Friday 26 February 2010

Recipe: Faitrade Mango & Avocado Salad with Sticky Balsamic Vinegar


Faitrade Mango & Avocado Salad with Sticky Balsamic Vinegar

Serves 4

Ingredients
Generous handful of pine nuts
Olive oil for toasting
Handful of lettuce leaves
2 small Fairtrade avocados (not too ripe)
3 small or medium, ripe Fairtrade mangoes
1 ripe Fairtrade lime
Good quality balsamic vinegar

Method
Mix the pine nuts with a little olive oil and place in the oven on a baking tray to toast for five minutes, or until nicely golden. Meanwhile, rinse and arrange the lettuce leaves in a bowl. Peel the avocados and mangoes and slice them lengthways into generous pieces. Mix and arrange them on a plate – but avoid damaging the delicate fruit. Add a generous squeeze of lime juice, a drizzle of the stickiest balsamic vinegar you can get your hands on, and scatter the toasted pine nuts on the top.


This recipe is copyright Joanne Harris. Have a look at more recipes from the Fairtrade Foundation.External site
Image copyright The Food Network.

Monday 22 February 2010

Fairtrade Fortnight Starts Today

Fairtrade Fortnight Starts Today

Akwaba, Gorgeous!

Fairtrade is an important part of what makes us tick here at Tamu. Paying fair wages not only builds good karma for Tamu customers, it helps build a healthy community in Goaso, Ghana, where our organic, unrefined shea butter is produced.

The Fairtrade movement is blossoming in the UK. Overall the ethical market has expanded from £13.5bn in 1999 to £36bn in 2009.

If you'd like to learn more about Fairtrade Fortnight, or want to see what you can do to contribute, please visit www.fairtrade.org.uk


Join Tamu for Fairtrade Tea on February 28!

At my church on February 28, I'll be offering special discounts on Tamu products, plus tea, coffee, biscuits and homemade cakes made with Fairtrade ingredients. There will also be lots of information about buying Fairtrade. All profits will go to an orphanage in India seen in the photo below - just look at them cuties! :o)

More details for you:

When: February 28, Church service is 11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. We will be serving the Fairtrade tea, coffee, cakes and displaying Tamu products after the service.

Where: Christian Life Fellowship Greenwich Dance Agency, Royal Hill, Greenwich, London SE10 8RE click here for Google map

Hope to see you there!



Afriyie Boateng
Tamu Founder

hello@tamunatural.co.uk
www.tamunatural.co.uk

Tuesday 16 February 2010

Green Valentines




Akwaba!

We’ve got some goodies to give away in our valentine’s themed competition.


Tell us about your ‘green’ Valentine's Day. We have 5 Moroccan Rose Sensual Body and Massage oils to give away for the best stories.


We'll announce the winners in our March Newsletter....So get creative!

Thursday 4 February 2010

"UK Aware" Ethical Lifestyle Event - Fri 16 April 2010

Akwaba!


Tamu will be exhibiting at UK AWARE the UK's only green and ethical lifestyle exhibition All attractions at UK AWARE 2010 are included with entry ticket purchase.




Exlusive Tamu friends pay only £6 (reg tickets £1 - £15)
http://www.eventbrite.com/event/508059620/SpecialpartnerUKAWARE2010/3057849151


Hope to see you there!

Wednesday 3 February 2010


World's Greatest Mum Contest!


Provider, protector, teacher, friend - Tamu wants to celebrate everything your Mum has been to you.

Tell us (in 200 words or less) what makes your mum tops and you could win her a Lavender Ylang Ylang Body Butter, plus exclusive bath salts and soap.

More details coming soon via Facebook, Twitter and the Tamu Blog.

Stay tuned!

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