Words: Aoife McElwain
To Try: Pure Green
Stock up on juices made from fresh, locally sourced fruit and vegetables from Pure Green at 26 Georges Street Arcade. The folks behind this line of juice are also on hand to help you with your January detox with their three and five day juice cleanses, setting you up with all the tools you need to rid your body of those well-earned Christmas toxins. Find out more at www.puregreen.ie.
To Drink: Nik’s Teas
Just because you’re on a January detox doesn’t mean you can’t have anything nice to drink. Tea enthusiast Nicola Kearns has gathered her favourite teas from her travels around the world and packaged them under the name of Nik’s Teas. Pick up a box of her Garden of Heavenly Peace tea or Chamomile Blossoms tea in Fallon & Byrne in town or Fresh Avenue in Ballinteer, among many other stockists in the city. See www.nikstea.ie for all the info.
To Visit: Cracked Nut
Camden Street’s natural food market is certainly a place for the naughty and nice. Whether you choose a wintery salad or a sweet treat, you can get good food to go or take home goodies from their well-stocked shelves. Find them at www.facebook.com/crackednutdublin.
To Eat: Happy Pear Sprouts
The Happy Pear is well known as a Wicklow haven for healthy eating but luckily for those in need of a health boost their sprouts travel outside the garden county and into the city. If you’re feeling low on energy, pick up a carton of their fabulous sprouts alfalfa (€2 for 100g) from good food grocers around Dublin or order them from their online shop at www.happypear.ie. Or better yet, take the dart out to Greystones and visit them for a rejuvenative lunch.
To Do: Detox with Dorcas Barry
Dorcas Barry makes healthy eating easy and can show you how through her courses happening in various locations throughout Dublin and Wicklow this month. Find out more about Dorcas at www.dorcasbarry.com or hear it from her in our Soundbite this month.
