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Nettle Soup serves 4-6 I love nettle soup and try to have it at least 3 times in the spring when the new nettle leaves appear. Nettles are full of vitamins and minerals and have been used as a treatment for arthritis and as a blood tonic for generations. Only pick new young […] This is a fabulous recipe if I may say so myself. Its an adaptation of my mothers famous Green Tomato Chutney Recipe only better as you can use up all of those fruits and vegetables that are sitting around at the end of the season, especially those giant marrows you’ve just discovered lurking under the […] “Green stuffing!” I hear you say. “why ever would I make that”. Thats what I thought the first time I saw it but it is well worth the making. The first time I had it was at my friend Donkeys wedding in a hotel in Louth (dont ask why a girl has a nickname […] Hot Cross Bun Muffins In our family Easter is the holiday with the most family traditions. I figure that’s probably because we aren’t rushing around sorting presents and feast food like at Christmas and we don’t have to sort costumes and parties like at Halloween. I was over at my friend Imen’s (I married […] Back when I was a teenager, I had to spend 2 days running a tradestand for Dad at an Udaras na Gailteacht trade fair in Connemara. Eyeball numbingly boring- handing out bumph on the company to disinterested passersby. The redeeming feature of the whole experience was the lady next to us cooking boxty samples. […] Last week I gave a quick ,yeast ,breadmaking demonstration to my ICA guild . Since we had the recipe all typed up nice for that I figure its time to finally do thepromised post for easy breadmaking. We seldom buy bread anymore as it takes such little time to whip up a batch of dough. […] This is now our households favourite comfort food which is surprising since it contains a stinky cheese children would usually turn up their nose at. Last summer our french wwoofer Anne received a parcel from home with a very ripe Reblechon cheese in it and announced that she would make us a Savoie region […] Onion Tart I love this onion tart .We spent some time last summer playing with the recipe and we think we now have a great, simple, fairly fast and very tasty recipe. Even picky kids eat it.You can also substitute other veg such as spinach, courgette or mushrooms for the onion .Still fantastic Our […] |
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