Monthly Archives: June 2021

Vegetarian Weddings!

Whether you’re a vegetarian or are inviting non-meat eating guests to your wedding, having a vegetarian-friendly menu is your choice as a bridal couple. Just because dishes don’t include meat doesn’t mean that they can’t be flavoursome and super tasty.

The Granny Mouse Country House & Spa culinary team can, from start to finish, create a vegetarian, vegan or pescetarian wedding dinner that will wow your guests—no matter what they’re used to eating.

Don’t be afraid to think outside the box. Often vegetarian meal options are seen as inconveniences or are after thoughts. But a well-thought out vegetarian menu will impress guests and leave them wanting more, and possibly even take to eating more vegetarian meals going forward.

Creating a beautiful vegetarian menu is possible and there is no shortage of veggie friendly dishes available. Vegetarian and vegan cuisine has come a long way from the days when a vegetarian dish simply required removing any meat from a standard dish.

When planning the wedding menu, from plated dinners to buffet style or whether it’s a breakfast, lunch or dinner service, the food you select is super important and you must take into consideration the flavours of the seasons. Some fruit and vegetables that are in season during autumn are apples, avocados, beetroot, beans, lemons, naartjies, oranges, pears, etc.

Really good ideas to kick start the eating process could be to have grazing tables, or even set down a family style centre piece where you get to share the meal. This can be a starter or even the main meal with an array of side dishes that guests can select from.

The team highlights that it’s also a wonderful idea to move away from the traditional. Serve great hunks of homemade bread and locally-sourced, artisan cheeses served on wooden platters, or a locally-sourced platter or charcuterie plate.

Also, support local where the food on the plate has a story, locally sourced, handmade signature dishes labelling where they come from and how they are grown.

Some great ideas below, to include on the menu:

  • Starters – Beetroot parfait & goat’s cheese shortbread, beetroot caramel, rosemary & goat’s cheese mousse & rosemary salt / confit brown mushroom salad with rocket & slow roast tomatoes / pan seared halloumi beet puree and pickled slaw, medley of mushrooms, herbed vodka & cranberry reduction
  • Main Course – Chickpea & lentil curry, green thai paste & coconut cream, poppadum, sambals, chutney & basmati rice / creamy mushroom gnocchi (V) served with slow roasted tomatoes, rocket & pecorino cheese
  • Dessert – Orange cointreau dark chocolate mousse with dark chocolate shards, peppered dark chocolate soil, raspberry sorbet & raspberry gastrique / chocolate & coffee torte served with butterscotch crème fraiche & honeycomb shards / deconstructed banoffee pie served with banana parfait, caramel, chantilly cream & banana / baked cheese cake with roasted pineapple compote & toasted coconut flakes

“Remember, it’s your wedding day and a healthy happy vegetarian menu doesn’t need to be boring”, reiterates the Granny Mouse’s team.

Spa Treatments for Respiratory Illnesses

Most people might think that massage therapy is only about eliminating discomfort in the muscles and relaxing, but it is also an important way to strengthen the body’s respiratory system.

With the temperature dropping these early winter days, you may experience more respiratory illnesses including asthma, and the common cold. We all know that visiting a day spa is another way to improve your health and wellness, and with natural massage therapy you won’t be required to take any medications.

Granny Mouse Country House & Spa experts give us a guide on how you can improve your respiratory system with massage therapy.

You may feel achy or stiff all over your body when you have a respiratory illness as well as a stuffy nose, sore throat or an aching headache. Massage therapy benefits many parts of the body. “Our experienced massage therapist uses a tapping respiratory treatment on the clients back during the bodywork which releases the hardened mucus that may be in your lungs,” says Granny Mouse Country House & Spa General Manager, Sean Granger.

Massage therapy used to treat respiratory illnesses has many benefits for the body, including:

  • Boosting the body’s immune system
  • Releasing toxins from your body
  • Loosening congestion in lungs
  • Eliminating sinus headaches
  • Improves posture to expand the lungs
  • Improving the body’s blood circulation
  • Releasing muscle tension from stress

It is very easy to let stress weigh you down or let respiratory issues spoil your day. With massage therapy this does lead to improved breathing, which means you will enjoy a more relaxed state, increased energy levels and reduce symptoms of troublesome respiratory issues.

Best of all is that Granny Mouse currently has some amazing weekday massage specials, ranging from a Swedish to Aroma or a Hotstone massage, as well as a host of other pick n mix specials for you to choose from.

Don’t put up with it any longer! Book your massage with highly qualified therapists today to reap the benefits that await you.

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