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abela November 2015 n Issue 26 delicatesse fine food, travel and living great value party TREATS impressive festive RECIPES! make it MAGICAL this December Fabulous Fujairah Buy nothing this Christmas More to Brussels than sprouts November 2015 n Issue 26 in this [festive] issue ... ... a quick word 5 a message from Abela Buy nothing this Christmas 6 limit excesses this festive season Festive recipes 9 try these easy recipes to pep up Christmas lunch Festive facts 13 did you know ... Chocolate treats for everyone 14 Christmas is just not the same without chocolate Seasonal sensations 16 making treats for gifts Make a pickle of it 19 make a traditional home made pickle Cute candy canes 21 why buy when you can make your own What’s new in store ... 23 our line-up of new products More to Brussels ... 34 than Brussel Sprouts Fabulous Fujairah 48 where mountains meet the sea Designed and produced for Abela Supermarkets by Phishface Creative FZ LLC. www.phishface.com To advertise please call: +971 2 634 5151 Written material and imagery contained in this magazine are copyrighted and the sole property of Abela Supermarkets, Phishface Creative FZ LLC. or ©PHISHFOTOZ and may not be reproduced as a whole or in part without express written permission from the publisher. ©Abela Supermarkets 2014 3 November 2015 n Issue 26 ... a quick word Dear readers, Welcome back to, ‘delicatesse’, our free in-store magazine to complement your lifestyle, introduce new products, and hopefully entertain. As we enter the part of the year we yearn for, we say goodbye to the hot sticky days and welcome the cooler temperatures that signal winter has arrived. As we do so, we urge you to take your dining al fresco to take full advantage of the fresh air where food just tastes better. This month we give you some recipe ideas for the festive season - feel free to tear them out and use them to impress friends and family, we promise we won’t tell where you got the ideas! Our travels take us to the north east coast emirate of Fujairah and further afield to discover Belgium’s capital city, Brussels and all it has to offer. Don’t forget to use your Smart Shopper Card for all your shopping. Collect points every time you shop and redeem them for shopping vouchers to spend in-store. It’s simple: shop, earn points, redeem shopping rewards! Pick up your instant application pack or ask one of our staff for more information. We would like to hear what you think of delicatesse magazine, so please drop an email to [email protected] and let us know. Festively yours, David Derrick COO - Retail Operations Abela Supermarkets & Souq Planet 5 November 2015 n Issue 26 buy this It’s amazing how much stuff we humans think we need, and eventually hoard. You’ll be well nothing aware of this if you have ever moved house or apartment and realised that what you thought christmas might fit into one movers van, actually needs four of them! Have you ever stopped while pounding the pavement or walking shapes like horse heads or cars. With the right tools, which the malls during the holiday season and asked yourself what is can be borrowed, you can make some toys that will last the How about reducing consumption on a grand scale this December? One of the point of this annual gift giving frenzy? test of time as electronic gadgets and games become obsolete. the ways that you can do that is to recycle, upcycle or reuse old things that It’s amazing how much stuff we humans think we need and Something you made with your own hands with love and care still have value. We all have too much stuff, and much of it is sitting doing eventually hoard. You’ll be well aware of this if you have ever will always be treasured by your children. Made well, they could absolutely nothing. What seemed like a good purchase at the time is now moved house or apartment and realised that what you thought even be passed down through the generations. probably collecting dust or shoved to the back of a cupboard ... might fit into one movers van, actually needs four of them! There are many other different ways to give gifts We are all guilty. We see something that we absolutely can’t without buying for example: live without, shell out our hard-earned money and before you know it, it is actually something you can actually live without - • Give seeds or a seedling plant that you’ve grown in your so much so, it is relegated to the deepest darkest depths of the garden. Make a card that explain show best to