Goat cheese salad ideas: Easy to make salads with goat cheese perfect for a light meal or to serve as an appetizer. I love goat cheese and Ireland shops have several good varieties (local and not) that make it easy for me to add it to many dishes, may they be salads or appetizers. These are a few easy-to-make goat cheese salad ideas I love. The exact type of cheese I use in each depends on what I find on the day and is not a dealbreaker for any of these dishes. However, for the oven-roasted ones, opt for the round forms or cheese as the rolls or more spreadable…

Delicious salmon salads and no cook salmon recipe ideas you’ll love. Smoked salmon is an easy to use, delicious ingredient I use regularly in all sorts of dishes. I love it for an easy lunch on the go, as a starter when entertaining friends and I also add it to salads as an easy source of proteins. In a previous post, I shared some smoked salmon recipes I like. Today, I share easy salmon salads and no-cooking required salmon recipe ideas that work great for a light meal and, in some cases, for the kids’ lunchboxes too These are some of my favorite no-cooking required salmon recipes Smoked Salmon And…

How to make meringue with Irish cream and fresh berries: step by step recipe. My mother-in-law is a whizz at making meringue. She makes them the traditional way, with a quick and expert whip of her wrist and serves them with clotted cream and berries at all family celebrations. I may have something to do with it as I adore how she makes them, so I always ask for them! This is her recipe, which I use successfully in my home too (it’s the same source as my banana bread recipe, so you can trust her!). The only difference from her method is in the whipping, as I use the…

Delicious and easy-to-make salads with kale you can make at home for a nutritious, refreshing and satisfying meal Kale is a favorite food in our household. We use it extensively in salads, and since we discovered the ‘trick’ of massaging it, the results have been even better, so our consumption of kale has increased even more! In Ireland, kale used to be a winter vegetable but now it is easy to find in all seasons, so we also use it with more summery flavors such as mango. It is a nice alternative to our cabbage salads, also a common choice in this house. I like to eat many raw vegetables,…

Here are 15 unique recipes for salads that feature Irish cabbage, easy to make, refreshing and filling, perfect for a light meal. Cabbage is one of the most common and easy to find fresh foods in Ireland. It comes in different forms and colors and it is so traditional, it appears in the most qintessential of all Irish recipes: colcannon! Cabbage is delicious shredded in salads as well as cooked. These easy-to-make, tasty salads are a crunchy, refreshing and filling light meal.  I love them at the start of the year, to kickstart good eating habits in the new year, after the Christmas food extravaganza, and also in spring and…

Learn how to make Irish coffee at home with this easy-to-follow recipe. Please note: this is a whiskey based cocktail and contains alcohol. Irish coffee is a classic cocktail from Ireland made of coffee, Irish Whiskey and a topping of cream.  This drink is most commonly served as an after-dinner treat in winter, and you mostly find it in hotel restaurants and bars more than pubs. If you want to make it at home, this is how to make it.  Ingredients Equipment Instructions Enjoy! Irish Coffee recipe: pin this!

A super simple recipe to make hot whiskey, a warming and delicious Christmas drink with Irish Whiskey, hot water, honey and spices (alcoholic). Hot Whiskey, the Irish Hot Toddy, is a warm beverage made of whiskey, hot water, honey, and a touch of spices. This hot cocktail is the quintessential Irish Christmas drink for the festive season, but people also love it later in winter, especially as a comforting beverage in the case of a cold or just to warm up during the dark and days of winter. During December, you find hot wiskey served in pubs, as well as private homes, its warming spicy aroma very much an Irish…

Easy, delicious colcannon recipe: how to make colcannon, traditional Irish dish with creamy potato mash and cabbage. Colcannon is a traditional Irish dish of creamy mashed potatoes and cabbage. Buttery, warming and immensely satisfying, especially on a cold day and when served with juicy Irish lamb, colcannon uses three of the most traditional Irish ingredients, potatoes, cabbage and butter and it is the type of dish everyone loves, even kids! Colcannon is easy to make and is a dish that is sure to add an Irish touch to your table on St Patrick’s Day or any other time you feel like having a little bit of Ireland at home, no…

Irish pancake recipe: step by step guide to make delicious Irish pancakes for shrove Thursday, St Patrick’s Day and Irish-inspired meals! Pancakes are very popular in Ireland. Plain, with berries, chocolate or syrup, they appear on all breakfast and brunch menus in restaurants and they even have their own day: Pancake Tuesday! Irish pancakes make the most of some of Ireland’s freshest and delicious produce: Irish eggs and milk. This is how to make Irish pancakes at home. Ingredients to make Irish pancakes in cups 2 cups self-raising white flour (standard flowers work too, they just come out thinner) 1 pinch of salt 0.1 caster sugar 2 eggs 2 cup…