December 7, 2017Jingle Bells and all that jazz, can you believe it’s just over 2 weeks the Christmas!! These past few weeks have flown in. I’ve just managed to finish the Christmas decorations in time for the 8th December which is always my latest. We now have 6 Christmas Trees. YES, that’s not a mistype I definitely mean 6. My…
December 1, 2017I love everything to do with Christmas – the decorating, wrapping presents, old b/w Christmas movies, but if you ask me what my most favorite thing is about Christmas – I would have to say it’s Christmas baking. Baking cookies with my now teenage kids is still top of the baking list, along with the baking of our Christmas pudding…
November 26, 2016Hi everybody, hope your week is going well and you have survived all the Black Friday Madness. Black Friday is a very recent phenomenon here in Ireland but has really taken off in recent times. The shops are trying to outdo each other with offers sometimes to good to be true but that hasn’t stopped people flocking to the shopping…
October 17, 2016Not long now to Halloween, the weeks are flying by and October is sure going very fast. I’m just wondering how many of you go all out on the Halloween Decorations? My problem is I tend to go overboard on the Halloween Baking. I leave the decorating to my Son who loves all that stuff. This year he had…
August 29, 2016It’s that time of year again, my absolute favorite, GREAT BRITISH BAKE OFF aka GBBO time. The only time when I take control of the TV remote. I don’t give two hoots what football match is on. This is my hour for the next couple of weeks. Every Wednesday I’ll make sure I have a special GBBO treat ready.…
April 4, 2016We’ve just said goodbye to Easter and all the chocolate that goes with it. What I really want now is something citrus and light , something Lemon would do the trick. Though I have a confession I did buy two Mars Easter Eggs yesterday in Tesco. In my defense they were reduced to one euro, and I did need them…
March 26, 2016Well Easter is finally here, and all the chocolate goodness that goes with it. The shops are full to the brim with so many chocolate eggs in all sizes and flavours. I think Tayto even brought out a cheese & onion flavour one this year!! My son put in a special request for that one!! Easter wouldn’t be Easter in…
March 16, 2016Gosh it’s hard to believe St Patrick’s Day is nearly here, it only seems Christmas was last week. Towns all over Ireland are looking greener than normal and my part of the world the lovely Co. Meath is looking particularly beautiful this week. The bunting is up, there’s a market in the square and my town is getting itself ready…
November 25, 2015“Hand Me Downs” and not the recipe version always caused uproar in my house when I was growing up, and it was no different with my own kids. I was lucky as the eldest I didn’t suffer the “shame” but for my brothers there was no escape, they shared clothes, toys and football boots.. With four kids of my own…
November 13, 2015What a busy weekend in the “Ryan Household”. A good busy for a change – not the usual weekend shopping and chauffeuring kids duties. My son Adam graduated last Friday from ITB Blanchardstown He’s the first in our house to graduate & we are so proud of him. All his hard work paid off. Yes we took lots of photos…
September 8, 2015I have just realised that I have never gave a mention to “my partner in crime” in the kitchen..SO without any further ado I would like to introduce Henry, my beautiful Kitchen Aid. Without Henry my baking life would be absolutely dismal. He’s just six months old now and so well trained. He knows just how I like my…
May 26, 2015Every Morning , it’s the same question in my kitchen and I’m sure in the kitchens of most families “What do you want for breakfast” I open the press and look at the MANY boxes of cereals on the shelf – Cheerios, Rice Krispies Weetabix to name but a few and always get the same answer “I don’t know”…