Simple and tasty food.
At home, we always seem to run out of pepper, you see, my Dad likes to have enormous amounts of pepper on everything. He puts so much pepper on his food that most meals start with a massive bout of sneezing. It’s always been called ‘black cap’ in our house which makes it sound more like an illicit drug than a condiment.
A lot of people ask me, what do you cook when you have no time? I know it looks like I cook all the time, but when it comes to feeding myself; I am usually very short on time. So to prevent myself from starving 😉 I always try to have good quality ingredients on hand. Decent ingredients practically speak for themselves, which means they take very little preparation. Take …
Recently I did a fantastic French bread making course. I’ve always wanted to make my own French baguette as it’s so hard to get a decent baguette in Ireland. So this course seemed like a perfect way to spend my Saturday, kneading and dreaming about la vie en France. We arrived on the dot at ten and our eager teacher was already dressed in his whites and jaunty baker’s hat. …
This is my Dad’s very own recipe for brown bread and I almost feel guilty for sharing it because it’s very special to us. It’s actually more of a white soda with a bit of brown as opposed to the traditional brown bread. He makes it every day, and it’s always been a bit of a ritual in our home. He has modified and tried so many recipes for brown …
Soufflés are really about catching the moment, so it I think it’s pretty apt to make a soufflé for Valentines day. Soufflés takes a bit a work, alot of love and a little bit of patience, but the moment you see a perfectly risen soufflé come out of the oven, it all seems worth while. Read on for more cheesiness…