Just 'beaning' around

Beans are loaded with protein, fibre and are low in GI so are the ideal food source and start to your day.

Tarian Pantry are all about homemade so our homemade baked beans are the BOMB! For the past two days, we have soaked our cannellini beans, boiled them to complete the cooking process and this morning combined them with our basic tomato sauce to complete the dish.

We served the beans on La Madre shallot and garlic sourdough, sprinkled with home grown parsley and then drizzled the dish with premium olive oil. The only problem with the meal I was told, there was not enough!

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The 'real' Honest to Goodness

There will only be one Honest to Goodness and that's the Honest to Goodness who are truly honest and who whole heartily care about food and what they sell to their customers.

Tarian Pantry's recent purchase of Honest goodies were ordered on a Tuesday evening and delivered to our door by Thursday morning, now that's service.

Based in Sydney, Honest to Goodness are an on-line retailer, a wholesaler and a distributor of certified organic and natural food. You will find no nasties and nothing weird in any of the foods in which you order, just honest wholefoods. Visit - www.goodness.com.au to get the goodness delivered to your door.

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Tarian Pantry. Sharing the goodness around.

Toasty toasty....

"Comfort food" by definition (according to Webster's Dictionary, in 1977): foods consumed to achieve some level of improved emotional status, whether to relieve negative psychological affect or to increase positive feeling.

We all have our favourite comfort foods and the team here at Tarian Pantry is no different. Ours has to be the old favourite, the toasted sandwich. We here at Tarian are all about wholefoods, eating foods for maximum nourishment however there are some exceptions!

Our toasted sandwich 9 times out of 10 needs to be toasted on white bread, or as we like to call it 'trashy white'. The outsides of the bread need to be buttered (nuttalex ofcourse) and the insides, well our favourite range from baked beans to our toasty toasty of the moment: tofutti cream cheese, corn relish and tomatoes.

Warming: All comfort food should be consumed in moderation, you can't have too much of a good thing now!!!!

Tarian Pantry. Because not all food consumed should be 100% healthy.

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Nuts about you.

We're nuts about nuts and having purchased freshly picked walnuts from the Abbotsford Convent markets on Saturday it confirmed once again, our love of all things that fall from a tree.

OK so the thought of having to crack the nuts yourself can seem a little tedious but armed with the right tools, its a task the whole family can partake in. We found the cracking 500gms of walnuts quite relaxing, there was something a little hypnotic about cracking one nut after the other.

The end result was ofcourse the most satisfying - we cracked ourselves just over 200gms of fresh walnut 'meat'. The flavour, well this is the type of taste that will have you buying shelled walnuts from here on, there really isn't anything like it.

The 'flesh' was white like snow and the flavour, now that's how walnuts should taste. Eaten raw, divine but eaten roasted in agave syrup and sea salt, out of this world!

So the next time you are out and about at the farmers market, look out for the stall selling bags of walnuts. If you are in Melbourne, look out for Alpine Nuts.

Tarian Pantry. Nuts about food.

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MISSCHU

The beauty of food is, there is always something and somewhere new to discover which keeps our taste buds very happy. Over the weekend, we dined at a cosy 'tuck shop' called MISSCHU. Located in both Melbourne and Sydney, this find was one we were happy to have stumbled upon.

Although not 100% vegan, they are conscious that there are people out there who don't eat animal/fish products and have tailored their menu accordantly. You feel confident that what you are eating is truly vegan and there has been no shrimp or oyster sauce sneakily added to your food.

MISSCHU are the makers of exquisite hand made Asian foods using the best and market fresh ingredients. The food is fresh, clean, healthy and 99% wheat free - perfect for the coeliac's amongst us. You will walk away from your dining experience feeling satisfied and content.

Pictured is the meal we devoured during our lunchtime visit - vegan rice paper rolls with a sweet chilli sauce and the Vietnamese warm vermicelli salad with sauteed shitake, enoki and shimeji mushrooms.

MISSCHU is certainly worth a visit. Visit www.misschu.com.au for locations and opening details.

Tarian Pantry. Sharing the foodie love.

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Vegetable of the week - Romanesco Cauliflower

Farmers markets are more than just supporting local farming, its an education too! We found whist shopping at the Melbourne showground farmers markets this unusual vegetable called the Romanesco cauliflower (also known as Romanesco broccoli and Romanesco cabbage). Likened to the look of cauliflower, it tastes like broccoli so any cauliflower phobics out there need not fear!

Cooking this vegetable is simple: steam florets and pan fry in olive oil and garlic and serve topped with roasted pine nuts or steam whole and drizzle with a vegan cheesy sauce.

Tarian Pantry. Always an education.

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Farmers Markets - Melbourne Showground

There is no excuse for not purchasing your 'in season' fruit and vegetables from a farmers markets as there always seems to be one on no matter what the weekend day.

Showing support for our local farmers, Victorian Farmers Market Association now support the Melbourne Showground Farmers Markets held every Sunday from 9am until 1pm in the Federation Hall.

Briming with produce galore, these markets although small are certainly growing. Unlike supermarkets, the produce is fresh, grown by locals and most importantly grown in Australia.

To read more about the stallholders visit www.melbourneshowgroundsfarmersmarket.com.au

Tarian Pantry. Never one to miss out on a good market!

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