The Happy Pear – Living foods
About The Happy Pear Living Foods…
The Happy Pear Living Foods was set up in April 2009 by Darragh Flynn, the younger brother of Stephen and David Flynn, proprietors of The Happy Pear Natural Food Market in Greystones, Co. Wicklow.
All the Happy Pear Living Foods products, which include Wheatgrass, Sunflower and Pea Greens are sprouted and grown in the sprout farm based in Newcastle, Co. Wicklow.
Darragh discovered Wheatgrass and its amazing life-giving properties while in college in Paris. One of nature’s finest medicines, it is a powerful detoxifying and blood-building agent with a one ounce shot of Wheatgrass juice approximately nutritionally equivalent to over 1kg of green vegetables juiced. After he started juicing and sprouting for himself he became aware of the remarkable changes it made in his own health and decided on his return to Ireland to share his discovery with other people.
The Happy Pear Living Foods team of six staff are passionate about growing and health and all produce is locally grown under controlled conditions. It is always fresh and in season and the seeds, all naturally produced, are grown from certified organic sources. The Happy Pear Living Foods are constantly innovating their product lines and hope to be launching a range of different sprouts on the market by mid 2012. So watch this space!
The Happy Pear Living Foods FRESH adventure…
The Happy Pear Living Foods aims to supply the highest quality, affordable food to the best food outlets in the country and their Fresh adventure began in June 2011 following a series of meetings with the manager in the Smithfield store. Having trialled the product for 4 months to gauge customer reaction the products started to sell themselves and in September 2011, The Happy Pear Living Foods became a supplier to Fresh supermarket of their pestos, wheatgrass, sunflower and pea greens, as well as a wide range of other sprouts.
Something you may not know about The Happy Pear Living Foods…
Happy Pear name came from the pun “pair” on twin brothers David and Stephen Flynn who started the business in 2004. The Happy Pear Living Foods name was born from this as the foods we produce are still growing and packed full of life.
Darragh recommends…
My favourite recipe using our delicious Happy Pear products – it is so simple and really sustaining, you’ll love it!
Sprouted Bean & Pea Green Rice Dish
Serves 4-6 people
Ingredients
- 500g Brown Basmati Rice 7-8 Cherry Tomatoes
- 1 Bag Sprouted Bean Mix 1 Bag Pea Greens
- 200ml Olive Oil
- 3 tbs Braggs Liquid Aminos or Soy Sauce
- 150ml Sundried Tomato Pesto (3/4 of The Happy Pear Tub),
- Bring Rice to the boil & simmer for about 20 mins until cooked
- Add SunDried Tomato Pesto followed by Olive Oil
- Rinse & add full bag of Sprouted Bean Mix
- Rinse Pea Greens, chop into quarters & add
- Quarter the cherry tomatoes & add soy sauce
- Mix thoroughly & serve
Enjoy!
The Happy Pear also make regular appearances on RTE’s ’4 Live’ programme. You can see their recipe for Mexican Chilli here.