At this time of year there are numerous articles telling you how to cook the ‘perfect roast potatoes’. So

The clocks went back in the middle of the night, and the weather apparently got the memo that we are

No, not dress up as a chicken, but rather, give ordinary skin-on chicken breasts or thighs this treatment to transform

Having been asked if we needed anything, and saying a firm no while at the garage earlier on, I found

I’ve been following Tieghan Gerard – The Half-baked Harvest – for a while now, and this is my (current!) favourite

I just love tomato soup, but not the tinned variety so fondly recalled by Mr Saturday Night, with his memories

My Mum used to turn out this cake on a regular basis when we visited herself and Dad in their

Warming and delicious – this Butter Chicken is quick enough for a weekday dinner, if you get  just slightly ahead

A lucky trip to the supermarket resulted in me getting 2 boxes of expensive ‘Taste the Difference’ Strawberries at the

Some of you may have seen that really annoying post on Instagram on Monday just past, where I popped up

This is a really easy recipe, but requires you to have 2 frying pans on the go at more or

I saw this recipe on Deb Perelman’s site recently and, as she in her turn had borrowed it from someone

As a child I remember my aunt taking me to a teashop in Dublin (Findlaters on Rathmines Road anyone?), and

Monday night dinner was supposed to be baked Enchiladas – a perennial Mr Sat. Night favourite – until I discovered that I

I’m not actually sure where I got this recipe. But with the usual ‘almost-out-of-date’ steak pieces lurking in my subconscious,

We’ve all been there – a packet of something with its best-before date shouting at you from the fridge. It

When I met him first, Mr Saturday Night used to regale me with tales of coming home from Games on

Some of us – looking at no one in particular, Gillian 😉 – have fully embraced the Cheat’s Christmas Trifle,

My world is full of recipes that I’ve pulled from various magazines and newspapers over the years. I always say

The elderly oranges in the fruit bowl had to be moved on to allow the new ones to take up

Another Smitten Kitchen recipe for you today – this one dates from 2008, so a genuine antique! It’s so old

Monday, as many of you are aware, is my ‘bottom-of-the-fridge’ day – the day I check all the shelves and

This great classic dip is not just a dip by the way, it’s delicious and so easy to make. The

Who doesn’t like Hummus? No seriously, who doesn’t like it? I sometimes think that I could live on a a

It all started with a visit to some of our oldest and dearest friends. Five of us sitting around, drinking

  It often occurs to me that I am completely relentless in the pursuit of a new recipe.. This one

  I found an old copy of Robert Carrier’s ‘Entertaining’ Cook book at home the other day – my Mum

  If you mention homemade Potato Bread to someone who was born here and whose Mother made her own, you

It’s a truth universally acknowledged that Northern Ireland Soda bread is one of the great joys in life. Sweet or

As a child, I actively disliked carrots. My Mother, who was a fan of correctly-cooked vegetables, was not to blame.

My new obsession with old Cookery books continues, and here’s yet another interesting recipe from an old Charity Cookbook.  I

This is the icing that I have always used on my All-in One Chocolate cake, and it’s worth putting it

This recipe came in the November 2021 edition of Sainsbury’s magazine. It was one of a series of recipes designed

During my daughter’s Junior school years, we were asked to contribute a recipe for a fund-raising Cookbook – I’m sure

  The moment I read this recipe on Deb Perlman’s site (@smittenkitchen) I knew I was going to be making

Mr Saturday Night bounced in and said in excited tones: ”Someone on the Bake Off made Mulled Wine Jam!” ‘Hmmmf,’

I’d almost forgotten about this recipe – I used to make it often in the days when I raced in

Sprouts – you either love them or hate them, right? Many believe the hype, and think that they’re supposed to

              As a child, full of the excitement of Christmas, I was only interested

This easy, straightforward recipe came together quickly and with no drama for our Saturday evening dinner this week. I do

This is one of those recipes that isn’t really a recipe at all, but is an amalgamation of several recipes,

Over the years I haven’t really had much luck with internet recipes – said the woman with recipes on the

