Meadow Market Matters 4

Meadow Market Matters: Volume 4

The Slowing Down Edition

December is here, and by the time this Newsletter finds its way to your Inbox, you will be able to count the number of days to Christmas on one hand. We’ve been residents of the Winelands long enough to know that, this time of year, locals pack up and go - whether that be to visit family, camp near the seaside or, for the lucky ones, go to their own beach house for an extended stay. For the ones who stay behind, Paarl becomes a different town... the streets are quieter, traffic is less and the trip between North and South takes, surprisingly, half the time it does during school terms.
We feel very fortunate to be able to live in this beautiful part of our beautiful country and, while most years we just stay home over the Christmas holidays, this year we, too, will be heading to the coastline for a short break. What a privilege it is to be able to take life a bit slower, braai more, sleep more, laugh more, play more games together as a family and put that on repeat. May all of us enter the new year refreshed and with a renewed focus to live purposeful lives.

Meadow Market aims to continue to serve the community toward wellness in 2026.

We’re ending the year with a quick and healthy recipe and two new practical arrangements.

Crispy baked chickpeas: a healthy alternative to potato crisps

With all the braaiing and festivities, one tends to be constantly snacking. Why not snack better this year? Crispy baked chickpeas is surprisingly tasty and it might just be what you need to convince your family to eat less shop-bought crisps and crackers. Home-made using healthy ingredients are always superior to mass-produced using seed oils and flavour enhancers such as monosodium glutamate (MSG).

Good Life and Good Life Organic news

Over the last few weeks, we’ve increased our range of Good Life and Good Life Organic products quite substantially. Do yourself a favour and head over to https://meadowmarket.co.za/collections/good-life to have a look. Not only do we sell organic herbs and spices from Good Life Organic, but we also distribute products from the Good Life Wellness and Real Good ranges. These ranges are produced by the same company that does Good Life Organic, with the same promise of delivering clean, non-GMO products with no additives. You’ll find flavoured and unflavoured plant- and dairy-based protein powders, convenient superfood and collagen mixes, immunity boosters, dried beans and seeds and more at real good prices.
Because of the vastness of the product list, we are unable to keep stock of everything. For this reason, our current best solution is to order from Good Life once a month, on the last business day of each month. Our web site will be updated with the cut-off date for each month, but we will also send out monthly reminders. You are still welcome to place an order during any time of the month, but please just be aware that any Good Life products ordered might result in delayed delivery due to our own ordering schedule.

New Helpful Table at Meadow Market

In our household, we had a few incidents that called for the use of some sort of ointment lately. Luckily we have wonderful products on hand, produced by our skillful suppliers, and we were spoilt for choice! What a privilege to be able to test some of them... and we were not disappointed at all! In fact, without an exception, we were very much impressed by the efficacy of the ones we tried. So far we have used the Oil blend for pain and inflammation, Herbal healing balm, Fire and spice salve and Healer’s touch salve. We did realise, however, that it can be quite confusing to know what specific ointment or salve to choose, as there is a lot of overlap in potential uses, plus the online platform isn’t always user-friendly. We therefore crafted an information table for your convenience – a view-at-a-glance type list that should take the pain out of your decision-making (pun not intended). You will find a link to this info table on each relevant product page, or have a quick look here.

On this note, we’re ending our last newsletter for 2025. Until next year,

The Meadow Market Team