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Skinny Seafood Pasta
If you like prawns, calamari, mussels, fish chunks and all the rest of the delights of the sea, this is one very cheap and very healthy dinner. It can be made in quite literally ten minutes, to be...
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Shopping Snapshots – March 14th 2011
I was a super-duper good girl this week. Not even €40 for 14 meals! This week has been one of my “more calories, less cost” notions, partly because I was beavering away at Irish-style recipes such as...
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Cheat Nights: Chicken Mozzarella Bake
This new section of our blog is going to cover those ‘cheat nights’ we all need. My daughter (so far!) has only herself and her boyfriend to look after but I know what it’s like to have to feed a...
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Restaurant Review: Fire Restaurant, Mansion House, Dublin 2
Among the great Christmas presents we got this year was a voucher for Fire Restaurant, at Mansion House, Dublin 2. And a bloody good job we did too, as this place is not cheap. Luckily, it’s also very...
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Smoked Salmon Linguini with Goats Cheese Sauce
Yes, it’s rich. Yes, it’s fattening. And yes, it’s gorgeous. This is in fact the evening supper that prompted Mr Gastronomics to rub his tummy contentedly, plonk a kiss on my cheek and tell me he’s...
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Pasta-gate / Spicy Crab Ravioli with Tomato Sauce
Pasta-gate [pah-stah-gate] –noun Def: referring to time when Ms Gastronomics attempted to make homemade pasta at home in Mr Gastronomic’s spotlessly clean house. Flour, eggs, water, and carpet do not a...
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Chilli, Fennell & Pancetta Pork Sausage with Hot Pepper Ragu
Another ‘un adapted from that great big book I WILL find time to review at some stage was this nyummy pork recipe which so happened to tie in nicely with my contribution to #eatonlyirishforaweek. By...
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Movie Night: Tagliatelli with Chicken & Porcini in Creamy White Wine Sauce
Recently, on a trip to the magical Cliffs of Moher, we had a bit of a movie night. Huddled in front of a roaring fire, with four DVDs to watch, it was definitely an evening for comfort food. And we...
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Friday Night Comfort Food: Chicken Parmesan
Y’know, I never heard of this dish until I visited the United States. Wherein I found it on every single menu. Seriously, it’s absolutely everywhere, and oddly enough pronounced “Chicken Parme-zhan’....
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Friday Night Comfort Food: Mac & Cheese with Bacon
It might be Friday and it might be March, but with cold wind and dull skies, it still feels like a depressing winter’s evening. So…comfort food is in order I think, despite the Spring season. I’ve...
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