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.

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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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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Vegan pub grub - Fact or Fiction?

Its seem the mere vegan doesn't have to miss out on much these days and this includes pub grub!

We all need a little 'comfort' food especially as we are heading into Winter, comfort foods are what warms us from the inside out. So on our quest to find restaurants, cafes and pubs in Melbourne to satisfy our needs we came across a 'club' that exceeded all expectations - The East Brunswick Club (www.eastbrunswickclub.com).

Located at 280 Lygon Street, East Brunswick 3057 this venue offers just about everything - 2 gig areas, front bar, kitchen, beer garden and as part of their food offering, amazing vegan food. So on a cold winters Saturday night, a group of Tarian followers sat in the front bar, watched AFL and dined on a 'Traditional Vegan Parmagiana' served with all the trimmings - chips & salad.

Lets just say, we were smiling for ear to ear as we have now found our new haunt for the not so traditional pub grub.

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Farmers Market - St Kilda

It's almost Saturday (how funny as I write this Elton John is playing in the back ground singing Saturday) sorry bit off track there but that was worth noting, a strange moment indeed. Now where were we? Yes its almost Saturday which means, the Farmers Markets are on again.

This week, our dedicated farmers set up stalls at the Peanut Farm Reserve, Chaucer Street, St Kilda. The farmers will be there rain, hail or shine from 8:30am - 1:00pm. As we are now officially in Autumn, we are seeing the last of the tomatoes, corn, garlic, stonefruit, cucumbers and berries. And saying a chilly hello to fennel, citrus, quinces, persimmons, rhubarb, pumpkins, nuts, wild mushrooms, apples and pears.

Remember to bring your recycled bags and an appetite for good honest food. See you there, I will be the one with many followers - carrying all my bags of produce ofcourse!!

Tarian Pantry - Encouraging produce buying through local farmers markets.

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