Be Well with Bernie

After a long hard winter of storms and snow the sun is finally shining!!   I’m sure everyone has welcomed the bit of heat on the bones with open arms. If we’re meant to eat according to the seasons then sunshine has to mean salads, and lots of them.   Salads don’t need to be boring.   In fact you can do so much to make them interesting.   The only limit is your imagination J For me, eating healthy and staying on track with my nutrition is all about being organised.   I start to get nervous when I see my stocks of plastic containers stacked up in the fridge depleting.   No matter what I make I make a big batch in one go.   That way I have a few days where I don’t have to cook a thing and I’m less likely to find myself getting hangry which is always a good thing.   I divide each dish into (carefully measured) individual portions so that I can take it with me wherever I go.   So I thought it would be a good idea to use this week’s article to share some of my favourite meat free sa

Liam and I spent the Bank Holiday weekend on the Dingle Peninsula celebrating Liam’s 40th birthday.  I hadn’t been to Dingle since I was a little girl.  I had no memory of being there until my Dad told me so it was lovely to go back to soak it up.   What an amazing part of the country.  It’s so beautiful.  We drove along the Wild Atlantic Way from Limerick and had a few stops along the way.   We walked Inch beach in the beautiful sunshine... BREATHTAKING!!!    Inch Beach It's by far one of the nicest beaches I’ve ever seen.  With the dramatic backdrop of the dunes and the surrounding mountains I'm not surprised it's been used as a location for so many movies.   We also caught a colorful sunset on the late great Paidi O Shea’s, Ventry beach.  Another little gem of the Dingle Peninsula. Ventry Beach at sunset We were delighted to find that our visit coincided with the Dingle Arts festival, Feile Na Bealtaine.   Dingle town was absolut