Time to upgrade your cooking oils to Borderfields?

Borderfields award-winning Cold Pressed Rapeseed Oil is, in our opinion, the real deal. Why? Because it contains a very nearly perfect balance of Omega 3, 6 and 9. 

It also has 50% of the saturated fat content compared to olive oil, contains no additives and is a good source of natural Vitamin E. 

Like us you will probably have been shocked and maybe even horrified by the recent tripling of the price of olive oil in your usual shop or supermarket. 

However, you'll be cheered up to learn that there are some substantial savings benefits when comparing rapeseed oil to basic oils, such as olive oil.

The Borderfields story started  back in the year 2005, when a group of farmers from Northumberland and The Scottish Borders were able to expertly grow a crop and bottle an inaugural batch of rapeseed oil. 

Having cultivated rapeseed for a good many years, they carefully selected the ideal seed variety to produce an oil with a delectable flavour profile and an amazing golden hue. 

The partnership quickly joined forces with experienced Nottinghamshire and Lincolnshire growers to press extra seeds to ensure future generations of farmers continue their responsibility to carefully nurture and manage crops and continue to improve environmental practice working in harmony with nature and not against it.

That's Food and Drink was interested to learn that rapeseed oil is from the third most important crop grown in the UK, following wheat and barley. Other vegetable oils, like olive oil or sunflower oil, are mainly imported from mainland Europe or even further afield. 

If you are ready to introduce this golden, healthy British produced oil into your kitchen and make substantial savings on your household budget, now's the time to do it.

You'll find it at your local supermarket, independent retailers, and also online. Visit their website for your nearest stockist or fill your basket via their online store for delivery direct to your doorstep (although a minimum order applies). 

www.borderfields.co.uk

Tesco adds air fryer cooking instructions to products for first time from Monday

Good news for air frying fans, as Tesco is adding air fryer cooking instructions to some of its product packaging for the first time from tomorrow, Monday (2 Oct) to help customers take advantage of the latest energy-saving cooking trend.

Four lines of new chilled potato products: Maris Piper Chips with salt & pepper seasoning, Skinny Fries, BBQ Sweet Potato Wedges and Hasselback Potatoes with Garlic and Parsley Butter will have labels featuring the air fry symbol as part of the back-of-pack cooking instructions.

Following from this, three new Tesco Own Brand Frozen Breaded Chicken products Salt and Chilli Chicken Strips, Southern Fried Chicken Strips and Breaded Chicken Strips, will also feature a label with air fryer cooking instructions. 

This marks the start of a major rollout over the coming months, which will see air fryer cooking instructions on the back of more products including  frozen chips and potato products, burgers and BBQ products, frozen bakery products, chilled bacon, sausages, chicken and salmon, chilled prepared produce and frozen & chilled party food.

Last year, research indicated air fryers are one of the cheapest cooking appliances to use in the home and they also employ much less oil than traditional deep fat fryers or frying pans, thus making them a healthier option, too.

For customers yet to have bought air fryers, Tesco has a selection on offer which start at £50 for a 4-litre unit, running up to a 9-litre dual draw unit at £139 – while currently there are FIVE air fryers available on Clubcard Prices, starting at just £45.

Breige Donaghy, Tesco’s Director of Product Innovation, said: “We know our customers are enjoying experimenting with their air fryers for family favourites and new recipes. Putting specific air fryer cooking instructions on packaging will help them to get the best results, which is why we’re rolling this out across more than 100 Own Brand products. There’s also fun and exciting recipes to try on our Real Food page.”

For inspiration on other delicious things to prepare in the air fryer, customers can visit Tesco’s Real Food page for easy to follow, delicious recipes.

https://realfood.tesco.com/category/air-fryer.html

www.tesco.com

Air fryers currently available at Tesco are:

Go Cook 4L Digital Air Fryer: £50

Tower 4L Manual Air Fryer: £58

Tower 4L Digital Air Fryer: £74

Tower- 6L Vortx Digital Air Fryer With Window: £89

Tower 11L Digital Air Fryer Oven: £119

Tower 5.6L Smokeless Grill Air Fryer: £139

Tower 8.5L Vortx Dual Draw Digital Air Fryer: £139

Air fryers we currently have on Clubcard prices are:

Tower 4L Manual Air Fryer at £45 with a Clubcard

 Go Cook 4L Air Fryer at £50 with a Clubcard

Tower Vortx 6L Digital Air Fryer With Window at £69 with a Clubcard

Tower 5.6L Smokeless Grill Air Fryer at £104 with a Clubcard

Tower 8.5L Vortx Dual Deaw Digital Air Fryer at £114 with a Clubcard

(EDITOR: As all air fryers are non-stick they are not safe for families with pet birds to operate, so regretfully, That's Food and Drink will not be able to buy an air fryer, at least until a pet bird friendly air fryer is introduced.)

New BBC Programme; Bees, Butterflies And Blooms Visits Northampton's Farrington's

Northamptonshire LEAF Marque farmer Duncan Farrington, producer of Farrington's MELLOW YELLOW® Rapeseed Oil, has spent time over the past eighteen months working with the BBC, and writer, broadcaster and gardener Sarah Raven, on a three part documentary set to get the nation buzzing.

In the first of a three part series to be shown on BBC 2 Television, the team visits Duncan at Bottom Farm, Hargrave to discover how in recent years, he has replaced much of the lost hedging and is constantly looking for innovative ideas to encourage wildlife onto the farm. Duncan investigates sowing modern perennial wildflower 'margins' around crops on his farm to support pollinating insects, and to benefit his crop productivity.

Duncan says "I am very proud to have been involved in this exiting programme looking at how we can take simple measures to try and reverse some of the declines in our native bumblebees and other pollinating insects on our farmland. With the help and advice of organizations such as LEAF we have been carrying out a number of habitat enhancement ideas on our family farm over the last ten years or more."

Pollinators are in crisis. It's a complex problem that scientists the world over are trying to fathom, but the prognosis is grim - without healthy populations of insect pollinators across the world, our food security is under threat. Backed by recent research, Sarah Raven believes that central to the problem is a lack of food and habitat, leading to the poor health and nutrition of our pollinators. A lack of a rich and varied supply of pollen and nectar throughout the year to feed our insect pollination workforce and keep them strong and healthy; is leaving them vulnerable to the effects of pesticides, pathogens and parasites.

Our pollinating insects are vital to the production of the vast majority of the fruits and vegetables we need in our healthy diets. If we don\'t start to look after our pollinators, eventually our favourite foods could vanish from our supermarket shelves, from apples and pears through to coffee and chocolate. Not to mention Rapeseed oil!

As governments and scientists debate colony collapse, and species extinctions of Butterflies and Bumblebees, Sarah wants to show us that we could all make a difference right now.

Due to be aired on Wednesdays 8th, 15th and 23rd February at 8pm on BBC 2, Sarah travels the length of the country visiting Birmingham, Harrogate, Leicester and Northamptonshire.

Bees, Butterflies and Birds with Sarah Raven, due to be aired on Wednesday 8th, 15th and 23rd February at 8pm on BBC 2 Farrington's MELLOW YELLOW® cold pressed rapeseed oil, is grown, pressed and bottled on the family farm in Northamptonshire to LEAF Marque standards.

Farrington Oils Limited:

Bottom Farm, Hargrave, Wellingborough, Northants, NN9 6BP.

Tel: 01933 622809 / Email: sales@farrington-oils.co.uk