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Garrendenny Goat
You may remember me saying a few weeks ago that Rolo, Clay and Soot were off to the butcher. We had difficulty in finding a butcher to slaughter them as butchers now have to have a separate licence to...
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Paying It Forward – Liebster Blog Award
I was delighted to be awarded the Liebster award from a foodie blogger Karen O’Connell of Follow the Food Link, I had noticed a few bloggers mention it and indeed, Karen was awarded the award by two...
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My Spotted Dick is famous!
The new Irish Country Magazine is out today, I haven’t seen it yet but if you are visiting my blog here from having seen a mention of myself tweeting and picnicking within its glossy pages, I bid you...
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Irish Farmerette makes Spelt Bread – Delicious
As I am gluten and dairy intolerant (yes, great for a dairy farmerette!) and I’m not as good at staying off them as I should be, I was delighted when Marian Hearne published her book ‘Dairy Free &...
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Elderflower Cordial Recipe
I quadrupled the recipe below twice this year for our elderflower cordial so I have loads in the freezer. There aren’t many elderflowers left around here this year but if it’s all gone where you are,...
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Taste of Carlow – Prize Fund of €3,000 for Winning Recipes
Are you a foodie? Everyone who knows me knows that while I enjoy eating food, I’m not so keen on spending hours chopping. I actually prefer baking to cooking, partly cos I can never work out what...
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My First Vine Video – Making Marble Cake
My first Vine video!! All went well until we realised the cake wasn’t cooked through. Lesson here – never video when trying a recipe for the first time! The recipe called for a bundt tin, well, I had a...
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How Long Does It Take To Cook A Nutritious Meal?
I’m conscious I haven’t written a post about the #horsegate saga yet, partly because I know I’ll probably start to rant and never shut up but will try to contain my angst and not ramble on! It beggars...
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Our Rainbow Easter Cake
I promised my daughter we’d make a rainbow cake for Easter like this one from Pinterest and when we saw it on the front cover of the BBC Good Food magazine last month, we had to buy it! The embed code...
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Making Coffee Cake
The Irish Country Living magazine recently had a competition to promote a Ballymoloe cookery demonstration and course – it was all about ‘Slow Food’ and how valuable grandparents can be in teaching...
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Silage and Scones
The weather has been incredibly hot here in Ireland – no rain for 16 days is almost unheard of. Farmers on dry land (who have been the envy of the rest of us for many years) are finding that what grass...
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Book Review: Apron Strings by Nessa Robins
I won a copy of Apron Strings by Nessa Robins back in July and as my daughter lovingly turned the pages and ooohed and aaaahed, I promised her we would make some of the delicious looking desserts and...
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