Mylocal5aday
Weekly update
Wednesday, August 3rd, 2011
Welcome to this weeks newsletter
I’m delighted to say I survived last weekends deliveries!! It’s probably been over a year since I actually spent a full day making up and then delivering the orders myself, so I was pretty nervous about getting them all done on time. And it turned out to be pretty easy, so I’ve no more worries about not coping with the volume!! So feel free to fire in your orders, I’ll get them all done!!
However, big thanks must go to my “slightly” pregnant wife Karen who kept me topped up with bacon rolls and ran more than the odd errand for me at the weekend.
I would also like to thank all of you who offered to help – I was overwhelmed with offers from folk offering their services.
The plan for the 2 weekends is to deliver orders on the schedule below. Unfortunately, there will be no deliveries on the weekends of 20/21st and 28th/29th August. I’ll be on holiday in Ireland those 2 weekends – attending my brother in laws wedding and celebrating my 1st wedding anniversary. I’ve been told in no uncertain terms that I will not be cancelling either event to go delivering veggies. (Sorry, but I tried!)
Then the 1st couple of weekends in September will be the weekend service and we should be back to normal midweek deliveries in after that – and that includes deliveries to Fife!!
regards
Chris (and Karen!)
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This weekends delivery schedule
Saturday afternoon/evening 4-9pm:
Brightons, Polmont, Falkirk, Bo’Ness, Linlithgow, Dechmont, Uphall/Broxburn, Ratho, Kirkliston & South Queensferry
Sunday afternoon/evening 4-9pm (* see exception below):
Bathgate, Armadale, Whitburn, Fauldhouse, Blackburn, Livingston, East Calder, Kirknewton and Edinburgh.
If you place your own order online, then please do that as normal, However, I need all orders to be placed by THURSDAY of each week so I can work out a route and place an order with the suppliers.
* The only exception to the above timetable will be for those customers that order items from the bakers. The bakers are closed on a Sunday, so if you want a bakery item in your order, we will deliver it on a Saturday
Some tasty recipes for you to try this week…
In the boxes this week we’ll be putting in …………………….
Veg Boxes
Small
Baby Potatoes
Brown Mushrooms
Vine Tomatoes
Broccoli
Broad Beans
Leeks
Medium
Spring Onions
Celery
Carrots
Large
Baking Potatoes
Little Gem Lettuce
Spinach
Fruit Boxes
Small
Banana
Golden Delicious & Gala apples
Green grapes
Clementines
Comice pears
Peaches
Medium Boxes
Oranges
Honeydew Melon
Large Boxes
Banana
Plums
Braeburn Apples
This weeks food news……
The truth about the global demand for food
Restaurant Review: Mark Greenaway at No.12 Picardy Place, Edinburgh
Smart label to end £11bn of food waste
Food shows for you to watch……
Some video recipes for you this week
Green beans and garlic mushrooms with bacon salad
Get a host of different flavours and textures on your plate with Momma Cherri’s latest delicious recipe.
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Weekly updates
Saturday, June 4th, 2011
Hi, Welcome to this weeks newsletter
Well, it’s been a glorious day to day, I’ve spent most of it cutting grass and chopping down monstrous weeds that have gown up over the winter period. I tell myself every year that I will keep on top of the garden over winter and not have to do this every spring/summer!!
Anyway, lets hope the good weather lasts.
Website updates
The saga continues….!
You will notice that there is no longer an option to pay by paypal when you check out. This has been removed while my developer tries to figure out what he has done to break it!
It is still possible to pay by paypal – log into your paypal account and send the payment to sales@mylocal5aday.co.uk – or wait until the morning after your delivery and we will send you a link to pay by paypal.
Also, you will notice that the boxes for indicating any items you don’t want, the delivery date and the frequency of your order have all disappeared. Can I ask that you put any information regards these issues into the delivery information box as you check out.
Hopefully normal service will soon be resumed.
Some tasty recipes for you to try this week
I’ve been off my day job this week, so I’ve been able to do a bit of cooking myself this week.
I started off by doing some home made Thai cooking. the annoying thing with Thai food is that the prep time takes longer than the cooking time – but it’s worth it in the end.
Tom Yum Soup – CLICK HERE FOR RECIPE
I prefer to make it with Chicken instead of Prawns.
If you can’t get Galangal (which you don’t eat, it’s just for flavour) you can use ginger – it’s not really the same, but it odes give a nice flavour
I’ve also never made it with tamarind water, which seems like an extra fuss (and they didn’t use it in the cooking class I had in thailand!)
Fish sauce can give it a nasty taste, so add sugar to balance it out – keep tasting and adding a little sugar until the flavour is just right
Thai Beef Salad – CLICK HERE FOR RECIPE
This one has lots of variations – basically throw in what you like. I particularly like making this with duck, marinade the duck overnight in some thai 7 spice before cooking
You can use any salad leaf, but i like to throw lots of fresh coriander in amongst it, rocket is nice too.
