Family-friendly recipes and snippets of family life from an Irish kitchen.
Today was the first day of my new venture, my fresh produce stall. All my cakes and bakes were snapped up quickly with the eggs and jams also selling well. Many visitors gave me plenty of suggestions on what else to bake for next week, so here's to a busy Friday night from now ...
This Saturday I am starting a small stall at the entrance to our home (on the Moate/Mount Temple road) selling freshly baked goods such as buns, bread and anything else I decide to bake that morning, jam, eggs from our happy hens and some fresh produce from the garden, as it becomes ...
Today we decided to head out for lunch. I recently bumped into an old school friend and she mentioned that she is working as a chef at Farrell's pub in Glasson village - the restaurant is now known as The Fatted Calf. I had heard that the restaurant had been taken over by ...
Served with rice, baby potatoes and a green salad this is the perfect dish for entertaining a crowd. In my butchers the cut of beef that is pre-diced is shin, which benefits greatly from stewing for long periods so therefore is ideal for this dish. Diced sirloin steak would break ...
Oh my goodness, what a hot day! When the boys came in from playing earlier they begged me for a treat so we made some milkshakes as the perfect treat for a sunny day. An easy recipe that the children can make with you. Banana Milkshake Ingredients 2 ripe bananas 3 scoops of ...
This is a really easy pasta sauce which can be served on its own with pasta or ravioli. You can, of course, add some grilled chicken or even some oven-roasted vegetables. I also pour this sauce over meatballs and serve with spaghetti. I would always recommend using fresh ...
Our herb garden with all plants looking very healthy. Thanks to my father. Lemonbalm plant This plant is two years old and like mint, it grows really well in any soil. Growing bigger each year. I mostly use it for garnishing dishes or making stock for lemonade but also ...
I love to have a good excuse to bake, so Millie's Christening on Sunday gives me the perfect opportunity to try out new recipes. One such recipe was for these blondies from Rachel Allen's Bake. They are simply delicious, so much so that I had to get them rather quickly into a ...
I love mushrooms and try to include them in as many dishes as possible. As a child, when mushrooms were in season, I would go picking them with my father. My mother would then prepare the wild mushrooms, fry in butter, season, add some milk and bring to a simmer. This would then ...
{Guest post by Jack!} Today my Mam & I went to the Wineport Lodge for Lunch and we had a really good time. I tried everything on my plate and I tried everything on my mam's plate too! For starter, I had leek and potato soup with creme fraise, with a sprinkle of chives and ...
Today was Jack's First Holy Communion. We had a really lovely relaxed day. Since we are having Millie's Christening next weekend, and all the relatives and friends are invited, we had just a small gathering today. As a special treat, Jack and I are dining at the Wineport tomorrow. ...
Swiss Roll Ingredients For the swiss roll melted butter, for greasing 125g plain flour, plus extra for dusting 4 eggs 125g caster sugar, plus 3 tbsp for sprinkling (or use icing sugar for dusting) 2 tbsp warm water 1 tsp vanilla extract For the filling 6 tbsp raspberry or strawberry ...
In the greenhouse, my father has many different varieties of lettuce growing. The flavour from lettuce grown at home in the soil is so significantly better than the shop-bought alternative. Not only is the flavour better but nutritionally there is no comparison. It has been reported, ...
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Nessa's Family Kitchen is an Irish food blog with family-friendly recipes and snippets of family life from an Irish kitchen.
