Hot tip

Super Sprouts: Patrick and Ronite Ganiger sell eight varieties of organic sprouts: mung beans, aduki beans, green lentils, brown lentils, puy lentils, sunflower seeds, chick peas and soya beans. Sprouts are one of the super foods.

Combine all eight types of sprouts for the ultimate vitamin boost, toss them into salads, whizz them up in the liquidiser with fruit or lightly cook them in stir fries or soups. Buy them at Mahon Point Farmers Market every Thursday, Kinsale Farmers Market on Tuesdays and at Cork City Farmers Market on Saturdays. Enquiries: 023 69151.

* Seaweed: Seaweeds are widely available from Healthfood Shops, Sea Breeze and Clearspring are both recommended brands.

* Teagasc Guide to Vegetable Growing: Stephen Alexander, a vegetable specialist for Teagasc has written a booklet A Guide to Vegetable Growing that is packed full of information on how to grow vegetables in small areas.

The booklet is available from the website www.teagasc.ie

* Food Writing Course: Learn about the art and craft of food writing from Ireland’s “leading food critic” John McKenna during the West Cork Literary Festival in Bantry from Monday to Friday, July 6 to 10, cost €175.

Check out www.westcorkliteraryfestival.ie or call: 027 55987.