WITH LOVE FROM OUR KITCHEN TO YOURS

Introducing the new Wellness frozen readymade meals by La Cuccina

We all have those days when we don’t feel like cooking, but we don’t want to go out to eat or order takeaways, either. We want a homestyle meal that’s delicious, contains the right ingredients, and fits in with our requirements to eat a little healthier.

That’s why we’ve launched a convenient range of tasty readymade meals that offer the best ingredients, and taste just like they would if you were to make them at home (if only you had the time!).

La Cuccina restaurant has been in operation in Cape Town for over 15 years, and has become a popular destination for locals and tourists alike thanks to its generous lunch buffets, which offer a variety of homestyle dishes. For the last three years, they have offered some of their patrons’ favourite buffet options as delicious readymade meals to heat and enjoy at home.

Every meal they prepare for Wellness Warehouse uses only the finest quality, most natural ingredients. They meet our strict ingredient specifications, are free from added preservatives, and contain only free-range chicken and eggs, grass-fed beef, and the freshest produce from local suppliers.

The La Cuccina team live by their slogan of ‘food made with love’. Under the watchful eye of restaurant owner Ian, the meals are prepared in small batches by hand, and quickly frozen to lock in their flavour and goodness. The four ladies who make them have all become experts at producing each to ensure consistency of flavour. What’s more, each batch is checked by a fifth team member whose exclusive role is quality control.

Four of the current range of six meals are vegan, and you’ll have to look far and wide to find a more delicious range of vegan readymade meals. They include Thai vegan curry pie, sweet potato mushroom nut curry, vegan cannelloni, and sweet potato cottage pie.

For the flexitarians, the range is completed by some of La Cuccina’s most popular meals: beef lasagna, and chicken, mushroom and rosemary pie. Look out for the new

additions, too – a delicious vegan spicy Mexican enchilada, and the vegetarian spanakopita pie (a twist on an original Greek spanakopita recipe).

We recommend heating the meals slowly in the oven, directly from frozen. Simply remove the sleeve and top film, and place the dish in the oven at 130° for 30 minutes, or at 160° for 20 minutes, if you’re hungry and in a hurry! If you don’t want to wait, the containers are microwaveable, but the meals should be defrosted in the fridge first. After removing the sleeve and top film, microwave on full power for two minutes and 30 seconds. However, we don’t recommend heating the pies in the microwave.

The Wellness frozen meals can be found in the freezers of all Wellness Warehouse stores in Cape Town and Gauteng. We’re working on making them available in Kwazulu-Natal as soon as possible.

Take your healthier snacks anywhere

• Less Fat & Salt • • Real Natural Ingredients • • Diverse Array of Flavours • • Ready to Eat •