Creamy Halloumi and Tagliatelle

I first tasted this dish about 5 years ago when I moved back to Galway after spending a year studying in Scotland. The flatmates in my new house used to cook dinners together quite regularly, and this was one of the veggie favourites. I had never encountered halloumi cheese before then – a solid cheese [...]

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Irish Foodies Cheap & Cheerful Cookalong: Rosemary Chicken Legs & Veggies

This month’s Irish Foodies Cookalong had the theme of budget cooking and using leftovers.  As I am the eternal student (I’ll finish this year, I swear) I have some experience on the budget side of cooking. Cooking from scratch and using cheaper cuts of meat are great ways to save money, but it takes a [...]

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Delicious Chicken & Mushroom Pie

The wind is howling outside the office today, and the River Corrib is rising.  Any more rain and the water will be edging towards us! This is comfort food weather. I made this pie last night with some leftover roast chicken, and it was so….damn…..good. Really, I surprised myself. A fabulous way to use up [...]

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Tasty Slow Cooker Beef Stew

I honestly can’t believe I haven’t posted a slow cooker recipe on here yet.  I love my slow cooker, and in the dark dreary winter months I couldn’t live without it! It’s only fabulous to come home on a cold dark evening to the warming smells of dinner wafting from the slow cooker. Curries, chillis, [...]

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Chicken & Chorizo Rice Bake

I found this recipe on week 6 of the boards.ie Cooking Club! Every week a delicious sweet or savoury recipe is posted by a boards.ie user to get us all into the kitchen and experimenting with new recipes! I’m (very) slowly making my way through the recipes (I made the Brownies from week 17 already [...]

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Ricotta & Spinach Cannelloni

Yay! Another savoury post, though not particularly healthy or lacking in calories! This is based on a Jamie Oliver recipe (linky), adjusted to what I had on hand. Very tasty, especially the next day, and a nice change from making a fiddly roux if you’re not so inclined.  I’ll definitely make this again!

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