  Do you remember Hawaiian Tropic  Suntan oil? And HUGE Pina Coladas that cost 2 Drachmas in Greece, back in

I added a Lemon Curd Muffin recipe to Eating for Ireland a couple of weeks ago, and a very good

That half bottle of decent white wine sitting in the fridge since Easter Sunday needed to feel useful again! And

I spotted some locally-grown Asparagus in a local fruit shop, and it reminded me about this great recipe – I

My thanks to Muriel in Perth, Western Australia for both the recipe and the title of this recipe – Muriel

I’m a big fan of Deb Perlman of The Smitten Kitchen. If I may make so bold, I fancy that

              Here’s another lovely recipe from Australia, where Muriel has her own lime tree!

  This refreshing salad recipe came from Muriel who lives far away in Perth, Western Australia. Muriel insists on crediting

This recipe came from Australia, from my sister-in-law’s niece Chloe. My thanks to her Mum Muriel for sharing it with

Ah Soreen Malt Loaf – or, if you’re my age and lived in Dublin in your youth – Maltana. Who

Hmmm.. a Monday morning in mid-December and like everyone else I had masses of things I should have been doing. But

While I was checking the recipe for making my Cranberry Compote today, I noticed that I’d put the bones of

Hand up now – who here doesn’t like Jammie Dodgers? I don’t think I’d ever had one until our daughter

It sounds posh and well, a bit French, so it must be difficult, right? Wrong! This is the easiest pie

‘Just bring a salad’ – words guaranteed to strike fear into the heart of even the most  organised cook. I

I’ve become a real Instagram fan in recent times. So many people out there are doing really interesting things –

                I’m seriously fond of my own ‘simple scones’ – they are so

Whatever it is that you’re doing – stop now, and make this fabulous cake! You will be so glad that

This is probably the one and only recipe on eating for Ireland that involves deep-frying.  I’m not a fan of

              I’ve started doing my weekly shop on a Tuesday, which means that Monday

I find it almost impossible to walk past a punnet of local strawberries without putting them straight into my trolley..

I need to start this recipe with a warning – these bars smell so heavenly while they’re baking that you’re

Here is a recipe for homemade Orange extract. Of course you could make Lemon – or Lime – extract if

Little does Mr Saturday Night know, as I tap gently on my laptop, that I’ve been spending a small fortune

Time was – if you’re even approaching my age – that every house had at least one china/pottery Quiche dish

As you can see from these pictures, it was just me and him this evening, but don’t worry, these quantities

Those who know me well will agree that I have a limited tolerance for ‘fiddly’ stuff.  I found this recipe

I popped this recipe onto the eating for Ireland Facebook one Friday evening – and it took off! One of

One day recently, my lovely neighbour from down the road left some of her own hen’s eggs on my gate

I’ve read many times that if you have over-ripe Bananas then you should freeze them for another day. I’ve never

    This cake evolved from a perfectly written French version, but naturally I started off without checking that I

I see January as an excuse to use up stuff left over from the excesses of December, and today’s recipe

That milk in the fridge is teetering on the brink of its BB date.. There’s no way on earth that

I first had this delicious chocolate-covered delight in Australia –  my sister-in-law Dorothy made it when we visited one Christmas.

Two of our great friends grow their own fruit, vegetables, potatoes, you-name-it.. This means that we get gifts of amazing,

This dish is perfect as an Autumnal – or virtually any other time – dinner.  I cannot begin to tell

This delicious traybake has all the flavours of Christmas and as it’s really rich, a little goes a long way.

I mentioned the delicious Soda bread that we got at The White Cottages on a recent trip to Skerries Co.

My Sicilian friends brought me a bottle of home-made Limoncello last year – made to a secret recipe by one

I’ve been a fan of Cauliflower ever since I was a kid and I realised that I could happily eat

Eating for Ireland has finally succumbed to the lure of the almighty Kale! I resisted for as long as I

Every time we’ve been out to eat recently, Chicken Supremes have been on the menu, no matter where we go.

I was fed-up with Chickpeas.. Me? That woman who likes everything? I could hardly believe it myself.. It just seemed

There’s already a tried and tested Apple and Sultana cake on Eating for Ireland, https://eatingforireland.com/recipe/apple-and-sultana-cake/  but when I saw this unusual

I recently published my Beef Kofta Curry,https://eatingforireland.com/recipe/beef-kofta-curry/  and because I liked it so much I’ve adapted it for beef pieces

This is a wonderful Summer dessert. There’s just something so delicious about the slightly tart (that’s the way I like

I’d never thought very much about Mint syrup until I saw a picture of a Menthe a l’Eau on Facebook

I looked up the word ‘Katsu’ when I was writing this recipe, and of course it turns out I’ve been

As you get on a bit, you treasure the friends you’ve gathered up over the years, but rarely think about

Over the past year I’ve seen the word ‘Kofta’ everywhere! It mostly had ‘lamb’ in front of it, and a

Panko breadcrumbs are usually available in a box in the ‘ethnic’ aisle in the supermarket, but as we eat a

My recent Blog post explains how I got introduced to this amazing fungus. https://eatingforireland.com/2019/06/08/thats-one-big-mushroom/ I’ve always been a mushroom fan,

  As we were expecting Little Miss Eating-for-Ireland home for the weekend, I made the amateur error of texting her

It should really come as no surprise to discover that there are so many potato recipes available here on Eating

When we were kids these weren’t called cupcakes at all, but were simply known as ‘Buns’ or – if you

              It was a real blast-from-the-past when I first read this recipe in Mary

There’s another Beef Stroganoff on this website – it’s called the Cheat’s Beef Stroganoff, simply because I use stewing beef,

There are so many things that can receive the ‘crumble’ treatment! My personal favourite is Rhubarb and Strawberry; while my

I’d bought some lovely corn-fed chicken thighs during the week, and had no idea what to do with them until

We’d gone our separate ways on that sunny morning, pre-Storm Gareth, but rendezvoused (is that a word?) back at the

I was trawling through my recipes on Eating for Ireland this fine and sunny Friday morning – when I realised

If you haven’t tried my Mediterranean Chicken Pilaf, you’re missing out on a great dinner-time favourite – for both friends

I spotted this recipe for a Peruvian Chicken Soup on line, and with snow forecast, I decided that today was the

This is my favourite, go-to soup when the weather demands it, Winter or Summer. It’s been carefully retro-engineered from a

This recipe is attached to the Steak and Kidney recipe on this site, but I thought it worth posting separately.

I always used to make my Goats Cheese and Red Onion Marmalade tarts in little pastry cases, or on squares

  I’m pretty sure if I’ve mentioned it before, but at work we had a serious habit of throwing a Bun Party at the

Around this time every year, I get tired of the shops – I’ve seen enough of them – so I decide that

  The last thing anyone wants on Christmas Day is the stress of trying to make a lump-free gravy whilst

I spotted this little recipe in a magazine one Christmas, and it’s become one of my standard holiday must-do’s. This

I had to check that I hadn’t published this recipe already – it’s been part of my repertoire (Pretentious? moi??) for years,

Halloween – a tradition with strong Irish roots – is a big deal in Ireland. In fact, there’s a widely-held belief

When we were teenagers, there was a restaurant  on Grafton Street called Thunderbirds that did an amazing French Onion soup. The ‘crouton’ on

The pumpkin puree required for this cake used up about half of the big pumpkin I bought that rainy Saturday.

Truthfully, I’d never even considered curing my own bacon – there are many fine producers out there – but I

It only occurred to me today that you can use virtually every part of a Pumpkin. The only bits I

Sprouts. It’s like a rude word, isn’t it? It’s that bit of Christmas that most of us love to hate!

