A dinner fit for kings! I went down to our local beach today and picked some mussels. As you do. Not much time tonight, so straight to it. I used what I had on hand, feel free to substitute fresh ingredients 🙂 You will need: About 20-30 mussels or so 1/4 bottle of white wine … Continue reading
So living where we do with some good neighbours around, we had a visit from one a few days back with a hefty supply of fresh local salmon, caught that morning, filleted and looking absolutely fabulous. However it was packed as a whole side (or rather 2 whole sides) and we figured that 3 of … Continue reading
So this is the last of my bord bia quality assured pork recipes. The other two can be found here and here (Gawds isn’t the internets only fantastic altogether!). This is based on a recipe in the bord bia pork recipe booklet that we got along with the pork! There were some other lovely looking … Continue reading
What could be better than a pizza party? Why a twizzaparty with the #irishfoodies of course. Silly question! Well it happened one Thursday, a Thursday where traditions began and people ate their fill of pizza (and then some). Taking part were: @clarekleinedler @babaduck71 @icanhascook @TheGlutton @dinnerdujour @likemamuse2bake @bibliocook @joannaschaff @italianfoodie as a judge and @reindeersp … Continue reading
Well I have promised you recipes, and so here is a yummy one for Honey Mustard Marinated Pork cutlets, courtesy of Bord Bia, and their fabulous quality assured Irish Pork (Irish baby, it’s all good). This is super simple and just lovely. I recommend making the marinade on a Sunday so you have an easy … Continue reading
So during the week the wonderful Bord Bia sent a rake of us Irish Foodbloggers (I am soo a Foodblogger now) about half a tonne of quality assured Irish pork each, much to our delight! It was terribly exciting to receive such a treat and I was ever so grateful. And so were my family, … Continue reading
I am now a banoffee convert. I love it. I mean, the years I’ve wasted not making/gorging on banoffee.. It makes me sad to think of it.I should be packing for study week, but am being completely generous and giving you Banoffee recipe instead. Go and buy/root out approx 35 digestive biscuits 1 pack of … Continue reading
So on a windy night long long ago (Sunday) I had just returned from Iron Man 2 (V.Good) and was craving comfort food like a madwoman. I turned away from brownies in despair- they’re no comfort food. Hang on, I’ll give you a minute to reread that. It’s true. And it came to me. Risotto. … Continue reading
Dear world. I am a brownieaholic. A hardcore brownieaholic. A brownie purist. And now a maker of the best brownies ever. In the world. Or so I like to believe. If you don’t believe me try em.. I used Jamie Oliver’s brownie recipe as a base and tweaked a wee bit here and there. Here … Continue reading
Bread = Yum. Sun dried tomatoes = Yum. Onions = Yum. Hmmm, what if we were to put them together to make something magical.. Answer: this would happen… Sun Dried Tomato and Onion bread 450g Strong white bread flour (Don’t use cream/plain/self raising, it won’t work, you need the gluten in this flour) 1 package … Continue reading
Cake in the country 