For over 20 years we’ve helped the good people of York and Leeds make the perfect Christmas cake by weighing out and packing up the majority of the ingredients into one handy pack. This means you don’t have to buy everything separately and end up with half used packets sitting in your cupboards. We also include step-by-step...
We stock a wide range of herbs and spices, including: Alfalfa Seeds (25g, 65p) Anieed (25g, 50p) Basil (50g, 60p) Caraway Seeds (25g, 50p) Green Cardamon (25g, £1.20) Cajun Seasoning (50g, 60p) Cayenne Pepper (50g, 50p) Cake Spice (50g, 60p) Chilli Powder (50g, 50p) Cinnamon Powder (50g, 65p) Citric Acid (100g, £1.00) Cinnamon Quills (60p)...
We were recently featured in the Daily Mirror’s Christmas Gift Guide 2010: Speciality food and body care hampers delivered throughout the UK. Our hampers feature the finest quality products. Select from luxury food hampers, Yorkshire themed hampers or pick from brands such as Dr.Hauschka and Burt’s Bees to create a natural body care hamper. Wellbeing...
I still get excited when people ask us to put together a hamper for them. Today we put together this lovely picnic hamper: We decided to add the following: French Brie Fine Fettle Ewes Cheese Mrs Bells Blue Cheese Walkers Mini Mince Pies Walkers Shortbread Divine Chocolate After Dinner Mints Booja-Booja Raspberry Truffles John Lusty...
Cheese Wedding Cakes (or Cheese Towers) are in many ways like a traditional wedding cake, but instead of tiers of fruit/sponge cake, there are several layers of various cheeses. These are a popular alternative to wedding cakes or as an addition for guests who may prefer a cheese board. Or we can even combine them...
Grab a 500ml Costalata bottle, fill it full of Manoli Extra Virgin Olive Oil and then keep the bottle to refill the next time you need some more of this gorgeous extra virgin olive oil. Perfect for dripping, drizzling, gulping and rubbing … apparently! Extra Virgin Olive Oil from the Manoli Estate on the Island...
Ever considered trying venison one night instead of the usual chicken or beef? Holme Farmed Venison, in Thorpe Underwood, York, produce the finest quality venison which is farmed to the highest standards. The deer are reared naturally, grazing on grass pastures, guaranteeing a beautifully flavoured lean and tender red meat. Health benefits include: Low in...
Mark and Sally at Nova Scotia Farm in Leeds have created a fantastic range of meals for your freezer. Made from supreme quality Yorkshire beef, these environmentally-friendly, minimalist packaged dishes use only the freezer to preserve the food. They are ideal to keep in the freezer for your convenience. We currently have: Supreme Yorkshire Mince...
It’s always great to see how generous the people of Leeds are, whether it’s a get well present or to congratulate a new mum. This time it was this gorgeous hamper we put together for a lovely customer to give as a gift: It featured: 150g French Brie 150g Smoky Cardinal 150g Raclette Choc Affairs...
Below is a hamper we put together for a lady looking for a special gift for a good friend that had just had a baby. It’s one of our Bespoke Beauty Hampers and features natural and organic cosmetics, plus a few other goodies, including: Barefoot Botanicals Rosa Fina Lifting & Firming Body Lotion (great for...
Now there aren’t many products we sell that I don’t bring home to sample. I’m always more than happy to test out our amazing Belgian Chocolate Pudding, Giovanni Hot Chocolate Sugar Scrub, French Roast Coffee and anything else. But I think I’ve found one that I can’t really tell you too much about, well the...
This is a great, cost effective way of having a nice steak for dinner. Tancred Field Farm in Yorkshire provide us with some fantastic Lincoln Red Sandwich Steaks. These steaks cost £1.56 and £1.17. We made some potato wedges which cost about 30p. We also fried some onions and mushrooms which cost about 30p and...
To maintain good health, we must all consume protein because it contains amino acids, which are the building blocks of our bodies. Amino acids fortify and form the many tissues and muscles that make up our bodies. Traditionally, powdered protein supplements have been considered as ‘body building’ sports supplements. However, more and more people are...
We have a new range of locally produced artisan chocolate arriving this week. Choc-Affair are based in York and produce a specialist Fairtrade chocolate. We have many valentines chocolates starting from just 99p plus all year round treats. The half kilo slabs are one of my favourite as well as the chocolate numbers and letters,...
Another week another coffee. This time it’s Taylors of Harrogate French Roast: A full-bodied, smooth blend which includes a proportion of top quality Kenyan beans, giving hints of citrus fruit. Dark roast. Coffee Origin: Africa Coffee Type: Whole Bean Blend Coffee Range: Speciality Coffee Beans Also available in: Speciality Coffee Beans As an extra treat...
When making anything in store we always use ingredients from our shelves so we know exactly what’s in it and that it’s the best quality. It’s no different with our take away coffees – we use Clever Cow Organics milk with Fairtrade Organic Coffee. This makes a great tasting coffee which is organic, Fairtrade and...
At Millies we always aim to support local produces and bring you the best quality produce at the right price. With our new local farm meat supplier we do just that. The lovely Dean and Angela Hullah run Tancred Field Farm, where they raise pedigree cows, pigs and sheep – they even grow their own...
Lactic bacteria cultures probably don’t sound that appetising, but considering how good and how important they are for you, you really should be scoffing not just a few, not millions, but billions of them everyday! They inhabit the human digestive system where they create a lactic acid environment that bad bugs can’t live in. These...
You may recognise the owner of the Saddleworth Cheese Company as the guy who played Martin Platt in Coronation Street, but Sean Wilson is now a well know name in the cheese world and an award winning producer of artisan cheese. The names of the cheeses, which are all hand-made in Saddleworth, Lancashire, using only...
Saving the planet can often be thought as expensive, boring and a selfless act. Fortunately Ecover have a different approach to environmental friendly shopping with their ingenious Ecover Refills. The concept is incredibly straight forward – instead of throwing away your plastic washing up bottle (which then takes hundreds of years to degrade) bring it...
