30 September 2012

Tuesday at the new venue

Hello to all the Figgies out there around the Central Coast on this beautiful, sunny, long weekend day!


This is just a quick reminder that the co-op will be opening on Tuesday 2nd October - NOT tomorrow - due to the public holiday Monday.

Times will be as normal - 2.30 opening and 5.00 pm close - but the venue has changed. From this week we shall be calling the Ourimbah Scout Hall home after over three-and-a-half-years down the road.

The address, a map and directions, for those of you who don't know the Scout Hall, can be found here on the blog or here on the FIG website.

Set up volunteers may arrive at the normal time of 1.15pm, with the pack up team coming in around 4.45pm.

We hope you are enjoying your long weekend and look forward to seeing those not away on holidays on Tuesday.


22 September 2012

FIG is moving!

FIG is moving!

Finally the search and waiting is over and we have found a new home for FIG.

Monday 24th September will be the last day at Sohier Park.

On Tuesday, 2nd October (Monday being a public holiday) we shall begin operations at the following:

Ourimbah Scout Hall, 
Ourimbah Creek Road, Ourimbah 
(just behind the Metro Service Station on the corner of the Pacific Highway and Ourimbah Creek Road).

Tuesday hours of operations shall be 2.30pm until 5.00pm.

On Mondays we shall soon be trialling longer opening times and will advise when that commences.


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Here's a map, and you will note that it's not far from where we are located now...

CLICK ON PHOTOGRAPH TO SEE AN ENLARGED VERSION

David took some piccies, and here is the new turn off, coming from the SOUTH:

Intersection of Pacific Highway and Ourimbah Creek Road
And here's photograph of the new driveway entrance...


And the Scout hall itself, ta-da!



If you like a satellite perspective, here it is, nice and close to the F3 which will suit our produce driver no end!



Here is some more information, taken from our website here - http://fig.org.au/find_us.htm


From the North: 
Down Wyong Road from the Tuggerah roundabout, turn right into Enterprise Drive/Chittaway Road at the 4th (Chittaway) roundabout, after about 6Kms just after you cross over the railway lines, turn right at the roundabout onto the Pacific Highway, past the speed cameras near the school and the RSL club then left at the second set of lights into Ourimbah Creek Road. We are in the first of the three buildings on your left.

OR

Down the F3, take the Ourimbah exit, left into the Pacific Highway, then right at the first set of lights into Ourimbah Creek Road. We are in the first of the three buildings on your left.

OR

Down the old Pacific Highway from Wyong, through Kangy Angy, past the Palmdale turn off then left at the Ourimbah roundabout then right at the first set of lights into Ourimbah Creek Road. We are in the first of the three buildings on your left.

From the South: 
Up the Pacific Highway through Ourimbah, past the speed cameras near the school and the RSL club then left at the second set of lights into Ourimbah Creek Road. We are in the first of the three buildings on your left.

OR

Up the F3 then left onto the Ourimbah exit, right into the Pacific Highway, then right at the first set of lights into Ourimbah Creek Road. We are in the first of the three buildings on your left.



We are very excited and hope you will be too!

19 September 2012

Using that cauliflower!

Here's another recipe pinched from the FIG Facebook page, of another way of using that beautiful cauliflower appearing in our boxes at present:


Cauliflower in the box each week is always a welcome sight. It's snack food for my two children while they wait for dinner! 

I roast the florets with olive oil, bit of sea salt and pepper along with cumin/coriander for about 25 mins on 180C (or thereabouts). Roasted is the only way we eat cauliflower. Crisp in places and sweetly soft in others. Try it!


That sounds soooo yummy!Thank you to our team over at Facebook for sharing some gems with us about food they serve for their families, snippets of information on food, growing and health.

02 September 2012

Sharing recipes...

During the week, the following was posted on the FIG Facebook page (go here to see it).

"One of the best things about wandering around FIG on a Monday or Tuesday afternoon is listening to the recipes and tips being shared amongst Figgies as they pick up their fruit and veggies. 

Yesterday I was drooling over a friends 'Baked FIG veggies' creation - FIG potatoes, sweet potatoes, turnips, parsnips and beetroot with FIG garlic, fresh rosemary from the garden and marinated feta - yummo!
"

Sounds totally scrumptious!

So... what's your favourite FIG inspired recipe??