by Sorcha | Mar 15, 2022 | Lunch, Recipes, Snacks
Chicken Kyiv Ingredients 4 chicken breasts1 cup of breadcrumbs (if making your own, stale bread works best)2 eggs beaten1/2 cup of flour150g of butter1 tbsp parsley, chopped2 garlic cloves, crushedsunflower oil for fryingSalt & pepper for seasoningtooth pickscling...
by Sorcha | Mar 9, 2022 | Lunch, Recipes, Snacks
Simple Homemade Sushi Ingredient 190g (1 cup) of sushi rice300ml (1 1/4cup of water)Sushi rice seasoningNori seaweed sheetsJapanese mayonnaise (3tbsp mayo, 1 tbsp rice wine vinegar, 1tsp soy sauce) or buy premade Japanese mayonnaiseFillings = white crab meat, smoked...
by Sorcha | Mar 7, 2022 | Lunch, Recipes, Snacks
Aromatic Duck Pancake Ingredient 2 duck breasts1 average Cucumber roughly chopped4 average Spring onions, chopped bulbs and tops1 medium carrot choppedSmall soft flour tortilla wraps (or if you can find them, mandarin wraps)Chinese 5 spiceSaltHoisin saucePlum sauce...
by Sorcha | Mar 7, 2022 | Blog, Health & Illness, Nutrition
Diversify Your Diet This month is National Nutrition Month, and the theme for this year is ‘Celebrate a World of Flavour’. The goal is to showcase all the amazing flavours from all around the world. Consuming a balanced, diverse diet is the key to good...
by Sorcha | Mar 4, 2022 | Dinners, Lunch, Recipes
Quiche Lorraine is an authentic French dish that is so simple to make! Ingredients Pastry (you can make your own or you can use ready made shortcrust pastry)4 large eggs300mls double cream120mls milk200g bacon, chopped1/2 large onion, chopped150g grated Emmental...
by Sorcha | Feb 22, 2022 | Blog, Health & Illness, Nutrition
Chronic illness & Nutrition A chronic disease is a disease that lasts one year or more and requires ongoing medical attention. There are a lot of chronic diseases with Heart disease, Cancer and Diabetes being the top three. About half the worlds adult...
by Sorcha | Feb 7, 2022 | Blog, Health & Illness, Nutrition
Menopause is a natural part of ageing Menopause is a natural part of ageing. Years ago, not much was known about it, but now there is a lot more research out there to get answers. But isn’t menopause all about hormones? What does nutrition have to do...
by Sorcha | Jan 26, 2022 | Dance, Physical Activity
My dance journey From the age of two I have lived with a rare genetic medical condition. This meant I spent a lot of my childhood in and out of hospital, or just feeling unwell. Physical activity wasn’t really on my radar. I just wanted to get through the day! ...
by Sorcha | Jan 24, 2022 | Blog, Health & Illness, Nutrition
Recovering From Covid-19 involves Nutrition, Sleep and exercise Ughh, when I wrote my first article back in October 2020 about ‘Vitamin D’ and how it could possibly protect against Covid-19, I honestly didn’t think I’d be writing about Covid again over a year...
by Sorcha | Jan 10, 2022 | Blog, Health & Illness, Nutrition
Stop overthinking your food choices Nutrition is a minefield of information, and sometimes I find that frustrating. The more studies carried out on different foods and diets etc; the discoveries are made. I mean, a few years ago everyone was told egg yolks caused...
