Ingredients Oats Light Coconut Milk Satsumas Pomegranate Pear Cinnamon Nutmeg (optional) Ginger (optional) Honey Christmas is one of the most decadent and indulgent months of the year. With an endless stream of Christmas parties, it’s easy to overindulge. Total Produce Foodservice sent us in a box of their favourite seasonal fruits to experiment with so […]

9 years ago

Ingredients 1 Turkey Crown 250g of Butter Small Bunch of Parsley 2 Sprigs of Thyme 1 Lemon 1 Shallot 40g Dried Cranberries When approaching the idea of Christmas dinner there is one dish that stands triumphantly above them all. The roast Turkey is synonymous with Christmas time and the very notion of a festive feast […]

9 years ago

Ingredients 1 Roll of Puff Pastry 2 Tsp Cinnamon 50g Raisins 30g Cranberries 50ml Hennessy 2 Tbsp Castor Sugar and extra for sprinkling. 1 Jar of mincemeat. I love mince pies. I think everyone loves mince pies. They are delicious hot or cold and very easy to stuff your face with. I don’t ever hear […]

9 years ago

Ingredients 1 Litre of Cider 500ml of Apple Juice 5 Tbsp Caster Sugar 1 Cinnamon Stick 2 Star Anise 5 Cloves 1” Piece of Ginger This is an alternative to the classic mulled wine. I have never really been a fan of mulled wine, I always found it too strong and harsh to drink easily […]

9 years ago

Ingredients 2 Barbary duck legs 1 tin Barlotti beans 1 tin Black eyed peas 2 cloves garlic 1 small red onion 200mls of chicken stock and white wine combined 1 tbs Creme Fraiche Duck legs are really hard to fuck up. I’ll start with that so if you have never cooked Daffy’s pins before do […]

9 years ago

Ingredients 1kg of potatoes 100g butter 100ml cream 3 spring onions Mashed potatoes are a must for Christmas dinner, but a lot of people are put off by the idea of them. Here’s a super easy to accomplish recipe for mashed champ that’s sure to be a winner not just today, but at every dinner party. Instructions […]

9 years ago

Ingredients Fresh Tuna Coriander Red Chillies Limes Bread (baguette works best) Olive oil Tuna tartare seems like one of those dishes that you’ll only ever get to eat in a restaurant, and even then you know it’ll always going to cost a fortune. I want to show you today just how simple it actually is […]

9 years ago

Ingredients 3 Fillets of Smoked Mackerel 500ml Milk 100g Crème Fraiche Small Bunch of Parsley 2 Spring Onions 1 Lemon 1 Ciabatta Every year for Christmas in my house we usually end up having the exact same dishes time and again. For starters we always have a smoked salmon mousse. And I’m pretty over it. […]

9 years ago

Ingredients 1 800g Smoked Ham 2 Tbsp Brown Sugar 1 Tbsp Wholegrain Mustard 3 Tbsp Honey 2 Sprigs of Thyme 1 Tsp Ground Cinnamon Cloves A really great glazed ham is probably number two on everyone’s favourite holiday meats right after the big bird. This is the one we do every year in my house […]

9 years ago

Ingredients 2 White Onions Small Handful of Button Mushrooms 200g Butter Flour 1 Chicken Stock Cube 2 Tbsp Gravy Browning 2 Tsp Soy Sauce Being able to make a good sauce is one of the key skills you learn first when you are starting out in kitchens. My Dad taught me how to make a […]

9 years ago

Ingredients 1 Bag of Small Shallots 50g Butter 2Tbsp Brown Sugar 1 Glass of Red Wine 2Tbsp Balsamic Vinegar This is a dish that we used to demand of my uncle each Christmas when he returned from America. When he showed me how he made it one year I was baffled by how simple it […]

9 years ago

Ingredients 6 ‘Shorties’ (beef short ribs on the bone) 3 tbs sweet paprika 1 tbs mild chilli powder 2 tbs garlic salt Good beer – 1/2 bottle (sorry forgot to put it in the pic!!) 1 tbs English mustard 3-4 tbs of Worcester sauce 1 big fiery green chilli 1 big red onion S&P If […]

