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This Father’s Day say thanks to Fathers lost, loved and loving. To Fathers lost, never forgotten, always loved. To first time Dads, busy helping mum, loving newborns and young families. And to other happy Fathers, Pops, Papas, Daddy Ji’s and Dads – enjoy your lovely Family Day.
This is such wonderful news. We’ve been awarded the coveted GOLD Accreditation Carbon Charter as part of Stokes’ passionate commitment to the environment. We’re well on target to become carbon neutral by the end of the year. It’s a great story…
They say: ‘a little of what you fancy does you good’. If this applies to you, then we certainly have a lot to fancy in this article today. Delicious puds and sweet, tasty snacks with recipes too. What’s better than fruit bubbling in sugar – jam … MORE lovely fruit – EXTRA Jam!
Beer in a marinade is not just an excuse to blow the froth off a couple in the kitchen. No, it adds flavour with a depth varying according to the beer. It also contains enzymes that tenderise the meat by breaking its fibres down as it soaks. Enjoy these simple ideas – cheers!
It’s St. George’s Day tomorrow, 23rd April. We would normally cheer the Feast of St. George. This year, because of the exceptional circumstances of recent months, we’re doing something a little different. As we have not raised our foodie caps to Saints Patrick, David or Andrew either, we salute all four – as one.
Our foodie thoughts today reflect the colours and flavours of Italy, simply prepared and deliciously plated to enjoy at home. Tuscan cuisine is much like its landscape – clean, sober and soothingly simple, with occasional bursts of spectacular. We can’t do the scenery, but we can still enjoy the food.
Isn’t it great to be able to meet, greet and ‘love’ sharing food and friendship with friends and relatives once again. We still have to be very careful, but at least fresh smiles are becoming part of our ‘new norm’ once more. So, out we go for picnics, barbecues and al fresco dining. ENJOY.
When a burger, ribs and sausages just aren’t enough for the occasion, turn the family reunion into a festival with these simple vegetarian ideas to serve on the side. Colourful, succulent, tasty sides that promise to take your BBQ to the next level of – yummy.
Healthy, filling, tasty, colourful plates of nutritional food can be easy to rustle up and deliciously refreshing after a busy day at school. Our ‘squeezy’ range of family-sized sauces are great value and perfect for smaller hands, easy to clean, fully re-cyclable AND made from 100% re-cycled plastic.
The daffodils have started smiling, announcing the approaching Spring. It is a time of hope; fresh fields; lamb’s tails in hedgerows; tadpoles in ponds; spring cleaning at home. Here are a few timely tips to help you get ready: using up ‘part-used’ sauce jars; decorating the empties to re-use; re-cycling to make space.
Traditional jam recipes are simple but often time consuming. Commercial producers can use as little as 350g of fruit per kilo. And some use even less fruits with more additives and flavouring. Our ‘Extra’ Jams use unrefined raw cane sugar and as much as 51% fruit to create jam that’s nothing short of amazing!
Our Tomato Ketchup was one of the first sauces to be created to Stokes’ stringently high standards. Our mantra is always to be “Best in Class” – no compromise. The secret? Well, read on – but don’t tell anybody, just pass the Stokes.
February: a short run into March, Daffodils and the start of Spring. Celebrate the Chinese New Year of the Ox (12th) and the love of St. Valentine. Share these simple recipes for all: Chinese takeaways ‘made better’; the marvels of mayonnaise; fresh thoughts for Valentine’s; and gifts for all – with love.
Firstly, pat yourselves on the back for your extraordinary effort balancing home working with home-schooling. Keeping everybody focused, fed, fit and well-balanced is quite a challenge. Hopefully these ‘tasty tips for hungry tums’ will help you plan delicious, simple, healthy menus for fuel midday and fun for tea.
Keeping up regular mealtimes helps add some degree of normality in the crazy world of home-schooling and home working. The British Nutrition Foundation stresses how important this is and encourages us to eat balanced meals instead of grazing on whatever you have in the cupboards.
For almost every animal-derived ingredient and product, there is now a vegan alternative. This means that a vegan meal can easily look and taste exactly like a non-vegan meal. But does it taste as good? Stokes’ large range of plant-based, Vegan Society approved products make vegan meals tastier still …
Subdued this year, perhaps; but celebrated the world over, most certainly – yes. For the Feast of St. Andrew, we put a delicious twist on four Scottish culinary classics. Enjoy these and LEARN: how Andrew became Patron Saint; why the Saltire bears its white cross; and are Scotch Eggs actually Scottish?
Christmas might look different this year, but there’s no reason for it not to taste as good as ever – better even! Treat yourself to a cupboard full of ‘delicious’ and give the turkey a real treat; spoil your sausages rotten; turn the smoked salmon into instant Gravadlax. Spoon, squeeze, dollop, smile.
Welcome to our new Gift Selection Packs offering the ultimate ‘Gift of Taste’. If the people you love are crazy for sensational ketchup; mad for thrilling marmalade; joy to the pleasures of seriously fruity jam; and wow to cheerful chutneys with their cheese – say: Happy Christmas – but say it deliciously …
The sparkle has gone but the air is still full of fireworks. Rendlesham Hall (the home of great taste) is a firework-free zone to protect the large menagerie of animals rescued to the safety and freedom of their new home here. No fizz, bang, crackle … just smiles and good family food: