Fab Feb for 48 – 18th February

Tivall Slicing Sausage

I’ve included this as my very fussy daughter loves this stuff and a whole sausage can disappear in a day in our house. Hornett Wholefoods sells a 300g sausage for £3.17, but for 18^th and 19^th February, you can buy it for £2.85. It’s a frozen item that you need to defrost before you use it – Miss Hornett Wholefoods eats it sliced on toast. Here’s a recipe:

Savoury Sausage Tartlets

Serve tarts warm or cold with salad. Ideal for packed lunches. (Makes 6)

1x250g packed fresh ready to use shortcrust pastry
2 tbsp sunflower oil
1 medium onion, chopped
150g Tivall Vegetarian Slicing Sausage, diced
125g broccoli florets, blanched
50g Cheddar cheese, grated
2 eggs, size 3
225ml milk
salt and pepper

Divide pastry into six and use to line six 10cm tartlet tins, placing on baking sheet.
Heat oil in a frying pan and fry onion until soft and turning golden. Drain on absorbent kitchen paper and mix with diced slicing sausage. Divide between pastry tartlets. Add broccoli and sprinkle over cheese.
Beat eggs with milk and seasoning and pour into pastry cases. Cook at 200°C/400°F/Mark 6 for about 25-30 minutes until golden. If preferred line 24cm flan tin with pastry and increase cooking time by 5-10 minutes.

Fab Feb for 48 – 17th February

Clipper Tea Tents

These teas not only taste good but the packaging is pretty too! They are so pretty, when we first put everything on the shelves before we opened, I honestly put them in a place where I could look at them all day. It’s a fantastic coincidence that they’re really lovely tasting too! And it gets better! For 17^th and 18^th February, you can enjoy them with 10% off! This means that a box of 10 tea tents is only £2.69 (full price £2.99). Hornett Wholefoods has the following flavours:

Green Tea
Green Tea with Lemon
Green Tea with Mint
Green Tea with Strawberry
Organic Blueberry and Elderberry
Organic Apple and Rhubarb

Clipper Teas is a British company and was started in 1984 by Mike and Lorraine Brehme. Because of Mike and Lorraine’s guiding principles, Clipper became involved with the Fairtrade Foundation in its earliest stages and policy development. They launched their very first Fairtrade tea in 1994 and in 2015, they are still the UK’s No 1 Fairtrade Tea Company. Theirs was the first Green Tea brand available in UK supermarkets and they continue to work with tea and coffee producers to ensure that as much of their product is Fairtrade as possible.

The Green Tea really is a good cuppa. There’s no bitterness, even at the end of the mug – I leave the tent in the cup while drinking it so the flavour gets stronger. It’s a lovely, subtle flavour that isn’t at all overpowering like some cheaper brands.

From the Clipper website:

“Our tea tents are busting with Clipper loose-leaf tea and blended with fruit & herbs to give you the best of both worlds; the quality and taste of the whole leaf, combined with the convenience of a teabag.

“Our magic tea tents give the loose-leaf tea and real bits of fruit & herb bags of room to move around the cup ensuring the liveliest flavour.

“Choose from our fragrant and Fairtrade green tea range and our organic fruit & herb range, all as deliciously tempting as the next.

“Our Blueberry & Elderberry tea tents offer a fresh and summery taste, bursting with the fruity flavours of ripe blueberries and elderberries. It’s juicy, rich and remarkable fruity.

“Invigorating, deliciously fragrant and fruity, our Apple & Rhubarb infusion is reminiscent of an English Garden. Simply pour hot water, allow to infuse, close your eyes and drift away.

“For a cup of remarkable elegance and clarity, try our Pure Green Tea. A large leaf, flowery, orange pekoe, green tea that delivers a delicious crisp, fragrant yet mellow flavour.

“Add to this the cooling menthol taste of peppermint, the zesty zing of lemon of the beautifully fruity flavour of strawberry and you have some truly remarkable cups of green tea.”

