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Recipes

Grilled Pineapple with Mint Creme Fraiche

Pineapple grilled enhances its natural sweetness, combined with a zesty lime sugar and creme fraiche cut with mint, makes a delicious dessert plate. An easy crowd pleaser, just remember to clean off the barbecue first before you load up the fruit!. This dish will fill you with many health promoting compounds, minerals and vitamins that are essential for optimum health including bromelain which helps digest … Continue reading Grilled Pineapple with Mint Creme Fraiche

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Healthy Eating - For any Day, Mains, Meat, Recipes

Sweet Chilli & Lime Chicken Wraps with Mango Salsa

If it is dry we usually cook on the barbecue…. Since it’s Ireland, We usually have to eat it inside but even so it is nice to not have to put on the oven and still be able to produce a nice meal. While I do like a burger or sausage on the barbeque. I think it is nice to mix it up a bit … Continue reading Sweet Chilli & Lime Chicken Wraps with Mango Salsa

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Recipes, Veggies and Salads

Beetroot and Goats Cheese Salad

I’ve spoken a little bit about my adventures in gymnastics before. I tend to get funny looks when I mention it as its not that common in Ireland for women of a certain age to still be throwing themselves at a crashmat in the hope that something beautiful will result. I love it tho, I’m no Nadia but I’m pretty strong, reasonably fit and it … Continue reading Beetroot and Goats Cheese Salad

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The Art of Tarts

I spent the weekend attending a food photography workshop given by the very talented (and as it turns out very nice too) Helene Dujardin of http://www.tarteletteblog.com. A group of ladies from around the world had all signed up to be able to meet and learn from Helen and it was a great weekend not just because of the content of the course delivered by Helene … Continue reading The Art of Tarts

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Mains, Recipes

Slowroast Pulled Pork, Barbecue Gravy, Celeriac Slaw and Fried Dill Pickles

I’ve been obsessing about Pork recently and researching loads of options and recipes on slow roast pulled pork. It started a few weeks back with watching the good food channel – one of the shows about diner food featured pulled pork sandwiches and it looked so delicious that it got me thinking. Then amazingly (karma or what) I received a gift of hand reared organic … Continue reading Slowroast Pulled Pork, Barbecue Gravy, Celeriac Slaw and Fried Dill Pickles

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