LAST CHANCE!

Don't forget, today is your last chance to enter our amazing prize draw giveaway! Head to our website now for further details... but be quick entries end tonight at midnight! (19/12/13).

The Porridge Cleanser!

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Cleansing your face is a skincare 'must' to help achieve healthy, cleaner-looking skin - it helps remove dirt as well as deep cleansing the pores. But did you know that you can use porridge oats as a DIY cleanser?

Oats can help relieve itchiness, irritations and redness as well as absorbing the dirt and impurities, whilst exfoliating the skin without all the harmful chemicals that some beauty and skincare products have in them, making them the perfect cleansing product. 

This is an all-natural way to exfoliate and cleanse the face. If you want to give it a go then follow these easy steps:

1. Grab a plan full of porridge oats, we suggest using our Porridge with added Cane Sugar. The sugar will help exfoliate those tough dry patches. 

2. Clench your fingers together into a fist and run under lukewarm water for around 10 seconds. The water should seep through the gaps of your fingers and be partly soaked up by the oats. 

3. Open up your first and the oats should feel saturated and soft, if not add a couple of drops/splashes of water until they do. Spend around a minute massaging them into the face. This can be quite messy so make sure you are leaning over the basin at this point. 

4. Rinse face with lukewarm water, to help remove the remaining oats and sugar, then pat face dry. Finish off be applying a moisturiser of your choice.

The West Briton

Chris Body, gives a big thank-you to Grasshopper in The West Briton, December 5th, 2013.

Crunchy Granola!

What is it they say about the simple things in life being the best? In this case it's definitely true...

This happens to be the best granola you'll ever taste and the actual making is incredibly easy. You can have it with milk for breakfast; over yogurt; drizzled with honey late at night; or just grab a handful as you pass the jar for an on-the-go snack.

INGREDIENTS:
65g brazil nuts, crushed
35g whole almonds, crushed
25g macadamia nuts, crushed
25g hazelnuts, crushed
2 pots of Grasshopper Coconut & Date porridge
75g unrefined sugar
7 tbsp maple syrup
50g unsalted butter
6 tbsp hazelnut oil (from supermarkets)

METHOD:
1. Preheat oven to 160 C (fan - 140 C).
2. Crush each type of nut and roast on a baking tray separately until they turn golden. Do the same with the oats - bake until golden.
3. Turn the oven down to 120 C and mix the roasted ingredients in a bowl. Put the sugar, maple syrup, butter and hazelnut oil into a pan, melt and then add to the dry ingredients, mix well.
4. Place mixture back onto the backing tray and bake for 15-20 minutes.
5. All to cool, then break into large crunchy pieces.

And enjoy!

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.

The Perfect Christmas Gift...

We are getting into the festive spirt here at Hopper Heads HQ. And as the team are feeling rather jolly, we have a fabulous gift for that one lucky customer... just in time for Christmas too!! 

That amazing present is a shiny, brand new... drumroll please... iPad Mini! Who wouldn't want to win this must-have gadget!! 

All you need to do is hop onto the Grasshopper website, (www.grasshopper-foods.com) and buy just ONE case of any of our delicious porridges, soups or noodles. Your details will then automatically be entered into our prize draw, all you need to do is sit back, eat some scrumptious Grasshopper pots and wait for the winner to be announced - will it be you? 

It really is that easy, and guess what... you can enter as many times as you want!

Be quick though, the deadline is midnight on the 19th of December 2013! 

If you want this incredible present under your Christmas tree this year... head to our website now! 

Ice Ice Baby

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The cold, frosty, wintery weather has definitely arrived and it doesn't look like it's going to change anytime soon. The best bit of winter... has to be all the ice skating rinks that have opened up and down the country! It's the perfect time to get those skate on and glide across the ice (or maybe fall)... depending on your skills. 

Ice skating is a great activity that the whole family can enjoy, also it's a great way to exercise and have fun - but all that whizzing around the rink can build up an appetite. So why not grab a pot of our tasty Grasshopper soups to help fill those empty stomachs! 

With three flavours to choose from, Tomato & Basil, Mushroom & Chives and Lentil & Coconut, there is something for everyone. 

Available from grasshopper-foods.com