I started a new course last week. It's a Cooking and Budgeting course. Naively I thought it was going to be cooking on a budget but it's not. There are two parts of it; the first part is cooking and the second part budgeting. As the first class fell on Shrove Tuesday we made pancakes.... Continue Reading →
Enniscrone
Last Saturday Lucy and I went to Enniscrone. I won a voucher for lunch from the Diamond Coast Hotel so we went out for it. Enniscrone is a beautiful place and even though it was cold there were several people out walking. The Diamond Coast Hotel is a lovely place, I'd love to stay there.... Continue Reading →
Fun with food
The weather has been too awful to be out and about taking photos so I decided to try something different (yes I know I have too much time on my hands). So above we have 'Cheeses of Nazareth'. My idea of an edible nativity. A couple of years ago I made this: Which was all... Continue Reading →
Thank you Dr. Oetker!
I won a competition on twitter last week for a Dr. Oetker baking hamper. It arrived today and it's fantastic! Loads of goodies in it. Rocket-dog was very impressed as well. We decided to make cakes right away to try out all the lovely products! Here's the recipe we used: 175g butter 175g caster sugar... Continue Reading →
Donal Skehan – The HomeCooked Tour
Last night we went to the Hawk's Well Theatre to see Donal Skehan's HomeCooked Tour. Now I must admit I did wonder how a cookery show was going to work in a theatre but I have to say it was brilliant. We had a really good night. As soon as we walked in we were... Continue Reading →
Thank you
I'm totally gobsmacked by the amount of comments and messages I got over the weekend!! Thank you so much to everyone who took the time to comment, I'm genuinely touched. I took a couple of days away from blogging and did family things like pigging out on chocolate and a trip to Enniskillen and I've... Continue Reading →
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