A French Onion Soup Night
Autumn is so welcome – because of the sheer beauty. This was 8 o’clock yesterday evening. I set about making some french onion soup – vickscakes got it into my mind, as well as the head gardener and my...
View ArticleVery Healthy
I’ve been having great fun the last couple of days coming up with ways to use rice paper in preparation for ‘Creative Gluten-free Meals’ at the end of this month. I really love the seriously healthy...
View ArticleAutumn Garden
It’s so windy here today I doubt there’ll be any leaves left so I shot out to snap a few before they’re all blown away! Opposite my kitchen and down the avenue to the farm are rows of beech trees....
View Article5 Butternut Squash!
For the last couple of years we have grown butternut squash, optimistically but not very successfully. The first year none, last year 2 and this year 5!! So we’re getting there. We have only tried...
View ArticleDamson Preserves – Making jelly, jam, sorbet…..
Odhran and I were very keen on making damson sorbet for our last supper club but nature cannot be hurried. We had got a little ahead of ourselves as they weren’t ripe despite our constant checking....
View ArticleFish Information Evening
I’ve neglected my blog as I’ve been on holidays. Had a fantastic time in the Basque Country – some amazing eating which I’ll save for another post. Lots of fish in fact, which brings me to my recipe...
View ArticleWarm Beetroot, Mushroom & Leek Salad
As a student of nutrition for 4 years in Dublin I sought out a fitting place to work – Cafe Fresh in the Powerscourt Townhouse. It’s a vegetarian/vegan/wholefood restaurant run by Mary Farrell. Mary...
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