Cook Eat Nourish Podcast

038 - Live milk Kefir to support your gut health from kerry Kefir with Mary-Thea Brosnan    At Kerry Kefir, we produce an authentic live milk kefir, a natural probiotic packed full of beneficial bacteria and yeast to support gut health naturally. Unlike Actimel, Yakult and supermarket/commercial kefirs, we use the living organisms i.e., kefir grains to ferment our milk. This produces a powerful mi...

037 - Why we should eat olive oil with Sarah and Olive About Sarah Merrigan: Apart from some teaching English and writing work my background is food. I lived and worked as a chef in Barcelona after I finished college and that really began the love affair. There was a great food scene over there a real focus on local and seasonal eating that really blew my mind. At the time I was a strict vegetaria...

[36] Irelands 1st dedicated menopause clinic, founded by Loretta Dignam Loretta Dignam is an award-winning Marketer of the Year, who opened the doors to The Menopause Hub, Ireland's first and only dedicated multidisciplinary menopause clinic in December 2018. Loretta is the founder and CEO. The Menopause Hub is Ireland's first dedicated, multidisciplinary clinic, which includes a team of doctors -...

034 - Smart nutrition to help you flourish in menopause with Jackie Lynch    Award-winning nutritionist and author, Jackie Lynch is the founder of the WellWellWell nutrition clinic, where she specialises in women's health and the menopause. Keen to break the taboo about discussing the menopause, she launched the hugely popular diet & lifestyle podcast The Happy Menopause in 2019 and this was short...

034 – Soups that reflect comfort and culture from around the world with Blanca Valencia Born in Spain, Blanca Valencia grew up in Central America and has lived in London, China, France, Argentina and the U.S. She is a cook, teacher, writer and speaker and a former management consultant. Blanca is the author of Blasta Books 5 Soup. She has a Grand Diplome from London's Le Cordon Bleu and an MA in G...

033 - Removing barriers to get you into the kitchen and cook with Jules Clancy Jules Clancy is a former Food Scientist turned Certified Health Coach and host of the Joyful Eating Podcast. Taming her diabetes and PCOS with simple (mostly) low carb-ish wholefoods. She helps food lovers simplify eating healthier. With her FREE 6-ingredient dinners app and personalised habit + mindset coaching so you...

032 – Shattering the taboo of menopause   Breeda is a mother of 4, a Menopause educator and coach. Founder of the Midlife Women Rock Project and Cafe(2019). A former Midwife and Public Health Nurse who has worked with women for years. Recently she returned to full time education completing a Psychology degree in 2018 which led to a Sociology masters on menopause in Ireland in 2020. In 2021 she wro...

031 – If hunger is not the problem, food isn't the solution    Elsa Jones is a Nutritional Therapist & author of the No. 1 best selling book 'Goodbye Sugar'. She specialises in Mind-Body Weight Management where she combines her qualifications in both nutrition and CBT (cognitive behavioural therapy) to help clients reach their health & wellness goals. With 13 years of experience, Elsa enables clie...

Today's episode is Fiona Staunton, founder of Fiona's food for life Ballymaloe trained chef, Fiona Staunton's six-week virtual cooking course aims to alleviate symptoms of menopause and perimenopause in women and improve their day-to-day lives through educated meal plans and nutritional recipes that the whole family will enjoy. The 90 minute sessions will run every Tuesday evening from Feb 7 th wi...

029 –from bean to bar with nibbed cacao We are Nibbed, we're an aunt-niece duo that started a bean to bar cacao business nearly two years ago. We're all about the cacao bean and its flavour and nutrition! We make a range of products from chocolate to cacao tea, and our most popular is the pure cacao block to be made into a hot cacao drink. Anna O'Sullivan & Lisa Kleiner top tips to help improve yo...

028 – Asian Cooking Ingredients With Fused By Fiona Uyema Fiona Uyema is a TV Cook, cookbook author and founder of Fused by Fiona, a range of Asian cooking essentials designed to make mealtimes simple and healthy. After years of living and travelling in Asia, Fiona returned home to Ireland with a mission; to help people recreate the delicious dishes she had experienced in her own kitchen, with all...

With a Bachelor of Education in Home Economics, Sharon went on to work with food in the 027 – How to fill your cup with Sharon Hearne-Smith media for 25 years as a freelance food & prop stylist, writer and recipe developer. Her experience also includes heading food departments at events, exhibitions and over 30 TV cookery show productions between London, New York and Dublin. Sharon is the author o...