I’d mentioned in a blog post that Sunday morning https://eatingforireland.com/2018/10/07/sunday-morning-the-song-of-the-early-riser/ that an occasion such as the new Doctor Who starting on the telly in required popcorn

This is probably only a very far-out relation of a traditional French Tartiflette but  it’s the ultimate comfort-food dinner. It’s

  Me writing up this recipe came about due to one of those ‘small world isn’t it’ moments which only seem to happen in

This little recipe turned up in a recent Good Housekeeping magazine – My Mum bought me a subscription for my

These cute little mouthfuls are perfect for adding to your Cheese board, or as an appetiser before dinner – those lovely Italian

At a family event recently, we wanted to offer something light, both savoury and sweet, to our 30 or so guests. My daughter made these

Well, it was only a matter of time, wasn’t it? After several blogs on the topic of Blackberries, I went

When the woman with her own food website runs out of basics – I’m not going to embarrass myself by

It was several years ago now that I first made these delicious Mincemeat Crumble Slices. We’d got caught in the rain on

When we were young, the only cranberry we knew was the sickly-sweet sticky jam that was available in the supermarkets

‘Those strawberries are almost over-ripe’ pronounced Mr Saturday Night. ‘Right’ says I, ‘no bother’. And just like that, there was

These are Mr Saturday Night’s favourite traybakes, ever since a lady in his sister’s Florist shop brought them to work many moons

  Being born only a few miles from Stephen’s Green meant that any sort of ‘country lore’, for want of

  Here’s another recipe trophy from our recent trip to sunny Sicily.. When we arrived at the Wedding venue, we

In May we had a wonderful week in Sicily. Our primary reason for going was to attend the wedding of the son

Another of my favourite Christmas flavours is this Red Onion Marmalade  – it’s actually perfect for any time of year as

One of the great joys of sharing recipes is having people react to them. My recipes are simple ones; written for

My friend Miranda, who took time out from her busy Mother-of-the-Bride duties to have lunch with us recently, was amused when I

I love Beef Stroganoff – that smoky, creamy sauce with beef, mushrooms and onions. But truly, I’ve always found it a

  There’s a running gag at work about me and Terry’s Chocolate Orange – don’t even go there..  Over the years I’ve been inundated with pictures

Mushroom soup – since I was a child, it’s always been my favourite, but I’ve never made it to my

Today, I’m using  my simple Yorkshire Pudding recipe to make that family favourite, Toad-in-the-Hole. For some reason, children find the words ‘Toad-in-the-Hole’ absolutely

This is an amazing dessert – one of my favourites in fact. As if by magic, the ingredients sort themselves

Successful soup-making is one of those useful things that has eluded me all my life. All my life, that is,

The original recipe for this tasty Lamb dish came from our long-time neighbour Theresa. It was served at one of her

  There’s something so lovely about the memories of your Mother’s stew – it was the warming bowl made with

Funny word that – Slump…it makes me feel kind of sleepy..   Apparently ‘Slump’ is a New England word, and

              When we were young, our Mum used to make what she (and now

Home for lunch one Saturday morning, after the usual shenanigans at St George’s Market.. But what to make? A quick look

It’s so handy to be able to throw a salad together at short notice – I try to keep some

Someone – I’ve narrowed it down to one of two pals – (Liz? Therese?) gave me some lovely Salame al Tartufo Estivo

The great thing about having a Facebook page is that you can have a moan – in this case about

Ok, so we all know that nothing can actually ‘cure’ the common cold, and its leftovers, but this little recipe

This is a seriously old recipe that my sister-in law gave me back in the 80’s. It popped into my

The truth is that I’ve written this list as much for myself as for Eating for Ireland.. I write lists to remind

I only make this strongly-flavoured terrine at Christmas. It’s perfect winter eating, and is one of Mr Sat. Night’s favourites. As

In most parts of Ireland, there’s a tradition that there’s always trifle for tea on Christmas Day.  This ‘tea’ of course can actually

  Mulled Cider is light, relatively low-alcohol, and with the addition of spices and some Apple Juice, is a delicious element of

When we were kids, we used to get biscuits and milk after dinner. Our favourite pastime, once Mum’s back was

I have a weird relationship with Tortellini (and filled pasta in general)  – I know I should like them, because I

November 2017: We’re big Nadiya (and Bake-off in general) fans in this house, so when I spotted this recipe in one

Mrs Halpin’s Tea Brack is made with fruit that has been soaked over-night in freshly-made sweet tea, and then has eggs,

