In August, Sydney will host an Organic Expo and Green Show at Sydney Convention & Exhibition Centre, Darling Harbour. This year’s Organic Expo & Green Show theme is ‘Paddock to Plate’ and offers the chance for us to catch cooking demonstrations by celebrity chefs such as Kylie Kwong and Tobie Puttock as they show how to feed the family without blowing the budget by choosing food that is fresh, in season and produced with care.
You can wander through displays across seven natural living categories: Food & Beverage, Wine, Mother, Baby, Kids, Building, House and Garden, Health, Personal Care & Beauty, Professional Services and Fashion & Manchester with 180 exhibitors showcasing what’s fresh and best from the organic and green industry.
Kylie Kwong
The opening times for the show are:
Saturday August 21 – 10.00am-6pm
Sunday August 22 – 10.00am-5pm
But…. five lucky Not Quite Nigella readers will win a double pass to the show! For your chance to win one of these double passes all you have to do is tell me what is your favourite green thing. Is it a frog or a vegetable? Or something else altogether? 
Simply add your answer as a comment to the story. The competition ends at Midnight AEST 16th August, 2010. You can enter this once daily.
**The winners are:
M. Wong
G. Garcia
T. Auerbach
C. Bieleckia
L. Campbell
Congratulations!
**
Best of luck!
Love,
Lorraine
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Wish I could go!
Hmmm my favourite green thing would have to be broccoli.
You see, I have a little bit of a broccoli obsession.
Anything I think might go with broccoli, goes with broccoli.
Pasta, pizza, cheese, chicken, rice, tomatoes, spinach, baked, roasted, toasted, grilled etcetcetc.
I don’t know how I was ever a broccoli hater, because it’s the best vegetable in the world
Great competition yet again Lorraine! I love all my vegetable greens, but my favourite green thing must be wasabi!
My favourite green thing is broccolini. Whichever farmer or scientist decided broccoli and gai-larn should marry and have this beautiful baby receives my thanks for being the obstetrician responsible for bringing such a bundle of sweet joy to the world!
Would be great to stroll through all those displays!
My favourite green is the SOCCER Field!
I like green brochilli
My favourite green thing is everything that is green
cabbage,lettuce, apples (this reminds me that it was NOTthe apple on the tree that was the temptation to adam and eve, It was the “pear” on the ground.
The curses of not living in Sydney
I think my favourite green thing is the colour of olive groves in the Umbrian Hills – a shimmering green that turns silver when the light is right. Gorgeous. Plus it means I’m on holiday..
Green treefrogs are delightful but green vegetable pasta is deliscious to eat. While 500g organic pappardelle pasta is cooking for 8 – 10 minutes in slightly salted boiling water, saute a sliced zucchini, a bunch of 3cm lengths of green asparagus, 1 green crown of broccoli cut into florets, 300g snow peas and 300g green beans top and tailed cut into halves. When all bright green in about 3 to 4 minutes add chopped green shallots and keep warm until pasta drained, keeping about 100ccs of its water (or use chicken stock). Stir into pasta with a bunch of green torn basil leaves, salt and pepper, a little water or stock, and topped with half a cup of crumbled feta cheese. Yummy green pasta dish.
For the time being, my favourite green thing is definitely avocado! I make sandwiches with them, and a smashing mexican inspired couscous and avocado salad! And as always, there are always leftovers and they get turned into smoothies!:)
Love my celery, just wash and chomp, the crispiness and juiciness cant be beaten for a wholesome and satisfying taste. But you cant really beat any fresh vegies I suppose.
A wasabi pea i love them!
My favourite green thing is compost. So easy, yet can make any soil, even hard set clay, into a workable structure!
LOVE the idea of this show, can’t wait to go
i would love my pistachio nuts! awesome green!
Dear Ms.NQN,
My favourite Green thing is jealousy. This abstract greenery often sprouts up when I’m reading your blog, and is invariably followed by me reaching for the phone and making a dinner reservation. I’m sure you’ll then agree that Jealousy ain’t such a bad thing and sometimes it’s easy being green!
Sincerely,
Taylor
My favourite green things are herbs. Even adding just a pinch can brighten up a meal considerably.
I loooooooove butter lettuce!