I also like to add a chopped apple, red pepper and some walnuts or sunflower seeds
For the dressing I prefer to put in 4/5 table spoons of thai sweet chilli sauce, add 2 teaspoons of fish oil and add sugar and lime to take the edge of the fish oil, then put the duck
and veggies back into it so they all get coated – then serve on top of the salad leaves
Slow cookers?
I bought a slow cooker today, so tomorrow i’m trying a venison casserole in the slow cooker. If anyone knows much about slow cooking, please get in touch and let me know
your favourite recipes, hints and tips. I’l give a few of them a bash and share the knowledge in a future newletter
Braised venison casserole – CLICK HERE FOR RECIPE
I’ve made this one a few times using the conventional casserole pot in the oven, so i’m looking forward to trying it in the slow cooker.
This weeks food news
E.coli outbreak traced to German restaurant
Thousands duped by frankfurter diet as British Heart Foundation says it’s a fake
US food aid is like modern-day Marshall Plan with strings attached
Global food crisis: the speculators playing with our daily bread
Food shows to watch
Always worth watching on a lazy Sunday - COME DINE WITH ME
Jamies Food Revolution hits………HOLLYWOOD
If you are out!
If we miss you when we deliver, fear not! We will leave your delivery in the safe place indicated on your order.
We will then send you a link so you can pay online the next morning, if you can’t wait that long to send us your money (or you are having problems using the
email link to pay), log into your account at www.mylocal5aday.co.uk , click the PAY ONLINE link and follow the instructions. But if that’s a lot of trouble, we can just get payment when we drop in your next delivery – we are quite trusting that way, plus we know where you live!
Holidays
If you are going to be away on holiday, please let us know so we can cancel your delivery for that week. You can log into your account at
www.mylocal5aday.co.uk and click the link in the 1st paragraph to send us details of when you’d like to stop/restart your deliveries.
Recipes, News and Whats on @ mylocal5aday.co.uk
We are always looking to update the website with your recipes and any local events. If you have a great recipe to share or know of a local event
coming up, email details onto us at recipes@mylocal5aday.co.uk or whatson@mylocal5aday.co.uk
Click here to search for our recipes
You can become a fan of mylocal5aday.co.uk on facebook – CLICK HERE
Healthy Start Vouchers
Mylocal5aday is now registered to start accepting Healthy Start Vouchers. You can get more info at www.healthystart.nhs.uk
weekly/fortnighly orders
If it makes your life easier, we can set up a regular weekly or fortnightly order for you. This can be for a random selection or specific items, it’s also
possible for us to give you different orders each week if you want a bit of variety. Just get in touch and we’ll set this up for you.
weekly reminders
If you would prefer to place your own order each week, but don’t always remember to do so!! We can set up a weekly reminder for you. Each week we can email or call you with a friendly reminder to place your order a few days before your normally delivery day. We can also book the order for you to save you the time and trouble. That way you’ll never forget!
Order cut off times
I would be a great help to us if you could please get your orders in by 3pm the day before your normal delivery is due. If your order comes in after that time, we’ll still do all we can to make sure you get your order, but it might not always be possible.
Please note, you can put your order in earlier than the cut off time, it doesn’t have to be placed on the day before.
Refer a Friend
Spread the word about mylocal5aday and earn yourself a wee discount into the bargain.
If you log into your account at www.mylocal5aday.co.uk , you can click the referred friends link and send an email link to your friends and family. For each one that registers and places an order you will get a £1 credit to your account (which will appear as a discount on your next order.)
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Mylocal5aday weekly update
Saturday, May 28th, 2011
Hi, Welcome to this weeks newsletter
Windy enough for you? Apologies to our Fife customers, we couldn’t get across the Forth Bridge on Monday evening, hopefully the delay didn’t affect you too much. The severe weather caused us a 24 hour power cut, so we didn’t have our problems to seek this week. Luckily we’ve got through it all OK.
Website updates
Apologies for the disruption to the service this week – something i was assured would take a few hours several weeks ago, has turned into a 3 week long saga bringing me new problems every day. I’ve been ASSURED (once again) they will be fixed this week.
One word of caution, the layout in the boxes has changed slightly, so take care when picking your box items. You need to pick the box ABOVE the item description.
Please just double check your BASKET contents before checking out in case of errors.
