Happy Valentine's day everyone.

This is fantastic news, congratulations to all on the fundraising committee for all your hard work and well-wear to all the residents and staff in the community hospital.

Continuing with the Operation Transformation theme of healthy eating, we were delighted when Siobhan O'Callaghan from Kalbo's Café in Skibbereen called in to show us a healthy and an easy to prepare Moroccan Chicken dish served on a bed of Couscous. To cook along with Siobhán please click on this link to our YouTube page for the full video. https://youtu.be/1OO-aWHEESI A full list of ingredients and method below. Moroccan Chicken One Pot (Serves 4) Ingredients 4 Boneless Skinless chicken fillets cut into strips 1 Onion diced 3 Tbsp. Olive Oil 1 Tsp. Turmeric 1 Tbsp. Ground Cumin 1 Tbsp. Coriander 1 Tbsp. Cinnamon 1 large butternut squash, deseeded and cut into chunks 600ml Chicken Stock 2 Tbsp. brown sugar 2 Tbsp. Red Wine Vinegar 50g dried Cherries / Cranberries For the Paste: (to be blitzed together) 1 onion roughly chopped 200g Tomatoes 50g Fresh Ginger roughly chopped 3 Cloves of garlic Garnish (optional) Handful Mint leaves Zest of 1 lemon 100g Feta cheese crumbled Method Heat 2 Tbsp. Olive Oil in a heavy based pot or pan. Brown chicken on all sides, remove from pan and set aside. Whizz onion, tomato, ginger and garlic into a paste. Fry onion in oil until softened and added the spices. Fry for 1 minute until fragrant. Add the paste and fry for another few minutes to soften. Return the chicken to the pan. Add the stock, sugar and vinegar. Bring to simmer and cook for 30 minutes until the sauce is beginning to thicken and the chicken is cooked. Add in the cherries or cranberries. Check seasoning. While the chicken is cooking make up the couscous; Place 350g couscous in a bowl, season and stir in a little olive oil. Pour over 500ml boiling water and stir to mix. Cover and leave to stand for 6 – 10 minutes. Fluff up with a fork. To serve: Dish up your couscous and Moroccan chicken and garnish with crumbled feta, chopped mint, lemon zest and natural yoghurt (optional). Skibbereen and Bandon Credit Union offers a full range of financial products, services, and resources to serve your family or business needs. A forward-thinking credit union built upon more than 50 years of commitment to its members. www.skibbereencu.ie Skibbereen Branch Phone: 028 21883 Fax: 028 21191 Address: Credit Union House, 13 Main Street, Skibbereen, Co Cork Bandon Branch Phone: 023 88 44839 Fax: 028 21191 Address: 26-27 South Main Street, Bandon, Co. Cork Schull Branch Phone: 028 28666 Fax: 028 28666 Address: Schull Sub-Office, East End, Schull

Stay tuned for some great recipes from local chefs coming soon.

The January paycheck is in - we called in some leading financial experts for their ideas on how to manage it and find out who the richest person in the world really is. Tag a friend who is always broke! www.skibbereencu.ie

Thanks to Evan Mangan from The Marketing Crowd for his recent visit to chat to us about our social media presence which has gained national attention. Over the past year we have promoted local community groups, businesses and created educational content for our members gaining a reach of over half a million on Facebook alone. We will be doing more of this in 2018 so if you are a member with a story to tell we'd love to hear from you, DM us here. If you want to find out more about Evan's work then check out his page...link here https://themarketingcrowd.ie/

Please watch and share this video from Cccahoots and help us dispel some common myths about Credit Unions! 😂

Thinking of changing the car in 2018? A PCP agreement may infringe on your ability to buy ice-cream!! With us, you own your car and can clock up as much mileage as you like! CCCahoots Bandon Opinion/The Opinion

Tissues at the ready...8 very special stories make up our Little Big Things Surprise for 2017. Spread the Christmas spirit!

The winners of our Art competition are as follows: Junior Infants: Cormac O'Leary, Scoil Bhride N.S. Senior Infants: Charlie O'Donoghue, Scoil Bhride N.S. First Class: Jane Condon, Newcestown N.S. Second Class: Alicja Palka, Presentation Primary N.S. Third Class: Nikita Constant, Presentation Primary N.S. Fourth Class: Gavin O'Shea, Scoil Bhride N.S. Fifth Class: Jay O'Shea, Newcestown N.S. Sixth Class: Jenna Deane, Newcestown N.S. Special Category winners: Children: Lily Cotter, Presentation Primary N.S. Adults: Ben N.Coombes, Bandon Grammar School. Well done to all our winners who receive some lovely prizes, and well done to all who entered. All the paintings can be seen in the Branch