Grass! The smell of fresh grass being mowed on a hot summers day always brings joyous childhood memories of summer and watermelon, and beer (for dad, not me) lol.
i love all vegetables especially greens
My cat’s beautiful green lambent eyes staring at me from where she she is curled up in her basket in front of the heater.
My favourite green thing?
Chanel Jade nail polish. Limited edition, adds a flash of colour to make my pointers pretty, and, well, it’s Chanel. Enough said.
Hi NQN
my favourite green thing would have to be Green and Blacks Organic Maya Gold Chocolate. it really is different from normal chocolate blocks. the taste is superb.
So want to go! My favourite green thing is the rolling emerald green hills of ireland.
I really wish I could go
My favourite green thing is snow peas, there so easy to eat and delicately fresh.
Japanese seaweed salad!
When I was a kid, it was a lime flavoured jelly cup. My mum would always get them for me when I came down with my eigth case of tonsilitis in a year. Even now that I’m all grown up, when I get sick, all I want is a lime flavoured jelly cup.
my all time favourite green thing is the avocado, I know of people who hate this green little wrinkly monster, but i LOVEEE it to bits, eating it on its own, adding it to salads, making it into milkshake, spreading it on toasts, so many ideas, not so many avocados at home!
it would have to be a toss-up between a rainforest and pesto. come to think of it- eating pesto in a rainforest. now that’s nirvana!
My favourite green thing would have to be durians! Gorgeous green spiky coat hiding gems of gold inside!
Hmmm, my favorite green is the colour of my lemongrass sprouting outside in my herb garden! Greens are the best, I can’t believe I hated them as a kid…
wasabi!
Bok Choy! Especially in a Thai-style Stir Fry!
Basil – tastes great, makes beautiful green pesto and smells divine.
My favorite green thing is our backyard permaculture garden.
We have all kinds of vegetables, fruit trees, rabbits & chooks – and as I look out the back door I see a picture of different shades of green, mixed with white, purple, pink & red – all edible, organic and truly green!
My favourite green thing will have to be food, of course… and it has to be pandan chiffon cake. I’m glad I can actually make it myself, so I can bake one whenever a craving strikes.
All green organic veges and herbs, but especially peas fresh out of the garden – these never make it to the cooking pot!
I love all things GREEN whether it’s food, something environmental or simply just the colour, but if I have to say what my favourite green thing is, it would be Chinese Cabbage or Hakusai (in Japanese). I love it as you can cook it many different ways.
I love Elphaba, the green witch from Wicked. Not only did I love the show, I have this thing for all things witchy – The good kind of course. I think Elphaba’s green coloured skin is beautiful and she’s wonderfully unique.
Great giveaway, Lorraine! The Expo sounds like so much fun!
Green thing… I’m surprised that no one has said “Green tea” just yet! As a drink, as a dessert flavour, as a colour… nothing beats it!
My neighbour’s green grass! It’s always nice and perfect *jealous*
The grass is always greener on the other side, or I’m not spending enough time & effort on mine
Definitely enviro/chemical free cleaning products. I can’t stand using any of those harsh nasty chemicals.
Green mango…delicious..oh please lorraine, let me win this time~! I’ve been entering your free competitions since like forever! haha:)
Yup, my favourite green thing is —>(fried) frog. My dad used to cook them when I was a child and I really miss eating them. They actually taste really yummy, I especially like to dip them in chilli, vinegar sauce. So where can I purchase edible frogs in Sydney?
my favourite green thing is… my bridesmaids dresses im getting made hehe =D
My favourite green thing at the moment is wasabi. You sneak a bit in, feel nothing and then BANG! Your head explodes for a second or two and then back to normal. Next bite, nothing then…!!! Or maybe I use too much?
I adore avocados. I’m pretty sure I’d eat them at every meal if I could.
I just love the concept of “green” as a philosophy underpinning everything we do – eating, drinking, living, loving in a green, sustainable and respectful way.
My favourite green thing is green shallot! Blamed my Asian heritage where you can find chopped shallots everywhere: on top of my salty thick chicken rice porridge, fried char kwe tiauw, fried noodle, inside dumpling fillings, on top of hainam chicken rice, chicken rice sauce, on top of many kind of delicious clear soup, etc.