Some tasty recipes for you to try this week
Chilli con carne – a great tasty recipe for a casual dinner party – CLICK HERE FOR THE RECIPE
A nice wee twist to this recipe is to make it with venison mince and also to substitute the sugar for a small piece of dark chocolate (80% cocoa)
My good lady wife baked me a raspberry cheesecake this week – fantastic stuff. I love baked cheesecake! CLICK HERE FOR RECIPE
This weeks food news
Meat from offspring of cloned animals to go on sale in UK – CLICK HERE TO READ THE STORY – from the Telegraph
An interesting article on organic food and the GM debate HERE
This one isn’t really food news, but it was in the food section of the paper – Police hunt Goldilocks burglar who breaks into homes, eats food then has a nap
Food shows to watch
The Big Fat Truth about Low Fat Foods – For four weeks, Zoe Salmon eats pre-packaged, processed foods labelled low or lower in fat, finds out what’s in them
and how they affect her moods, nutritional levels and weight
Order cut off times
I would be a great help to us if you could please get your orders in by 3pm the day before your normal delivery is due. If your order comes in after that time, we’ll still do all we can to make sure you get your order, but it might not always be possible.
Please note, you can put your order in earlier than the cut off time, it doesn’t have to be placed on the day before.
Refer a Friend
Spread the word about mylocal5aday and earn yourself a wee discount into the bargain.
If you log into your account at www.mylocal5aday.co.uk , you can click the referred friends link and send an email link to your friends and family.
For each one that registers and places an order you will get a £1 credit to your account (which will appear as a discount on your next order.)
If you are out!
If we miss you when we deliver, fear not! We will leave your delivery in the safe place indicated on your order.
We will then send you a link so you can pay online the next morning, if you can’t wait that long to send us your money (or you are having problems using the email link to pay), log into your account at www.mylocal5aday.co.uk , click the PAY ONLINE link and follow the instructions. But if that’s a lot of trouble,
we can just get payment when we drop in your next delivery – we are quite trusting that way, plus we know where you live!
Holidays
If you are going to be away on holiday, please let us know so we can cancel your delivery for that week. You can log into your account at
www.mylocal5aday.co.uk and click the link in the 1st paragraph to send us details of when you’d like to stop/restart your deliveries.
Recipes, News and Whats on @ mylocal5aday.co.uk
We are always looking to update the website with your recipes and any local events. If you have a great recipe to share or know of a local event coming up, email details onto us at recipes@mylocal5aday.co.uk or whatson@mylocal5aday.co.uk
Click here to search for our recipes
You can become a fan of mylocal5aday.co.uk on facebook – CLICK HERE
Healthy Start Vouchers
Mylocal5aday is now registered to start accepting Healthy Start Vouchers. You can get more info at www.healthystart.nhs.uk
weekly/fortnighly orders
If it makes your life easier, we can set up a regular weekly or fortnightly order for you. This can be for a random selection or specific items, it’s also possible for us to give you different orders each week if you want a bit of variety. Just get in touch and we’ll set this up for you.
weekly reminders
If you would prefer to place your own order each week, but don’t always remember to do so!! We can set up a weekly reminder for you. Each week we can email or call you with a friendly reminder to place your order a few days before your normally delivery day. We can also book the order for you to save you the time and trouble. That way you’ll never forget!
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Weekly update
Saturday, May 21st, 2011
Food Hygiene tips
Keep raw and cooked foods separate
Ensure fridge temperature is below 5 C
Wash hands before preparing food
Replace dish cloths & tea towels daily
Store raw meat etc at the lowest point in the fridge so that it will not drip onto other foods
Surfaces and chopping boards used to prepare raw foods should be mopped with kitchen roll then thoroughly washed.
Plastic chopping boards are easier to keep clean than wooden ones although it is thought that wooden boards may contain as natural antibacterial agent.
Keep all food covered to ensure it cannot be contaminated by flies
Do not buy dirty or eggs with cracked shells;
Store eggs in the fridge to discourage bacteria growth;
Never eat uncooked eggs
Food prices driven up by global warming, study shows
Global warming has already harmed the world’s food production and has driven up food prices by as much as 20% over recent decades, new research has revealed.
The drop in the productivity of crop plants around the world was not caused by changes in rainfall but was because higher temperatures can cause dehydration, prevent pollination and lead to slowed photosynthesis.
Lester Brown, president of the Earth Policy Institute, Washington DC, said the findings indicate a turning point: “Agriculture as it exists today evolved over 11,000 years of reasonably stable climate, but that climate system is no more.” Adaptation is difficult because our knowledge of the future is not strong enough to drive new investments, he said, “so we just keep going, hoping for the best.”
The scientists say their work shows how crucial it is to find ways to adapt farming to a warmer world, to ensure that rises in global population are matched by rising food production. “It is vital,” said Wolfram Schlenker, at Columbia University in New York and one of the research team. “If we continue to have the same seed varieties and temperatures continue to rise, then food prices will rise further. [Addressing] that is the big question.”
Thanks to you all for your continued support.
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Mylocal5aday Weekly update
Friday, May 6th, 2011
Whats new this week?
