Irish food: Hallowe’en is approaching, here’s to the traditional Irish Barmbrack
A traditional Irish Halloween description, complete with Irish Barmbrack recipe. Continue reading
Category Archives: Low fat cooking
And now for something completely different – Irish Nettle Soup by Cake in the country, an old Irish food
So recently (actually quite a long while ago but I’m nothing if not a procrastinator), we had a 20 mile cookalong. I had Jennifer down to sample all the delights of the locality, but whilst we had a gap in the cooking time, we decided to have a wee stroll around the gardens. It just … Continue reading
Spaghetti & Meatballs – Lady and the Tramp style… Food for Romance Cookalong
This #Romanticcooking cookalong.. Whether or not you buy into Valentines I’m sure at some time or other you want to have some kind of slightly romantic meal. I couldn’t tell you when my first real romantic moment was (well I could but I won’t), but this was definitely one of the first visions of romance. … Continue reading
Cooking on a budget – Chicken Casserole Love
SO recently we had a cheap and cheerful cookalong.. I wasn’t cooking on the day because.. well.. I have a giant cast on and my arm was rather painful, but I have done much budget cooking. This medicine thing does not come cheap so I am budgeting to my eyeballs! So when I had my … Continue reading
Mushroom risotto – The food of Sunday studying.
So on Sundays I generally try and catch up on the colossal amount of study I should have done all weekend and didn’t (as always).. You think I’d learn but nope, never.. Anywho so I try and make a decent starchy comfort food to get me through Sunday and Monday and hopefully Tuesday (may not … Continue reading
Lets make some Ravioli
A while back (actually before I went to Italy) Roma were kind enough to send me out a packet of their new tipo ‘00’ flour. I had been reading recipes that suggested using ‘00’ flour for ages but the closest I could get was the odd packet of ‘0’ flour which I would scoop up … Continue reading
Stagrennan farm – where they greet you with smiles and apple cake.
What do you get if you put 6 camera wielding food bloggers in an orchard on a fine autumn day? Well I shall tell you, good sirs! A very nice tour, that’s what. I’m a real joker me. But all joking aside, having had a chat with Michal from Bord Bia pre cookalong organisation, we … Continue reading
What to eat in Milan? Mushroom and Courgette Pasta of course.
So on my first trip to Italy with the lovely Carol (Hi Carol) we spent a few days on a gloriously kid-free tour of Milan and Florence. Well, take a seat my children, let me tell you the wonders, the genius that made… The food. Oh the food. The upcoming recipe is particularly good and … Continue reading
Sushi, eh? An irishfoodies cookalong recipe!
Well it was a Friday evening. The first Friday of August. What else would we be doing but an (now regularly scheduled) irish foodies cookalong session. The theme: Seafood. Anything and everything that one could think of on a seafood theme. This is what becomes of discussing mussels on twitter! Well, being a recent sushi … Continue reading
Butternut Squash and Pancetta Risotto
This was a rather yummy dinner. I tasted some of Mary’s risotto one day and vowed to make it or something similar. And so, one dismal rainy summers day, I stood at the fridge, stared down the pancetta, and began to cook. Now this was kind of put together on the day, so change it … Continue reading
Cake in the country 