9 years ago

Ingredients Thinly sliced spiced beef Emmental cheese Mayonnaise Tomato ketchup Sauerkraut Sourdough loaf Horseradish sauce The Reuben is the King of all sandwiches and if you haven’t had one yet, you need to sort your life out. This is not the traditional Reuben recipe, I’ve tweaked it so I can use up some of the […]

9 years ago

Ingredients 250g self-raising flour 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda 100g caster sugar 2 ripe bananas, mashed 50g low fat spread, melted 150g low fat plain yogurt 100ml skimmed milk 1 egg, beaten ½ can apricot halves in natural juice, drained and chopped 40g muesli This recipe is perfect for using up any over-ripe bananas sitting […]

9 years ago

Ingredients 100g mushrooms, sliced thickly 50g baby leaf spinach 25g low fat soft cheese A few gratings of nutmeg 2 eggs Freshly ground black pepper Calorie controlled cooking spray Omelettes are one of the most quick and easy meals to throw together at any time of the day. Best of all, they’re highly nutritious and […]

9 years ago

Ingredients 3 medium spuds – roosters are perfect 1 handful of fresh parsley 1 handful of fresh basil 1 egg yolk 100 grams ’00’ flour 50 grams Parmesan cheese 50 grams Provelone cheese If you’re looking for a break from your January diet or something to eat on your ‘cheat day’, then this is the […]

9 years ago

Ingredients 1 red onion, chopped roughly 175g cherry tomatoes, halved 1 heaped teaspoon chopped fresh thyme Calorie controlled cooking spray 50g soft goat’s cheese 25g pitted green olives, shopped 2 x 150g skinless boneless chicken breasts This is a great meal for when you come in from work absolutely ravenous and needing something hearty. This […]

9 years ago

Ingredients 2 large free range chicken breasts (butcher bought – no exception) 2 rolls of puff pastry 2 tps Dijon mustard 1 tbs creme fraiche 2 tbs Mushroom ketchup 225 mls chicken stock Fresh thyme and rosemary 100 grams mushrooms 50 grms Gruyere cheese The very utterance of the word pie makes me weak at […]

9 years ago

Ingredients 600g potatoes, peeled and chopped roughly 2 eggs 150g salmon fillet (with or without skin) 450g Coley or Pollock fillet (with or without skin) ½ kettle of boiling water 2 leeks, sliced 60ml vegetable stock 40g cornflour 450ml skimmed milk plus 4 tablespoons 1 bay leaf A squeeze of lemon juice 40g half fat […]

9 years ago

Ingredients 15g plain flour ½ tsp ground ginger 500g lean diced casserole steak Calorie controlled cooking spray 2 x 400g cans chopped tomatoes 1 tbsp light brown soft sugar 1 tbsp red wine vinegar 2 garlic cloves, crushed 2 tsp Worcestershire sauce 1-2 tsp hot chilli pepper sauce 410g can kidney beans in water, rinsed […]

9 years ago

Ingredients Cabbage Leeks Potatoes Garlic Onions Small pasta Chicken stock The weather has plummeted recently as we experience a cold snap. That inevitably leads to people coming down with the flu which is what happened to me recently. Rather than wallow in my man flu, I decided to tackle it straight on with some awesome, […]

9 years ago

Ingredients Veal Escalope (ask the butcher to cut it nice and thin) 1 Lemon Flour Breadcrumbs 2 Eggs Potatoes Chili flakes Purple sprouting broccoli (or regular if they don’t have it) You don’t see many people cooking veal in Ireland, mostly due to the fact that there isn’t much of it on sale here as […]

9 years ago

Ingredients Chorizo (raw if possible) Pasta (choose your own shape) Feta Cheese Watercress Red Onion Red Peppers Purple Stem Broccoli (Or normal if not available) Cooking can be a serious pain in the hole with so little time on our hands and the constant madness of daily life. One quick hack to get around that […]

9 years ago

Ingredients Organic chicken breasts Smoked bacon Compte cheese (white cheddar will also do) Burger baps Avocado Lime Free range egg We know from the stuff we review that you guys are absolutely nuts about burgers. We also know that eating out every day of the week is not an option financially so we decided to […]

