Grab yourself a slice of natural love

Valentine’s Day got us in the mood for some lurrrve this week but rather than purchase silly presents or wait in for that delivery of roses (that never did turn up) we thought we’d invest our time in other love related things…aphrodisiacs.  Yes, you read that right.  We did say aphrodisiacs.  We wanted to see what natural aphrodisiacs exist in the world so we did a bit of research, and we were actually pretty darn pleased with our findings.  It turns out that certain fruits, including one particular fruit that comes in the form of a Simply Nectar drink, are aphrodisiacs.  Hurrrah.  Get drinking and get loving, that’s what we say!

To get your natural juices flowing, as it were, you should opt for the Raspberry Simply Nectar.  This is the drink of choice because apparently raspberries are high in vitamin C and “invite love”.  Sounds good to us!

As well as raspberries you can also tuck into bananas and strawberries.  Bananas are obviously rather phallic shaped but they are also rich in potassium and B vitamins, which are necessities for sex hormone production.  Well I never.  Tuck in boys and girls.  We used to do a Banana Simply Nectar and it was delicious.  Why don’t we do this anymore??  I better speak to the boss about this one…



BRING BACK BANANA SIMPLY NECTAR!!



Other treats include:

• Almonds
• Oysters
• Pine Nuts
• Chocolate
• Carrots
• Aniseed
• Coriander
• Vanilla
• Liquorice
• Pineapple
• Asparagus



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• Avocado
• Mustard
• Nutmeg
• Garlic
• Ginger
• Coffee
• Fennel
• Honey
• Figs  



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And last but not least, and our personal favourite ….. wine.

What better excuse to feast upon some of the most delicious ingredients going.  We all know what you’re going to be up to this weekend don’t we ;)

Simply aphrodisiacs.

Simply Nectar

Appley chocolate and chocolatey apples

Today is Chocolate Day.  Hurrah.  You know what this means, right?  Yep, you guessed it, everybody is allowed to eat lots of chocolate.  About time too.  What's more, we've just read that eating chocolate cake can help people lose weight.  This is FANTASTIC news.  Chocolate cake for breakfast all round me thinks.  Click on the delightful looking chocolate cake below and visit the Daily Mirror link for more information.

Image taken from www.mirror.co.uk

As well as chocolate, we are also celebrating apples.  Why?  Because it's National Bramley Apple Week of course.  All these national days need to be abided by so I think it only right that we pay our respects to the apple as well.  I thought long and hard about how we could do this best and I think the solution is to combine the apples and the chocolate and have one massive celebration.  We could create appley chocolate or even chocolatey apples!  We could also make some delicious desserts using both ingredients. Granted, the apples may not necessarily be Bramley apples but hey, they're all part of the same family.

Here are some of our suggestions on how you can enjoy both apples and chocolate together:

1. Drink Apple Simply Nectar and munch on an organic chocolate bar such as Go*Do.  Mmmm

2. Tuck into a fabulous What On Earth Organic Chocolate Cheesecake and either top it with apple slices or eat it with some apple sauce. Yum

3. Create some Chocolate-dipped apples - they're a step up from toffee apples!  The image below is taken from Food Network.  Visit the site now for their amazing chocolate-dipped apples recipe.

Courtesy of www.foodnetwork.co.uk

4. Bake a chocolate apple pie.  Like the look of the below?  Then visit the Kayotic Kitchen blogspot for the recipe

Courtesy of http://www.kayotic.nl/blog/

5. Roll your sleeves up and make the below chocolate apple crumble using the recipe from the Satin and Salt Blog.

Courtesy of satinandsalt.blogspot.com

Right, is that enough suggestions?  I hope so.  They will keep you busy for hours so get into that kitchen and see what you can come up with.  We hope you enjoy all the apples and chocolate.  We certainly will!

Simply appley chocolate.

Simply Nectar

Celebrating the Carrot

Today is 3 February. It is also a Friday and it is sunny, plus it is my uncle’s birthday.  But despite these observations today is something quite special for another reason. Oh yes it is.

I imagine that when you looked out the window this morning you were thinking about the day ahead, not actually about what today means and the exciting things it could bring.  Luckily I was thinking about what it could bring so I am now bringing those things to you because today, my friends, we are going to be celebrating that bright orange vegetable, THE CARROT.  That’s right.  Today we are dedicating everything to the carrot.  Why?  Because it’s National Carrot Day of course.

Yes, you heard (or read) correctly.  Today is NATIONAL CARROT DAY!!

Don’t look down on this day as commercial rubbish.  It is a proper day that has a National Anthem and everything.  Check it out:

We also saw this cute (?!) and slightly odd video that is also related to singing carrots. Take a look if singing carrots are your thing!

Also in respect of National Carrot Day we’d like to give you some carrot based facts:

• Carrots are a root vegetable that originated in Afghanistan. They were purple, red, white, and yellow, but never orange
• A 2005 poll revealed that carrots are the third most popular vegetable in Britain (Brussels Sprouts are the least popular) 
• Carrots are about 87% water 
• Eating too many carrots can cause a person's skin to turn yellowish orange, especially on the palms or soles of the feet. This is called carotenemia. It is completely reversible once the consumption of carrots is reduced
• The longest carrot ever recorded was nearly 17 feet long 
• The largest carrot ever recorded weighed 18.985 pound

We didn't make these facts up either.  Oh no, we did our research.  Thanks for www.healthdiaries.com for providing us with the information.

Finally, we’d like to leave you with a picture of a certain carrot cake we know and love.  Why?  well, because it’s DELICIOUS of course...and because it's made by our favourite food company What On Earth.

YUM!

It's a shame we don't make a carrot Simply Nectar really.  Perhaps we should....  If you want some let us know.

Simply Carrots

Simply Nectar