Squash Pear and Goats’ Cheese Salad with Black Pudding

I just love this time of year. Cosy dark nights, wearing chunky knit jumpers and boots, what’s not to love! Himself thinks I’m a total weirdo. I also love playing with different autumnal flavours such as this squash and pear. I always like to eat a good salad and once we move out of summer, […]

Celeriac and Pear Soup

It’s officially soup weather again. And with that storm raging outside it seems like the perfect time to share my recipe for this Celeriac and Pear Soup.

Korean Stir-Fried Beef Bulgogi

I make some form of a stir-fry about once a week such as this Beef and Orange Stir-Fry. I’m always looking for ways to vary them and try new flavours. I had never even heard of Beef Bulgogi until himself came home one day and told me about a Korean food stand near where he […]

Prosciutto, Pear and Blue Cheese on Toast

I hadn’t planned on doing a “Things on Toast” recipe again so soon. However, I have had this post for Prosciutto, Pear and Blue Cheese on Toast in my drafts for some time and last week I was involved in the National Dairy Council’s Cheese up Your Life competition and had to post it then. You’d think I’d […]

Pear and Chocolate Cake

A couple of weeks ago on Supplemental, Ed Smith mentioned a pear and ginger cake by Nadiya Hussain and I started researching loads of recipes. It took me a while to cop on to myself and realise that I’m not a fan of ginger cake so why would I think pears would change that?!

Poires Belle Helene – Poached Pears in Chocolate Sauce

Purists look away now, I had run out of vanilla ice cream so I used cookie dough ice cream! It works 🙂 I nearly forgot to post a chocolate recipe for April! So this one is getting in by the skin of it’s teeth.