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Recipe: Chicken & Chorizo Paella – a sure crowd pleaser.
Whenever I visit my Mum, I rarely get to see her these days, she lives in Galway. We always plan to go out for dinner, big plans, get all dressed up and head…
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Recipe:Vegetarian Dahl (Video)
We all try to eat healthier these days, and with trendy healthy restaurants popping up everywhere, some are charging almost ten Euro for a small cup of Dahl with nothing else, why not…
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The ‘Humble Crumble’ Apple Crumble Bars I Entered Into The Happy Pear’s Apple Festival Bake Off!
There’s one thing every Irish person appreciates and that’s an apple tart, or a crumble for that matter, we’ll take them any way, with rhubarb, with pouring cream, with ice cream or even…
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Recipe: Ryan’s Chocolate Chili -The Ultimate Comfort Food
I love when my husband makes his chocolate chili, it’s the first thing he ever cooked for me, back when we were dating, poor guy, my first dish for him was a vegetarian…
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Warming Asian Chicken Soup
If you’re a frequent visitor to my blog, you’ll have noticed that I’m a big fan of soups, they’re nutrient packed and scientifically proven to aid slimming.. You don’t need any skill to…
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Recipe: Frangipane Tart With Amaretto & Pear
I was watching Great British Bake Off last week, and was blown away by the Frangipane Tart, I had to make it! To anyone living in UK or Ireland, it’s more or less…
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Vanilla Pod’s Chicken Salad
One of my true favourite places to eat in Dublin, is the Vanilla Pod Eatery in Carrickmines, every day it’s hopping, from brunch until evening and caters for a wide range of appetites.…
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Rhubarb Jelly & Custard
There’s one thing I love as the Summer starts to wind down and that’s the amount of gorgeous fruit that we see pouring into greengrocers, rhubarb for example! I’ve always loved rhubarb and…
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Pretty as a Peach
How pretty are doughnut (Saturn) peaches!? Beautiful oblong globes of velvety smooth sweetness and they smell divine too!! But there is the fact that they look like squishy little butt’s… ohh but they’re…
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The Most Delicious Chocolate Cake!
If ever you make yourself a chocolate cake, make it this one, you will not be disappointed! So as I mentioned in my last post (VHI Women’s Mini Marathon), there was a bit…
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Weight Loss That Stay’s Off: My love affair with Dukan
So, after seeing photo’s of myself from the ITWBN party, I’ve decided to go back on my old faithful, Dukan diet! I suffer from an underactive thyroid and PCOS so I really struggle…
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Cupcakes to ‘those Brownies’ to the yummiest cheesecake! Baking for a six year old’s party!
My exploration of French baking is dragging out a bit, while waiting for my silicone macaron tray to arrive, I carried on baking other things, I can’t goo too long without baking something,…
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Gooey Brownies
I think I’ve done it! I’ve perfected my brownies! I meant to post this a couple of weeks ago but I was struck down with the Winter Vomiting Bug….and let me tell ya,…
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Winter Soups A Small Selection Of Delicious Favourites!
Delicious Soup Recipes To Get You Winter Ready. “Soups You Madam!” I don’t know about you, but I don’t deal with cold weather well. I love snow, the romance of it….the silence as…
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