The Slice August 2012 Issue

The Slice

August 2012 Issue

What's New This Month...

Egyptian Pear Rounds: We cut and dry the crunchy (khashaby) pears with no preservatives or color enhancers. These pears are peeled, cored and dried to a chewy state that brings out their delicate flavor. Try them in khoshaf or right out of the bag, they are a great snack.

Egyptian Mango Slices:  Mango season has just begun. The varieties are coming in one after the other, pleasing the palate and the sense of smell. And we too have begun drying them and making mango fruit rollups. Our fruit rollups have no sugar added and no preservatives; they are 100% natural fruit.

Egyptian Raisins: we use the original Egyptian seedless green/golden grapes (banati) to make these raisins. These raisins are a dark amber color and are sweet and chewy and delicious. Eat them with nuts or add them to cereal, oatmeal, rice or moussaka3a, you will just love them.

You may continue to receive The Slice by email or you may choose to read it on our blog Cut and Dried. We hope you engage and comment by subscribing to Cut and Dried. And we encourage you to try some of our recipes that use Minnie’s Dried Fruits & Vegetables. Give us your feedback on those your try!

Please help us continue to grow. When you get a chance, like Minnie's Dried Fruits and Vegetables on Facebook and go ahead and subscribe to our blog Cut and Dried!

The Slice June Issue

We celebrated our first year in business at the first Maadi Farmer’s Market on the 18^th of May.  It was wonderful to see all of you there. Thank you to all of you. Here's a picture of our table...That's Minnie with her grandsons who were a big help on that day.

What's New This Month

Egyptian Apples:  They are back in season and are tart and delicious.  We cut them two different ways: in rounds as usual and in wedges- which we call crescents- for a more chewy bite.

Raisins:  Red grapes are coming into season and we dried a few. Try them! They are juicy and delicious.

Solar dried tomatoes:  Egyptian tomatoes that are cut and dried to be used in stews, in tomato sauces, in lasagna or in preparing a moussakaa. Packed in virgin olive oil with garlic and basil, they are an excellent addition to salads, pasta or an a cheese and lettuce sandwich.

Eggplants: They too are back in season and are grown under safe agriculture practices.

Our price list for fruits and vegetables is now combined in one table. You will note that some products are available in both 75g and 150g, some only in 75g or 150g.

June Price List:

Product	75g	150g	500g
Apple Crescents	LE 20	LE 40
Apple Rounds	LE 20	LE 40
Banana Coins	LE 20	LE 40
Kiwi Pieces	LE 25	LE 50
Orange Round	LE 15
Raisins		LE 20
Strawberries	LE 25
Eggplants	LE 10
Onion, slices or shreds	LE 10
Tomato	LE 15
Soup Mix	LE 15
Malak’s Honey: clover or orange blossom			LE 40

How To Order: To place your orders email, Minnie's, sms or call on 011-1104-7555

Pick up or delivery:  You may pick up your order or you may choose to have it delivered to your home or office. For pick-ups, please contact us on the above to set a pick-up time. Otherwise let us know where to deliver. Delivery charges apply depending upon the delivery address. Maadi deliveries are free.

Please help us continue to grow. When you get a chance, like Minnie's Dried Fruits andVegetables on Facebook and go ahead and subscribe to our blog Cut and Dried!

How To Use Dried Fruits & Vegetables

Solar Dried Tomatoes:

Pack a clean glass jar with the dried tomatoes, add a few cloves of garlic, a few leaves of fresh basil. Cover with extra virgin olive oil. Refrigerate for 10 days.

Orange rounds and Arugula salad:

Wash the arugula leaves well. Spin dry. Put in a salad dish and crush a few orange rounds on the leaves.  Add a vinegrette dressing. 



Eggplants:
Try them straight out of the bag with a yogurt and cucumber dip. 
Grate one cucumber and add it to one cup of yogurt. Add salt to taste and a clove of crushed garlic if you like. Dip the eggplant round and savour the flavor.


Or use them in moussakaa:
35g of dried eggplants
25g of dried colored peppers
35g of dried tomatoes
4-5 cloves of garlic, 1 or 2 tablespoons of sunflower oil, salt &pepper to taste
your favorite tomato sauce to which you have added a handful of dried tomatoes and an additional cup and a half of water to restore the moisture in the dried vegetables used 


Fry eggplant very quickly (they brown in a few seconds) in one tablespoon of oil. Lay aside.
Fry dried colored peppers very quickly in the same oil. Lay aside
Brown 4 or 5 cloves of crushed garlic in the oil, remove. 
Layer in a pyrex dish the eggplant, the colored peppers and the dried tomato slices, the garlic. Pour the tomato sauce, add grated cheese (optional).
Bake in oven for 40-45 minutes or until well cooked.

The Slice May Issue

What's New This Month

We are celebrating our one year anniversary! Your support has been invaluable to us and thanks to you, we're a cut above the rest! Please join us in celebrating our first birthday at the Maadi Farmer's Market on May 18th at 43 Rd 85, Maadi from 4-7pm.

Did you notice that our newsletter now has a name? We call it the The Slice. You can read it on our new blog or continue to receive it by email. We'll also be posting links to our blog on our facebook page.

Our blog, Cut and Dried, will not only include The Slice, but posts on all things healthy, yummy, and interesting as well as tidbits that we come across that we think you may enjoy. We hope you engage, comment and subscribe to Cut and Dried.

We will also be rolling out our new product labels. Our bags are the same, re-sealable recyclable plastic bags so that you can keep the product sealed. We make sure to let everyone know that our products are 100% natural, no additives nor preservatives. Help us to continue to improve by giving us your feedback on these label/package designs. Send in comments through the blog, on facebook or by email. Here's the picture of what you'll be getting with your next order: Green labels for vegetables and yellow labels for fruits.

Finally, we've decided to streamline our packaging. From now on we will only sell 75 g and 150 g bags. Same great taste, two different sizes.

Price List:

Product	75g	150g
Apple Crescent	LE 20	LE 40
Apple Rounds	LE 20	LE 40
Banana Coins	LE 20	LE 40
Kiwi	LE 25
Mango Pieces	LE 20
Orange Round	LE 15
Strawberries	LE 25	LE 50
Onion, slices, red or yellow	LE 10
Onion, shredded	LE 10
Pepper (Capsicum)	LE 15
Soup Mix, carrots, zucchini, peas, potatoes, onions, herbs	LE 15
Malak’s Honey, 500g,  orange blossom or clover			LE 40

How to Order:

To place your orders, email minnie's, sms or call on 011-1104-7555

Pick up or delivery: You may pick up your order or you may choose to have it delivered to your home or office. For pick ups, please contact us on the above to set a pick-up time. Otherwise let us know where to deliver. Delivery charges apply depending upon the delivery address. Maadi deliveries are free.

Please help us continue to grow. When you get a chance, like Minnie's Dried Fruits and Vegetables on Facebook and go ahead and subscribe right here to our blog!