Cross Corner Gym Bar & Grill

After many years of use, we’re finally moving away from our vast collection of fitness DVDs. The fitness classes will soon be moving to streamed classes in the gym that we trialled with all of our members remotely over the last couple of years while we had to remain closed.

The last couple of years have given us an opportunity to drag ourselves into the present and embrace what technology offers, and it’s made us realise that we’re way behind the times.

As a result, we’ve got a ton of old DVDs and CDs to get rid of, and we’d like to offer members a chance to buy them first, with all proceeds going to charity.

In general, the DVDs are recorded fitness classes, with some by famous names. We expect these to go quickly, so if you’re interested, don’t leave it too long!

The CDs are mainly house music, as you’d imagine we have used a lot of music over the years for fitness classes, but that will also now be moving to streaming services as it’s just simpler and cheaper to keep up with and is covered under our licence to use in the gym and bar areas.

As the money raised will be going to local charities, we’re not going to strictly allocate prices to each title, but please give what you can, knowing it’s all going to a good cause.

If there is anything left when people stop flooding us with generous donations, we’ll make sure that the remaining CDs and DVDs are recycled wherever possible if we can’t even give them away!

We’ve also had a useful tip off from regular gym user Wayne that we can use some internet services to buy them too, but we want to give everyone who has supported us over the years first refusal. That’s for the tip off Wayne – we’ll look into that once everyone has had fair chance to grab what they want to buy!

We’ve just brought some new OXO salad spinners into the kitchen to get even better choices on the menu. These affordable salad spinners are brilliant for fast results – just wash the salad and serve.

Here’s a great choice from our new menu that you can prepare at home if you get yourself an OXO salad spinner! All you need to know is below…

Green Avocado Salad For Summer

What makes avocado a wonderful green salad addition?

Cooking avocado seems to be outlandish considering the wide array of nutrients present in its pristine and uncooked state. That is why, an avocado salad reminds one of a refreshing splash during summer. It is an invigorating treat that breaks the monotony of a hot summer day. It can easily blend with the other ingredients as it absorbs and complements other flavours being bland and buttery in taste and texture.

The best addition yet to infuse flavours to the sugarless, unsalted taste of the avocado are the herbs with all their unique gustatory dimensions, examples are cilantro, garlic, basil, dill, oregano, etc. A little spice will not hurt especially for chilli lovers. Some other fresh additions to make the avocado salad more summery and crisp would be tomatoes, lettuce, cucumber, and other mixed salad greens. A trace of some sweetness like honey that is so natural is like pumping up the flavours of the avocado salad. Sweetness as well as texture may be infused with the addition of vibrant fruit wedges such as grapefruit, grapes apples, oranges, pomelo or whatever is available.

Perk up the flavour with some protein source from the sea- shrimps or prawns, crab meat, scallops, mussels, flaky fish; poultry-chicken, turkey; meat -pork, beef, veal; processed meats-sausages, bacon, hams. Enhance the taste more and render more character by throwing in some extras like, olives, anchovies or capers.

Unify the diversified ingredients so that harmony is created and tasted. Let the salad dressing bind the diverse ingredients to foster harmony and balance that can be judged only by a knowing taste bud. Simple salad dressings that will be healthy must be used like olive oil or definitely cheaper and even healthier, the avocado oil mixed with balsamic vinegar or lemon extract.

An avocado salad is just non specific having no mandatory ingredients that sometimes make it complicated. In the end, just remember to throw in whatever is available; just infuse balance, add in the freshness of avocado, and you will surely get something summery with fresh avocado salad.