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(15)GROW COOK EAT, programme five, Wednesday April 11th. Chef Jessica Murphy of Kai Restaurant, prepares Cumin roasted carrots with wild rice a Image Name: (15)GROW COOK EAT, programme five, Wednesday April 11th. Chef Jessica Murphy of Kai Restaurant, prepares Cumin roasted carrots with wild rice a
(15)GROW COOK EAT presenter Karen O'Donohoe, programme five(carrots), Wednesday April 11th, RT+ë One Image Name: (15)GROW COOK EAT presenter Karen O'Donohoe, programme five(carrots), Wednesday April 11th, RT+ë One
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(13)GROW COOK EAT, programme three, Wednesday March 28th.Presenter Michael Kelly with homegrown garlic Image Name: (13)GROW COOK EAT, programme three, Wednesday March 28th.Presenter Michael Kelly with homegrown garlic

Grow Cook Eat is the first series on RTÉ to respond to the burgeoning interest in growing your own food: you can grow vegetables and fruit in a very small garden, or even in containers on an apartment balcony. You don’t need half an acre or a polytunnel to do it.

Presented by Michael Kelly and Karen O’Donohoe of Grow it Yourself (GIY), each programme focuses on a particular vegetable  and takes you through the entire process, from sowing the seed, to harvesting and to cooking.

Programme five: Carrots (A Crunch Sensation) 

Carrots require a deep, light, stone free, fertile soil to do well. But if you get the soil right, you will be rewarded with a crunchy, sweet and flavoursome crop which will store well.  Two or three well-timed sowings of carrots should see you self-sufficient all year round in this classic stockpot vegetable which is full of vitamins.

Also this week, Karen O’Donohoe investigates FOOD CLOUD and the benefits it brings to the community. Michael Kelly visits tech company Vox Pro in Cork which is taking employee wellness to a new level with an amazing growing space.

Chef Jessica Murphy prepares delicious Cumin Roasted Carrots with Wild Rice and Chickpeas, and also Carrot Top Pesto in the GROW COOK EAT kitchen.

GROW COOK EAT is produced by David Hare of InproductionTV for RTÉ and is sponsored by BORD BIA and StopFoodWaste.ie

Bord Bia are delighted to be associated with the programme Grow Cook Eat which  will demonstrate gardening as an activity that anyone can do and how its healthy produce can be used in many tasty and convenient ways. The programme will also help to build awareness of the Horticulture Industry in Ireland. Bord Bia promote gardening as a healthy and enjoyable activity which contributes to a person’s wellbeing as well as enhancing the environment we live in. Bord Bia also promote the consumption of fresh produce as part of a healthy balanced diet.

The Environmental Protection Agency established the Stop Food Waste programme in 2009 and has been working since with businesses and consumers to reduce food waste – which delivers a win-win on cost savings and environmental benefits. The programme website is www.stopfoodwaste.ie which includes an A-Z of foods with tips and advice on avoiding wastage.

Presenters:
Michael Kelly is a writer, founder of GIY and grower. He has written three books on food and self-sufficiency – his latest book GROW COOK EAT (2014) was a winner in the Gourmand World Cookbook Awards. Michael is an Ashoka Fellow,
a Social Entrepreneurs Ireland awardee and a recipient of the inaugural 2010 Arthur Guinness Fund. He is a member of the TASTE Council of Ireland. He has written columns on food and health for The Irish Times, The Irish Independent and Food & Wine Magazine. Michael is a passionate speaker on food issues, self-sufficiency, sustainability and growing
your own food. He worked for ten years in the IT industry in Dublin but now lives the good life in Dunmore East, Co. Waterford with his wife and two little GIYers.

Karen O’Donohoe
Karen O’Donohoe has an academic background in health promotion and vast experience in developing and delivering a wide range of healthy lifestyle and community development activities. During her time at the University of Bristol Karen raised over half a million pounds for community sport development initiatives. Karen’s style of work is high energy, pro- active and solution orientated. Together with her children Dylan and Saoirse and their dog Sam, Karen can usually be found in the polytunnel learning how to grow it herself or playing on the beach at Garryvoe.

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