Instagram @4hands food studio
Based in Rathaspick, Co Westmeath chefs Rose Greene and Margaux Dejardin of 4Hands produce a range of naturally fermented products including kimchi, sauerkraut, tonics, and kombucha. They use sprouting to amplify flavour and increase the nutrition of whole foods; their sprouted pea hummus is a cult favourite. Order through Neighbourfood markets in Tullamore, Mullingar and Ballymahon for click and collect or find their products at Lowe & Co in Athlone and stockists nationwide.
2 Ballymore Organics
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Irish stoneground flour and porridge oats grown and milled by James Kelly in Ballymore Eustace are available for nationwide delivery direct to your door. If you didn’t start baking your own bread in the last lockdown, now’s your chance.
The best diet books for 2021 Katie Law
After an especially tough year, unhealthy weight gain has never been more of a problem. Rather than telling us to simply cut the calories or exclude certain food groups, the best of the new diet books address lifestyle issues from anxiety and overwork, to how to save money by batch cooking, to eating more mindfully, as well as cultivating good gut bacteria.
Burnout’s a B tch! by Rosie Millen (Mitchell Beazley, £20)
Who: In 2014 Millen, AKA Miss Nutritionist, developed Adrenal Fatigue and now specialises in helping others to recover from burnout through diet and lifestyle.