CURLY AND CANDID

Yummy! (Obviously I mean Marco as well as the turkey!).

Yummy! (Obviously I mean the turkey not just Marco!)

The luscious Marco Pierre is the new Bernard Matthews Farms Turkey Ambassador. Ok it’s not the sexiest title, I’ll give you that, but an important one. The new Bernard Matthews Farms campaign is all about swapping your usual meat with turkey for a great tasting, healthy alternative and focuses on changing your usual everyday family meals to include this often overlooked meat!

Marco Pierre White (yummy) features in this brilliant new advert for Bernard Matthews Farms, which is a completely unscripted short conversation between himself and Martin Kemp (Think Spandau ballet or for soap watchers, he was on Eastenders a few years ago) whilst they tuck into a meal Marco has made them. Brilliant! During their chat (oh to be at that table!) Marco talks about turkey and his comments include:

“Tender, with great texture” (Much like Marco’s gravelly voice)
“Turkey is without a doubt, the king of birds”
“Turkey has less fat, & great flavour” (If you don’t like your birds fatty Marco, I’m back at Weight Watchers now – won’t take long before I’m at my target!)

Well if Marco says it, I’m not going to argue!

Have a watch for yourself.

I’m going to move on now before I end up with a restraining order! The Change Your Meat Not Your Menu website is packed with information on how using turkey to replace the mean in your everyday meals is easily achieved and explains the health benefits, including having less saturated fat in your diet.

One turkey recipe that is very popular in our house is:

Easy Turkey Stirfry.

One pack of stirfry veg (available prepacked from supermarkets)

500g turkey breast

Mushrooms,

Oil -a nice oil such as stirfry oil (currently 77p in Tesco) for extra flavour

Spring Onions

Sesame Seeds

Cashew nuts

Rice or noodle, or rice noodles if you can’t decide.

In a hot wok, add your chopped spring onion and throw in your turkey and cook through, add the extra mushrooms and stirfry veggies, and just before they are done, add your *sesame seeds & *cashews. It’s that easy. Serve with rice or noodles for a quick, easy, filling and nutritious

As a family we recognise the health benefits (and taste benefits) of substituting some of our usual meats for turkey. For me as a Weight Watcher member and for the family, looking to ensure they eat a healthy and balanced diet, we will be looking through Marco’s recipes for more turkey dishes!

*Not suited for people with allergies.

This is a Sponsored Post however my post is true to what I personally believe, that we need more turkey in our diets as opposed to fattier meats, and that Marco is indeed, yummy.

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I loathe poor customer service. In fact, to be blunt – little pisses me off more!

Angryface — This is my not-happy-with-poor-service face!

I judge a company on it’s service generally (ie speed of delivery, competitive pricing, ease of navigation / use, packaging etc) whether it’s a retail business or something like a utility company, and on it’s customer service.

Reading this post on my brother’s new blog (shameless plug) really made me think, and after thinking for a while, my heckles started to rise.
I have worked in both retail & services and know just how important customer service is – so why do some companies put so little effort in?

welldoneface — This is my well-done-I-like-the-way-you-treat-your-customers face!

Three companies I have had excellent customer service from recently are:
1) Cosatto. I contacted Cosatto about getting a new raincover for my Cabi (damn wind ripped the last one when we had those awful gales!). My call was answered quickly, by a friendly female who was polite, professional and reordered me one immediately, had my details on screen very quickly, was chatty without being irrelevant and made a point of asking me if there was anything else that she could do for me whilst she was on the phone.

2) Eon. I have my gas & electricity through Eon and have done for years. Every so often I ring them and ask them to review my account to make sure I am on the right tariff for my usage, I give them updated readings and basically just make sure I am on the best plan for me. Everytime I have rung them to do this (haven’t ever had to ring them with any other query etc as there has never been a mistake on my bill or problem with my supply) they have been helpful, gracious, and often find a way to save me money. I feel valued as a customer.
3) Sky. I have my broadband, calls, landline and of course Sky TV with Sky & have contacted them a few times with broadband queries and the like. My call or email has always been quickly answered / replied to, advice is relevant and giving when needed in idiot-proof form (I’m not the most technical of people). Can’t fault them for politeness, helpfulness, knowledge and being able to answer my query quickly and efficiently without having to pass me from department to department.

You might wonder why I applaud what these three companies – after all isn’t this what they are supposed to do? Isn’t customer service about basically giving the customer good service? Sadly good service nowadays is the exception, not the norm. I find many companies are nonchalant about how they treat their clients or are just plain rubbish.

What about you – does poor customer service make your blood boil?

If you had to name one company, large or small that has provided you with excellent service recently, who would it be??

The King Of Turkey (Yummy!)

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