grow and back of the cupboard or worse, in the spare room or garage, care for them; for edible plants, you could even provide never to be seen again, until you are packing those four gigantic a recipe or two. moving vans and wondering where all that stuff came from. • Adopt a polar bear, snow leopard or giant panda in the Well, before you put that list of must-haves together this name of all your friends and family members from World Christmas, you might want to think about organising an Wildlife Fund. ‘Abundance Swap’. Invite friends and family to bring things that • Bake some mini loaves of bread. Pumpkin would be nice they no longer want and exchange them for other things - a and seasonal. Wrap them in clean tea towels that no ‘bring and swap’ if you like. It’s a great idea if you have a group longer have a use and bind with raffia gardening string. of people who want to buy less this Christmas. Or if you know • If you are not quite ready to move to a buy-nothing some people who might struggle to buy expensive gifts. Christmas, why not hunt out some organic herbal teas Homemade gifts are also an excellent way to tell someone close and fair-trade coffees - they don’t add to the clutter to you that you love them, but it also allows you to disengage because they’re enjoyed and gone, and they support from the consumer attitudes that have come to dominate this sustainable businesses! wonderful season. • Send a gift to the Developing World in the name of Many people can remember getting homemade toys for your friend or family member - and depending on your Christmas when they were young, but that really doesn’t budget you can buy chickens, blankets, radios, right up happen anymore. If you are considering buying nothing for to a travelling theatre! Or you can help microfinance an Christmas, why don’t you make your kids a toy instead? It’s entrepreneur in Africa or South America and beyond: rewarding for you to build a skill and your kids will love it! Even www.sendacow.com or kiva.org are great sites. 6 the most basic of woodwork skills are able to jigsaw and sand 7 November 2015 n Issue 26 festive recipe corner Tear out the recipes to pin to your fridge or keep in the drawer - impress your friends and family with some simple yet delicious dishes 9 November 2015 n Issue 26 November 2015 n Issue 26 Chicken, Apple and Walnut Salad Christmas Canneloni Take the time to make individual portions for your festive starter. It adds that extra special touch for diners If you’re having a big crowd for Christmas dinner you may be struggling to come up with a dish that will at your table. This chicken starter is light enough to set those taste buds going but leave enough room wow everyone - especially if the majority of your guests are those tiny but tough food critics: kids. for what’s to come at the main course and pudding courses. Easy to prepare you can make it ahead of Well, stop worrying! This tasty pasta dish is sure to please even the most discriminating palates at the time to allow those flavours to develop, saving you time on the big day. table. And bonus: This way, you can enjoy your meal in peace without trying to bribe your toddler to festive recipe corner festive recipe corner festive sample beef or turkey. Plus, it’s different and fun! INGREDIENTS: 2 cups cooked chicken breast, chopped, 2 stalks celery, diced, 2 green onions, chopped, 1 medium DIY Jonagold apple, finely diced, 3 tablespoons walnuts, chopped, ¼ cup light mayonnaise, ¼ cup plain, fat- INGREDIENTS: 1 free yogurt, ½ lemon, juiced, /8 teaspoon ground black pepper Pasta: Flour 300g, 3 medium eggs, spinach 60g, 1 pinch of salt For the filling: Chopped and cooked pumpkin 500g, 2 medium eggs, Amaretti 3-4, Parmesan cheese, METHOD: salt, Toasted pine nuts for decoration In a medium bowl, combine the chicken, celery, green onions, apple, and walnuts. In a small bowl, whisk together the mayonnaise, yogurt, lemon juice and pepper. Pour over the chicken mixture and gently stir Sauce: milk 100ml Cream 100 ml, Asiago 220g to coat. Serve the chicken salad in individual dishes with crisp lettuce on the side. METHOD: BUY Work together the ingredients to form a smooth and homogeneous dough. Mix the ingredients for the Universal Islamic Meat FZCo. is a leading food manufacturing and distribution company located in Jebel filling. Stretch rectangular and thin phyllo dough. Put a strip of filling and roll up to form the cannelloni. Ali Free Zone in Dubai, U.A.E. We manufacture processed meat and poultry products.