I love pastry. I’ve loved custard even longer. Mince pies took a while to grow on me, but I’m a fan for about a decade. Add the three together in the easiest Christmas dessert ever and you’ve got a winner. I made these last year as part of the Craft…
I’ve seen a few mug cakes being shared on facebook over the last few months but bm ever really took them seriously. Then tonight I got home to cranky kids and my husband was heading out for the evening. I needed cake, but not to have to wash up.…
This is a very regular feature on our dinner landscape, it’s tasty, it’s eaten by the whole family (including babygirl now too) and it’s on the table in under 15 minutes. If the kids are hovering I employ them in grating the courgette and mixing the parmesan and egg together.…
I’m always looking for quick and easy lunches, but it’s hard to get the three year old to diversify from a ham sandwich or ham wrap. He know what he likes and sticks with it. The boys are big pesto fans, their absolute favourite dinner is “pasta pesto”, and I…
Happy New Year, hope the resolutions are still intact and that you’re ready to give 2014 your all. To start the blog rolling this year I’m sharing a very quick and easy tomato soup recipe, made using tinned tomatoes. The resident three year old refuses to eat any vegetables, yet…
It’s apt that I’m posting a “15 minute meal” just after we’ve had our 15 minutes of fame, appearing an article in the Irish Times Health Supplement about cooking with kids. If you’ve managed to avoid my publicity of the article til now, you might like to check it out…
Mint Aero Slices (formerly traybake) for the Great Irish Bake in aid of Temple Street Children’s Hospital We had a bake sale in work this week, as part of the Great Irish Bake for Temple Street Hospital, a great cause. I was really blown away by the generosity of my…
If you love authentic mexican food you should look away now, or better still check out Lily’s blog. Right, for those of you who are still here and enjoy a tasty light meal that’s on the table in minutes read on. Today I had a lovely lunch with Julie, who has…
The title lies and the lawyer and perfectionist in me feels bound to come clean. Despite being called a traybake there is absolutely no baking involved in this recipe, it’s a melt and mix job. Better still it’s a “melt it all together recipe” with no precariously positioned bowls on…
I love cookies but sometimes I get lazy about taking the mixer out of the press and lugging it the whole way to the counter, and then having to wrestle the bowl from the boys before they lick the coating off it. My laziness is really getting a lot of…
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