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The Spice Republic

Locality: Eatons Hill

Phone: +61 488 566 877

Address: 5 Bassino Court 4037 Eatons Hill, QLD, Australia

Website: https://www.thespicerepublic.com.au

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25.01.2022 I love Sunday lunch when I have lots of lovely produce from the markets. Baked beetroot with haloumi, orange & our dukkah. Drizzled with a delicious dressing made with honey from our friends Ange & Phill at Mount Kilcoy Honey mixed with a little balsamic vinegar, lemon juice & olive oil and served with a crunchy loaf of sourdough fresh from the oven.

25.01.2022 Our featured spice blend for the week is our Sri Lankan Blend. The recipe that we are enjoying at the moment is an eggplant, spinach and tomato based full-bodied curry that will make for an easy, quick and healthy mid week dinner. This particular recipe is vegan but is just as delicious with your choice of meat and is lovely served with rice and naan bread or pappadam. Follow the link below to get the recipe. https://thespicerepublic.com.au/sri-lankan

24.01.2022 Chai Spiced Apple Tea Cake: we made this one last weekend for morning tea with friends. We wanted to do something a little different, but quickly and with what we had on hand. It turned out fabulously! Just a tablespoon of chai blend mixed with the apple topping added a pleasantly mild, warm glow of spice that stayed with you. Weve shared the recipe on our website. https://thespicerepublic.com.au/chai

24.01.2022 Burrito Bowls I love this delicious meal for a super easy mid week dinner thats loved by all, especially the kids. And being healthy doesnt have to be boring, its filling and nourishing and so flavoursome youd never guess it was vegan (just choose the coconut yoghurt). Follow the link to find the recipe: https://thespicerepublic.com.au/mexican

23.01.2022 The Spice Girls know where to go if they need a top up when (if?) they get to Aus! Ever wonder why they chose that name? A list of synonyms for spicy from the Collins English Thesaurus might give you a clue, and a hint that our relationship with these unassuming plants bearing their amazing health-giving gifts is more complicated than you might think a fascinating subject well return to in future posts: Aromatic, flavoursome, hot, piquant, pungent, savoury, seasoned, tangy, improper, indecorous, indelicate, off-colour, ribald, risqué, scandalous, sensational, suggestive, titillating, unseemly. Have a spicy day (but not too spicy, youve got a reputation to uphold!)

23.01.2022 Heres a great way to transform your quick and easy scrambled eggs on toast. Just keep some feta cheese in the fridge and some Zaatar Blend from The Spice Republic on the shelf to add some tasty zest to your morning routine or easy Sunday night dinner. No tomato sauce needed! 1 tbs olive oil 4 free range eggs 25g feta... 2 slices bread (I like grained sourdough) Heat oil in frypan to medium heat. Lightly whisk eggs and add to pan. Add feta to eggs halfway through cooking. Cook eggs until glossy and just set and sprinkle well with Zaatar. Serve on toast. Add seasoning to your taste. Serves 2 You can find this product at the link below. https://thespicerepublic.com.au/zaatar

22.01.2022 Our gorgeous friend Nikki Grant and her partner Jake are The Muesli Folk, our neighbours at the Powerhouse Markets. They make their range of beautiful organic mueslis together by hand at their kitchen in Murwillumbah, and Nikki makes the trek down to the Powerhouse every 2nd & 4th Saturday so her merry band of loyal customers can come to chat and stock up. We normally do a trade: we love her muesli and she's mad about our Greek Blend! You can find Nikki & Jake's stuff here: https://themueslifolk.com.au/

21.01.2022 Whole Roasted Cauliflower with Dukkah Crust and Yoghurt Dressing: easy and delicious! Find the recipe here: https://thespicerepublic.com.au/dukkah

21.01.2022 Doing some R&D this week, researching new seed blends. There were 2 or 3 standouts and we're hoping to have one ready for the Jan Powers Farmers Markets @ Powerhouse this Saturday morning.

20.01.2022 Welcome to The Spice Republic Facebook page, where we share with you recipes, spice knowledge and stories, and invite you to join us on our spice journey. If youve found your way here youve hopefully already tried our products and seen the difference that real, pure and fresh spices and seeds can make to the tastes and aromas you can easily create in your home kitchen. All of the products youll see here will be available at our online store at www.thespicerepublic.com.au, and you can also check there to see where you can find our next market stall. Wed love to hear from you about your favourite ways to use our products, and join in the conversation with us.

