{"id":16789,"date":"2015-07-11T00:16:44","date_gmt":"2015-07-11T00:16:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/test10.co.za\/C\/?p=16789"},"modified":"2015-07-10T08:46:12","modified_gmt":"2015-07-10T08:46:12","slug":"winter-menu-at-ocean-basket","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test10.co.za\/C\/winter-menu-at-ocean-basket\/","title":{"rendered":"Winter Menu at Ocean Basket"},"content":{"rendered":"

Shake your taste buds out of hibernation this season with spices\u00a0and herbs that not only add a tasty punch to dishes but are also bursting with nutrients, essential oils, antioxidants and the minerals and vitamins essential for winter wellness. Ocean Basket has launched it’s new spicy winter menu which is guaranteed\u00a0to bring even the most spice-shy souls in from the cold.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Research into why the body craves spicy\u00a0food\u00a0in winter has revealed that ‘unconventional heat’ not only warms you up from the inside out, but can also keep nasty bugs and viruses at bay. Authentically spicy dishes such as steaming curries and spicy seafood paella<\/strong> along with a rich Gl\u00fchwein\u00a0are packed with surprising health superstars – herbs and spices that will fast rid your body of the chill brought on by winter.<\/p>\n

The starring role in any seafood curry<\/strong> – aside from the succulent seafood – is turmeric. This golden-hued spice is a powerful anti-inflammatory that’s 50 times more potent than vitamin C or E. \u00a0Curry also contains cayenne pepper, coriander, chilli powder, cumin, ginger and garlic, all of which aid in digestion, improve immunity, insomnia, respiratory disorders, asthma, bronchitis and even the common cold.<\/p>\n

A firm winter favourite is Gl\u00fchwein, a mulled red wine, heated and spiced with cinnamon sticks,\u00a0cloves, star\u00a0anise, citrus,\u00a0sugar\u00a0and vanilla\u00a0pods<\/strong>. The antioxidant compounds in cinnamon help prevent blood sugar level spikes. The active principles in cloves are known to have antioxidant, anti-septic, local aesthetic, anti-inflammatory, rubefacient (warming and soothing), carminative and anti-flatulent properties.<\/p>\n

It’s with the above health benefits in mind that\u00a0Ocean Basket have spiced up their\u00a0menu with offerings guaranteed to warm the belly and satiate the appetite. \u00a0The addition of Spanish Paella<\/strong> and rich Seafood Curry, both flavoured with the sunny spices of warmer climes, as well as new additions from the East like Rock Shrimp Tempura, Spicy Tuna Rainbow Rolls and the Fuyu Platter (sushi) are all guaranteed to make you positively glow, no matter how frigid the air outside or frosted the windows.<\/p>\n

Find Ocean Basket<\/a><\/strong>‘s new ‘Spice It Up’ winter menu here<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Cold keeping you indoors? Try our stay-at-home Seafood Paella<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0or Red Goan Fish Curry<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0for dinner tonight.<\/p>\n

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Shake your taste buds out of hibernation this season with spices\u00a0and herbs that not only add a tasty punch to dishes but are also bursting with nutrients, essential oils, antioxidants and the minerals and vitamins essential for winter wellness. Ocean Basket has launched it’s new spicy winter menu which is guaranteed\u00a0to bring even the most spice-shy souls in from the cold. Research into why the body craves spicy\u00a0food\u00a0in winter has revealed that ‘unconventional heat’ not only warms you up from […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"wprm-recipe-roundup-name":"","wprm-recipe-roundup-description":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4098],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16789","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general"],"acf":[],"brand_slug":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/test10.co.za\/C\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16789","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/test10.co.za\/C\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/test10.co.za\/C\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test10.co.za\/C\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test10.co.za\/C\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16789"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/test10.co.za\/C\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16789\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test10.co.za\/C\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16789"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test10.co.za\/C\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16789"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test10.co.za\/C\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16789"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}