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Greetings!
The landscape has had a real hammering recently
with hundreds of trees damaged by snow in the
South Island and entire sections slipping away in the
North. Scary stuff! So what can be done to
avoid extreme weather damage to your landscape
and property? And talking of damage, what can be
done to avoid malicious damage to your property?
Graffiti, broken trees, kicked letterboxes, trampled
gardens... we think about some planting options to
improve security to your home.
In this issue we look at an easy way to get
information from your local council, find out which
scented plant is due to be pruned, and begin the
countdown to the launch of an ingenious product
about to hit the world market.
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Raw Energy Salad
Who feels like salad in the middle of winter? Well see
how you feel after a read through of these
ingredients. This is a very colourful salad -
apparently colourful veges have the best
antioxidants and are useful for warding off the winter
flu blues. What’s more the salad is filling (that would
be the pearl barley), and the toasted seeds make it
quite delicious. It’s ideal for people that can’t eat
lots of carbs and I can recommend using the
pomegranate molasses (from your local deli) and
serving the salad up to friends – test their foodie
knowledge and see if they can pick all the flavours in
there.
Our sister site Foodlovers.co.nz first introduced us to
this recipe which they obtained from Jo Williams of
Madame JoJos food store in Auckland. It's easily
modified to the ingredients available in your kitchen -
try adding seasame seeds or poppy seeds for extra
crunch.
Raw Energy Salad
1/4 cup pumpkin seeds
1/4 cup sunflower seeds
1 - 2 teaspoons cumin seeds
1/4 red cabbage, finely shredded
1/2 red capsicum, finely sliced
1 large carrot, grated
1/2 red onion, finely sliced
1 beetroot, peeled and grated
1 cup cooked quinoa/ pearl barley/ /brown
rice/kamut
1 tablespoon finely chopped mint
2 teaspoons pomegranate mollases,
juice and finely grated zest of 1/2 orange
2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
sea salt and finely ground black pepper
Combine pumpkin seeds, sunflower seeds and cumin
seeds and lightly toast in a frying pan over a medium
heat, stirring continuously.
Combine seeds with cabbage, capsicum, carrot,
onion, beetroot and quinoa. Combine mint,
pomegranate molasses, orange rind and juice, olive
oil and salt and freshly ground black pepper. Drizzle
over salad and serve.
More from Foodlovers.co.nz here >>
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Kind regards from Tim Durrant & the Landscapedesign.co.nz Team
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