Flying Tomato Brothers

06/07/2017

Ok team we may have to lift our game a bit. Lots of options we need to investigate. .

OMG we've struck upon a powerful smoothie courtesy of Zaiton our massage therapist who is CRAZY about the goodness of beetroot and turmeric. And bananas! She says all vital for muscle and bone health and immunity. Her OMG Smoothie available here at Hearth: 1 whole beet, celery sticks, banana, finger size fresh turmeric root, chia seed, little carrot juice and almond milk. It is delicious! And the card: none other than Sarah Maxey ) 😘 Available here too 😌😌😌

21/04/2017

Feedback from the troops with this was awesome - have a go as I am pretty sure you will love it!!

http://flyingtomatobrothers.com/food-2/petes-wondrous-chilli-con-carne/

Noting a bit of a theme with my naming conventions however after making this and then eating this ‘Wondrous’ fits the bill well as the superlative.

20/04/2017

Loving, sitting here and having time to think. From that thinking I realised there are a lot of words ending in 'ing' that are not "value ad" words to me or others when used or enacted.

There are of course many 'ing' ending words i.e loving, thinking, being, growing and helping that are great words and need to be used properly and with meaning more often. Then there are several that we need to remove from our vocabulary and actions.

My thoughts on the top 10 to remove are

- Blaming
- Clinging
- Interrupting
- Whining
- Controlling
- Criticising
- Preaching
- Dwelling
- Fearing
- Impressing

Very sure that there are many more however those 10 are a great start for me. I , as do all of us really, need to keep growing and adjusting towards being a better person and the removal of those words and actions will help.

If you have any others please let me know.

01/03/2017

Went to a ‘Wine Club’ night at Craft in Hamilton last night - bizarre in some ways as its a craft beer place?? - anyway had some great Rosē - Lynda’s favourite - including this new wine Sophisticated Yeti by the Outlier Cartel of which Carlos (pictured) who ran the night is the winemaker. After learning his trade via Austria, Bordeaux, Chile and California - now NZ he knows a thing or two and is bringing a mix of traditional and new world processes into his wines - not a Rosē drinker myself however will be with this one!! You heard it here first team!! Also look out for Te Rata - part of the new natural wine movement and Herons Flight - from Matakana also doing some interesting things - both places Ill be shortly visiting

Oh and by the way Carlos also makes Beer at Hallertau. Clever boy

31/01/2017

Loving all these guys do - makes me miss Melbourne - a lot!!

Exciting times ahead! Uncle Rocco's is opening a second location and its flagship Brand store in South Melbourne soon. In conjunction with we're bringing customers a unique connection with the boutique distillery through its whisky and coffee bar attached. Alongside the already well established Barber, booze & burger...what more can a man ask for?!.

31/01/2017

Yip with the news of Tuatara going to DB and Lion getting Panhead this is great news. Also the fact a beautiful old building in Napier is being repurposed is brilliant to hear.

18/01/2017

More culinary delights by Pete - I love this one and try to make it often

http://flyingtomatobrothers.com/food-2/pete-style-hawaiian-tuna-poke/

This is such a tasty and healthy dish that in the summer I cannot get enough of. Easy top prep and presents very well to the eye of the ‘eater’.

16/01/2017

I subscribe to a daily feed from an awesome chap Michael Bungay-Stanier and his website/blog www.boxofcrayons.biz

Some of the quotes and thought provokers he provides are great - imagine the productivity upside if we followed the below advice.

Oscar Wilde said, “If I’d have had more time, I would have written less.”

What if you kept your emails to two sentences — or less? (Can you imagine how lovely it would be if you started receiving emails that succinct?)

Well worth a look

09/01/2017

Great start to a wet day (there's a surprise) in the 'Tron'. Manuka Brothers 'store' is new and AWESOME. Great job by Tyson and Graham to move from roasters selling at the markets to a full on Cafe. These guys just get it - no fuss and nothing flash - just great service and product - which at the end of the day is the major requirement.

They also do a Turmeric with Coconut milk ( to me it tastes like porridge with brown sugar/cinnamon) in a cup- very healthy.

My advice would be to drive down Norton Road and find them

08/01/2017

“The mere fact of being able to call your job your passion is success in my eyes.”

-- Alicia Vikander, award-winning actress

Love this quote - does this resonate for you ? - doing what you are doing?

By the way Alicia Vikander is a Swedish actor who won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress in the film - The Danish Girl.

04/01/2017

Well time to improve the food choices (says Mr +12kg since March 2016!) Better choices and the opportunity to find some awesome recipes to try out - also looking to be more value add in the kitchen.

http://flyingtomatobrothers.com/food-2/recipes-i-am-trying-2017-1-0/

New Year and for most of us a new focus ? – I am sure this is something the majority of us have all “committed’ to with the recent change of year. Out with the old and in with the new?

13/12/2016

Team, decided this year instead of giving people chocolates or alcohol I would just go a card and kind words AND give the money instead to people who need it more - in this case Te Whakaruruhau - the Waikato womens refuge. Its this time of year it really hits home how much most of us actually have and how blessed most of us are.

For those less fortunate than me I intend to do more in 2017 and apologise for not doing more sooner