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I’m enjoying…. in January 2013

I’m enjoying….. ….polishing off the last of the Christmas chocolates and treats including these Hayfield Manor Chocolate Brownies.  One of my 11 year old boys said I have to go back and buy loads more.  Most of us are confirmed

Hayfield Manor Chocolate Brownie_01_opt

I’m enjoying…. in January 2013

I’m enjoying….. ….polishing off the last of the Christmas chocolates and treats including these Hayfield Manor Chocolate Brownies.  One of my 11 year old boys said I have to go back and buy loads more.  Most of us are confirmed

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Roast Squash & Bulgur Wheat Salad

Donal Skehan’s third book ‘Kitchen Hero – Great Food For Less’ is packed full of tasty recipes with plenty of vegetarian options to choose from including this Roast Squash & Bulgur Wheat Salad. This salad makes a great side dish

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Roast Squash & Bulgur Wheat Salad

Donal Skehan’s third book ‘Kitchen Hero – Great Food For Less’ is packed full of tasty recipes with plenty of vegetarian options to choose from including this Roast Squash & Bulgur Wheat Salad. This salad makes a great side dish

Bean Enchiladas

Bean Enchilidas

This simple vegetarian supper is satisfying and filling enough to placate the hardened meat eaters in your life.  Made using store cupboard ingredients along with onions, carrots, natural yoghurt and cheese you may already have all that you need to

Bean Enchiladas

Bean Enchilidas

This simple vegetarian supper is satisfying and filling enough to placate the hardened meat eaters in your life.  Made using store cupboard ingredients along with onions, carrots, natural yoghurt and cheese you may already have all that you need to

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Cauliflower, Courgette and Goats’s Cheese Pizza

Gluten free and Vegetarian this pizza is delicious.  Discovered via Domini Kemp’s feature in The Irish Times Magazine she in turn credits her sister-in-law Doris Choi for this amazing recipe from the book ‘The Fresh Energy Cookbook: Detox Recipes to

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Cauliflower, Courgette and Goats’s Cheese Pizza

Gluten free and Vegetarian this pizza is delicious.  Discovered via Domini Kemp’s feature in The Irish Times Magazine she in turn credits her sister-in-law Doris Choi for this amazing recipe from the book ‘The Fresh Energy Cookbook: Detox Recipes to

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I’m enjoying…. in December 2012

I’m enjoying….. ….revamping the blog.  ’Gimme the Recipe’ will be ‘out’ once a month now and hopefully will have a more of a magazine style feel.  I hope you like the new look.  (This means that a few posts will

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I’m enjoying…. in December 2012

I’m enjoying….. ….revamping the blog.  ’Gimme the Recipe’ will be ‘out’ once a month now and hopefully will have a more of a magazine style feel.  I hope you like the new look.  (This means that a few posts will

Chicken Liver Pate, Pickled Cucumber & Spiced Cranberries

Christmas Day Nibbles – Pate with Beetroot Relish or Pickled Cucumber & Cranberry

What do you want from Christmas nibbles?  You want something easy, tasty and quick to prepare that is going to take the edge off the hunger of the gathering hordes. Even if you simply want to invite people over for

Chicken Liver Pate, Pickled Cucumber & Spiced Cranberries

Christmas Day Nibbles – Pate with Beetroot Relish or Pickled Cucumber & Cranberry

What do you want from Christmas nibbles?  You want something easy, tasty and quick to prepare that is going to take the edge off the hunger of the gathering hordes. Even if you simply want to invite people over for

Crab Cakes

Christmas Day Starters – Mini Crab Cakes and Grape & Melon with Mint

Anticipating a long sprawling day of easy entertaining we’ll begin our Christmas feasting with some nibbles and bubbles to ease us in. Nibbles will be followed (after a break) by two starters.  First up will be these delicious mini crab

Crab Cakes

Christmas Day Starters – Mini Crab Cakes and Grape & Melon with Mint

Anticipating a long sprawling day of easy entertaining we’ll begin our Christmas feasting with some nibbles and bubbles to ease us in. Nibbles will be followed (after a break) by two starters.  First up will be these delicious mini crab

Braised Red Cabbage

Christmas Day – Side Dishes – Red Cabbage & Stuffing

Braised Red Cabbage.  As a supposed ‘foodie’ I should perhaps be slow to admit that I have never had red cabbage as an accompaniment to Christmas Dinner.  I’ve listened over the years as friends and acquaintances raved and swapped recipes

Braised Red Cabbage

Christmas Day – Side Dishes – Red Cabbage & Stuffing

Braised Red Cabbage.  As a supposed ‘foodie’ I should perhaps be slow to admit that I have never had red cabbage as an accompaniment to Christmas Dinner.  I’ve listened over the years as friends and acquaintances raved and swapped recipes

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Christmas Day Dessert – Mini Chocolate, Coffee & Baileys Pots

Dessert!! There may not be room after a Christmas Day feast and if that’s the case then these chocolate pots will sit perfectly well in the fridge for a day or two longer if needs be. I do like the

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Christmas Day Dessert – Mini Chocolate, Coffee & Baileys Pots

Dessert!! There may not be room after a Christmas Day feast and if that’s the case then these chocolate pots will sit perfectly well in the fridge for a day or two longer if needs be. I do like the

Chicken Curry Dish

Chicken Curry

Chicken curry, well now that’s a very generic sounding dish isn’t it? What originally started out as a ‘biryani’ transmorphed into a good old curry when an instruction or two into Lorraine Pascale’s ‘Lazza’s lamb biryani’ recipe I realised that

Chicken Curry Dish

Chicken Curry

Chicken curry, well now that’s a very generic sounding dish isn’t it? What originally started out as a ‘biryani’ transmorphed into a good old curry when an instruction or two into Lorraine Pascale’s ‘Lazza’s lamb biryani’ recipe I realised that

Nigellissima Roast Chicken

Nigellissima Roast Chicken with rustic potatoes & larder envy

There’s a lot to love about Nigella Lawson’s latest TV programme – Nigellissima (BBC2) and there’s a little to despise which makes it compulsory viewing if you’re about to partake in a foodie gathering anytime soon.  Even if you’re not bothered on

Nigellissima Roast Chicken

Nigellissima Roast Chicken with rustic potatoes & larder envy

There’s a lot to love about Nigella Lawson’s latest TV programme – Nigellissima (BBC2) and there’s a little to despise which makes it compulsory viewing if you’re about to partake in a foodie gathering anytime soon.  Even if you’re not bothered on

Inchydoney Walnut Bread

Walnut Bread & Very Berry Granola

I suspect that I am not the only Irish person who thinks that September is a summer month, not to mind August, which if I cast my mind back long enough is surely a month for the beach.  And why

Inchydoney Walnut Bread

Walnut Bread & Very Berry Granola

I suspect that I am not the only Irish person who thinks that September is a summer month, not to mind August, which if I cast my mind back long enough is surely a month for the beach.  And why