Look, I am the first one to tell you that during the day I love a little snack or three. My aim this year is to keep my snacking healthy and in line with my fitness regime.

My healthy office/car/day snacks this year are:

- I love to always carry around a bag of O’Granola in my glove compartment of my car so that when I am on the road I can lean over and grab a handful. I really feels like it overrides that gnawing hunger feeling faster than anything else I munch on.

- A nice big juicy apple (obviously because I love apples!)

- Whole wheat crackers with a bit of marmalade on them

- Nuts (any kind, I personally like almonds for the road)

Let me know if you have any other healthy suggestions that tackle your little hunger pangs during meals? I would love to hear them.

* Photo is a behind the scenes of us in Galway during December doing a little last minute drop off of PO’G before the Christmas madness set in.

Just was going through a couple of things and I came across these little news clippings from the night at Archie Talks, was really such a wonderful night and the room was overflowing with good vibes.

Not one of my best pictures, ha ha!

By the way, there will be another Archie Talks going down on the 26th of January, head to archipelago.ie for a little look see.

Just before Christmas I ordered a very big bird from a friend of mine, TJ Crowe, who owns an artisan meats farm down in Tipperary, Crowe’s Farm. Their slogan, from farm to fork. Ha, brilliant.

A beautiful big organic free-range turkey ‘landed’ at my house from their farm in time for Christmas day, and hours later was on our forks.

The bird came out of the oven, juicy, soft and cooked to absolute perfection, we accompanied it with roasted potatoes and bread sauce, amazing!

The turkey was literally the gift that kept on giving, because we were so spoilt to have turkey sandwiches the next day with cranberry sauce and homemade brown bread … and the next … and the next.

Exactly three days later we had ‘gobbled’ it all up!

This is me, receiving the turkey and excited to get it ready for the Christmas day festivities. Yeehaw!

Thanks TJ! An amazing bird fit for an amazing Christmas!

http://www.crowefarm.ie/ - go check them out, they have a range of organic meats and services, and they are spectacularly local!

There is another Archie Talks taking place mid January! It’s very interesting and a great night. Archie Talks