If it isn’t already completely obvious, I’m not the best advert for healthy eating. Occasionally though, when I’m struggling to zip up the jeans, I give myself a good talking to and try to behave myself. Within reason.
Crunchy Chocolate Granola
Category: For The Larder
Cranberry and Port Sauce
Cranberry sauce just screams Christmas to me. I don’t even eat turkey (it’s flavourless dry meat!) but I love spooning some of this delicious sauce on my ham. Homemade cranberry sauce is even better, trust me.
Cherry Chocolate and Almond Biscotti
Biscotti. They’re those overpriced, tooth-cracking biscuits you get in large chain coffee shops, right? Well that’s what I thought. Until I tasted a homemade version.
Romesco Sauce
… served with asparagus and spring onions. My Instagram feed has been flooded with Romesco Sauce for the last month or so with a lot of people gushing about the amazing flavour from it. Honestly, I have never tasted it so I had to do my research to see what is involved.
Dukkah
In Ottolenghi’s Jerusalem, he describes Dukkah as “An Egyptian aromatic seed and nut mix”. It is this and so much more. I was first introduced to it a couple of years ago in Kai restaurant in Galway. There was served as a coating to lamb and I was not too sure how much nuts could […]
‘Instant’ Buttermilk Pancakes with Berry Compote
There’s a big day coming up – Pancake Tuesday!! One of my favourite days of the year.
Christmas Chutney
There, I’ve said it… I’ve dropped the C word! If there is any bit of a Grinch about you, you might want to avoid this little bit of the internet for the next few weeks. I have plenty more festive recipes coming up.
Harissa
I have already blogged this recipe as part of one of my first blog posts Harissa Chicken Ciabatta, but I’ve decided that it needs to be it’s own post as I use it so much. So apologies if I’m boring anyone by repeating myself! I recently bought Sabrina Ghayour’s Persiana and I just love it! […]