Gillian Nelis

Food&Wine editor Gillian Nelis picks her favourite savouries, meats, desserts and more from this year’s Dunnes Stores Simply Better Christmas range Mini seafood en croûte selection, €6.99 Morgan’s Fine Fish in Omeath in Co Louth are responsible for this selection of mini puff pastries with seafood fillings. Each pack includes Irish salmon with Monterey Jack, Irish salmon with maple and thyme, and - my favourite - smoked haddock with spinach and cream cheese. Perfect for a drinks party.

Food&Wine editor Gillian Nelis picks her favourite products from this year’s Dunnes Stores Simply Better Christmas collection. Yoghurts, from 99c each, and granola, €3.99 I don’t tend to eat a cooked breakfast on Christmas morning - I find they fill me up too much - so I gravitate towards something simple like a bowl of creamy yoghurt topped with a really good granola.

Are you planning to take part in plastic-free July, a global initiative designed to help people reduce their use of single-use plastics? If so, these tips from marine scientist and cookbook author Finn Ni Fhaolain should be really helpful. Shop loose as much as you can - think bread, fruit and veg. Bring your own bag to the shop, and buy glass jars, which you can keep and use for storage containers. Tin is recyclable, as are cardboard and paper (they can also be used for gardening etc).