Mama Loves Ireland

Easy ideas to throw an Irish tea party and home: how to set the scene, what to bake, how to get the kids involved. Ireland has a real love affair with tea. Tea is the first thing you get offered with you walk into an Irish home (although coffee is getting more and more popular) and it is a real comfort drink, one people brew before catching up with friends, family and when cozying up at home. Sitting down with tea is a lovely tradition and one made even better by the many baked delicacies that often go with it.

Delicious yet super easy banana bread recipe. No baking experience or special equipment needed for this simple recipe for banana bread, the perfect accompaniment to tea and great kid-friendly snack Overripe bananas are the bane of my existence. My husband brings home crazy high numbers of bananas each week because, he says, ‘we will use them in smoothies’, ‘the kids like them’… And sure, both these reasons sound very convincing, if it wasn’t for a teeny tiny detail: neither thing is true! While I have nothing against smoothies, the reality is that we never make them and when it comes to the kids, only 50% of them would bite into…

Delicious and easy to make apple cake recipe. Recipe for the perfect home made apple cake: sweet breakfast cake idea, wholesome home made kids snack and perfect tea party dessert

How to roast a leg of lamb. Easy recipe for a lovely leg of lamb for the whole family. The other day, my husband came back from the shops with a leg of lamb. I love lamb, we make it at home pretty regularly either as chops or mince (bolognese is amazing with lamb!), however, I had never tackled such a big piece of meat before and I felt somewhat intimidates. I had a million questions. Do you marinate a leg of lamb? What are the best herbs for a leg of lamb? Should I cover it, while roasting? Determined not to be defeated by a piece of shopping and…

Irish Easter food: easy meal ideas to bring a touch of Ireland to your Easter table, wherever you are. The best Irish foods for Easter Easter is probably my favorite festivity in Ireland, when it comes to food. Less commercial than Christmas, it is a time that makes me think of homemade meals and Sunday bests, bells ringing and sun streaming in from open windows (April in Ireland is usually decent weatherwise – I am writing today as the sun warms my keyboard!). Easter food in Ireland draws from the religious traditions attached to this day but also makes the most of the seasonal ingredients available at this time, mainly…