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Monthly Archives: December 2010
‘Twas The Week After Christmas…
‘Twas the week after Christmas and all through the house, Nothing would fit me not even a blouse. The cookies I’d nibbled, the eggnog I’d taste, All the holiday parties had gone to my waist. When I got on … Continue reading
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Beef Stroganoff
I’ve made Beef Stroganoff before using those stir-in packets from the supermarket. I had always thought it would be a complicated recipe to cook. It’s not. This is the first recipe that I tried, from a book called “How to feed your … Continue reading
New Year baking anyone?
About a month ago, I decided I wasn’t going to buy a load of ready made biscuits and cakes for Christmas. I was going to make everything myself. I was going to bake rings around myself and made sure I had enough … Continue reading
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Is The Water Back Yet?
It’s been hard to escape talk about the weather over the last few weeks. My kids missed a few days of school when the snow first hit as the roads were just too bad to travel on. When the roads conditions slowly … Continue reading
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Turkey and Ham Potato Cakes
Well, Christmas day has come and gone. This year I was cooking for 8 people – us and both sets of grandparents. Afraid I wouldn’t have enough food for everyone I ended up cooking far too many vegetables. Yesterday morning I … Continue reading
St Stephen’s Day Muffins – Christmas Cookalong Part Two
Finally, here is my second post for the Irish Foodies Christmas Cookalong (I’m blaming the weather for the delay on this post – well we’re blaming it for everything else so why not?!) For my second recipe I chose St … Continue reading
Captain’s Stew
This recipe for Captain’s Stew is from The Scandinavian Cookbook by Trina Hahnemann that I reviewed recently. If you follow the chapters in the book then technically it’s a March recipe but since we are once again feeling the cold here … Continue reading
Christmas Cookalong Part One – Dark Chocolate and Hazelnut Semi Freddo
Well the first Friday of December has been and gone and that means only one thing – the Irish Foodies monthly cookalong. This month’s theme was of course Christmas (well how could it be anything else?) and rather than cook an elaborate … Continue reading
The Start of a Christmas Tradition…
When child #1 was born, we spent our first Christmas as a family living in a small rented flat while we were waiting for our own house to be built so we only had a tiny Argos Christmas tree as we … Continue reading
The Scandinavian Cookbook by Trina Hahnemann (Quadrille Publishing)
picture from http://www.quadrille.co.uk I’ve been looking at this beautiful cookbook for the past few weeks. I’ll be the first to admit I’m not familiar with Scandinavian food whatsoever so came at this book with a completely open mind. The author, … Continue reading
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