Though I hate eating too much shallots, omitted them from shopping basket will result on me being disappointed on missing one kind of smell and flavour which is in shallot.
Buying one bunch of shallots result in wasting almost half as we can not keep them more than 5 days in fridge.
My favourite green thing is a crisp green granny smith apple x
Thank you for running the competition.
This expo looks great – thanks for the giveaway!
So, for my entry, I would have to say that my fave green thing is pandan! Anything pandan flavoured is a-okay in my books, especially when combined with palm sugar and/or coconut
It’s gotta be Mold
Basil would have to be my favourite green thing. The delightful aroma conjures visions of numerous favourite dishes that I enjoy cooking and sharing with friends. I love just brushing alongside the basil growing in my garden!
My favourite green thing would be the original green glass in my depression era kitchen cabinet. I keep my wine glasses, bar ware, alcohol and other entertaining essentials in it. It looks so welcoming.
My favourite green thing is grapes. Beautiful to eat fresh, wonderfully refreshing to eat frozen in summer, gorgeous with goats cheese and of course the source of great wines. Perhaps most importantly they provide sultanas which are often the only way to keep my toddlers at peace.
Green Tree Frogs. I think they are so beautiful and we need more of them.
Organic Granny-Smith Apples. They taste so good and also make the best Apple Pie.
I would LOVE to go!
Fav green thing would be a lush rainforest
i love freshly roasted adn crushed pistachio kernals..crushed to make a paste for pitachio ice cream or macarons…mmmmm
I LOVE pandan cake. Green cake with my family all wearing green tops.
peas. Love them. Great in stir frys, curries, mixed with other vegies and also on their own
Fav green food is stewed apple. My grandmother used to make it, and now I do too (with a secret ingredient of course!)
Green is my favourite colour and the 1 green thing that’s my favourite are traffice lights. when people ask what colour you like i always say “traffic light green”
who can’t love it, it’s bright but not fluro and it makes everyone SO happy when they see it.
A tree!
Freshly shelled green peas! I discovered their beauty when first making my fave new dish – a pea, mint and parmessan bruschetta which is so fresh and tasty … an bright green!
Finding a green favourtie thing? It has got to be the fluffy soft Pandan cake. I have to have it when I go home!!! Yum…
my fav green thing would have to be the green halloween cake my mum made when i was 8. chocolate mud with green icing and snakes on top diving in and out of the cake (some even with their mouths cut open eating other snakes) spookey!
Pistachios!! Do they count? The lovely ones are green. Then you can make pistachio macarons… yum!! I’ve never been to this expo, it would be great to see what’s on offer.
Great competition Lorraine!
Um, so many green things to love – granny smiths, bok choy, spring onions, green mango in Viet salad and my green mineral eye shadow,
Best of all though – the humble lime. Use the juice or zest for cooking or add a slice of lime to vodka and soda for my favourite tipple
Avocados! I love them. On fresh bread with cheese. Yummy!
Hi!
Atm my 18 month old daughter and my favourite green items are: frogs jumping about and broccoli – yes she really does like her vegies!
Would love to win this double pass!
Love your blog too which I found while looking for a review of the Black Star Pastry in Newtown. Love their ninja ginger(breadmen)!
Mary
hmmm well that would be olives …. well the green and black and anything in between … but yes green olives and if they happen to adorn a dirty martini then even better
My favourite green thing is the green xbox! No seriously, my gf will really appreciate going to the organic expo, don’t think I spend enough time with her when I play on my xbox at home.. mm that’s a thought!
I have two green loves – my first green love is avocados, I don’t think I will ever get sick of them, I actually had an avocado smoothie last week as wierd as that sounds it tasted pretty awesome. My second green love is anything sweet baked with pistachios YUM!!
My favourite green thing would have to be grass.We are trying to bring our four kids up as natural as possible and the first thing they go for after breaky is the green grass outside,i love it…plus the organic expo is my sister and i yearly outing together,would love to surprise her with tickets.
Obvious but oh-so-tasty: GREEN PAPAYA – slice em, grate em and shred em to bits for a moreish and addictive Thai salad that sends me insane with every bite.
Well, seeing as Green is my favourite colour, anything and everything!
My favourite green thing is guacamole.
