by Sorcha | Apr 7, 2021 | Dinners, Lunch
Ingredients 1 tbsp extra virgin olive oil4 rashers of smoked bacon (optional)2 medium onions, finely chopped2 carrots, washed, trimmed and finely chopped (don’t peel)2 celery sticks, finely chopped2 garlic cloves, finely chopped500g lean beef mince2 x 400g tins of...
by Sorcha | Apr 1, 2021 | Lunch
Ingredients 4oz of butter3-4 potatoes peeled and diced1-2 broccoli separate the stems and the florets. Slice the stems2 leeks3 celery stalks2 ½ pints chicken stalkBlack pepperNutmeg¼ pint of double cream (To replicate the flavour and thickness of ½ cup (125mls)...
by Sorcha | Mar 22, 2021 | Health & Illness, Nutrition
Bone health is something that nutrition plays a major role in. Poor nutrition lacking in important vitamins and minerals, especially in childhood and adolescence years when bones are developing, can be detrimental to bone strength. Peak bone mass is reached by...
by Sorcha | Mar 18, 2021 | Yoga
Sabrina Friel is a yoga instructor who was kind enough to do this interview to give people an insight to what yoga is, how she first became interested in it and of course, what physical and mental benefits it can have for someone who practice it! When did you start...
by Sorcha | Mar 12, 2021 | Health & Illness, Nutrition
Diet and nutrition effects pretty much everything when it comes to our overall health. In this blog I’m going to focus on skin health. Numerous studies over the years have linked diet to skin health, and it has been found that the type of diet can either negatively or...
by Sorcha | Mar 5, 2021 | Health & Illness
Diabetes is a life changing illness which in 2019 effected approximately 9% of the world’s population, this figure is expected to have risen to approximately 11% by 2045 (Diabetics percentage worldwide 2019). There has been a continuously increasing trend with the...
by Sorcha | Mar 1, 2021 | Blog, Nutrition
For thousands of years humans have used plants for their medicinal properties to treat illnesses and nutrient deficiencies (Beecher, 1999). Wheatgrass is the freshly sprouted leaves of the Triticum aestivum plant, more commonly known as wheat (Cronkleton, 2017). Wheat...
by Sorcha | Feb 25, 2021 | Dinners, Lunch
Serves 2 Ingredients 200g tinned salmonSelection of vegetables thickly chopped (carrots, broccoli, parsnips, onions, leeks etc), try to pick at least 3175g uncooked egg noodles or rice noodles1 tablespoon of mixed herbs (The best herbs to use to pair with salmon are...
by Sorcha | Feb 16, 2021 | Dinners
Serves 6 Ingredients 1 oz mushrooms, dried6 tbsp extra virgin olive oil3 garlic gloves, finely chopped1 medium onion, finely chopped2 anchovy fillets, finely chopped2 tsps. freshly squeezed lemon juice1 ½ cups dry white wine1 tsp fresh thyme chopped, or 1/3 of a...
by Sorcha | Feb 13, 2021 | Healthy Mind, Nutrition
Hair loss is a lot more common than you might think! Approximately a 147million people worldwide have or will be affected by some form of Alopecia (hair loss) in their life (FAQ’s | National Alopecia Areata Foundation). There are so many causes for hair loss...
