Category: Sauces & Condiments
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Recipes: Save Money and Win Friends over this Christmas
A couple of years ago, I received a jar of jam for Christmas. This may seem like a stingy present but it was actually one of the nicest presents I got that year. It wasn’t any ordinary shop-bought jam but homemade, wrapped specifically with me in mind and had my name printed on the jar.…
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Recipe: Simple cherry tomato sauce
I made this for dinner recently as a side for my Roast Chicken in Butter Sauce. Each time I make a tomato sauce, it’s different. It’s a wondrous, organic, changing thing and can taste so different each time, redolent of memories from the past, spag bol when I was a kid, bruschetta on my first…
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David’s Amazing, All Purpose Sauce
Myself and Snack Box stayed with our friends Rercy (she of CheapEats writing fame) and David on their farm in West Wicklow last week, and both gorged ourself on Dave’s amazing, all-purpose, good with everything sauce. The recipe is so simple. Take about 250ml extra virgin olive oil, add 2-3 cloves of raw garlic (depending…
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Positive Nutrition: Ways with Berries
We’re delighted to be joined again this week by our regular guest columnist, nutritional therapist Heather Leeson from Positive Nutrition. This is Heather’s last column for a few months as she has gone on maternity leave, but we’ll be joined by Lisa in her absence. Congratulations on the new arrival and good luck from the…
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Recipes: Guacamole and Sun-Dried Tomato Relishes
What with all the burgers, barbeques, and bread, I’ve been making a load of relishes and dips lately. These two are very quick and easy. I packed some of these relishes into two sterilised Kilner jars and gave them to my dad as a Father’s Day gift. He was hugely skeptical of this “made-up day”…
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Indian Supper Club: Feed Four for Under €30
Sorry, I know we’ve been a bit quieter than usual on CheapEats today, but that’s because I’ve been getting together details of this full dinner party. Hope it was worth the wait… Have a great weekend, Peter Bring a few heads together, get everybody to make a dish (starter, main, side or dessert), and you…
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Ingredient of the Week: Lamb
Lamb is to Easter what ham and turkey is to Christmas. It’s back in season and at its best. On the Sunday, I’ll go home to Mum and Dad’s for a big roast, joined by my two sisters and their expanding brood. But there’s plenty more to do with lamb than just roast it. The…
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Stale bread recipes from Torino
When we decided to write about stale bread as our ingredient of the week, Peter immediately bagsed bread and butter pudding and stuffing. Which left me pretty much stumped. That’s all I’ve ever made with stale bread, and most of the time I just give it to the ducks in the Grand Canal. Luckily, my…
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Break Out the Emergency Ham
Old age is turning the snow to slush, but we’re still stuck here. AA Roadwatch informs us that Sallygap, Roundwood and the Wicklow Gap are all impassable; we live somewhere between the latter two. A neighbour says that he went to the village for supplies and was sliding all over the road. Tomorrow, we’re going…