19.01.2022 Greek Style Whole Roasted Chicken. Find the recipe at: https://thespicerepublic.com.au/greek

16.01.2022 Burrito Bowls I love this delicious meal for a super easy mid week dinner that’s loved by all, especially the kids. And being healthy doesn’t have to be boring, it’s filling and nourishing and so flavoursome you’d never guess it was vegan (just choose the coconut yoghurt). Follow the link to find the recipe: https://thespicerepublic.com.au/mexican

16.01.2022 If you turn up your volume you'll be able to hear these little suckers crackle and pop straight from the oven! In the kitchen this morning making our new Mediterranean Seed Blend, with all the goodness of pumpkin, sunflower, hemp, chia, sesame, our very own Greek Blend & a little olive oil to bring it all together. Add a delightful crunch to your next salad, homemade bread or simply eat them from the pack. Delicious!! It's not available on the website yet, only at @Jan Powers Farmers Markets @ Powerhouse this Saturday morning, but we'll make it available shortly.

15.01.2022 Rose petals have been used in Persian cooking for 3,000 years, and were well-known to the ancient Romans: a 1st Century Roman cookbook boasts a recipe for Patina de Rosis (Baked Brains & Roses). In medieval times roses and rosewater were increasingly used medicinally, their aroma thought to combat the corrupt airs causing plagues that terrified Europe (Elizabeth I wore gloves of Spanish leather perfumed with rosewater whenever she was exposed to public spaces). In the 20th ...Century roses became valued as an important source of vitamin C, and rose hips were widely distributed during WWII when imports of citrus fruits were limited. Today rosewater is still used in many famous Asian and Middle Eastern sweets, including Indian gulab jamun and Turkish delight. And rose petals are still widely loved as a spice in popular Middle Eastern and North African blends like Ras El Hanout and Baharat. Find out more about Baharat and some easy, nutritious and delicious ways to use it. https://thespicerepublic.com.au/baharat

14.01.2022 This weeks featured spice: Turmeric. Turmeric has attracted great interest of late for its healing properties, but its use in Indian and Chinese healing dates back over 4,500 years. For centuries turmeric has been used in the ancient Indian natural healing system of Ayurveda to alleviate congestion, heal wounds and bruises, and to combat a range of skin conditions. While we celebrate the healing properties of all our spices, our turmeric is chosen primarily for its effect on your taste buds! Discover the difference today; follow the link below to The Spice Republics Sri Lankan blend, boldly led by generous helpings of pure, organic turmeric. https://thespicerepublic.com.au/sri-lankan

13.01.2022 Capsaicin, an active component of chilli peppers, protects the fruit from disease, and studies suggest it may extend its protective properties to humans. Rebecca Katz, Senior Chef at the Commonweal Cancer Help Program in California, notes in her book The Cancer Fighting Kitchen that capsaicin has shown promising results in the prevention of several types of cancer, and recommends cayenne pepper in her list of Cancer-Fighting Ingredients, along with chocolate, cinnamon & nutmeg. Follow the link to learn more about our Spiced Hot Chocolate with pure Ceylon cinnamon, nutmeg and cayenne pepper: https://thespicerepublic.com.au/hot-chocolate

08.01.2022 Can’t believe it’s almost Christmas time again! We’ve been working on The Spice Republic’s Christmas gifts & we’ll have them ready for @thehomecollective_ twilight market on Thursday 19 November from 5-9pm. More details on our Christmas baskets to come - stayed tuned.

05.01.2022 We’ve had a busy weekend getting ready for the @thehomecollective_ twilight market this Thursday. We’ll have these $20 Christmas baskets ready to go, or you can create your own combo & we’ll gift wrap it for you while you shop. The Twilight Market will run from 5-9pm - hope to see you there!

05.01.2022 Making dukkah today getting ready for the Jan Power's Farmers Market at New Farm Park this Saturday morning - roasting macadamias, mixed nuts, black and white sesame seeds.

