Wonderful trick!

Banana had a sleepover, and I knew about that maze game where the scary thingy pops up in the middle of it, so I told them it was a psychology test that analyses your hand movements and gives you a profile. And they fell for it hook, line and sinker. They made so many attempts … Continue reading

DipsDipsDips

Righty-oh so Jen and I went to Aunty’s house a few weeks ago for (the most amazing) dinner. I mean… there are no words. This lady inspires me. I want the cooking part of her brain. (Also she’s like the nicest person!) Anywho, so cooking genius aunt brings us out some dippedy dips for starters … Continue reading

Really quite sleepy today…

So I shan’t write too much. Went to Hannah’s play earlier, was fantastic! Results are tomorrow night, fingers crossed! But honestly they have got to win, it was so good. And so very chilling! She’s now through to a special competition, basically they pick out the favourite actors from the whole thing and they all … Continue reading

It’s raining and miserable BUT

I will be productive today.  I got up (Maaaybe not as early as planned) and bounded down the stairs full of optimism. And I decided, being super enthusiastic, to make myself a breakfast smoothie! Which I must say turned out wonderful. So I thought I’d share the ingredients: Breakfast smoothie (Makes about 3 servings) 2 … Continue reading

Simplicity…

A friend made these little bites of heaven for a cupcakes and cocktails party. I just thought they needed mention. Strawberries – amazing. Chocolate – amazing. And some person (for whom I am eternally grateful) thought ‘What if… we put them together?’ Let’s have a minute of silence to show our respect for this person… … Continue reading

Sushi? Like… with the fish?

Right. So being a rural Irish girl I naturally had a huge aversion to the idea of Sushi. Raw fish and all that. However, after a rather lovely post-quiz sushi evening on Wednesday last I am completely converted. It didn’t start off too well, and I figured okily dokily I’ll just stick to the veggie … Continue reading

So this is what I made the other day

As the title says, I made this case full of joy last week. Let me just say, these were absolutely scrumptious. Like seriously.. The icing in particular is fantastic! Recipe to follow hopefully… Edit: Success! The wonderful Donal Skehan over at Thegoodmoodfoodblog (its fantastic, check it out) has said it’s all good for me to … Continue reading