We have our second WELL

Thank you to the generous person that donated money to the co-op for Metamorphic this week, over $500 so after this weeks shop we have enought for our second well. You have truely blessed a community for life.

So I have just finished the fruit part of this weeks shop and we have a great variety of fruit for you.
Pears, Bananas, Apples, Mandarins, Oranges, and one of either Red Papaya, Pinapple, or Custard Apples.


If you haven't eated Custard Apples before, give one a go; they need to be eaten when they are soft like a grape. Cut the fruit in half and take any hard centre out, after that just pull bits of the fruit off It will come off in small pieces that have a seed inside about 2cm long.

As for the pears if you can get to them before the kids, try stewing them.

Pears in wine

red or wine wine, with a cinnamon quill, 1/2 cup or less of sugar and a vanilla pod or essence for about 10 mins then serve warm with custard.

Rachelle got tomatoes this week for us, they look lots better than they did last week. We also have beetroot ( try it baked next time you do a roast) and silverbeet, plus the usually stock items.

Well have an awesome week and please put some recipe ideas up, we always need new ideas

Our first well

Just letting you all know if you havent read the comments yet. We have made enought for our first well. . So keep inviting your friends to join so we can get the next one sooner.

12 th June

So everyone happy with this weeks grocery's. Ginger is the new thing for this week, so if anyone has any cool thing to do with ginger besides adding it to your stir fry let us know.
Just a bit of info on ginger, It is great for winter as it warms your body, great for the chilly evening we have been having. Someone said that they like to add it to tea.
Anyway have fun with your cooking and can't wait to hear your comments.

Welcome

Thanks for dropping by to have a read on the happening of our co-op.

We have had this co-op running since April 2010 with the main aim to be able to raise money for fresh drinking wlls overseas in marginalised communities through Metamorphic International.

Part of the money the co-op member suppy for their fruit and veg shopping each fortnight gets put aside for these sink wells. Each well costs $660 and this fornights shop should bring us the donation we need for our first well. To find out more info on metamorphic go to www.metamorphic-community.org/Pages.aspx?=273

In addition to this we have been getting out fruit and veg for our families at a great price. The savings on what we normally spend has cut my budget in half .

So the benifits of buying this way are endless; the co-op community, the new friends, cheaper grocery bills, less packaging by buying in bulk, learning to be creative with seasonal veges and the start of a recipe swap on this site. The shop is done fortnightly and boxes come in $20 lots so for a family of 4 $40 or two boxes would do you for the fortnight.

So please leave your comments, invite your friends to join and have fun knowing that you are helping change the lives of people with something that everyone should be able to access..... Fresh Water.

Keep in touch photo's coming soon