04.01.2022 In yesterdays Instagram post we touched on the amazing health benefits of cinnamon, and why weve decided to use only Ceylon or true cinnamon. But we couldnt resist a lighter look at cinnamons illustrious history as an aphrodisiac. Cinnamon features prominently among the concoctions suggested by Constantine the African (c. AD1020 1087), a highly influential medical authority in his time and the pre-eminent sexologist of the age: quite an achievement for a Benedictine m...onk! Among his many writings on the subject he includes a recipe (featuring cinnamon) as a remedy for impotence, along with the startling revelation that he had tried it himself and it came highly recommended. The mind boggles! Cinnamon: four out of five monks agree itll boost your libido. High praise indeed! Also tastes great in our Chai Blend, full of antioxidant, anti-inflammatory and digestion-enhancing ingredients, it's an authentic chai that's quick and easy to make and hand-blended for you to enjoy every day. Order now by following the link below: https://thespicerepublic.com.au/chai See more

04.01.2022 The history of most spices is dominated by their journey to Europe from far flung locations, but cumin is one that travelled in the other direction. Native to the Middle East, cumin was a household name in ancient Greece, and could often be found in its own container on the table much like salt and pepper today. It was widely grown throughout Europe in the Middle Ages and used to flavour bread, cheese and even beer! In the late Middle Ages it fell out of favour perhaps it ...lacked the romance of other spices like cloves and cinnamon which came from mysterious exotic locations but cumin lingered long enough in Spain for it to take root in Mexican cooking, where it plays an important role as an earthy balance to the rich, sharp taste of chilli, as it does in our Mexican Spice Blend. You can find it on our website, along with recipe ideas. https://thespicerepublic.com.au/mexican See more

03.01.2022 This week we're featuring our bestselling dukkah, made with fresh Australian grown macadamias. For thousands of years macadamia nuts have been prized as a delicacy by indigenous Australians, who collected the nuts which fell from trees that grew in the rainforests on the wet slopes of the Great Dividing Range, trading them between tribes and presenting them as ceremonial gifts at inter-tribal corroborees. The nuts were processed using a large stone with a special indentation ...to hold the nut, which was then struck by a larger hammer stone delivering an even force and minimising the damage to the kernel. Anyone can see the problem: for millennia, dukkah has been made in the Middle East without macadamia nuts, whilst in Australia macadamia nuts have been harvested without the recipe for dukkah. Now two things that were meant to be together are deliciously united in The Spice Republics dukkah, featuring Australian-grown macadamias. All hand roasted including mixed nuts, black and white sesame seeds and sweetly spicy hand-roasted fennel seeds, its a distinctly Australian dukkah blend thats become a favourite amongst our market customers. Its now available online; just follow the link below. https://thespicerepublic.com.au/dukkah

02.01.2022 Baharat spiced beef with hummus. What a wonderful, warming way to enjoy hummus when the weather is cooler. Great as a starter to share served warm with fluffy toasted pita bread to mop it up. Enjoy!! Recipe on the website: www.thespicerepublic.com.au/baharat

01.01.2022 Indigenous to Cypress and southern Turkey, marjoram was well known to the ancient Greeks and Egyptians, and associated with their respective goddesses of love, Aphrodite and Isis. Over time marjoram became a popular ingredient in love potions: according to ancient custom, a satchel of marjoram woven into a wedding dress ensured marital happiness and fertility. Those wishing to divine the identity of their future spouse were advised to drink a potion of marjoram in wine or te...a, anoint their body with marjoram infused oil, or place a sprig under their pillow to induce dreams of their future spouse. If you want to snare a spouse worth dreaming about, place a sprig of marjoram in the centre of each room of your house (for those seeking a potion to drive off their current partner, were sorry, were still looking, stay tuned!). Marjoram: (not quite) guaranteed to improve your love life. Also tastes great in our Greek Blend: wonderful for seasoning meat, fish or baked vegetables. See our website for recipe ideas. https://thespicerepublic.com.au/greek See more

01.01.2022 This potato smash is fantastic with our Peri Peri Blend. Perfect as a side with a winter roast or a weekend bbq. The crunchy goodness of the potatoes and cheese goes perfectly with the warmth of the paprika, ginger and just a touch of chilli which elevates the humble potato into the star of the show. Find this recipe and more for our Peri Peri blend on our website: https://www.thespicerepublic.com.au/peri