I thought with pancake Tuesday coming up tomorrow, I’d spend the morning making pancakes. Eggs are an important part of the diet and for those who do not have any allergies to them, they are an essential source of nutrients. And what better way to enjoy them than in pancakes! Eggs are a complete form [...]
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What better way to eat eggs!
Posted in Healthy Living with Lucy on 07/03/2011 | 1 Comment »
Healthy Living with Lucy – Loving the Leeks
Posted in Healthy Living with Lucy on 01/12/2010 | Leave a Comment »
Leeks are part of a family called the Allium, containing its great cousins garlic, onions and shallots and chives. This family is well-known for its health benefits and its great if you try to include these in your diet everyday. Why? This family contains a unique group of flavonoids and sulfur containing compounds which have been linked [...]
Healthy Eating with Lucy – Spagetti squash soup
Posted in Healthy Living with Lucy on 24/11/2010 | Leave a Comment »
We are really in the thick of winter and soup season is in full swing!! I got spagetti squash in my veggie box the other day and found it lovely. To be honest, it looks just like any other squash but is more rounded. Winter squash is generally what we are seeing in the markets [...]
Healthy Eating with Lucy – Chickpea chick
Posted in Healthy Living with Lucy on 10/11/2010 | Leave a Comment »
Chickpeas, also known as Garbanzo beans, are the most widely consumed legumes in the world and a great one to start with. If you are serious about improving your diet and healthy eating, then legumes and pulses of all types should be on your shopping list. Chickpeas also seem to be fairly widely available within all [...]
Healthy Living with Lucy – Crazy about Carrots
Posted in Healthy Living with Lucy on 03/11/2010 | Leave a Comment »
Every week I seem to get carrots in my veggie bag… it makes me think their growing season goes on forever! The thing is that they are so perfectly versitile; grate them for the perfect summer salad, use them as dip scoupers by chopping them lenghtways or, as winter approaches, use them in all your [...]
Healthy Eating with Lucy – Plenty of Pumpkin
Posted in Healthy Living with Lucy on 27/10/2010 | Leave a Comment »
I couldn’t resist it.. Its Halloween and everywhere but everywhere is taking part.. I seems much bigger this year than previous years. The great thing is that at this time of year you can buy as many pumpkins as you like, use them as decoration, make faces with them, and eventually add them to your [...]
Healthy Eating with Lucy – Salmon salvation
Posted in Healthy Living with Lucy on 20/10/2010 | Leave a Comment »
I’ve been buzzing since the launch of the localmarkets.ie at the English Market on Monday night! It was a great show case for the range of products and foods that localmarkets are currently selling… not to mind the ability to sample and taste everything. One thing I tasted that I was very impressed by was the organic [...]
Healthy Living with Lucy – Roasted Courgette and Halloumi Salad
Posted in Healthy Living with Lucy on 29/09/2010 | Leave a Comment »
I’m doing it again!! I’m staring a great vegetable this week which is just going out of season. I promise, as of next week, I’ll start getting into this Autumn thing but for now, in the last days of September, I’m still holding on to summer! This week I’m going to talk about courgettes. We’ve had the sweetest [...]
Healthy Living with Lucy – Eating more beans and lentils
Posted in Healthy Living with Lucy on 17/09/2010 | 1 Comment »
If there is one thing you’ll notice about alot of my dishes, its that they will generally contain some form of bean or lentil. This is particulary the case with my meat dishes. There are many many reasons to start eating more beans and lentils. We tend to be a little shy when using these [...]
Healthy Living with Lucy – Chicken and fresh tomato casserole
Posted in Healthy Living with Lucy on 08/09/2010 | Leave a Comment »
I think I’m still drowning in Irish fresh tomatoes after last week – I think all this sun over the summer has produced the sweetest and reddest tomatoes yet! They are simply delicious. So this week I thought I’d put together some information on one of our favourite meats. Chicken Chicken is an incredibly versatile ingredient [...]