My favourite green thing would have to be the lemons often forgotten cousin, limes! Add them to your spicy thai green curry for a new depth of flavour or add to your favourite cocktail for a refreshing kick! Delicious!
Spinach and ricotta cannelloni – never fails and is so hard to bugger up that even my partner can make it
Hot edamame beans doused in umeboshi vinegar! very very very addictive, try them…..
Kaffir Lime leaves. I’m hooked on them at the moment. They add so much flavour to fishcakes, curries and this awesome thai red curry pumpkin soup I have been making recently. Yum yum yum!!!
mmmmmm green stuffed olives
My favourite green thing? Hmmm…that’s a tough one. I guess one of my favourites… pickles!!!!
[My guilty obsession is asking my family members if they're going to eat the pickles on their Maccas burgers!]
My favourite green thing is … chlorophyll . It’s what makes all our lovely plants and foods green. I’m just gazing at green gumtrees out of the office window now.
Coriander – you either love it or hate it, but I LOVE IT!
my favourite thing is the colour green so this is a hard call but…probably grass.
it smells so nice and fresh when it’s cut and is nice to lie on and enjoy the sun.
the lack of green is one of the pitfalls of living in the city :[
My favorite Green is brussel sprouts!
Hi NQN,
My fave green thing would have to be the frog cakes I remember from childhood, they used to be a feature of the Acland Street, St Kilda cake shop windows..lets hope they are still around!
My Vital Greens – I couldn’t live without them! So much green goodness….love it!
Absolute faves are avocado and spinach, they are beautiful together or even by their lonesome.
Rolling hills of freshly mowed grass, in the summertime.
My favourite green thing tree ripen organic avocados.
My favourite green thing is The Australian Bush. Standing underneath a canopy of eucalyptus trees as sunlight filters through, the green understory of various shades and green mossy rocks.
My fav green thing would be green tahini – if I make it myself or buy it (Yalla make a very good one) it never lasts long.
GREEN finger nails!
Ice Cold Coca Cola on a hot summer’s day. Did you know coca cola is green before the colouring?
pistachio ice cream!
Snot – everyone ‘nose’ it’s disgusting but I and my relatives love it. i guess it runs in the family!
I like Elphaba – she’s totally ‘Wicked’!!!
GREEN tea ice creammm!!!
My favourite green thing is defintely Organic Baby Spinach! I have it with breakfast lunch and dinner. YUM
My favourite green thing, organic broccoli – the flavour is amazing.
I love kermit the frog! He’s my fav. green thing!
Maaaaaaaate! Where’s the Aussie pride? My favourite green thing is the Green Machine himself – DANNY GREEN!
Grilled zucchini. I love the grill lines on them. Adds so much flavour.
My favourite green thing is pistachio ice cream from Seans Panoroma! He too is a paddock to plate restaurant so it seems fitting that it is also where my favourite green thing is born!
I love sour limes.
Fresh lime, especially with Cointreau. Yum!
I use the K.I.S.S. Principle, this means its got to be good soft GRASS.
GRASS gives up beauty in the country side, parks, fields
food for animals.
GRASS gives us the ability to play sports, kids play area. Lush GRASS is beautiful.
When I think of ‘green’, the first thing that comes to mind are the ‘green’ seedless grapes.
As a child, mum would make a ‘refreshing’ fruit salad using apples; cherries; grapes and oranges. Yum!
It was the ‘ideal’ dessert during the Spring-Summer seasons, as it was nutritious and delicious. Yes indeed!
Green grapes are juicy,
But if your choosy,
You can always use the purple ones :-p
The green from a Pandan Chiffon Cake. Loved to eat this as a kid after we finished shopping at Flem Markets!
kuih bakar! got it on the MAS flight from malaysia to sydney.. was delicious!! but an Aussie refused to try it and claims that all asian foods have MSG..
how have i missed all these posts? i thought i was keeping up. oh well.
my favourite green thing is probably my lemon tree “Lemmy”? it’s really cute and has nice smelling blossoms and shiny green leaves and is growing really well for me (not dying).
oh no, don’t enter me in the comp as i won’t be in sydney on the 21/22nd weekend.
sadly!
Brussel Sprouts! seriously
I love those green worms in the Ice Kancang at Mamak. Yum yum yum!
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