At the irish meeting 8 people came together for a mindful eating experiment: starting with the blessing and an intense experience with just one raisin, followed by choosing food in silence, eating in silence and eating while talking.
Kefir -A health boosting superfood! During the Irish learning visit, learners were introduced to Kefir by local nutritionist Colette Mc Mahon from the TrueFood Academy, who is an advocate for the power of Kefir to restore vitality to weakened digestive systems. It is a fermented, enzyme-rich food and is known to regulate the immune system, through […]
Food Mimes are a drama medium, involving miming or acting out a story about food through body motions, without use of speech. The video edited above was recorded during our 3rd Meeting in April 2014; the game proved to be a great group bonding activity that initiated conversations that noticeably benefited from a more embodied […]
Benefits of Raw Food The raw food diet is based on the belief that food is most healthful when it is uncooked (not heated above 118C/48F) in order to preserve the enzymes. Enzymes are the life force of food, they are responsible for every metabolic action in the body and they […]
RAW Recipes…Smoothies, juices, dressings and super salads from Irish raw chef Trish O’Brien Green Super Smoothie 1 Banana, 1 Kiwi and 1 apple, peeled and chopped, 1 handful of spinach, ¼ teasp of chlorella and ¼ teasp of spirulina(optional), 200 mls of water. Put all ingredients in a blender and blitz until smooth Almond Milk […]
Seaweed Foraging – Spain April 2014 – from Eileen Toomey As part of my contribution to the Future of Food project. I committed to bring knowledge of seaweed foraging and the nutritional benefits of this superfood to the participants. I am very fortunate to live on the stunning West Coast of Ireland where seaweed […]
Irish Workshop with Fionnuala Collins THE LOST ART OF “EATING WELL”.- “You are what you eat…. You are how you eat…” It has often been said that you are what you eat, meaning that your health and well being depends entirely on what you put into your body. It is obvious that the quality of […]
Diary of Spanish Irish Visit-20th-24th April 2014 Sunday The Irish Group arrived in Santander on Sunday and drove towards the hotel…on the way we got hungry and stopped in Comillas for lunch. It is a beautiful place along the Camino way – where we got a typical Spanish meal and immersed ourselves in the Spanish […]
On our trip to Spain, we were taken out by micologist and forester Gionata Spazzi who here gives us an account of our findings… The day was blessed by the finest spring sunshine. After a slide show introduction on the secretive and surprising world of forest fungi at breakfast table we set off […]
The Irish partners and learners visited the Spanish project over the Easter break of 2014. What was the outcome of this exchange? For a blog with photographs of each workshop please click on this link. Go to the Growing & Collecting section to read about the seaweed and wild food/fungi forays. A “Future […]