Today's episode is with me, Fiona Staunton of Fionas's food for life Below are 10 tips that I hope may help you take some of the hassle and stress out of the Christmas dinner. 1.  Now  : Make your  red cabbage  now and freeze for Christmas,  Dessert : Make your Christmas pudding well in advance, (if you don't like traditional pudding, why don't you make a chocolate biscuit cake version). Alternati...

Today's episode is Siobhan Dee, founder of The Diabetes Department. https://thediabetesdept.com/      Siobhan Dee worked as a nurse and a business development director in the pharmaceutical industry for 25 years before setting up her own business to do what she felt is missing in modern treatment of disease. Siobhan is passionate about the value of lifestyle science which needs to be taught to eve...

Orla is a passionate foodie/feeder and mother of three. She is an award-winning business woman who has created a food business that focuses on celebrating the best of Irish food producers and honouring each of them through her diverse range of menu offerings. Orla is a regular guest on podcasts talking about everything from food, to sustainability, being a woman in business and her personal favour...

Elizabeth Ward, MS, RDN, is a registered dietitian and award-winning nutrition communicator with more than thirty years of experience counseling patients and writing about nutrition and health. Hillary Wright is a registered dietitian with over 30 years of experience as a nutrition educator, writer, speaker and consultant. Together they wrote the book: The Menopause Diet Plan: A Natural Guide to M...

Today's episode is with Dani Binnington, the founder of Healthy, Whole Me. Dani brings her heart and soul into the world of menopausal health, helping people with a cancer diagnosis understand what their options are. Originally from Austria but living in Surrey. She has combined 8 years of professional and personal experience and brought it all together: "My 'Empowered Menopause' coaching programs...

Today's episode is with Rachel Graham, nutritional therapist who wrote her book Meno-Morphosis-The Cookbook in only 6 months! Rachel is a Nutritional Therapist & Medicinal Chef with over 25 years of Food & Nutrition experience. Tasty, healthy food is her thing! Her goal is to help my clients discover ways to consistently eat healthier foods & therefore feel better! She also teaches medicinal cooki...

Todays episode is with Jeeny Maltese, she is a Latin-American born TV chef and food writer. Regularly Featuring as a celebrity chef on RTE One, on the "Today Show with Maura & Daithi" and Virgin Media One on "The Six O'clock Show". A keynote speaker and guest chef in top festivals and events nationwide. We talk about the importance of culture and community.  She speaks about 3 in1 juice, carrot, o...

Today's episode is with Ceara Belviso of Calm with Ceara. Ceara is a Mindfulness and Positive Psychology Coach who lives in Dublin with her husband and two daughters. A graduate of medicine, Ceara has over 20 years of experience in clinical practice and pharmaceutical medicine. Always passionate about learning, Ceara discovered mindfulness and compassion whilst going through personal and professio...

Today's episode is with Dr Jenn Salib Huber a Canadian Registered Dietitian, Naturopathic Doctor and Intuitive Eating Coach and she's on a mission to help women thrive in midlife.  She helps women navigate the physical and emotional changes that happen in perimenopause and menopause, including their search for food freedom and body confidence. Working from a health at every size approach, she teac...

Welcome to season 2, It has been a long wait but now, the time is right!   If you have guests you would like to hear me interview this season, please email fiona@fionasfoodforlife.ie   ABOUT THE HOST - Fiona Staunton Fiona Staunton is a Ballymaloe-trained Chef and has a Degree in Education from Trinity. Fiona's Food For Life' launched in 2017 with the slogan 'Cook, Eat, Nourish'. Fiona launched a...

Are you passionate about home cooking?  Want simple easy recipes the whole family will love? Then listen to the Editor of Easy Food Magazine Caroline Gray. It was great for me to talk to someone who is as passionate about home cooking as I am and also and Alumni of Ballymaloe Cookery School. We talk about the ethos of the magazine, the most popular recipes, Caroline's 3 tips and her last meal.  Be...

Your symptoms are real, you are not going mad, these are some of the supportive words from my guest Catherine O'Keeffe wellness warrior. Catherine is changing the way we approach the menopause by ending the silence that surrounds it. Catherine is a menopause coach at Wellness Warrior  https://www.wellnesswarrior.ie/ And co-founder of The M word, Ireland's first menopause event  https://www.themwor...

If you want to learn to cook and experience the joy of food then listen to this master, Rory O'Connell share his knowledge and tips. He founded Ireland's most loved cookery school with his sister Darina Allen. When I finished at Ballymaloe Cookery School I went to work with Rory for a year in Ballymaloe House, he is such an amazing, generous, modest teacher.   We talk about his award-winning caree...