This is a very simple marinade but really delicious thanks to an unusual secret ingredient. Everyone who tastes it can get a kind of smokey sweetness but never guesses what…… Tequila, that’s what!. Try it and see, it adds a lovely flavour to chicken and works very well with the beans. I like to use thighs for this – apart from being cheaper, they do … Continue reading Mexican chicken
For me roasted cauliflower is probably one of my favourite veggies, I love the taste of it straight out of the oven and could eat plates of it. So when I found a recipe for Cauliflower soup in Red Magazine, I starting thinking about how I could spice it up a bit to add a hit of heat and combine some of it roasted into … Continue reading Quick Cauliflower Soup Moroccan Style
There are loads of flapjack recipes out there and my other half (www.dominic.ie) is very fond of the raw variety. I prefer to bake them, finding the texture nicer. Which ever you prefer (mine please!) they are a great filler if you have missed lunch, a great energy boosting snack and full of great ingredients. It goes without saying that these are a mile away … Continue reading All good baked flapjacks
The garden and my efforts to grow our own food was a bit of a disaster this year, the huge ginormous slugs won the fight and managed to chew their way through a large proportion of my salad leaves, peas beans and even the hydrangea nearby. The rain was its ally and as it fell for days and days on end, they (the slugs and … Continue reading Raw Broccoli Salad and a Whipped Goats Cheese Salad
There is a storm blowing outside and this is perfect food for a day like this. Lamb shanks are great value and cooked to falling off the bone with delicious gravy and some root veg are just yummy. My daughter who thinks that all meat is Duck gobbles this up telling me she loves it. Serves 4 hungry people 4 lamb shanks, trimmed of any … Continue reading Lamb Shanks with Barley
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