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Bee-utiful Local Produce
Sarah Shufflebotham • July 29, 2019
Bee-utiful Local Produce
Natural, local & bee-utifully sweet - honey is a versatile ingredient as well as boasting health benefits for hay fever sufferers & helping protect our pollinators.
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Far from just a drizzle, try these scrumptious honey recipes:
- Honey & Walnut Salad Dressing - delightful drizzled over a fresh chicken & a crunchy summer salad.
- Honey, Garlic Chicken - bites of tender chicken, packed with flavour.
- Roast Sweet Potatoes with Honey & Cinnamon - a great summer side for BBQ's, so simple to prepare.
Honey is also said to benefit hay fever sufferers.
Reducing the symptoms through desensitisation. By eating just a spoonful of honey each day, just a touch of pollen is enough for the body to adapt to the allergen & ease the symptoms of hay fever. Choosing a local honey, like Haughton, which hasn't been filtered too finely means ensures there are enough pollen particles in the honey for it to have an effect.
With bee numbers declining, buying local honey also helps to protect our pollinators. The bee population has been declining significantly over recent years & without pollinators food production would grind to a halt with no bees to pollinate our crops. With local bees pollinating local crops, gardens & open spaces by eating local honey you are supporting your local environments whilst enjoying it's sweet taste.
Haughton Honey will be joining us in our pop-up farm shop at the Nantwich Food Festival from 30th August - 1st September, find us nestled in the town square. Pop down to taste their deliciously sweet honey & lots of lovely local treats from our local suppliers & Cheerbrook kitchens.
Did you hear, dining in is the new going out! On a cold Autumn evening, enjoy delicious food & a tipple with friends & family. Be inspired, with dishes from our charity recipe book (click to open recipes): American night - Sticky ribs , buttery corn & our deli's creamy coleslaw. Topped off with an indulgent cheesecake, handmade in our bakery. Friday night fake-away - whip up our butter chicken recipe, using your slow cooker. Serve with steamed rice, Cottage Delight Poppadom Mango Chutney & Previns giant naan breads! Hearty Sunday roast - Roast leg of Staffordshire free range pork & crisp mustard roasties ; serve with our ready to cook leeks with greens. For dessert, a warming apple & cinnamon crumble from our bakery, with Clotton Hall Custard. You can pick up a copy of our charity recipe book (For the Love of Food) in our farm shop, with all profits donated to Nantwich District Nurses.
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Whether your Mum is a gin lover, chocolate fiend or coffee connoisseur, our farm shop is packed with Mother's Day gift ideas; here are our top picks: Three Wrens Raspberry Gin Three Wrens distillery, have stocked our shelves with stunning Cheshire gin for almost 3 years. We love a glass of their Raspberry Edition gin, distilled in Balsamic Barrels of Modena, with Fentimans tonic & a handful of frozen raspberries. Ask our team to make up a gin gift hamper - with Three Wrens bottle, matching glass & a cheeky chocolate treat too! Therapy & Scent Wax Melts Made locally, in Nantwich, Therapy & Scent's delicately scented wax melts make a gorgeous gift, paired with a burner. Millionaire Flapjack Slab Does your Mum have a sweet tooth? Treat her to a slab of our indulgent millionaire flapjack, with a golden layer of oats, topped with sweet caramel & rich chocolate topping. Available to order for collection, please email: info@cheerbrook.co.uk. Afternoon Tea Gift Voucher What better gift than time spent together, over tea & cake! Our Afternoon Tea is packed with treats from our deli & bakery, with freshly made sandwiches & scones. Vouchers are available from our farm shop tills or to order online.
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Across our farm shop, butchery, deli & café we work with over 40 local suppliers, to bring you the best local food the region has to offer. With locally made fudge, hand pressed cider & freshly baked bread; fill your basket with delicious local food & drink, here at Cheerbrook. Bidlea Dairy of Holmes Chapel, supply fresh milk to our farm shop & café. The Brown family have been raising the Bidlea girls for three generations on their farm in Holmes Chapel; the herd’s bloodline can be traced back 100 years! With over 900 Holstein-Friesian cows, current farmers Adam & Becky have created the Bidlea brand, taking milk & cream into local farm shops, delis & cafés. Most recently Bidlea have ventured into ice cream production, in their farm based dairy. Grazing on luscious Cheshire grass, the herd spend the majority of the year outside, producing milk rich in protein & butter fat. Happy cows make the best milk! Taking pride in their husbandry, the Brown family's happy herd produce full flavoured, nutritious milk. A relatively new addition to Cheerbrook, Bidlea now supply all of our farm shop & café milk, as well as their rich double cream, used by our bakers in our fresh cream cakes, egg custard tarts & quiches. We’re proud to support local farmers, just like Bidlea, in their diversification!
Make it your resolution for 2022 to eat well & support local