Pumpkin Risotto

Who’s with me in thinking Halloween is just a whole pile of Hocus Pocus? I’m Halloween’s version of the Grinch. I could happily skip straight to Candy cane’s and mulled drinks of all sorts once we bid goodbye to the long summer evenings.  It may simply be laziness on my…

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Super Shepherds Pie

This is the holy grail of meals chez moi. Just when I got to the point of utter despair a few years ago I concocted this version of Shepherd’s pie and it has quite literally saved my sanity. To date it is still the only red meat 3rd born will…

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Quick Creamy Cider Mussels with Bord Bia

NewsFlash! My husband isn’t the only living thing with a beard that I love. Although he doesn’t use his to attach to rocky shore lines, he has been known to be fairly sedentary during periods of his life – similar to the blue mussel.  Do you know a mussels beard…

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Pulled Pork Nacho’s for the Win!

It’s freezing outside. Whilst your mind is telling you that there is an a battalion of vegetables on the turn, your heart is telling you……well…..you just can’t deal with it right now. You can almost hear the carrots screaming at you from the fridge as you reach for the take…

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Super Stew for the Super busy

First let me set the scene. When: 1:23pm or 2:23pm or 5:23pm… any pick up really! Where: Outside the school gates…..further away than you wanted to be as you got here late and missed the prime parking positions. Ok, ok so this means technically you are not outside the school…

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