Fab Feb for 48 – 16th February

Fentimans Botanically Brewed soft drinks

What a delicious brew these are! We have six flavours, all at £1.35 for a 275ml bottle. For 16^th and 17^th February, there’s 10% off all flavours so they now come to £1.21 each. Choose from:

Dandelion and Burdock – “Infusions of dandelion leaves and burdock root create the unmistakable taste and aroma of this definitive classic.”
Mandarin and Seville Orange Jigger – “’Jigger’ is an old English term for a good measure, which is used when combining the juice of eight mandarins and the zest of Seville orange in every bottle.”
Curiosity Cola – “This curiously invigorating recreation of colas from yesteryear is made using infusions of the finest herbal ingredients.”
Cherry Tree Cola – “Introducing the world’s first botanically brewed cherry cola”
Victorian Lemonade – “With the juice of one and a half lemons in every bottle, for real refreshment our cloudy Victorian Lemonade takes some beating.”
Ginger Beer – “A real ginger beer made using the finest Chinese ginger root. Fiery and full of flavour.”

They’re all gluten-free and vegan and completely lovely. “Botanical brewing is a simple process involving herbs and plant roots. Thomas Fentiman’s original recipe involved milling ginger roots before tumbling them into copper steam jacketed pans and leaving them to bubble and simmer releasing all their flavour. The finest herbs, natural flavourings, sugar, brewer’s yeast and fresh spring water were then added to the liquid which was transferred into wooden vats where it was left to ferment.”

They certainly are an interesting looking drink before you’ve even opened the bottle. There’s an instruction on some of the flavours to “upend before pouring” – there’s sediment at the bottom where the natural ingredients have settled, like home brew wine and beer! There’s an “ooh!” to be had with your first gulp…

Fab Feb for 48 – 14th February

Spelt pasta

We have three types of spelt pasta in the shop – lasagne (£2.49/£2.24 with 10% off), spaghetti and penne (£2.39 each/£2.15 with 10% off). This is on offer for Saturday 14^th and Monday 16^th February. The lasagne is vegan – others may contain traces of egg.

Spelt is one of the oldest cultivated grains (an ancient cousin of wheat). It is high in fibre, has a higher content of protein and vitamins than wheat and although not gluten free, Spelt can be tolerated by some people with wheat allergies.
Spelt was praised in the 12th century by St. Hildegarde von Bingen as “the best of grains”.

Biona is a completely organic range of foods for vegetarians and vegans – Hornett Wholefoods carries a number of their products including their delicious vegan Worcester Sauce and three varieties of pressed juice. They are a brand that only uses farmers that don’t use chemical pesticides or herbicides and they don’t use genetically modified plants. They insist on sustainable farming methods and have 100% traceability on their ingredients.

The perfect ingredient for your Valentine’s day meal? x

Fab Feb for 48 – 13th February

Booja Booja chocolates

Yes – we’re going for Booja Booja chocolates again! As it’s Valentine’s Day tomorrow, I thought I would… The smaller box is ideal for those on a budget (or just forgotten!) or for those who have a secret love and want to be subtle in declaring their admiration? Whatever your reason for not having treated your loved one yet, buying them a box of Booja Booja truffles will make sure you’re forgiven/admired on Saturday!

When we were deciding what to sell in the shop, Booja Booja chocolates were definitely near the top of the list. It’s hard to imagine where to start with how good they are: tasty, luxurious, dairy- and gluten-free, organic and good looking and now they have 10% off – just in time for Valentine’s day! The Fine de Champagne Truffles are usually £12.95 for a 138g box (12 chocolates), which makes them £11.66 a box for a couple of days. We also have 3 flavours from the Four Corners collection: Hazelnut, Stem Ginger and Banoffee Toffee; these are £6.99 for a 104g box (9 truffles), or £6.29 during the two days they’re in Fab Feb.

We also sell Booja Booja ice cream – Feisty Rollercoaster Ginger, Hunky Punky Chocolate and Keep Smiling Vanilla M’Gorilla. These are £5.99 for 500ml (not included in the 10% off offer).

