I’m feeling very into my old standard quick-fix suppers at the moment. It’s been a gloriously busy couple of weeks, in all the right ways. Throughout all the activity, I’ve been happy to have a few quick and easy suppers up my sleeve, ready to be pulled out when a hunger pang has hit. Couscous […]
I’m sure I’m not alone in having survived my college years on a diet of pasta and pesto. The most essential items in my measly weekly shop in the early 2000s was a packet of value brand pasta and a jar of cheap and processed pesto. I sparingly added a dollop of pesto to my […]
Sometimes there’s nothing like a bit of soup to take the bite out of the autumn air. Minestrone soup is one of my favourite winter-warmers, because you can squeeze in loads of yummy veggies and you get to eat pasta at the same time. I love using tortellini in minestrone, as it makes a really hefty meal of it. […]
A bit of peppery heat goes a long way at this time of year… My Twitter and Instagram buddies may be aware that I’ve recently taken up a new hobby on Saturday mornings. To my absolute bubbling-over joy, I’ve started taking horse-riding lessons at Ashtown Stables near the Phoenix Park. Last Saturday, I thought I […]
I’ve proclaimed my love for meals that work as breakfast, lunch and dinner on this blog before. When I was a kid, we always had cornflakes at night for supper. I think this might be an Irish thing. None of the other kids on the compound I grew up on in Saudi Arabia had cereal […]
Recently over on the seriously droolsome Edible Ireland, Kristin featured an Irish Farmhouse Mac and Cheese which had me craving this classic. After a bit of a heavy weekend at the Hard Working Class Heroes festival in Dublin, however, I wasn’t sure if I should really indulge myself in a three-cheese wonder of gooey delight. […]
Yup. Still on the anchovy buzz. This is a recipe I found a few months back and have made it the couple of times in between that I’ve found myself with an abundance of kale. Kale is one of my favourite brassicas (ya brasser!) but I’m not sure if they’re to everybody’s taste. They can […]
It’s not often that you find a cheap meal that is simple to make and results in a posh-nosh filled plate. My lovely friend Anna mentioned the combination of mackerel, bacon and sage when she was visiting us from the UK last week. I found this recipe and used it as a template for my […]
When it comes to the music I listen to, if a song catches my ear I’ll (borderline) obsessively listen to it again and again. I do this until I feel like I’ve understood and consumed everything there is to be understood and consumed about it, often ignoring other music in favour of it. I’ve been […]
I love it when autumn rolls in and the focus turns to butternut squashes (squashi?). Perhaps the loveliest of all squashland, these sweet yet subtle beauties can be made into a bevvy of tasty suppers. I found this recipe for a spicy stuffed butternut squash the other day on Delicious Magazine’s rather lovely website. I […]