FairField Crisps - Move over Walkers!

When I think about crisps, the first thing that springs to mind is a packet of Walkers Ready Salted. Not that there is anything wrong with them, everyone is partial to a packet of crisps. But wouldn't it be nice to try something a bit more exciting when it comes to a quick snack?

So, I introduce to you, Fairfields Farm Crisps! The only privately owned crisp producer left in the UK to use all their own local grown potatoes.


The basis of a good quality crisp is a great potato. Laura and Robert from Fairfields farm grow theirs in Colne Valley, Essex. They let mother nature do her bit in providing top quality potatos, no chemicals just the odd words of encouragement.

As far as flavouring goes, Fairfields has gone above and beyond to brighten up the traditional flavours as well as introducing some of their own. For example, they took salt and vinegar and turned it into sea salt and Aspalls Cyder Vinegar made from English apples grown in Suffolk. I must admit that sounds far more appetizing!

The company won an award at the Essex Food & Drink awards last year, and I'm not surprised. They put a lot of hard work into their produce and it comes across!

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FairField Crisps - Move over Walkers!

Healthy Drinks - You Wont Beet This!

We all know about healthy eating, so I'm not going to bore you with anymore on the subject, but have you ever spared much of a thought towards a healthy drink?

Water, Orange Juice, Apple Juice..... perhaps a Smoothie? Well why not try something a little different? I give you (drum roll please!) organic beetroot juice!


Before I divulge the delights of this concotion, I do have to come clean. The beetroots are not grown in Essex or Suffolk, but instead just outside, in Cambridgshire. However, the drink is 10% fresh apple juice, grown just outside Ipswich. So I have redeemed myself!

Now as for the drink, it's made by James White Drinks, the only people who manufacture Beetroot juice in the UK. So why beetroot? Well, beetroot juice is particularly high in natural dietary nitrates,making it very healthy.

Due to its strong health benefits, its even available in shot form. Yes, you can have a shot of beetroot juice! It's actually a firm favourite amongst the sporting elite due to its ability to increase stamina.

I cant say I have ever tried Beetroot juice, but I love it in a crumble, so i reckon James White is on to a winner here!

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Healthy Drinks - You Wont Beet This!

The Sound of Summer - The Original Rossi Ice Cream

For the first time this year, I heard the true nostalgic sound of summer - the chimes of an ice cream van.

Now that the sun is shining, and summer is just round the corner, the thought of sitting on a beach somewhere catching the drips from a 99' makes me smile.

There is nothing better than an Original Rossi Ice cream to indulge my cravings. Rossi's is one of the few UK makers of artisan ice cream still using fresh milk as opposed to just milk powder; you can certainly taste the difference! Rossi has been making ice cream on Essex’s Southend Sea Front since 1932, and to this day still use the same recipe penned by Pietro and Luisa Rossi.

Rossi hasn't let the idyllic vanilla 99' curb their creativity. They haven't stopped at vanilla ice cream but instead have dozens of flavours available. From your classic mint choc chip, chocolate and strawberry to Banana, Butterscotch and Tuti-Fruti.

As it’s such early days in the summer season, I bet you haven’t indulged in your first ice cream of the year. However when you do, and don’t leave it too long before the sun disappears, make sure your first one is a Rossi's.

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The Sound of Summer - The Original Rossi Ice Cream