Fab Feb for 48 – 12th February

Directions Hair colour

Not at all food, obviously, but I love it! Anyone coming into the shop will see me ‘modelling’ the Dark Tulip colour – normally £3.45 a pot but for two days only, you can purchase a pot for just £3.10 with the 10% off. This is a range of super bright hair colours that aren’t tested on animals and are suitable for use by vegetarians and vegans as it doesn’t have any nasty hidden animal-based ingredients. They work best on bleached or blonde hair but that doesn’t mean those with dark hair can’t use them – you’ll just have a ‘hint’ of the colour.

There’s a swatch chart in the shop so you can see what the colours really look like before you buy. I stock Blues and Purples, Greens, Pinks and Reds, Daffodil Yellow, Silver and White so you can become some sort of amazing rainbow-headed person after visiting me! Wow!!!

Fab Feb for 48 – 11th February

Lazy Day Foods’ Millionaire’s Shortbread

Another new taste for us Hornetts; this treat is free from:

Gluten
Wheat
Dairy
Eggs
Hydrogenated fats

So it’s suitable for vegans and coeliacs. It’s normally £3.25 for a 150g box which holds 5 pieces but for today and tomorrow, you can buy a pack for just £2.92 with our 10% off offer. It’s already a really popular item in the shop and sells really well to those with allergies and those without – it really tastes good and you definitely wouldn’t know it had different ingredients. The shortbread is really crumbly and I was a little disappointed to get to the end of the bit I had!

The website says:

“Millionaires Shortbread has a delicious shortbread base spread with a thick, smooth layer of golden caramel. Topping the product off (is) a crisp layer of Belgian dark chocolate.”

The products are baked in a dedicated gluten free bakery. They have no gluten, wheat, dairy or eggs on site and no nuts are used on the premises either.

We have a couple of other flavours not included in the offer which are equally delicious: Belgian dark chocolate tiffin and Chocolate Orange slices. The Millionaire’s Shortbread is on offer for Wednesday 11th and Thursday 12th February.

We also have a couple of other items in the shop from this range aswell – Belgian Dark Chocolate Tiffin and Chocolate Orange Slice. Why not try them aswell?

Violife cheese in stock

We have 6 different Violife cheeses in stock at the moment and I would say they are definitely the best non-milk cheeses I’ve ever tasted! They are coconut based and vegan and so authentic tasting. We have them at £2.99 for a 200g pack (10 slices) or £5.15 for a 400g block in the following flavours:

Original in slices:

Cheddar in slices and blocks:

Hot peppers in slices:

Mozzarella in slices:

With herbs in slices:

Smoked in slices and blocks:

Fab Feb for 48 – 10th February

Vego chocolate bar

It’s Mr Hornett Wholefoods’ birthday today so he’s asked for his new favourite chocolate bar to be featured for a couple of days – I’m happy to oblige, of course.

I added this to the stock after a customer came in and raved about it and it’s easy to see why! It’s a huge bar for £3.25 (£2.92 after 10% off) – it has 5 big chunks of chocolate in the bar, each roughly an inch wide and full of whole hazelnuts. It happily fed 4 of us at home as a pudding, with the kids sharing the last bit while Mr H looked on hungrily!

Some inspiring quotes from the Vego website –

“We only use exclusive high-quality ingredients such as fine Italian hazelnut paste, hazelnut cocoa cream and whole hazelnuts that we blend together in a unique process to create your Vego Whole Hazelnut Chocolate Bar.

Vegan.Organic.Fairtrade

“The Vegobar is probably the tastiest chocolate bar in the world, vegan, organic, fairtrade and gluten-free. What more could you ask for?”

It’s a German made bar so their website is also in German and they have the following in the original language:

“Der VegoBar ist ein ‘Monsterriegel’”.

I’m going to imagine that means it’s a Monster Bar from the point of view of the size? Anyway, we’re big fans of it and I think you will be too when you buy one! 10% off for Tuesday 10^th and Wednesday 11^th February.