9 years ago

Ingredients (makes 2) 10 mls brandy 250 mls double cream 175 grms top quality milk chocolate 20 grms caster sugar 100 grms top quality dark chocolate Fresh cherries White chocolate for garnish Some reckon that oysters are an aphrodisiac, while others claim that asparagus is the deal sealer…..they might be, but they have nothing and […]

9 years ago

Ingredients Pork fillet Soy sauce Fish sauce Ginger Buckwheat noodles Ginger Garlic Chili Coriander Mini Corns The prospect of cooking on a Monday is a pain. You get in from work exhausted and you don’t want to lose your precious free time by cooking for hours. Although takeaway is an option, it can be expensive […]

9 years ago

Ingredients Chicken breast Carrots Cabbage Red Chili Lime Red onion Cajun seasoning Apple Coriander This recipe is created for post work out. Packed full of protein and low on carbs is what you want to be doing to help the body recover and a large potion of this will set you on the right track. […]

9 years ago

Ingredients (makes 2 crocks) 3 medium white onions 50mls great port 50 mls quality Balsamic vinegar 1 big French baguette Gruyere cheese 1 ltr chicken stock With Ireland playing France this weekend, here’s a traditional French recipe to try out. In terms of soups, this is otherworldly – with a heap of melted cheese and […]

9 years ago

Ingredients Chicken breasts Burger baps Yoghurt Limes Cucumber Mint Harissa sauce Breadcrumbs 2 Eggs Flour Baby gem lettuce (or whatever you have) We’ve done slider recipes in the past, but this one takes it to another level. This has got a serious kick to it, with some deadly juicy sauce to cool it down and […]

9 years ago

Ingredients Mushrooms Dry Cured Bacon Fresh pasta (dried also works) Chicken stock cube Cream Basil Onion Garlic I love creating recipes here thay don’t have any bullshit, can be lashed together in about 20 minutes and which have simple ingredients and boy do we have that with this one. You can throw this together so […]

9 years ago

Ingredients Diced chicken breast Oyster sauce Garlic Red peppers Baby corn Mange tout Bamboo shoots in a can Spring onions Cashew nuts We know that eating protein after a work out is the quickest way to help the muscles replenish themselves, but the problem is that most people just grill up a couple of chicken […]

9 years ago

Ingredients (makes 4) Filling: 250 grams quality pork mince 1 tbs Chinese 5 spice 1 tbs minced ginger 1 clove garlic 1 small spring onion Dough: 225 grams strong white flour 12 mls water 1 tps salt flakes 1 tbs rapeseed oil It’s the Chinese New Year tomorrow, so the Year of the Sheep is […]

9 years ago

Ingredients High quality minced beef Burger buns Red Chard Ballymaloe relish Potatoes Butter Large mushroom Thyme Blue Cheese Every week I like to test myself and make a big “fuck off burger” that is something you could only dream about eating. Rather than it being a fantasy though I’ve broken it down into simple steps […]

9 years ago

Ingredients 1 full rack of baby backs 1 tbs tomato puree 100 mls Chinese Rice wine (or Mirin) 1 large clove of garlic 1 tbs minced ginger 2 tbs runny honey 100 mls Hoisin sauce If your intentions are leaning towards becoming a bit of a super hero in the kitchen then you must, must, […]

9 years ago

Ingredients Lamb chops or cutlets Pita Breads Carrots Sweet potato Lemon Plain Yoghurt Harissa sauce Baby gem salad (or iceberg) When you think of kebabs you tend to think of the Middle East and some greasy thing you get handed at 3 in the morning after drinking 10 pints on a night out. The word […]

9 years ago

Ingredients Wontons wrappers – 12 Sesame oil – 2tbs Light Soy sauce – 2tbs Chicken thighs – 4 Tiger prawns (raw) – about 15 Fresh Garlic – 4 cloves Fresh Ginger – 1/2 thumb size piece If you’re planning a celebration this weekend then kick things off with these amazing, crispy wontons. They are the perfect […]

9 years ago

Ingredients 40g butter, crushed 400g button mushrooms, roughly chopped 1 small onion, finely chopped 2 cloves garlic 3 tsp thyme Salt and pepper 300ml milk 100ml cream Bread of choice Now for a revelation in toast-based meals. This recipe is as simple as they get and the flavour is to die for. This may not […]

