Spring has sprung so why make a booking at a restaurant when you can build a dream marriage proposal picnic from scratch and it’s as easy as picking up a few beautiful products at your local supermarket? The thought came to me when I was leaning on our kitchen counter, staring out the window unknowingly making my way through a whole tub of Dari’s Table Pine Nuts Hummus…
Dari & Yehiel Kaplan are known for a passion for perfection and its evident when you open one of their dips. Their attention to detail is amazing and I’m sure a lot of that comes from Dari as she is a graphic designer with a fantastic eye for detail. It’s rare that you find a product that tastes even better then it looks when the product looks as wonderful as this!
I have heard that Yehiel is a passionate chef who desires to cook nothing but the best. I have a food intolerance to garlic, so to find their pine nut hummus packing a punch without any garlic is incredible! Alternatively, they make an awesome Dari’s Table Hummus with roasted garlic and Pilpel Garlic dip, for all of you lovely people who adore garlic and everything that goes with it!
What really appeals to me is that in a more then 25 year obsession with cooking, chef Kaplan has learnt many things but none more important than the first rule for creating recipes: add nothing that’s not essential to the flavour and this is why their products stand out. Dari’s Kitchen provide good clean flavours that compliment important occasions perfectly. Pilpel and Dari’s Table range of dips are gluten-free, contain no dairy, no egg, no animal fat, no artificial colours or flavours and at the top of their priority list is to support our Australian farmers.
I contacted the wonderful people at Dari’s Kitchen a few years back now, purely to ask permission to blog about giving you a quality product to include in your proposal picnic hamper. I was planning on picking up some dips from my local supermarket to photograph but they were so incredibly kind and insisted on delivering a box of products to shoot for this post. I have personally tried everything* (mostly without garlic but a few with, because I couldn’t resist) and I can honestly say that you can’t go wrong with any of the Dari’s Table or Pilpel range as their products are fantastic.
If you want to add colour, natural flavour and a whole lotta love to your proposal experience, just pack a tub or two from the range, a few crackers and a bottle of sparkling and “Hey presto” you have the perfect picnic. With a combined experience of over 50 years, Dari & Yehiel have produced exactly what was missing on the shelf (and in your picnic basket); a top-quality healthy product with a look that reflects the simplicity of their creation.
*My partner Ralf gives the thumbs up on all products (that I didn’t try) containing garlic.
Click on the links here for Dari’s Table and Pipel fine foods and make sure to pack your Dari’s Kitchen products for your surprise proposal in the Bellingen Shire!
