Focus on Organic Choice -producers of our organic Christmas cake

There is something special about a Christmas Cake, it's the only time of the year that I really indulge in fruit cake so a good rich moist slice of it always brings back memories of pine needles and excitement from my Christmas Past.


For this reason I was delighted to take on new Irish supplier 'Organic Choice' to provide us with our luxury Christmas cakes.  Topped with toasted marzipan they not only taste fantastic but they look great on the Christmas table.


Marion Hearne founded Organic Choice after discovering she had a wheat allergy.  Having a sweet tooth and being a keen baker she looked for an alternative to the regular wheat flour, eventually settling on spelt.  The results were popular with her husband and friends who thought the cakes tasted, not just as good as her previous cakes, but even better.


Encouraged by the reaction she completed a course at the Cooks Academy and Organic Choice was born.  All her cakes are handmade and certified organic.



Marion's 'grab and go' Dark Chocolate and Almond cake was highly commended at the National Organic Awards earlier this year.


I'm delighted that we are able to offer her cakes as part of our new gift collection but be warned we only have a few in stock so make sure you place your orders well in advance to avoid disappointment.


Click here to buy online.

Cool Earth at the Festival of World Cultures

Feelgood Organic Hampers has been asked to participate in this year's Cool Earth exhibition at the Dun Laoghaire Festival of World Cultures.

Run by Dun Laoghaire Rathdown CoCo's Environmental and Culture Department, the event takes place this Saturday and Sunday the 29th and 30th of August on the concourse of Dun Laoghaire County Hall between 11am and 6pm. It is the third year that it has been run and it aims to illustrate 'simple ways to reduce your carbon footprint'.

Speakers include Trevor Sargent , Evelyn Cusack from MET Eirann and Kieran O'Brien from UNICEF Ireland. There is also entertainment including music from environmental folk singer Enda Reilly, a mixture of Japanese and traditional Irish music from Philip Horan and Junshi Murakam and comedy from the hyper eco-aware MOMO Theatre company.

There will also be plenty of family friendly activities including making bird feeders and plant pots.

We will be there with a selection of the best Irish produced Organic Food, the Irish made skincare range from Flourish Organics a selection of organic cotton baby clothing and of course hampers. Other stall holders include the Amnesty Freedom cafe, Coolfin Gardens Organic Bakery, Glenisk, The Native Woodland Trust.

For more information check out the Cool Earth website.

Organic Supermarket goes online.

Last year I visited the Organic Supermarket in Blackrock and wrote a review of it for Organic Yum-Yum. I was very impressed with the place and the range of organic produce, I was particularly impressed that all the food was organic and that Darren Grant, the owner, had gone to the extra effort of getting the premises certified organic.

The one disadvantage was that it was in Blackrock. Living in Kildare this meant I was unable to do my weekly shop there. It is rarely that I have had the chance to pop in since but I do make it my mission every time that I am in the vicinity.

As you can imagine I was delighted when I heard that the Organic Supermarket was moving online offering over 3000 products for home delivery.

The website is well laid out with weekly specials, managers picks and easy to navigate product groups. Delivery costs €6.50 to anywhere in Ireland.

I have yet to place my first order, probably because I still like to buy from the Farmers markets and I would imagine this will be the strongest competition the site will face. I am sure however that I will be availing of the service, particularly on those weeks where it is just impossible for me to make it to the market. It is good to know that there is somewhere that I can shop and know I am getting good quality organic produce. When I do get my first delivery I will be sure to write about it here.