Potato - The Super Spud! Potatoes come in three basic categories - starchy, waxy, and all-purpose (a sort of in-between type). Starchies are tops for baking and frying because they’re absorbent. They drink in butter on a baked potato or the oil in a deep fryer. They mash well but shouldn’t be overmashed [...]
The Marvelous Mandarin It's no wonder imperial mandarins are popular - their smooth and glossy skin is easy to peel, they have few seeds (if any at all) and a lovely sweet flavour. Originated in Australia, they are mainly grown in three regions – the Murray Valley, the NSW Riverina and the Riverland [...]
Seven Fruit and Vegetables With More Vitamin C Than An Orange It’s thought that up to 50% of older adults may be deficient in vitamin C. Strangely enough, this is sometimes the case for people who have spent a lot of time in hospital. Overcooking vegetables is common in hospital kitchens and this reduces [...]
The Time Of The Popular Pumpkin It’s that time of year when pumpkins are popular - but not necessarily to eat. October 31 is, of course, Halloween and kids young and old love a Halloween Jack O’Lantern. You can carve any type of pumpkin, gourd or squash. You’d be surprised at the wide range of [...]
Springing Into Spring's Fruit And Vegetables Welcome to spring and all the delicious possibilities of the new season’s fruit and vegetable harvests! In the truest sense, spring in Australia starts on or around September 21 which is the spring equinox, the day when the southern hemisphere receives more sun than the northern hemisphere. This is [...]
Fruit Comes To The Fore In Winter Warming Recipes As the final days of Autumn give way to Winter this year, temperatures on the Gold Coast have been anything but chilly. Days are gloriously sunny and warm and only a few nights have warranted extra blankets on the bed. Nonetheless, winter will arrive and the [...]
New Purpose-Built Wholesale Distribution Centre Is Taking Shape Our wholesale division has been bursting at the seams and we’ve been experiencing a great deal of demand from local businesses, cafes, restaurants, aged care centres and government departments. So to help us look after our growing customer base we’ve invested in a purpose-built wholesale fruit and [...]
Autumn's Arrival Brings A Fruitful Bounty The cooler mornings have arrived; autumn is here and brings with it the end of the summer stone fruit season and the arrival of great fresh produce that thrives most in the lead-up to winter. Artists, authors and philosophers often wax lyrical about this season. Albert Camus called it [...]
Our Illuminated Signage Is Up Our illuminated signage has been erected and everything is starting to come together - with a clear vision of the end product in sight! Our new horizontal louver blades across the high glazed glass complete our modem rustic exterior, and are complimented by the vertical slats now installed surrounding Waka [...]
The Luck Of The Aussie We’re so lucky in Australia. The growing season for the majority of vegetables is year round and summer sees most fruits available too. This is in contrast to many other parts of the world where the climate makes growing seasons somewhat limited. Of course, modern refrigeration and transport mean everyone [...]
Swing Into The New Year In Good Health It’s always such a relief to get to the end of the year and take the holiday break. It’s a chance not only to celebrate with family and friends but also to let ourselves go a little, to ‘party hearty’ and forget the rules for a few [...]
Stone Fruit Season Is Upon Us! In just a few weeks, Spring will give way to Summer. We’re so fortunate in Queensland - almost everything is in season at this time of year, especially during the hottest months. What makes it even better is that the lead-in to Summer also marks the beginning of stone [...]