9 years ago

Ingredients Chicken breast Sweet potato Brown bap Avocado Red Peppers Feta Cheese Basil Lemon Aged balsamic One thing people always ask me for is a healthy burger, which is an oxymoron if ever I’ve heard one, but I decided to rise to the challenge with this one. This is packed full of protein and perfect […]

9 years ago

Ingredients 2 tbsp soy sauce 1 tbsp cornflour 500g fillet steak (you can also use rump), cut into thin strips 3 tbsp vegetable oil 1 tbsp chopped garlic 1 tbsp chopped or grated fresh ginger root 1 green pepper, trimmed, deseeded and cut into strips (optional) 1 red pepper, trimmed, deseeded and cut into strips […]

9 years ago

Ingredients Burger bun Chicken breast Spinach Avocado Cheddar cheese Sweet potato Parsley Green Tomatoes (Cucumber if you can’t find them) I wanted to do a recipe to make everybody proud of being Irish but also to explain the difference between what our national day is called in different parts of the world. The real name […]

9 years ago

Ingredients Bread Roll Fillet Steak Kale White pudding BBQ sauce Red onions Sugar Balsamic Vinegar Today is a day for going all out on the burgers, I decided. None of that cheap shitty minced meat but instead straight in at the top end with fillet steak and a pimped out burger that you can nearly […]

9 years ago

Ingredients Fresh pasta Tomatoes Purple sprouting broccoli (or regular if you can’t find it) Garlic 1 Red onion Parmesan cheese Basil Parma ham It’s a great moment when you stop thinking about stews and soups and start thinking about what the warmer weather has to offer. This dish is the perfect spring recipe, and the […]

9 years ago

Ingredients 100g pistachio nuts, shelled 100g butter, cut into cubes 130g dark chocolate (70 per cent cocoa solids), broken into pieces 2 free-range eggs, separated 225g caster sugar 100g plain flour, sifted ½ tbsp vanilla extract zest of ½ orange Brownies are a cross between a cookie and a cake – and if you’re not […]

9 years ago

Ingredients Tin of tomatoes Bacon Fancy sausages form the butchers Garlic Leeks Potatoes Eggs I think we can all agree that brunch is easily the best meal of the week, but while there are hundreds of great places you can now eat it in Dublin, sometimes one of the best places to eat is in […]

9 years ago

Ingredients Tuna steak Bread rolls Mango Chili Coriander Harissa sauce Radicchio salad Are you on a health buzz but always craving stuff like burgers? What tends to happen is that you’ll crack after a couple of weeks and eat some seriously greasy shit. We have a recipe for you today that tastes like it should […]

9 years ago

Ingredients 100g dark chocolate (70% cocoa solids) 200g butter, cubed and softened 1 sliced white pan (800g), crusts removed 2 tbsp water 2 whole free-range eggs 3 free-range egg yolks 250ml milk 150ml double cream 4 tsp amaretto liqueur 2 tsp vanilla extract 50g caster sugar, plus a little extra 35ml dark rum a pinch […]

9 years ago

Ingredients 1 can of chickpeas Ground cumin Spring onions Coriander Garlic 1 Egg 1 Onion 1 Green chilli pepper Falafel in pitta has exploded over the last couple of years… thank Christ! Where it was once one lone vendor in the People’s Park Market in Dun Laoghaire, it’s now at least two of them at […]

9 years ago

Ingredients Pasta Sweet Poatato Red Onion Garlic Red Chili Parmesan Cheese Spinach I’m as guilty as anybody of making sure there is some sort of meat in my meals at all times so I wanted to change it up and give everybody a veggie option. Far from missing out I actually enjoyed this way more […]

9 years ago

Ingredients 1 poussin Cos Salad Pomegranate seeds Feta Cheese Beetroot (cooked) Lemon Rosemary Its that time of year where the stuff that we eat moves from big heavy stews and soups towards salads and lighter meals. On the whole, salads can be pretty boring though – so I decided to come up with a recipe […]

9 years ago

Ingredients Minced beef Red chilli Coriander Feta Cheese Cous Cous Cucumber Lemon I try to keep these recipes down to 7 ingredients and things that can be cooked in about 20-30 minutes max. Nobody wants to be doing more than that in the evening, and if you want a fancy dinner party and 100 ingredients […]

9 years ago