Chicken is not only tasty, it’s also one of those things that you often find on special offer in a lot of supermarkets. When I was a student in Limerick I used to pick buy it regularly and cook it in a number of different sauces. This recipe is inspired by one of those supplied [...]
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Grilled Marinated Chicken
I’ve always heard about marinades, but I’d never actually done one properly until this evening. While a lot of marinades contain a lot of ingredients they don’t really have to in order to add a lot of flavour to meat or poultry. A very simple marinade can be made in seconds by simply mixing olive [...]
Spinach and Tomato Sauce With Pasta
I’m really beginning to like spinach and having a couple of bags of frozen spinach in the freezer is fantastic, especially when I haven’t had a chance to do any real shopping, like this week. There’s a lot of different pasta sauces that you can make without using meat or fish and this one is [...]
Post Florida Diet Post-Mortem
Last week I was in Florida for a work related event. I had been worried about eating while “on the road” and unfortunately my fears were more than justified. I weighed in this morning and I’ve gained over 1kg, which is NOT good. Whether that is due to alcohol or food, or simply [...]
Wholewheat Pasta With Light Cream Cheese In Tomato Sauce
Tonight’s dinner was meant to be a pasta sauce with ricotta, but I couldn’t find any in the supermarket when I laid in this week’s healthy provisions. I’ve been cooking pasta (and eating it) for as long as I can remember, so tweaking a pasta based recipe isn’t that much of a challenge. I also [...]
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