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    Delicious salmon salads and no cook salmon dishes you’ll love

    December 30, 2024 /

    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…

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    January 9, 2020

    How to spend 10 Days in Ireland: The Perfect Itinerary for First-Time Visitors for a trip you’ll love

    January 8, 2020

    Delicious St Patrick’s Day Appetizer ideas you’ll love

    January 5, 2025
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    How to make perfect meringue: recipe and tricks

    December 30, 2024 /

    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…

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    April 12, 2020
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    The most beautiful places in Ireland you cannot miss

    January 9, 2020
  • Irish Recipes

    11 salads with kale you’ll love this season

    December 30, 2024 /

    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,…

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    Ireland packing lists for each month of the year!

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    Ireland in April: all you need to know to plan your trip

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  • Irish Recipes

    15 Delicious salads with cabbage you’ll love

    December 30, 2024 /

    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…

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    Avondale House with kids: why you’ll love this stunning estate for a family day out near Dublin with children

    May 13, 2023
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    Irish Christmas Coloring pages for kids (free)

    December 18, 2024 /

    Free, printable Irish Christmas coloring pages for kids you can print at home for them and bring with you on your Christmas vacation in Ireland! Christmas is a big holiday in Italy. For the month of November, cities sparkle in Christmas lights, shop windows for the seasons, and families and friends come together to celebrate the festivities. These peak on Christmas Day, the 25th of December, when a massive family lunch is traditional. If you are visiting Ireland with kids this Christmas or you want to add a touch of Irish Christmas to your kids’ festive experience, I hope you like these coloring pages. They are a simple but fun…

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    Irish coffee: how to make a delicious Irish Coffee at home

    December 1, 2024 /

    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!

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  • Ireland with kids,  See & Do,  Travel Tips

    10 days in Ireland with kids: the Irish Road Trip Itinerary You’ll love on your first visit

    July 13, 2024 /

    Enjoy ten days in Ireland with kids following our tried-and-tested 10-day itinerary for families. My family itinerary covers the best places to see in Ireland on a first visit and special stops just for kids.  Ireland is very kid-friendly and a road trip with kids in Ireland is easily a wonderful family vacation all family members will hold as a cherished memory.  I have been living in Ireland for over 19 years and I have two children who called Ireland home.  With them, we have travelled extensively in Ireland: we have seen touristy places, local places, hidden gems; we have stayed in hotels, castles, and campsites; and of course, we…

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    March 25, 2020
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    How to visit Glendalough with kids; why you’ll love it

    July 13, 2024 /

    All you need to know to visit Glendalough with kids. Practical tips and information for a day out in this beautiful and atmospheric medieval site. Glendalough is a beautiful and evocative medieval site in the pretty Wicklow Mountains. Ireland is famous for its emerald hills, medieval past and grey skies and if you are looking to immerse yourself in mystical atmospheres, Glendalough is just the place (except for the crowds, but see below!) Glendalough (pronounced: Glen-da-lock, with a hard ‘c’ sound at the end) is a monastic site dating back to the 7th century A.D.   It is located just about an hour south of Dublin, in beautiful County Wicklow, and…

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    3 days in Dublin with kids: The Itinerary You’ll love

    June 15, 2024 /

    Three days in Dublin with kids: a fun, expert Dublin itinerary for families with the best things to see, kid-friendly attractions, family restaurants and travel tips, by a local mom. Dublin is a great city to visit with kids. Compact, easy and full of cool activities for kids of all ages, it is a city you can choose as a destination in its own right for a quick city break or add as a stop to a family road trip around Ireland. I know Dublin well, and so do my kids. Did you know that we live there most of the year? We have been living in Dublin for many…

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    9 Fantastic Castles in Ireland you’ll love

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