Asian recipe tops food writers’ competition

Asian recipe tops food writers’ competition

Food writer Celia Harvey’s Soy & Ginger Venison with Asian-style slaw recipe is the winner of January’s monthly award in a nationwide competition for New Zealand food writers.

As winner of the farm-raised venison and New Zealand vegetables competition, Celia receives a copy of Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall’s River Cottage Veg Everyday cookbook. She’s also in the running to win $1,000 in the overall competition.

Deer Industry New Zealand Marketing Services Manager Innes Moffat says the competition has been well supported by scribes.

“It’s fantastic to see food writers sharing their creativity using healthy farm-raised venison and fresh New Zealand vegetables. The more information in the market about healthy eating the better.

“We all know that a balanced diet with small amounts of quality protein and fresh, minimally processed vegetables makes us feel good – and the science proves it.”

Recent findings published by Plant & Food Research show the typical kiwi ‘meat and three veg’ diet may provide more nutritional value that previously thought.

Although the effects of red meat on digestive health have been debated, new research shows that consuming meat as part of a vegetable rich diet can benefit health. Farm-raised venison is known for its low fat, high iron composition, making it a perfect ingredient to aid a healthy diet.

Vegetables.co.nz representative and food writer Pip Duncan is thrilled to see food writers creating delicious meals with fresh, seasonal New Zealand vegetables.

“Fresh New Zealand grown vegetables are some of the best tasting and highest quality vegetables in the world. It’s wonderful that well-known New Zealand food writers are sharing recipes containing an abundance of delicious, nutritious and visually appealing New Zealand vegetables with their readers.”

Moffat says he’s looking forward to seeing more entries that demonstrate the wonderful taste and health qualities of farm-raised venison and fresh NZ grown vegetables.

The competition is open to all recipes featuring farm-raised venison and New Zealand grown vegetables published in New Zealand between 1 January and 30 June 2013.

Entries go in to the monthly draw to win a copy of Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall’s River Cottage Veg Everyday cookbook. All recipes are entered in to the overall competition to be judged by leading Food Writer Lauraine Jacobs, chef Graham Brown, and senior culinary lecturer at AUT Alan Brown.

Overall competition winners are announced in July. Further entry details can be found here.

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