Put some ‘zip’ into your breakfast with an Oatmeal Tray

With these colder mornings, we’re really enjoying a bowl of overnight oats every morning. All we do is put a scoopful of porridge (we use gluten-free organic oats) into a jar, top it off with milk (we use almond milk),…

Healthy Vegan Mince Pies

Many people on a cancer journey decide to make changes to their diet following their diagnosis to help support their ongoing health and wellbeing. This could be cutting out refined sugar, going wheat and gluten-free, eating more plant-based meals and…

Baby it’s cold outside…

Cold weather means hot chocolate! Why not warm up with this Hot Chocolate – The Healthy Way from Simple Green Smoothies? We love that you’ll know exactly what’s in it.

Great websites: Deliciously Ella

The cancer journey has led us to some fantastic websites around the world and we want to share them with you. Today we want to tell you all about Deliciously Ella. Deliciously Ella is all about celebrating what you can…

Winter soups from The Happy Pear

With the colder weather here now, we’re turning all our attention to tasty, warming soups for our lunchtime meal. We love this video from the lads at The Happy Pear on how quick and easy it can be to prep…

Roz Purcell’s Best Vegan Banana Bread

We tried this vegan banana bread recipe from Roz Purcell’s Natural Born Feeder website during the week and it was both easy to make and delicious! We’re looking forward to the next loaf already. If you’ve got some free time today and some…

Boots Food Intolerance Testing Service

Did you know Boots Pharmacy offer a Food Intolerance Testing Service? This can be useful if you’re wondering if certain foods are making you feel unwell. Food intolerance is an adverse reaction to food you’ve eaten. It’s not usually serious, but it…

The Green Door Market

Have you heard of the Green Door Market? It’s an indoor food market near Cork Street in Dublin 8 and their focus is great quality food. Their mission is to bring you top quality food in an inviting space where…

SynerChi Kombucha – live probiotics and super antioxidants

We’ve been enjoying SynerChi Kombucha for a little while now – live probiotics and super antioxidants that are dairy-free and taste good too? Yes please! Not to mention all the other great benefits for your body. Check out SynerChi’s video…

Meat-free Monday with The Happy Pear

This quick Pad Thai video recipe from The Happy Pear looks easy to make and tasty too. We think it’s a nice meat-free dinner option, perfect for a cold Monday. This recipes serves three. There’s no written recipe for this…

Eating Well During Cancer – A Guide from the World Cancer Research Fund

We’ve got four copies of a great guide from the World Cancer Research Fund to give away. It’s a booklet for people living with cancer and those having cancer treatment who want to know more about how to cope with…

Fresh and healthy juices delivered to your door – The Juice Works

Today we’re bringing you Laura from The Juice Works to tell you all about her amazing raw juices which you can have delivered straight to your door, anywhere in Ireland. If you or a family member are going through cancer,…

The Lo-cal Kitchen, Castleknock, Dublin

When you’re on a cancer journey, it can be hard to find a decent café to eat out at. We know you want to eat healthy and you want to know exactly what’s in your food. So, today we want…

Eat Like An Athlete – Ruth Kilcawley

The following are some key notes from Ruth Kilcawley’s speech at the National Cancer Survivorship Conference in the Aviva Stadium on Saturday 29 September 2017. Ruth Kilcawley is a Senior Oncology Dietitian at University Hospital Galway. Ruth spoke about the…

Make your own muesli

Breakfast. The most important meal of the day, the break from the fast the night before. Making your own muesli can take all the hassle out of wondering what to have for breakfast and wondering what is in your breakfast.…

Hot Chocolate – The Healthy Way

We love a warming hot chocolate, especially with the cold weather returning. This Hot Chocolate – The Healthy Way from Simple Green Smoothies looks easy and delicious. We love that you’ll know exactly what’s in it.  

A Beautiful Mess Weekday Weekend Cookbook

A Beautiful Mess is a popular US lifestyle blog written by two sisters, Elsie Larson and Emma Chapman. Their website is focused on creating happiness every day through a homemade lifestyle. They share home decor projects, recipes and crafts, as…

Sunday Cooking: Coconut and Green Lentil Dahl

This Coconut and Green Lentil Dahl from The Happy Pear looks delicious. We’re going to make it today and freeze the leftovers away in tupperwares for easy lunches this autumn.

Deliciously Ella Date and Oat Snack Bars

These Date and Oat Snack Bars from Deliciously Ella would be great to bring with you on chemo days or just to have in a tupperware at home for when you’re feeling hungry between meals. They are refined sugar-, dairy-…

How to make mayonnaise

Swap your store-bought mayo for the real thing – it’s so easy to make and you’ll know exactly what’s in it.

7 Day Meal Prep for Under €20 – The Happy Pear

We’re fast coming around to the Happy Pear way of life here at Happy Magazine. It’s a long way from where we’ve come but if we can do it, so can you. We just love this video showing you how…

Great websites: Simple Green Smoothies

When we find a really great website that’s helpful for a cancer journey, we want to share it with you. We came across Simple Green Smoothies recently, and it’s just great. It’s more than just green smoothies too. So why…

4 healthy breakfast ideas

Asparagus and dippy eggs Super Foodie Yogurt Bowl: Goji, Chia, Ground Flax and Blueberries Poached eggs with avocado on toast Frozen Banana & Peanut Butter Smoothie

Sprout & Co

So yesterday we had the distinct pleasure of a super fresh salad from Sprout & Co in Avoca’s new Dunboyne, Co. Meath store. We’re perhaps a little behind the curve on Sprout & Co – they are already in another…

Great websites: Deliciously Ella

The cancer journey has led us to some fantastic websites around the world and we want to share them with you. Today we want to tell you all about Deliciously Ella. Deliciously Ella is all about celebrating what you can…

Alchemy Juice Co.

Food, glorious food. After a cancer diagnosis, food often becomes something to be scrutinised. Is this ham processed? How much sugar is in this juice? And, where can I still eat out that’s actually healthy? Wherever you are with your…

5 Ways with Overnight Oats

Want breakfast ready for you in the morning? Easy – soak some organic porridge oats in the fridge overnight and then top with one of our 5 flavour combinations below when you get up – and breakfast is served! Healthy…