Picnic Perfect

The sun is shining, the temperatures are high, this calls for one thing... a picnic.

With the weather being so glorious, it would be silly to miss out on the sunshine! Whether you make it a family affair or strictly friends only, getting together and laying on the grass with food and drink is a great way to relax, have fun and soak up the sun.

You know what the perfect picnic food is... a delicious pot of tomato & basil soup.

Surfs Up!

Photograph by Fred Pompermayer

Although the sunshine may have disappeared, Summer is definitely on its way which means we can hit the beaches and surf!

If you're a huge surfing fan then Hawaii is the place to be. Here we see local surfer Yuri Soledade riding a massive 40-foot wave at Peahi on Maui's North Shore! This area is known for some of the biggest and most powerful waves according to Yuri, definitely a surfers dream location!

If these waves seem a bit daunting, (they do to us!), maybe stay local instead and hit the waves in Cornwall! :-)

The Outdoor Show 2014

Hurray... the time has come, it's time for the Outdoor Show!

And of course Grasshopper will be there... so why not pop down and say hello, even check out our products and meet part of the team!

We will be at stand OU640... see you there.

Mr. Jim Davidson

Wow, Celebrity Big Brother 2014 has finished... and we must say, it has been a great season! Don't you agree? 

Well, we want to say a huge congratulations to Jim Davidson on being crowned this years winner - he truly deserved it. And... did you know that he is a fan of our delicious noodles? It's true... we even have a picture to prove it! 

Add some nuts!

Porridge... it's a great meal for breakfast. It is healthy, filling and leaves you feeling warm - what's not to love?

If you love fruits then our Cinnamon & Raisin porridge is perfect for you... and why not pimp your porridge by adding in some chopped nuts for an added crunch!

Let us know how you pimp your porridge in the morning.

Singletrack Magazine

We were featured in Singletrack magazine, issue 86. Did you see us?
They tried, tasted and loved our delicious Hopper Pots, which comes as no surprise to us!

Remember that we are easily portable and extremely tasty - perfect when on-the-go!

Daily Mail Weekend

Did you see us featured in John & Gregg's Side Dish column?

Mr Gregg Wallace had plenty of nice things to say about our noodles - one being that our noodles are well flavored. His favorite one were the Chinese Five Spice - which are your favorite? Do you agree with Gregg?

Fruity Smoothie

What is it that they say about the simple things in life being the best?

Our gorgeous fruity smoothie with a hint of coconut - a healthy, quick & filling breakfast option fill of fibre!

Ingredients:
A pot of Coconut & Date porridge
250ml skimmed milk
1 banana
10 frozen or fresh strawberries
1/2 teaspoon of honey

Method:
Blend all ingredients until it has reached desired thickness (if too thick, add water/milk).

Best served cold.

Perfect for summer!

Fancy living in a giant egg for a year?

A pool of talented creatives have worked together to build the Exbury Egg, a tiny, floating home and research station, currently moored in the Beaulieu estuary on Britain's south coast. Artist Stephen Turner, who helped build this pod, will be both the Egg's client and chief resident. 

The Exbury Egg, which was launched in May and will be Turner’s home for the next year, as he studies and looks for inspiration in the rise and fall of the waters, in an attempt to better understand our environment. Turner’s work has appeared, aptly, in Margate’s Turner Gallery, among other places, and he often concerns himself with the sea, nature, the man-made world and the persistence of time.

The interior is welcoming and is simply kitted out with a hammock, a stove, a desk and a wet room. Keeping the interior simple yet it has everything for your basic needs. There's also an egg-shaped skylight and a square, hatch-like window to light up the Egg.

Would you like to spend a whole year in the Exbury Egg? Let's hope he's stocked up on plenty of Grasshopper foods.

Porridge 'cuts childhood obesity'

Eating a healthy breakfast could help tackle childhood obesity, researchers say.

They found a breakfast with a low glycemic index - such as bran, porridge or muesli - is better than sugary cereals or white bread.

It means children eat less for lunch and tend not to snack between meals.

The researchers, from Oxford Brookes University, say the findings could help dieticians devise the most effective diets to combat child obesity.The researchers studied 37 children aged nine to 12 to see what effect eating different foods for breakfast had on their hunger levels during the day.One group had a low GI breakfast of porridge, a second group had a low GI breakfast with added sugar, and a third group was given a high GI breakfast of white bread, a cereal such as cornflakes or a chocolate-flavoured cereal.

Each child ate each type of breakfast for three days in a row with about five weeks between testing. The researchers found eating a low GI breakfast meant children ate significantly less for lunch than those who had a high GI meal for breakfast.They were also less likely to feel hungry between meals.

Porridge is also proven highly beneficial for anyone on a low cholesterol diet, mums-to-be and athletes, to name a few. With Grasshopper’s three delicious flavours, you won’t be short of options too, all you have to do is add some boiling water and voila! 100% natural oats mixed with delicious raisin, cinnamon, date or coconut - breakfast perfection!

The study is published in the US journal Pediatrics. 

Source: news.bbc.co.uk