Well, 3 great weeks of sunshine and holidays…….couldn’t have been better timed. Sadly looks like that is it over for a while. I suppose we should be used to it by now! My wife faces her 1st 5 day week back at work for what feels like MONTHS!! She really isn’t looking forward to it!
I’ve not added any new produce this week. However, Asparagus is now in season and we are getting good supplies from local and uk wide sources. I’m busy adding a few asparagus recipes to the site right now.
Weekend Website updates
Hi, On Friday and Saturday we are hoping to make some changes to the website, so you may notice it is unavailable. It should be down for about 4 hours in total when it does go down, so don’t spend all day hanging around and hitting refresh, do something fun and come back and place your order later 
If you are out!
If we miss you when we deliver, fear not! We will leave your delivery in the safe place indicated on your order and we will then send you a link so you can pay online – there, I bet you’ll all sleep better knowing that!
However, if you can’t wait that long to send us your money (or you are having problems using the email link to pay), log into your account on the web site, click the PAY ONLINE link and follow the instructions. But if that’s a lot of trouble, we can just get payment when we drop in your next delivery – we are quite trusting that way, plus we know where you live!
Refer a Friend
Spread the word about mylocal5aday and earn yourself a wee discount into the bargain.
If you log into your account on the web site, you can click the referred friends link and send an email link to your friends and family. For each one that registers and places an order you will get a £1 credit to your account (which will appear as a discount on your next order.)
Recipes, News and Whats on @ mylocal5aday.co.uk
We are always looking to update the website with your recipes and any local events. If you have a great recipe to share or know of a local event coming up, email details onto us at recipes@mylocal5aday.co.uk or whatson@mylocal5aday.co.uk
Order cut off times
I would be a great help to us if you could please get your orders in by 3pm the day before your normal delivery is due. If your order comes in after that time, we’ll still do all we can to make sure you get your order, but it might not always be possible.
Please note, you can put your order in earlier than the cut off time, it doesn’t have to be placed the day before.
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Mylocal5aday weekly update
Sunday, March 6th, 2011
What’s new this week? 06 March 2011
Mylocal5aday attended the Falkirk Food Network Community Food Development event last Tuesday. Lots of contacts were made and hopefully Mylocal5aday will be getting involved in a few more community Fruit & Veg projects.
As mentioned last week, final year marketing students, as part of their degree project, should have started contacting you all to get your feedback on the service provided by Mylocal5aday. We are looking for your thoughts and feedback on all areas of our service – good/bad/indifferent, what we can do to improve the service on offer etc. The survey will be conducted by the students, so please feel free to give your opinions – and don’t spare our blushes. Without your feedback and highlighting problem areas, we can’t address them.
It pancake day this week, I’ve spent this morning adding some pancake recipes to the website – you can get them here http://mylocal5aday.co.uk/blog/category/recipes/pancakes/
Personally, i’m a banana, nutella and chopped peanut pancake man myself. But i like the look of the banana soufflé recipe.
I’ll be adding some different types of rice later today – long grain, brown, basmati, pudding etc.
mylocal5aday is now delivering to Harthill, Whitburn, West Calder, Polbeth and Midcalder.
Recipes, News and Whats on @ mylocal5aday.co.uk
We are always looking to update the website with your recipes and any local events. If you have a great recipe to share or know of a local event coming up, email details onto us at recipes@mylocal5aday.co.uk or whatson@mylocal5aday.co.uk
If you are out!
If we miss you when we deliver, fear not! We will leave your delivery in the safe place indicated on your order and we will then send you a link so you can pay online – there, I bet you’ll all sleep better knowing that!
However, if you can’t wait that long to send us your money (or you are having problems using the email link to pay), log into your account on the web site, click the PAY ONLINE link and follow the instructions. But if that’s a lot of trouble, we can just get payment when we drop in your next delivery – we are quite trusting that way, plus we know where you live!
Refer a Friend
Spread the word about mylocal5aday and earn yourself a wee discount into the bargain.
If you log into your account on the web site, you can click the referred friends link and send an email link to your friends and family. For each one that registers and places an order you will get a £1 credit to your account (which will appear as a discount on your next order.)
Thanks to you all for your continued support.
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Coffee comes to mylocal5aday.co.uk
Friday, June 18th, 2010
Hi
We’ve added a whole host of coffee beans (and ground coffee) from the Millstone in Linlithgow.
you can click here to find them all
The groud coffee is a medium grind, suitable for cafetieres
Thanks
chris
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Yoghurt Coated Goodness
Thursday, May 27th, 2010
HI
Mylocal5aday has just added a range of yoghurt coated goodies
go to the Millstone section of the shop
and you’ll find
Yoghurt Coated
Raisins
Peanuts
Ginger
Pineapple
Banana
Honeycomb
Apricots
and a mix of them all
available in 2 sizes
Enjoy
Chris
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