Does anybody pay full price for Easter eggs any more? Almost every supermarket seems to have them on special these days; as I noted last year, if you buy them at full price, you’re officially a chump. I’m not a massive fan of Easter egg cho…
Back in late 2011, I decided that I was going to eat less meat. So far, so good; I’ve been having two completely vegetarian days a week for the past while. There’s a wealth of delicious vegetarian recipes out there, we really are spoiled for choic…
Bruschetta is one of the most appealing things on the Italian menu, but the white bread makes it a little unhealthy. Our reader Nicola gave us a suggestion for a healthy bruschetta, and also shared a great recipe for baked couscous, another nutritiou…
Have you ever tried black rice? It’s available in most Asian shops but it’s something I rarely see on menus. I first had it in a delicious salad, in an amazing vegetarian restaurant in New York (it was years ago and I have tragically …
I’ve been trawling through the very excellent BBC Good Food website in order to learn some new healthy dishes and avoid dying of boredom while eating healthily. I found many lovely recipes including a great one for Sicilian Fish Stew. I tried i…
We put the call out for interesting but healthy recipes last week and a few of our commenters came back with some real gems. Lovely long time reader and commenter Nanazolie shared this delicious veggie lasagne recipe with us. It’s hard to ima…
We’re all about the healthy eating here at the moment (except for the occasional lapses when we will be stuffing jellies into our faces, obviously). I am keen to expand my repertoire of healthy dishes this Spring, and have been poking around in…
At last! Tomorrow, Aldi are opening up in Sandyford, south county Dublin. If, like me, you refused to drive past several branches of Lidl to get to Aldi in Nutgrove, this will be very good news indeed. Aldi don’t stock the very amazing Fruchtsaft…
This is a very tasty, cheap and easy midweek supper containing one of my favourite ingredients, fennel. Unbelievably good roasted. This served two large portions, but would easily stretch to three lunches or lighter dinners. The parsley brings some muc…
Flip! It’s cold. Autumn swept in at precisely 6.20pm on Sunday evening, as we sat in front of the main stage at Electric Picnic. I’m still recovering from that fantastic weekend, and my wallet has taken something of a hammering too. This is…
Autumn is quietly beginning to knock. The wasps have grown fat and exhausted trying to harvest the fruit of my dad’s plum tree, but they’ve barely made a dent. Dad is eager to offload the plums on random passersby, as he reckons it’s …
Liver never quite recovered from Hannibal Lecter’s slimy endorsement. But in most animals, the liver is often the tastiest part: think pâté and the wistful, slurpy looks of people over 50 when they gross out their children with happy memories o…
Kids are getting so hard to whelm. Some time ago, a few friends with kids called over for a big long lunch, and Jean suggested that I let the little ones decorate their own pizzas. Turns out the kids were way less interested in topping pizzas than I wa…
Words to describe lamb: warm, comforting, nourishing. Delicious in stew. Everything you’d want on a cold winter’s day. Happy summer. Spring lamb is at its best right now, in the middle of this unseasonably pleasant summer. Whacking it onto …
A big, meaty chunk of spring lamb, sat provocatively on my counter. In the cupboard: mint sauce and rooster potatoes; in my fridge: parsnips and Yorkshire puddings. But the sunshine was gently, firmly, pouring its heat into my kitchen, bursting out wit…
Yawning spaces opened up in the fridge. Lonely potatoes and tomatoes felt conspicuously exposed in the presses. There was a freezer full of long-forgotten sauces. Meanwhile, an excess of herbs, spices, and assorted condiments shrugged their shoulders, …
Is that the sun I see in the sky? Great. And it’s going to be there forever? Even better. And picnic season has begun? This is the greatest day in the history of Ireland. Picnics spark mixed reactions. For some, they bring to mind soggy, sand-enc…
I’m always bleating on about food waste, and I’ve written before about rescuing food from skips. Waste not, want not. One Norfolk man, a producer with the BBC, has taken this philosophy to its logical conclusion. He’s picking up, butc…
Here’s a simple recipe for trout that doesn’t require much fussing or measuring. Trout’s reasonably cheap too, and often on special at Superquinn. This serves two, alter as required. Ingredients 2 trout fillets 1 lemongrass stalk, fin…
December 30th, 2010 brought a new and wonderful thing into my life – a little niece. The brand new beautiful Anna Mae is the daughter of my brother Steve and his wife Aoife, and in the grand tradition of tiny babies everywhere, she is so far spen…
Some current specials at SuperValu include: Mix and match any three selected fruit and veg for €4 (€2 each) Half price poinsettias (€3.49) Fox’s Fabulously Special Selection Tin (720g) Offers are valid until November 20. Click here for deta…
My friend Asad once prepared a delicious chicken biryani for a group of us using left over chicken and a hodgepodge of ingredients. We were on holidays in a rented house and only had what we’d brought, but it was one of the nicest biryanis I…
Fish pie is one the most delicious dishes ever and the ultimate comfort food. You can make it as heavy and as light as you like and add a variety of fish although properly smoked fish works a treat.
If you are not much of a cook and have never made one…
By Mitchell O’Brien
At just €1 per meal, these three menus are designed to be prepared together and frozen for ease of use for busy families on a budget. The whole family can get involved in the cooking process – so you don’t have to spen…
By Mitchell O’Brien
A tasty, healthy and filling tribute to “Arthur’s Day”, for less than the price of a can of Guinness per person.
Total cost (excluding electricity) € 11.84
Serves: 6
Cost per person: € 1.97
Ingredients
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