more nutrition

As to the question regarding the onboard chef verses the eating out option. Well yes, for us its simply
not a question of having to watch our profit margins as it is in restaurants, because we have better control
as we know exactly how many people we are catering for each week and so we buy the best quality produce
and our costing is constant. But for the guests eating out, well before they arrive on Absoluut2 for their
cruise I suppose they will be eating out and enjoying a huge variety of good food too.
Just to give you a brief description of the Menu onboard Absoluut2 ....
We commence the day with platters of fresh fruits in season, always colourful and always favoured by our female
guests a little more than the guys. But the guys often ask for oatmeal, again Organic Scottish Oats,
which we serve with marinated prunes, cream and organic honey.
We also serve a variety of low fat yoghurts again favoured by the ladies to combine with the fresh fruits.
There is always the option of egg dishes which changes daily ...sometimes poached or scrambled, omelet
or eggs Benedict always served on delicious freshly baked daily onboard whole grain bread, or for those
who prefer it toast. Fruit Juice, tea and coffee are available for self service, and of course a variety of
Herbal teas.
Lunch is a buffet featuring a speciality dish incorporating food combining, each day and variety of interesting salads,
the salads are served without dressing so that our guest can choose from olive oil and lemon juice vinagrette
or a creamy mayonaise dressing or just Olive oil and balsamic vinegar. Or if they prefer to savour these
salad vegetables undressed, they can do so.
We have developed the evening meals to be well balance both flavour wise and, the size of the serves is
something we watch carefully. As some guests have bigger appetites so we change to accommodate these
as we recognise the differences.
More on Dinner soon.

Ienka's note on Nutritious food

I first developed my interest in nutritious foods 25 years ago, when my husband John was diagnosed
with Hypoglycaemia because he had given up the adrenalin sport of Parachuting, and the dieticians'
recommended diet changes were too boring for my husbands exotic palate.
We must all agree that exercise is a big part of maintaining our health.
Thus onboard Absoluut2 we have an elliptic exercise machine. But rather than having this inside a gym,
we have placed it on the aft deck along side the Jacuzzi. This way our guests can enjoy the scenery
passing slowly by as their exercise time passes all too quickly. We also keep Yoga mats for those who
have brought along their preferred yoga DVSs. A natural feature of decks are the safety rail which make
ideal stretching bars, again exercising outdoors. And for the guests who love to run or bike ride the
tow paths alongside the canals are perfect as there is no traffic and its often out in the countryside or
through small villages.
And getting on and off the boat at the locks on the canals offers long or short distances to run, walk or bike.
During the past 5 years we have found that most of the guests whose company we have enjoyed
have been health conscious without being fanatical. And they have enjoyed the style of food that we offer.
Firstly, we provision Absoluut2 with Organic food wherever possible.
And these days I am pleased to tell you, it is much easier to source these Organic products from the
wholesalers than it was 5 years ago. And we never buy farmed fish, only locally caught fresh fish.