Over the past couple of weeks I’ve been cooking quite random dishes of my own concoction. Partially because I like experimenting and partially because I keep ending up without the right combination of ingredients for “normal” recipes. This evening, for example, I had some leftover tomatoes that were “on their last legs” ie. if I [...]
Fresh tuna steak is superb. Unfortunately it’s not the most common of fish stocked in Irish supermarkets. While most of them claim to stock it, more often than not it’s not available when you go looking for it. Over the weekend I picked up a couple of nice slices of tuna steak that had been [...]
Kale is a wonderfully tasty addition to your cooking arsenal. Unfortunately it can be quite awkward to get, so I haven’t been able to use it in my cooking for the last couple of months. Fortunately I’ve been able to get a supply in the last week both from local corner shop and from Tesco. [...]
I’ve been avoiding eating potatoes when cooking at home for the last while. So instead of doing potatoes of some kind with a steak I’ve either prepared some kind of salad or been grilling vegetables. Grilling vegetables is pretty simple. You just slice up the vegetables and put them straight onto the grill – in [...]
James cooked a very tasty variation on this recipe the other evening. (He added some boiled sausage .. ) So I ended up with quite a bit of kale.. Kale is incredibly healthy and packed full of nutrients. Some people call it a “super food”, but it wasn’t something that I was that familiar with [...]
Simple pasta dishes can be as tasty as the more complicated ones. This evening I made a very simple, yet incredibly tasty, pasta with anchovies and capers. It only took a few minutes to prepare and was delicious. Recipe below: Pasta With Anchovies and Capers Print Recipe type: Main Prep time: 2 mins Cook time: [...]
Over the past couple of weeks I haven’t been sticking as closely to the Tesco Diets meal plans as before. That does not mean that I’ve reverted to eating badly, though it does mean that I’ve probably been a bit badly behaved at times. However, on the plus side, I’ve rediscovered my love for salad. [...]
