a home cook, and as an advocate of good food for a healthy lifestyle, it is important that we do not limit ourselves to our local palate and begin to explore the wonders of ingredients from all over the world.
I started in 2013 by dedicating an entire month to cuisine of a specific country, starting with French food. We had a special menu to offer our guests at the cafe from madelines to bouillabaisse.
For this year, I am dedicating a month to products from New Zealand and I shall showcase recipes that will appeal to the local palate by using these products in my cooking. What better month than the month of Ramadhan, when our ala carte menu is given a rest and we get to be creative in our buffet dishes. Many dishes created and presented for the buffet has eventually become a permanent dish in our ala carte menus. The reason is that many of us are not adventurous to try new recipes and ingredients, so what better time than at a buffet. There are other options to "save the day" should we not like one item on the menu. With this, we have thus far succeeded in offering many new selections not available elsewhere that our customers love at our cafe. This is what I call the "rindu" factor, where we feel that we want to eat something but we want it only from one particular place.
A month of exciting anticipation is what I am offering everyone this month...
My baklava using New Zealand Airborne Clover Floral Honey...
My peanut butter cookies using New Zealand PIC's Peanut Butter...
How about ingredients and products like...
Talley's Greenshelled Mussels, for my Olio Seafood Spaghetti dish...
Zespri Kiwifruits, to put into my Fruit Smoothies...
Tip Top Ice Cream, to serve with my Apple Pie... made with
ENZA Apples...
and much, much more.
And... the fun part about cooking with all these wonderful ingredients/products, I am also giving away Food Vouchers to spend at the cafe, Little White Cafe, worth RM100 each for the best yummylicious photo of your own dish made from the ingredients/products I showcase in my recipe.
Come join me in the fun... the fun of cooking that is. Besides the eating for "buka puasa".
Who doesn't like to go shopping for ingredients. You can get them from B.I.G Supermarkets and the Village Grocer.
Check out the promo...
Taste New Zealand, Be Your Own Chef
Happy Ramadhan everyone! May everyone have good health!
~Aunty Faizah :)
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