            You hear a lot about Pumpkin pie, but hardly anyone in Ireland has ever made

    Oh Pastry! This can be a cook’s downfall – we’ve all heard the experts rabbit on  about soggy bottoms and other

Caramel Shortbread? Toffee square? Millionaire’s Shortbread? I call them Caramel Squares, just to confuse things! They all mean one thing – a

I put a picture of my everyday scones up on Instagram recently and it was liked by someone called ‘The

Most of that huge bag of Bramley apples that cost me all of £2 at the weekend were still sitting

Several times a year, Mr Sat Night meets up for a leisurely lunch with his former colleagues who take one look at a

I’m always looking for new ways of serving the humble potato, so when I was faced with a bag of baby

The ‘Lady from Armagh’ had her own plums on the stall in St George’s, and I got two decent-sized cartons for

My Mother bought me a subscription to Good House-Keeping for my 30th birthday. I guess she thought I was a

  This sauce has been a part of my repertoire for almost as long as I can remember. It’s perfect

These are the only chips we eat at home. These are what we make to accompany fish, burgers, fried chicken and

Once I’d got this simple recipe straight in my head, I never bothered buying ready-made burgers again. I hope that

This easy recipe came in a free newspaper from the supermarket a couple of years ago. I liked the sound

I love lasagne, but I only make it once in a blue moon – I find all that layering tiresome,

I’m almost embarrassed to put this down as a recipe, but as usual, not embarrassed enough 😉 I’d never heard

  I only joined Instagram relatively recently, and I think it’s one of the kindest of the social media. The

My husband and daughter have always been huge fans of Eurovision. Me, not so much –  perhaps due to too

There are times in life when only a baked potato will do the job. You can do all sorts of

Sometimes dinnertime creeps up on me, and I suddenly realise that I have *no clue* what I’m going to be

I love pancakes – flapjacks, crepes, call them what you like. I love them all. There are two other pancake

This recipe is one of Gordon Ramsey’s, and was wafted under my nose by Mr Saturday Night, who had seen

I got this recipe from the Sainsbury’s magazine years ago, when cupcakes were at their most popular. I’ve used it

The pound of minced beef sitting in the bottom of the fridge was insistently calling my name, so I finally paid

I’ve always found it difficult to gauge exactly how much rice I need for a dish, and have a history

  On rare occasions something comes over me, and I find myself in a giving, caring, generous kind of mood,

I found this recipe lurking deep in the bowels of  my recipe note-book. It looks like I’d found it in

I spotted this recipe (or one very like it – naturally I can’t leave well alone) on the internet a couple

This is a great get-ahead dinner party standby – it looks sophisticated, but it’s really easy. You can get your

I know it’s a little weird, but here’s something so compelling about cauliflowers – I spot them sitting in the

The trouble with being a foodie is that you’re always looking out for new ideas – I found this one

A couple of years ago I went to my 40th year School reunion, and there was Janet, whom I hadn’t seen since we’d

Once again, I’m nearly (but not quite) embarrassed to call this little treat a recipe – my brass neck needs no polishing, obviously 😉 This

  I was determined to use up the forgotten goodies lurking at the bottom of my freezer, but then a couple of juicy

  This is such an old and almost forgotten recipe (like the ingredients, in my case), but I’m delighted to feature

There I was one evening, gazing dolefully at a pack of four chicken breasts and wondering what on earth I was

This Asian-style side dish is courtesy of my friend Caroline –  fellow foodie; coffee buddy, and all round ‘obstinate, headstrong girl’. She’s one

An impulsive trip to Sainsbury’s on my way home from work reminded me that Burns’ Night is 25th January. That’s

          A Christmas dinner in a pie –  here’s my version – I make this in

We’ve been making Nigella’s Chocolate Christmas Cake since 2012, and it’s be come a bit of a Christmas tradition. Nigella’s

  Steak and kidney pie is one of those things that you either love or hate. We are huge fans

I’ve often thought that we were weird children – from an early age, we all just loved Christmas pudding, Brandy

It’s important to remember, especially at Christmastime, that there is no rule that says you have to make everything yourself.

