Category: Light Meals
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Recipes: Party food
Well, if like me, you’re planning on having a few over for food and want to serve up some interesting finger food; Arancini are the perfect and elegant bite for when people are standing around with drinks. They are deep-fried rice balls made from saffron risotto rice with a mozzarella centre. You can also fill…
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More fast, easy and healthy recipes
Following on from Wednesday’s post on quick and easy recipes that can be thrown together after a hard day at work, here are some more hassle free dishes for you to try. I have included a couple of desserts that could be thrown together at the end of a dinner party when you don’t want…
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Recipes: Fast, easy and healthy food
I work mostly from home but I have been working quite a bit in the city lately. Living in the sticks and having no car means I have to contend with an epic journey home. After enduring the longest Dublin bus journey in history (even longer than the 17 bus route), I then have a…
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Recipes: Posh picnic on a budget
I experienced an extremely pleasant picnic recently. This wasn’t a ‘hang’ sandwich affair but a proper picnic on a river bank with lots of lovely food and company. It got me thinking about interesting picnic ideas and the best way to serve them up. A good picnic should be on the fancy side and include a variety…
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Irish Foodies Day at Bord Bia
Peter and I attended a really enjoyable event in Bord Bia the week before last: it was a series of presentations and workshops for Irish food bloggers, organised by Donal Skehan of the tremendous Good Mood Food blog. We were treated to demonstrations of pork butchery and cookery, vegetarian cookery from Blazing Salads, advice on…
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The perfect risotto
I’ve given up on risotto (and become progressively worse at making paella). Risotto is one of those fiddly dishes that, despite being advertised as a quick and easy supper, can so easily go wrong. Indeed, I’ve had serious, violent arguments about rice, leading to one party storming off in an enormous huff; all I really…
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Dandelions: Can you really eat them?
Has anyone noticed how the country is carpeted with dandelions at the moment – it’s totally nuts. They are a controversial weed that bring disdain to those longing for the perfect green lawn and also conjure up strange childhood memories of bedwetting if left under a pillow – that was my excuse anyway. I have…
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Ashen faced
I was one of the plebs caught up in the travel chaos the other week and marooned abroad because of the plume of ash. An extra week in the sun sounds rather nice doesn’t it? Well it was complete hell and there was no sun in the south of Spain because it was busy shining…
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Recipe to put a Spring in your step
My sister has just informed me that she has become addicted to lamb. Consequently, she has been inventive in the kitchen again and come up with this little gem, perfect for a light Sunday lunch, if you are brave enough to eat out in the garden (well, for God’s sake it’s scorching outside).
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Recipe: Seaweed Soup
I used to eat big white bags of Dulse as a child in Donegal, and I loved it. Currently, I’m obsessed with Japanese cooking, the benefits of miso and using seaweed. Miso is a fermented product, made from soy bean or barley, and it’s really good for your tummy (think Yakult times a zillion). Seaweed is…