Spring Minestrone with brown rice Serves 4 This is a lovely simple healthy soup, easy to make and very popular. Combining rice and veggies it makes a nutritious and light but still sustaining soup. Continue reading →

It could be helpful to do a few things this week that you don't normally do, to take your mind off of food and to feel healthy and active. Continue reading →

If you are planning a very restrictive cleanse, eating very little, you might find it helpful to try this drink. If you are feeling tired, and perhaps at the time you would usually have a cup of coffee or tea, this can be a healthy pick-me-up. It is taken from a detox called The Master Cleanse, but in this case we are suggesting it as an accompaniment to a gentle cleanse rather than as the central part of the cleanse. It might be best to plan to restrict how much of this drink you have each day (avoid it all together if you suffer from candida symptoms). Also, make sure that you are drinking plenty of water. Do follow the link at the end to see what Dr Haas suggests during a Master Cleanse diet. Continue reading →

We advise preparing over the weekend to give yourself a chance to approach the cleansing week slowly and have certain things ready in advance. For example, if you are working all week, it might be good to make some batches of soup and freeze them so you can have a healthy light meal easily. Or if you don't normally cook brown rice now is a good time to practice - rather than Monday night when you are tired and hungry! Continue reading →

Organico Bantry is now on Facebook, and during the week starting the 17th of April we will be putting up daily cleansing meal ideas and menu plans. If you would like to follow our suggestions for 3 days or the full week become a fan or look on our website. We will also give the information out instore during that week. It’s much easier to do a cleanse with a little support! Modern life tends to burden our digestive system. We eat unhealthy foods, we eat too much and we don’t give our bodies a chance to recover and flush out the toxins we ingest from our food, the environment and the alcohol we consume. Traditionally many cultures had fasts built into the year, like Lent or Ramadan. Unfortunately the tradition of fasting has waned in Ireland and this means that our digestive systems need a little break. Continue reading →

We are adding Little Comfort Real Cloth Nappies to our Online Shop. We are offering a great limited offer of 20% off on the Little Comfort Full Starter Pack, which contains all you need to make Real Nappies work. The secret is to have enough nappies so that you can wash every 2/3 days or twice a week, and the Full Pack allows this flexibility. Little Comfort is an Irish company based in Donegal. Their nappies are very well designed, with one size fitting new-born up to toddler, and are made from bamboo which is very absorbent. They are a great fit, and close with poppers, not a pin in sight! Each nappy comes with 2 boosters that pop in which make them very easy to dry. I can say from experience that these nappies are easy to use, even my husband recommends them! Why Use Real Nappies? Real Nappies save the environment - in Ireland approximately 600,000 nappies are used every day and the environmental impact of this hardly bears thinking about. Disposable nappies take 100's of years to break down, not to mention the environmental cost in producing and shipping them. So using Real Nappies is a very easy way to reduce you carbon footprint. Real Nappies also save you money. Continue reading →

Organico Cafe is a wonderful spot for Lunch in Bantry - even though we say so ourselves! Tucked away upstairs, our Cafe is light, spacious and airy and we have a new and exciting lunch menu! We have a range of vegetarian and organic meals including some exciting new organic beef and organic fish dishes. There's always something new and...

I hadn't heard of Chia Seeds until about a month ago. My excuse is that I was out on Maternity Leave and this new 'craze' has all blown up in a very short time! However, Chia seeds have a rich history and a lot going for them so I think they are around to stay. They originate in Southern Mexico...

We know all oils should be fresh, correct? Well, I certainly didn't realise until recently that most Olive Oils for sale here in Ireland are old. Even the cold-pressed, extra virgin ones. According to Italian food culture, Olive Oil should be used within at most a year from pressing, which makes it the complete opposite to good wine which is...

Our Granary Loaf is one of our most popular and it is very easy to make. A loaf for the whole family! By Rachel Dare Makes 3 Loaves 1 kg/2 ¼ lb Doves Organic malted grain flour 500g/1 lb Doves Strong wholemeal flour 3 tsp sea salt 50g/ 1 ½ oz fresh yeast 3 heaped tsp molasses 850mls hand hot water, 3 tbsp olive oil and a little milk Sesame, sunflower or poppy seeds to top loaf Continue reading →