I probably say this about a lot of my recipes, but this has got to be one of my favourite

I spotted a nice looking pack of stir-fry vegetables in the supermarket the other day, and with a few chicken fillets

We all adore our wonderful Robby, and have to thank our childhood friend Trays for bringing him into our lives. They live

  It was only when my daughter phoned complaining about a Banana bread recipe from the internet that didn’t work for her, that I realised

I discovered a roll of ready-made puff pastry in the fridge this afternoon. The addition of a couple of organic leeks, and

    Sadly, I cannot actually number Jonny or his Nanny amongst my acquaintance (Jane Austen mode slipping in here…) I am however, very

  Come September, as we bewail the lack of a ‘proper’ Summer, the autumnal fruits creep almost unnoticed into the

I can remember my Mum making this delicious curd jam when I was a kid. It wasn’t that she was a

Unseasonable summer weather ( rain, wind, falling leaves, more rain) always results in a wish for comfort food. While I’m not quite ready to move

I’ve been making this summer dessert for years and, as far as I can remember, it all came  together under my usual set

A relentlessly wet Saturday in July  prompted the need for something comforting as dessert. The coincidental purchase of a Brioche loaf at

This delicious recipe from my old school friend Cathy – from her pre-vegetarian days! – is just the thing for

This is one of my favourite summer salads, and is a variation of one I saw Jamie Oliver make on

My Melon and Crème Fraiche Summer salad.. we first had this delicious salad in a lovely river-side restaurant in Cambridge.

This is one of my favourite  dishes for batch-cooking and freezing; it has saved my bacon on numerous occasions when unexpected guests dropped

I spotted this recipe on line today, and thought it sounded like a good idea for a relaxed Saturday evening

In Australia, they sell this yummy stuff in cartons in the supermarket. It is the most wonderfully cool and refreshing

  The proper name for this, and the name we always called it was Mandlekuchen, which simply means ‘almond cake’.

I usually make this in the summertime when we  have loads of soft fruit; although I often think that the

  This is a recipe from my sister Mary, who inherited it from her Mother in law, Norah. They are

  My much-missed neighbour Corrine had a wonderful Victoria plum tree in her back garden which produced copious amounts of

  These  crisp-on-the-outside/soft-on-the-inside Potato Cakes are perfect for using up left-over mashed potato. In fact, we often cook too many

 I love this gravy with venison sausages, but it’s perfect if you just fancy gravy with your chops or steak.

  This recipe isn’t originally one of mine, but when Mr Sat Night was putting the original Eating for Ireland together (as

Follow this recipe and you’ll never to have to buy a jar of pasta sauce again! I often spend a

Another one of my ‘let’s use up all that stuff at the bottom of the fridge’ creations.. This is a

  Years ago, I had several ‘plain eaters’ who used to come for dinner, and I was always in a

This is another one of those ‘necessity-as mother-of-invention’ recipes, which all came together when I had chicken breasts, some streaky

  Another family favourite here – it’s great for getting onto the table really quickly when you’ve rushed in from

A personal favourite of mine, and one that never quite goes out of fashion. Here’s my simple (no brains required)

This is one of my all-time success stories, and a firm favourite with family and friends. It is a terrific

This is one of my favourite pasta dishes, and yes,  I do realise that I probably say that about all

This was one of our favorite dinners as children, and I remember asking Mum for the recipe after I’d left home,

This is one of the first recipes I ever copied down when I started writing recipes into a notebook – which means that

This has got to be one of my favorite starters, and as it is made up of separate parts, it

These homemade Crostini are unbelievably easy to make. Make them several days in advance and keep in an air-tight container

When we were kids we always made these in the run-up to Easter;  I made them with our daughter too,

Ah, potato gratin: the pinacle of all that a potato can be… frankly though, I find it a bit tricky

  PRESERVED GINGER CAKE WITH LEMON ICING  This old Delia recipe was one of my Mum’s favourites. She added 1oz

Perfect for cold weather eating, the Big Red Chicken Stew was born of another of my ‘clearing out the bottom

Our friends Julie and John had a bumper crop of sloe berries this year – I’ve never seen them as big

My friends and family  love these scones, and appear to be so impressed by them (or else they are all