I mostly work from home, and usually fix my own lunch. My staples: soups, salads, and beans on toast. Followed by a proper dinner. So I was proper delighted when a big giant box of soups and pasta sauces were couriered to me from GLORIOUS! soups; there was enough here to feed me for two [...]

News alert! My tomatoes have ripened. Okay it doesn’t warrant such drama but I have managed to produce a considerable amount and I am giddy at the thought of eating this free fruit. I want the tomatoes to be the star of the show and I came across this amazing looking soup recipe in The [...]

As part of my attempt to fool myself into thinking I’m on holiday, I am having a dish a day from holidays past. Brazil had the most amazing food, in fact pretty much everything about Brazil was amazing. I had some of the best fish stews there and if you like prawns there are loads [...]

Well the first of my crops are ready to pick. Unsurprisingly, the peas are the first to make an appearance followed by the lettuce. Peas are plucky little fellas that will keep giving and giving and are unbelievably hardy. I cultivated them from seed in April and planted them outside in May. I also kept [...]

I was down in the Hook Peninsula in Co. Wexford last week and I have to admit before I left I wasn’t even sure where it was. I associate Wexford with Rosslare and getting the boat to France each summer, but was pleasantly surprised to discover that Hook Peninsula is a lovely place with lots to [...]

Calling all soup lovers, today is Gorta’s “Soup for Life” day. This global event urges you to gather your friends, family and colleagues for a get together over a bowl and make a  contribution to Gorta’s work fighting hunger and malnutrition in Africa. If you would like to take part, you can check out details [...]

I planned on eating just one Easter egg over the weekend but I ended up eating two giant eggs, gorging myself on cake until I hated myself, and drinking like a sailor. Now I feel rubbish and to make matters worse I’m off to Spain soon for a much awaited holiday and have to squash [...]

A lighter soup for spring days, carrot and orange is a flavour pairing from heaven. It’s also, like many soups, a good way of using up those slowly dying vegetables. Ingredients 10 carrots, peeled and chopped 1 parsnip, peeled and chopped 2 sticks of celery, chopped 1 onion, peeled and finely chopped 2 cloves of [...]

Now’s the best time of year for lamb. Lovely, lovely lamb, so tender and juicy – and pricy. Last week, I picked up two lamb shanks for about €11.00 and made this recipe from BBC Food. It tastes as good as it looks, with the meat falling off the bone. I’m always loathe to throw [...]

I’m home alone for a few weeks, so I’ve doing a lot of cooking for one. Soups have become my staple: make a big batch and it lasts for a few days lunches and dinners. With no less than three open bags of red lentils recently discovered in the back of my press, I was [...]