Simple and tasty food.
Pecan pie is one of my all time favourite desserts. We sampled a lot of delicious pecan pies when we were in America recently, it’s the kind of dessert I can never get enough of. I wanted to make my own pecan pie this week to use up my delicious stash of special pecans that I brought home from “We’re Nuts” near Vienna, Georgia. In America they say Pee-CON, in Ireland …
Holly waiting for Santa Claus to arrive…….. Thanks to everyone for visiting my site this year and a special thanks to the ever patient OH 🙂
If you are anything like me you will have left all your Christmas shopping to the very last minute. Then I usually dash around in a mad scramble trying to get the perfect gift in hot sweaty shops crowded with other insane people like me. Some year I will learn, some year I will start my shopping in November, buy everything online, and only buy thoughtful and considerate gifts…some year!
I’ve made a few different types of biscuits before, but like everyone else I’m always looking for something new. Then I discovered Alfajores in a local Argentinean café and it was love at first bite. Alfajores (pronounced alfa-HOAR-ays) are popular cookies in many Latin American countries especially at Christmas time. There are loads of different familial and regional versions of Alfajores, but this version with dulce de leche and coconut …
I must admit I have somewhat of an obsession with ketchup. I’m the type of person that eats chips only if they are saturated with ketchup. Otherwise I just can’t eat them. I know it’s bad, I know it’s processed and full of salt, sugar and other unmentionables, but I love it. I’m not sure why I’m so addicted, it could be a nostalgia thing. As a kid I was …
When we were in America we picked up a rather large bottle of Woodford Reserve Bourbon…..which can only mean one thing, ‘Old Fashioned’ time. This cocktail is probably one of the oldest in the book, but definitely one of my favourites.