You may be tired after a long day and want something filling to eat but not another stodgy pizza that’s going to make you feel like a beached whale later and have you trying to ‘be good’ tomorrow. It needs to be quick too. So how quick is this? It takes about 20 minutes all [...]
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Roast Squash & Legume Soup with Ciabatta Croutons – Simple Supper
Posted in Uncategorized, What's for Dinner Mom?, tagged Ciabatta Croutons, Hearty Soup, Simple Supper on February 22, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Suet Crust Pastry
Posted in What's for Dinner Mom?, tagged Beef Suet, Heston Blumenthal, Savoury Pastry, Suet Crust Pastry, The Fabulous Baker Brothers on February 1, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Over the past few weeks we’ve been watching Heston Blumenthal doing crazy stuff in the kitchen. Things that have my 10-year-old twin boys looking for aerosol cans in the supermarket and dreaming of dry-ice. While I love watching the show and admire the genius that he is, there is no way that I’m transporting any [...]
White Pudding with Champ Potatoes and Pea Puree
Posted in What's for Dinner Mom?, tagged Burns Night, Burns Supper, Champ Potatoes, Haggis, White Pudding on January 25, 2012 | 2 Comments »
Tonight (25th January) is Burns night in Scotland celebrating their famous poet Robert Burns and this is traditionally done with a Burns Supper. If you are unfamiliar with the name you will be familiar with his most famous song ‘Auld Lang Syne.’ Anyway in Scotland they will be cooking up plenty of haggis this evening [...]
Onion Relish
Posted in What's for Dinner Mom?, tagged Onion Marmalade, Onion Relish on January 20, 2012 | 5 Comments »
Little by little I’m getting to try out making things that I’ve never made before and over the past few months that has included a couple of preserves in the form of chutneys ( blackberry & apple, date & apricot ) and pickled cucumber . It’s one of the exiting things about food, there’s always something new [...]
Pasta alla luce del sole
Posted in Uncategorized, What's for Dinner Mom?, tagged bacon and sun-dried tomatoes, Pasta with courgette, Sacla' on January 11, 2012 | 5 Comments »
No, that doesn’t mean pasta that is good for the soul but hopefully translates to mean ‘Pasta in the light of the sun.’ I’ve googled it and haven’t seen a recipe with this name yet so it’s mine, all mine, an original. 2012 is looking like a very exciting year for me with the publication [...]
Date and Apricot Chutney
Posted in Uncategorized, What's for Dinner Mom?, tagged Christmas Recipes, Chutney, Date and Apricot Chutney on January 3, 2012 | 1 Comment »
So firstly a Happy New Year to you. While writing this it’s bright and dry outside and we’re thankful to have come through the holidays without a hint of ice or snow this year (sorry kids). I’ve been crazy busy with family celebrations and I’m looking forward to finally making it to a couch one [...]
Cranberry Pork Chops with Carrot, Parsnip & Bramley Apple Mash
Posted in What's for Dinner Mom?, tagged Carrot Parsnip & Bramley Apple Mash, Cranberry Pork Chops, Irish Bramley Apples on November 29, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Wow, did you know that one third of the world’s Bramley apples are grown in Ireland? Neither did I. I have to admit that if you had asked me to spell Bramley a couple of weeks ago I would have been inserting an extra b as in bramble, as I’d yet to learn of the [...]
Mediterranean Chicken & Vegetables
Posted in What's for Dinner Mom?, tagged Farmers to Market Chicken, Home-made ketchup, Mediterranean Chicken & Vegetables on November 14, 2011 | 3 Comments »
Yay! Decent 100% Irish free range chicken portions are now available in my local supermarket. Up until now the choice was either pricey skin-less chicken fillets or a whole chicken but finding this new “Farmers to Market’ chicken portions product made me smile today. The packaging is very attractive as is the story on the [...]
Lamb Tagine with Lemon & Coriander Couscous
Posted in What's for Dinner Mom?, tagged Lamb Tagine, Lemon & Coriander Couscous, What's for Dinner Mom? on November 11, 2011 | 4 Comments »
When is a tagine not a tagine? Probably when it isn’t cooked in one. Fond as I am of pots, pans and kitchen gadgets, I am not about to invest in a casserole pot with a conical lid that will a)be troublesome to store and b)be used once a month – if it’s lucky. So [...]
Cheesy Potato, Bacon & Parsnip Bake
Posted in Dinner Party, What's for Dinner Mom?, tagged Gratin, Potato & Parsnip Bake, Recipe on October 21, 2011 | 6 Comments »
Bunged up as I am with a head-cold I am in need of comfort food. This variation of a potato gratin is based on Paul Flynn’s (The Tannery Restaurant) ‘Cheddar cheese, smoked ham and parsnip bake’ and is exactly what I will be looking forward to this evening. I cooked one earlier this week and [...]
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